Was having a poke around the old man's house today.
Anyway. DB is under stairs (18th ed following a recent extension. Not done by me but it's done well.) There's a submain in 2 core SWA feeding an old 2 way Wylex in the detached garage (lights and a socket radial). Entire sub is fed from a 16a...
I have 2 outdoor floodlights & and pond pump. Each came fitted with H05RN-F cable.
I've looked at 4 cable suppliers' web sites. 2 of these say "suitable for temporary outdoor use", 1 says "suitable for permanent outdoor use" & 1 says nothing about indoor/outdoor use.
Does anyone have the...
I have a strip light in the kitchen operated from a single switch. I want to replace it with a straight bar 4 spot array. There are three supply cables to the strip light, two of these are 3 core, red, black and earth. The third cable is 4 core, red, yellow, blue and earth. The new fitting has...
Afternoon all.
Was wondering, when cables are run underground using mole/tunneling methods, how do people get around the requirement to mark underground cables with tape?
Hi,
I rent a house and need a cable to my shed and unfortunately the LL dosent want anything dug into his lawn !
Before I get an electrician in i would like to know if this is feasible.
Could I run Hi tuff cable in either Aluminium tube to the shed or lay fence posts flat and clip cable too...
Help please! I need a Tesla Gen 2 EV charger fitted in my garage which is 22m from the consumer unit. My electrician is proposing to route a 6mm cable through pre-existing plastic conduit which has a cable in already and through a void in concrete walls to a sub-consumer unit at the charge...
Hi all,
as in the picture, when connecting a 230V cable to a db like this, is there a legal requirement to install external RCD unit?
Also, if the cable was installed approx. 20 years ago, is there a legal requirement to upgrade / install external RCD unit on the cable?
Last question, looking at...
Hi Guys
Would I be correct in thinking an electric cable can be as close as 25mm to a gas meter ?
(not that I'd ever be that close out of choice)
Or is it the 150mm reg as with proximity to consumer units, sockets, accessories...
Had a quick scan in my on-site guide but not so clear - been a...
Hi There
Just a quick one, I'm wondering what's everyone's thoughts on this are.
A subby has clipped a cable to a plaster board ceiling using 3m sticky pads and plastic cable ties, below that ceiling is a number of steel beams spanning the length of the corridor and then below them is a...
Hi I’m installing a disabled toilet alarm and they need an extra beacon in the office about 100mt away. Has anyone got any suggestions as to what cable to use for this longer run
My wife has a electric heated airer, our dog chewed through the cable and I thought it would be no different from rewiring a plug. It's not.
I have a blue and white wire coming from the airer I to a switch, then 2 blue a white and a brown going to the plug.
Ideally I'd like to do away with the...
A friend of mine wired a 10mm 3 core armoured cable to his shed before I got involved and wired it himself already. He wants make it an air bnb with a ring circuit 32a, lighting circuit 6a, induction hob circuit 32a and a underfloor heating circuit 20a. Will the 10mm be enough for the supply and...
What's best practice if running cable from garage out to outside double sockets? I'm re rendering that wall and thought it'd be nice if I could hide the cable under/within the render...
Is it possible / allowable within "the code"? With or without conduit? Does it need to be armoured cable?
Hi All,
Just looking for some advice: I'm in the process of updating an old cable calc spreadsheet that helps to spit out Zs and Voltage Drop figures but I'm just looking for some clarity on figures.
For 3-core 16mmsq SWA, single phase, I'm looking at table 4D4B in BS7671 and it states...
Background: I am not an electrician, I am a retired professional engineer high power broadcast transmitter design , but am dabbling outside my sphere of knowledge, so help please. It is along time since I have looked at the 16th edition.
I am not in paid work but am helping a friend who is a...
Hey guys, I've been on jobs splicing and installing Pot head Terminations of 13800V PILC cable and I cant help but think our mix of lead to tin is as good as it could be. Walking through some plants Ive seen substations with immaculate lead wipes made anywhere from 25- 50 years ago and notice...
I have Liebherr fridge freezer and need to extend the cable from the appliance to the wall plug.
The directions do not allow an extension lead to be used for this purpose.What should I do?
Thank you
Gill
Hello all, I think I might have done gone and ducked things up.
We got a timer frame single story extension put on( 35sqm)
For the Lighting circuit i used 3183yag multi strand flexible 1.5mm 3 core cable. Should I have used single strand?
There are electrical engineers who just mutter the slogan "Safety is the top priority," and simply convey old and inaccurate Cable Tray Weight information to the Architectural/Structural design department without trying to calculate the Cable Weight on the Cable Schedule.
As the result...
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