I’m new to electrics - what tells you it’s a type B?For a motor I think that trip should be C rated rather than a B.
I didn’t get much sleep last night…It has B16 on it
It’s fed from a 32a MCB in my home CU using 6 mm2 cable - not sure if that means it would be fine or notOk so the motors inrush current is tripping the breaker, sounds like it’s very broader line, if it doesn’t happen when you use an extension.
A C type MCB should solve the tripping isseue, providing your installation is up to the higher rated MCB.
This?What information is on the motor data plate?
Can you get a picture of it?
It’s comes down to how good the earth is and how fast the MCB will trip under fault conditions. I would be suppressed if it wasn’t ok but without the test results, it’s impossible to say.It’s fed from a 32a MCB in my home CU using 6 mm2 cable - not sure if that means it would be fine or not
I didn’t specifically say 14.5a but told him I needed a 2.2 kW compressor to be run from a 16a supply.I’m not an electrician but would have thought trying to run a 14.5 amp motor from a 16 amp mcb may cause some nuisance tripping. Did you inform the electrician that installed this of the compressor that was going to be connected
Great - getting hold of my spark to get it fixed is the only hard part!As posted in another section of the forum I had exactly the same problem using my spotwelder , changing the trip from a B to a C sorted it. A 2 minute job to change and cheap
I’m not an electrician, it took me 2 minutes to changeGreat - getting hold of my spark to get it fixed is the only hard part!