OK I now have power back, the box is fine, but the RCB's are melted together, so totally trashed
Replaced, 6 RCB's in the end all 16A, the main RCB is fine.
The new box I bought will be fitted next to the existing box, and used purely as a distribution board.
Still a lot of work, but at least I...
OK, in order to get electric back on in the workshop, I've the RCB's needed to replace the melted ones, and a buzzbar.
Hopefully, the box is ok, and I can just swap out the burnt RCB's, this should hopefully get power back on, and lighting to sort out the new box.
Then, rewire at my leisure.
The...
I was actually stood next to it at the time, I've got an old Apple Powermac G4 in the corner of the workshop, which I use for music, I was changing the playlist at the time.
This was done by a supposed qualified electrian :o
So on closer inspection, I find he's wired up a compressor, welder, Milling machine & lathe all on a 10A rcb... ***
In hind sight I should done the electrics myself, but as the intention was to set up a business over here in Portugal, I did not...
On Monday, the electrics in my workshop went...
All the lights went out, and a smell of burning was in the air.
Smoke coming out of the fuse box.
Flipped the mains switch, and then opened the box and found this
I like the look of the Weldcap, however, given that over the last week it was in the high 40s, I had 47 deg C in the shade on Monday.
What ever I go for must be quite airy.
Yeah, I think that's the front runner at the moment, but I've seen a few on Ebay for less, with a decent size lens.
I think I'll check those out again, before I make my final decision.
The only thing I don't like about the GYS, it the stupid paint job, much prefer plain hats... But I can always...
The one I've got at the moment is a Parweld, the only things wrong with it are 9-13 shade, and it's like looking through a letter box.
So, anything with better sized optics, and 5-13 shade.
Mind you I like the look of the GYS Spaceview.
I just want to be thorough, I don't like sending money on...