On 10 Mar 2024 at 23:41, (-Phil-) via EV wrote: > Based on what I know, [the US NEC is] one of the most rigorous codes in > the world.
Agreed. I've seen some ... interesting ... wiring practices elsewhere, including Spain, Italy, France, Canary Islands, Puerto Rico, and South Korea. Some of them look like old USA practices. Example: junction boxes aren't usually used for surface mounted luminaires in France. The cable or smurf tubing emerges from the ceiling or wall. I've seen single conductors run through ceramic cleats on the ceiling surface in South Korea, similar to early 20th century US wiring. It appeared to be a recent installation. Service capacities are also lower. A typical western EU service will be 6kW or 12kW, a size the US hasn't seen in probably 70 years. Spain has a lot of 3kW services. I'm sure that that's a problem for EV home charging there. On the other hand, as Bill says about NZ, in most (all?) western EU nations, the whole house is GFI (RCD) protected at 30ma leakage current. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Interpreter: One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what it would have been to the interpreter's advantage for the other to have said. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
