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I've got a small catering business out of a converted horse trailer and purchased an inverter generator to power the trailer, mainly just the lights, fridges etc.
I bought a P1PE Generator 3800 Watts for this. P1 3800W/3.8kW Portable Petrol Inverter Generator (Powered by Hyundai) |...
The earth bonding cable has been daisy chained to 3 gas meters (the conductor has been cut at each earth strap). Is this satisfactory?, will it pass an inspection ok ?
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Our cooker is LPG, fitted on the inside of an outside wall if that makes sense. The gas pipe runs internally then through the wall to the regulator and changeover unit mounted outside, around 4' off the ground. The pipe doesn't go underground at any point.
My understanding is that it...
In my flat the main earth is the cable pictured below it has 7 strands any idea what size this is?
And if it would need to be upgraded for a cu change
The bonding is in 6mm but is easy to change to 10mm but I guess that's irelavent if the earth is 6mm?
The conduit system the 16mm tails come...
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If an SY cable is used to supply a consumer unit, and there isn't a guaranteed depth of 50mm for the wall it is in, would using the braiding as the earth negate the meed for RCD protection of that cable?
Thanks
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I know very little about electrics but this can't be good. I recently noticed that a hard-to-get-to drain at the back of my house which takes rain water and runoff from washing up and clothes washing has become blocked and now seems to be almost constantly submerged (please see attached...
Hi I have a flat in a block of 6 flats found out there is no correct earth
I have attached an email from 3 years ago as my electrician signed off an electric cert is this allowed now
Thanks for any advice
I've been fault finding an issue in a domestic property, the situation is as follows...
RCD spur that is protecting outside sockets,
This spur is on the downstairs 32A ring, the sockets directly on the ring pass RCD tripping test.
The cables coming into the spur won't trip when tested...
A 'Sunday challenge' for the qualified electricians....
Can anyone explain why a built-in gas meter housing box
that is located 600mm above a block paved driveway, with a plastic (Polyethylene - MDPE) supply pipe and no extraneous conductive part, could result in a dangerous potential...
I recently had a look behind my light switches for the first time and have found that all of them have no earth. This includes some metal switches that were there when we moved in. We've had a couple changed to metal previously and it looks like the electricians have put in a metal back box and...
So to start off with i’ll tell you i’m a young electrician, 23, I am qualified but obviously will always be learning.
Was carrying out an eicr early last week. During the eicr I went to disconnect what I thought were the earths for the (switched off) kitchen ring, as they were in the...
What are the dangers of poor insulation resistance results (i.e <1Mohm) between neutral and earth?
If all other tests are ok, what are the dangers of the above?
My thoughts are it may indicate a breakdown of the insulation somewhere. However, what are the dangers of this breakdown between...
Agent contacts me with an urgent request for a CU upgrade in Camden. They send over an EICR done the previous month and I have a quick skim. All seems pretty simple, CU needs an upgrade and some basic tidying of fixtures etc. Only 3 circuits so I'm not overly bothered about doing another EICR...
Hi everyone, I've been asked to install a consumer unit in a summer house with circuits for light and power. The owner has already laid SWA, buried it, the 20m from main consumer unit, in 6mm. It won't need anything like that though, it'll be supplying a few DIY power tools, maybe a heater and...
I have come across what I think is a looped supply - like a normal incomer but two of them coming up side by side. It's a TN-S arrangement with an earth cable looped between the two incomers and on the the consumer unit. Trouble is it's only about 1mm, although I got a decent ZE of 0.35.
It...
I read a couple of references to ground rods and both stated that they must be buried in the ground but one said 3 inches visible and the other said less than 12 inches visible.
I thought they had to be fully buried and even covered .
Please confirm I’m correct z(for once!)
HI all, I've had 3 x additional gas supplies installed in a building. Can i use one 10mm bonding cable and link these new supplies (keeping the cable continuous by stripping the sheath and clamping into earth straps) or do i have to run 3 new earth cables? Also can i use a staple gun (metal...
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Customer has a intermittent trip which I am trying to locate. 4 circuits on rcd. Two rings , cooker and hob and one I cannot find actually powers anything as yet. Rings test fine and cooker circuit is okay continuity and I/r. I have put my earth leakage clamp on tails and when I go...
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