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I'm a DIYer. Having been off power for 24 hours last weekend, I've fitted a 100A generator/mains switch. When the generator is running/the mains is isolated, I have no way of telling when the mains power is restored. The meters switchgear etc are in an outbuilding adjacent to the house and I was planning to wire up a neon (in the form of an illuminated switch) in the house, connected to the mains side of the generator/mains switch that I could turn 'on' when the mains power went off, and that would illuminate when the mains power came back on.
It occurs to me though, as all of the trips etc are the other side of this switch it would have only the 60A main isolator fuse between it and the incoming supply.
Should I fit its own MCCB just for this neon or any other ideas?
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I'm a DIYer. Having been off power for 24 hours last weekend, I've fitted a 100A generator/mains switch. When the generator is running/the mains is isolated, I have no way of telling when the mains power is restored. The meters switchgear etc are in an outbuilding adjacent to the house and I was planning to wire up a neon (in the form of an illuminated switch) in the house, connected to the mains side of the generator/mains switch that I could turn 'on' when the mains power went off, and that would illuminate when the mains power came back on.
It occurs to me though, as all of the trips etc are the other side of this switch it would have only the 60A main isolator fuse between it and the incoming supply.
Should I fit its own MCCB just for this neon or any other ideas?
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