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    Light Switch Locators

    Doing some work in an old ladies house and she has asked for illuminated light switch locators at the top and bottom of the stairs as well as other key rooms in the house. I normally use the MK ones which give a light green colour around the swich but I cannot use them this time as the lady has...
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    Underfloor Heating

    Quoting on a 3 storey house underfloor heating system, I've installed some very small mats in bathrooms before but not a whole house, I've used heat store in the past and not had any problems, does anyone have any recommendations for a good manufacturer?
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    adding of multiple sockets to different rooms on ring main

    hi guys need some advice as to which seems the best way to go. have a customer wants 4 sockets and a shaver point (via 3amp switched fuse spur) adding to existing ring main. Each new socket is located in a seperate room of the bungalowe (spread evenly accross the ring). No current rcd...
  4. chcnorris29

    Sub mains rooms.

    Hello, Been doing some work today in a high rise where there are sub mains cupboards on each floor however the communal fuse boards and all main connections for flats (before meter, meter and fb in flats) has previously been relocated to 1 sub mains room off of an old unused office on the ground...
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    Rcd protection in rooms containing a bath or shower

    After recently undertaking an eicr,I am still debating which code to put for bathrooms that are not rcd protected,and do not have proven earth bonding to the metalwork within that room.If the lighting is outside the zone,ie on a high ceiling,does this need rcd protection.Any thoughts fellas and...
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    pir's, switches in two separate rooms wired in singles

    Wiring in singles! working in a commercial building, I have 2 separate rooms and a corridor to wire, the 2 rooms both have light switches and pir's, the same as the corridor. I know how to wire light switches, feed from d/b down to switch, s/l up to pir, then i can wire my lights. How do i...
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    Insulation Resistance Testing - necessary ?

    Recently my boss and I were changing a fuse board(old to new). It was a shared house and some of the tenants were out at work and their doors locked. Not knowing what they had plugged in, in their rooms we skipped the Insulation Resistance test. Everything else was tested fine. My question to...
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    Isolation of Ring Final Circuit

    Here's one for you. In a foster home for naughty boys the client has a requirement to be able to "remove privileges" of TVs/PCs etc when necessary. They seek a means of doing this without having to get staff to use the Distribution Board. Would a DP switch of the correct capacity be the best...
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    earth referance board

    Was wondering if any one could help me with wiring of an earth referance board. Have got 6 erb in different rooms supplied with a 16mmearth daisy chained between them from main riser. Each room has general sockets and power in it. How do you wire these circuits that are between rooms to the...
  10. amlu

    sky first fix for 5 rooms

    good evening i`m in the middle of a rewire, customer wants sky tv install in 5 rooms. the plan for tommorow is getting some double satellite coax and running them from points in every room to the loft, adding a socket in the loft. after the job telling the customer to call to sky people and...
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    failed Zs

    Hi guys, I am currently testing a large hotel (over 300 rooms) it is only the 4th level we have to test this year (65 rooms) each room has its only 5-way d/b consisting of a 32 & 6 Rcbo type B, each of these d/b's are fed from different larger d/bs installed in various fire escapes along the...
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    Digs in Central London

    Hey guys your help in this matter would be greatly appreciated!!! I''ve been offered a months work in Cavendish Square but am in desperate need of digs for first couple of weeks - anyone know of anywhere/anyone willing to put me up for £100 a week? sofa will do!!!!
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    Smoke alarms in student accomodation

    Does anyone know the requirements for the amount of smoke alarms required in a semi detatched house with 5 bedrooms in for students? Just wondering if there has too be 1 in each room, or at the top/bottom of stairs is adequate?
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    EICR Medical Centre

    I do a few small commercial PIR/EICRS including a dentist surgery & a day centre, but mostly just domestic. I have been asked to look into doing an EICR on a fair sized medical centre ( am guessing approx 10-12 rooms per floor, 2 story building) . Its a pretty new build & hopefully installation...
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    Changing old honeywell rooms stat

    replacing old honeywell room stat to a new white one three wires at honeywell(not incl earth which is to back box) wires are red blue and yellow red was in terminal 1, blue in 2 and yellow in 3 on putting these cables in the same numbered terminals on the new room stat the rcd is tripping...
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    Music in 4 rooms

    Hi, I have a customer who wants music to come from one hi-fi in the lounge. He only wants to control it from the hi-fi, but he wants in in four rooms, 2 speakers in each room and the same music and same volume in all the rooms. Does anyone know where I can get a basic kit like this from? David
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    smoke alarms do i have to..

    Im wiring up a new extension to a house and am installing smoke and heats in the new extension. Am I obliged to put interconected smokes in the rest of the house? Thanks Si
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    Minor Works certificate - Insulation Resistance test - Advice Please

    I am currently doing work that will require a Minor Works Certificate on completion. The property I am working in is council owned and the occupant is currently in hospital. Due to the amount of work being undertaken ALL of the rooms have been previously filled with furniture etc. My...
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    Freesat in multiple rooms.

    Hi All, Got a customer who originallly was going to just get TV's with Freeview built in so co-ax runs have been fed (singles) to the rooms requied. all these cables 'terminate ' in the attic ready for the aerial feed to a dis box and thus out to the rooms. Now he wants to have Freesat in all...
  20. M

    Switch rooms, Sub stations.

    Hi all. I need some advise please. Where I work the switch rooms are continually being used as storage rooms, materials such as toilet tissue, mops, vacuum cleaners ect. Even the main sub station has rubbish in it. To get to DBs I have to clear a path ect. Is there any legislation covering...

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