Re: CBUS joy!

["Frank Mc Alinden" <frankmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Paul

Sorry for the late reply , been working over in Clipsal turf (South
Australia)......

> what's the difference between types B, C, and D (and what ever
hapenned to
> type A anyway?). >I presume I want the fastest reacting ones to
protect
> the dimmer channels?

Not aware of any A rated cb,s......Normal households use C type cb,s.....B
type are faster acting and what  most UK people are using for their CBUS
outputs....D type cb,s are normally used for inductive loads like motors
these are the slowest  acting  ......

HTH
Frank


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxx>
To: "UKHA_D Group" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 12:21 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] CBUS joy!


> Thanks Mick
>
> I have another question now...
>
> I know the "best practice" is to put an MCB on each
individual output
> channel, and since I hapenned to have a number of spare ones left over
> from a consumer unit upgrade a couple of years ago, I have put a
couple in
> place... - my question is what actually is the best type?
>
> What I happened to have were "type B" 6A ones... - what's
the difference
> between types B, C, and D (and what ever hapenned to type A anyway?).
I
> presume I want the fastest reacting ones to protect the dimmer
channels?
>
> I also presume I should match the MCB rating to the dimmer channel
> rating... - i.e. the dimmer channels are 2A so I guess I should put 2A
> MCB's on there instead of the 6A ones I already have...
>
> TIA
>
> Paul G.
>
>
> ________________________________
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx on behalf of michael.furlong
> Sent: Mon 06/02/2006 13:08
> To: UKHA_D Group
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] CBUS joy!
>
>
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> Yes standard back boxes including the 6 button, just fitted a load and
yes
> they are square not rectangular. I think Li has some pics of the
square
> ones
> on cbusshop under the saturn e5080 series.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Mick
>
>
>
>   _____
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Paul Gordon
> Sent: 06 February 2006 11:55
> To: UKHA_D Group
> Subject: [ukha_d] CBUS joy!
>
>
>
> At the weekend I finally got my *rse into gear and started my CBUS
> install..
> - deep joy... Only got 1 light up & running so far (but I did have
to
> repaint an entire wall to make good where the old switches were
> removed...)
> but at least it's a start!
>
> Donwside is it appears to have killed a couple of X10 DIN modules that
are
> mounted right next to the CBUS Dimmer unit stone dead... - they work
fine
> on
> local control, but not by X10... - I assume the CBUS dimmer in close
> proximity is killing the X10 signal, - more reason for me to hurry up
&
> upgrade those to CBUS as well I guess...
>
> Quick question: - I'm just about to order up some more switches so I
can
> do
> precisely that, but I want to confirm that the square Saturns fit on
> bog-standard UK size single-gang backboxes?... - even the the 6-button
> ones?.. - the documentation for them says that they fit on standard
> backboxes, but doesn't explicitly say *what* standard!! - despite
being
> called square, they look decidedly rectangular in any picture I can
> find...
> - is that just because everyone is still using old pictures?
>
> Cheers.
>
> Paul G.
>
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