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  1. charlie76

    Crimping 10mm2 Cable

    I need to extend a supply to and oven and the customer has had all the kitchen tiled recently so I didnt really want to suggest chopping it all out and running in new. I feel a little bit uncomfortable about crimping it but i don't see much other option. Looking at using through crimp lugs and...
  2. T

    HDMI Leads

    Does anybody deal with hdmi leads? Got a customers who wants to loose there through a wall so he can plug his tv in without seeing any leads. Of course its all decorated and only have a small hole to use, does anyone know how to cut off hdmi leads and redo them? Or buy a reel of cable and make...
  3. Pete999

    Steel Conduit

    I was wondering last night, or should I say wandering, when I were a Lad working with steel and Galv conduit, I distinctly recall the Electricians I was working with always gad me filing the ends of couplers, locknuts etc and also removing the pain from entries into steel enclosures, I know in...
  4. Pete999

    PVC,PVC joined to SWA in an underground joint

    Went to look at at a job with a mate of mine who is a Sparky, it's in a Farm house more to the point it's in the Garden. The owner has two garden offices an old one being demolished at a later date I'll call that shed 1 and next to it is his new shed called shed2, get the picture? He has had...
  5. J

    25mm tails maintenance free joint

    Do they exist, I have just inspected a job and seen 25mm tails extended under floor boards in standard Henley 25mm tails block, can you get 25mm maintenance free joints? It would this have to be made accessible eg hatch or something Ect? Which I still feel is poor as I've seen them carpeted over...
  6. M

    Getting into a resin filled joint

    Hi all, Couldn't find existing thread on this. Need to get into a large resin filled joint on a 120mm 4 core SWA and wanted to know if there was a solution to dissolve it or is it a case of hammer and chisel like the old days. It is a cold cured, two part resin Kit from CTC. Any help...
  7. H

    underground cable joint

    for reducing ac resistance in EHV milliken type cable, the strands should insulated by using enameled strands. I want to install underground large cross section milliken type cable with individually insulated strand. I don`t know what accessories i need to remove enameled coating from each...
  8. N

    Street lighting fault

    I'm going round in circles with this fault. We have 12 street lighting lamp posts at our factory, 150W son lamps in each. They were on a 20A MCB and yesterday started tripping. They are basically wired from a 20A MCB (2.5mm), through a relay, out of the relay in 6mm armoured and then outside...
  9. B

    Caravan suppły RCBO

    Hi I haven't posted for a while but I'm having some issues with a caravan park I have recently carried out some work on and washoping somebody may be able to shed some light on the issue. The problem is burnt out neutrals on out going side of RCBO, we have replaced 137 caravan suppły points...
    • Bsharp
    • Thread
    • caravan cause electricians vans joint neutral rcbo resistance van vehicle
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. G

    Cable Joint

    can i make joint between two cable different in cross section area ? 300mm2 with 185mm2
  11. D

    70mm to 35mm joint

    Hi Half due to me slightly over sizing a cable and the terminals of the MCB being far to small, looks like i need to join 70mm and 35mm conductors together, its underneath a cooking suite in a large commercial kitchen, there will not be a great deal of space to work. i would like to use a...
  12. S

    Compex Question Exe joint box gland

    I know that on new installs the glands used on Exe joint boxes must be certified Exe or Exe/Exd glands. My question is on existing Ex installations prior to 2007 was it permitted to use a CW gland swa gland on armoured cables? cheers
  13. F

    Unable to access any (but can see) of the round type screw terminal joint boxes EICR

    Unable to access any(but can see most) of the round type screw terminal joint boxes. Hello, I carried out anEICR last week, and the entire house is filled with SELV recessed downlighting. All of the (78fittings) have been skimmed around/over at some point, and the(dangeling) round type...
  14. driverman

    wiring downstairs light circuits

    As some of you know, I'm doing a first fix for family member. I now know that in a modern house its best to do loop method of wiring from switch to switch due to modern day down lighters and light fittings only accepting one cable. I did have a thought though (bear with me) as there are 3 x...
  15. driverman

    lighting joint boxes

    Hi Guys, Another little query for those of you that do new house installs. Not practical nowadays to wire light circuits via loop in systems due to modern day downlight recessed fittings and or light fittings designed for 1 cable! If using joint boxes, lets say in a roof space, therefore...
  16. N

    Extending Telephone Cable

    Hi all, Looking at extending a telephone cable but the joint will be outside due to the long run up the side of house. Is it best to just use one of the IDC junction boxes? Does it need to be IP rated? Thanks
    • Noob2013
    • Thread
    • cable crimps extending joint phone telephone
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. sparks1234

    Galv conduit

    Not something we normally get involved in installing, but, we have a long straight run of galv conduit to install (approx) 60 mtrs. Would this require any sort of expansion joint?
  18. 1Justin

    bonding across plastic pipe joint, instead of supplementary bond

    New shaver socket outside zone in bathroom. (FCU outside the room,17th ed'n board). Checking the bathroom to see if any supplementary bonding needed, turned out the sink and bath taps were hovering at about 5K Ohm (ie >1667 and < 22K). Turns out the owner had interrupted the hot and cold Cu...
  19. Midwest

    Junction Box for 60amp joint

    I was installing some downlighters yesterday, and noted a joint in a 10mm tw&e cable. It's the supply for the house electric cooker. Someone has used a 30amp joint box, to break into the cable to supply another point. The internal wires are exposed outside of the jb. Now clearly I can't leave...
  20. NDG Elecs

    Inaccessible joint and assessment upcoming.

    Hi Folks, I have my assessment quite soon and have a query. Situation is a RFC with no sockets on the ring but there are three sockets spurred off it at one point. I have down rated the OPD to 20A due to this. The RFC end to ends are spot on and the R1R2 is decent with the legs cross...

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