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Help with installation / diagram

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Hi,


I am after some help with a heated windows installation / diagram - grateful for any input.

Unfortunately, the company supplying the installion went bust and I have been left with a system that doesn't  work (incorrectly designed).

We had a local electrician do the first fix wiring based on the diagrams but he says what has been sent won't work in it's current state and he doesn't have the relevant expertise to adjust it.

We live in a rural area and electricians are not that common especially for something as complex as this.

Rather than post up the diagrams and go into too much detail initially, I just wanted to know if this is a place to ask for advice and if not could anyone point me in the right direction. e.g contact details for an electrical engineer.


Thanks.
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    Kelly Marie:

    I spotted a couple of points here No1 a circuit labelled lights is a B16 is that right? I think not. Secondly there's an RCD in the feed from the meter and RCDs in the board again definitely not right  sorry to be picky but thought ide better point it out




    I can see:


    Meter tails from the service head to the ancient meter - apparently 1984.

    Line consumer tail to SP switch. Why?

    Line consumer tail from switch going south somewhere - exposed primary insulation.

    Neutral consumer tail to "Henley" block. This continues off south and once again the primary insulation is exposed.

    A pair of 4 mm2? cables entering the top of the RCD.

    A T&E cable? exiting the bottom of the RCD.

    An earthing "Henley" block which appears to have the bare wires from a PILC? entering bottom right (the E does not emerge from the service head).

    An earthing conductor going off west and another protective conductor whose purpose is unclear.


    I had thought from the drawings and the picture of the transformer that the installation was in Belgium, but clearly not. (0032 dialling code for Belgium, "relais" French for "relay".)


     

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    Kelly Marie:

    I spotted a couple of points here No1 a circuit labelled lights is a B16 is that right? I think not. Secondly there's an RCD in the feed from the meter and RCDs in the board again definitely not right  sorry to be picky but thought ide better point it out




    I can see:


    Meter tails from the service head to the ancient meter - apparently 1984.

    Line consumer tail to SP switch. Why?

    Line consumer tail from switch going south somewhere - exposed primary insulation.

    Neutral consumer tail to "Henley" block. This continues off south and once again the primary insulation is exposed.

    A pair of 4 mm2? cables entering the top of the RCD.

    A T&E cable? exiting the bottom of the RCD.

    An earthing "Henley" block which appears to have the bare wires from a PILC? entering bottom right (the E does not emerge from the service head).

    An earthing conductor going off west and another protective conductor whose purpose is unclear.


    I had thought from the drawings and the picture of the transformer that the installation was in Belgium, but clearly not. (0032 dialling code for Belgium, "relais" French for "relay".)


     

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