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- Hello! Hoping for some advice or help please, Looking for somewhere that sells this chandelier wiring in a minimum 50/100m coil. Here is the link with specs etc: Chandelier Wire Brown 1.2mm 1470 Buy the Chandelier Wire Brown 1.2mm PLU1470 from lampspares.co.uk and many more chandelier lighting spares and accessories. www.lampspares.co.uk It's massively expensive for […]
- Hello I was wondering if anyone here has passes their level 2 practical assessment that looks something like this I'm doing mine soon, but I don't understand how that fuse that's spurred off is wired. I'm pretty sure all those 3 sockets are wired in a ring, but if you were to wire that fuse […]
- When altering / addition to an existing circuit and the RCD is a type AC but you notice DC components within that circuit do you upgrade the RCD to a type A? The original job would be just adding a socket outlet to the ring main
- Hi all, Firstly I,m a trainee, and hoping you can make sense of my question. I,m working on a project for college, designing circuits and using RCBO,s on my circuit design. I see 61009,s and Type B,C,D ect in tables in the OSG and regs, but no type A. What is the reason for this […]
- Hello i have just rewired a friends house i have installed a 32 Amp cooker circuit with a DP switch above the worktop and also a Cooker Connection Plate behind the cooker. He is using his old Ceramic hard wired hob but has just bought a new cooker and its one of them that has […]
- Hi, is it acceptable practice to spur off an existing 20A D P switch to provide an additional single socket adjacent to this very switch? (The D P switch serves an existing 2-gang socket for a washer and a dryer). Thanks in advance.
- Hi all first time posting on here, my friend is currently living in a flat in South Wales, with an Independant main fuse as you can hopefully see.. It uses a 63a RCD as a main switch 6a lights and smokes 16a storage heater X2 32a cooker and sockets To introduce heating (no gas) he […]
- Hi, need more advise as getting two different views from electricians. Ty Detached double garage 10m from house, split equally into garden room and garage on 32a supply from cu in house. Looking to convert into 30m2 granny annex with small kitchen (induction hob, single oven), shower room, heating, sockets, lighting etc. No gas so […]
- Hi all, I am trying to calculate a SWA 4 core that will be protected by a 250 amp switched fuse isolator. It is going to supply a 3 phase electric boiler that pulls 209 amps each phase at most. I'm filling in the parameters to an online cable calculator ,when asked for the voltage […]
- Hi All, My first post – starting with a question and looking for your help/guidance. I'm looking to rent out my house 4 bed mid-terraced and I am looking to have an EICR certification done. Reading it seems I don't have to change the CU but the electrician says I will have to as I […]
- Let's say in the conventional single phase electrical schematic drawings there is a pc motherboard. All the voltage lines, MCB's etc have been done. How would you now show for instance ; USB from the PC motherboard to a peripheral device such as a printer. Would it be a straight solid line same as the […]
- I have Generac Homelink Upgradeable Manual Transfer Switch (Model: G0068521 Serial: 3009887938). The neutral is switch and I believe when this happens it is a separately derived system. The manual recommended the generator attached to the transfer switch needs to have its neutral bond to the generator frame and the generator needs to be attached […]
- Hi all looking for some help. I was looking for the minimum height of a catenary over a road, i cant seem to find it in the regs, can anyone help? I need to know where to find it in the regs book, thanks for your help in advance.
- Asking for a friend who works in the health and safety sector, was asking me about the proper time intervals for EICRs in commercial and industrial settings. I had a look in BS7671 and I see ( Reg 652.1 ) that it doesn't give specific timescales for various settings, only general guidance. I found this […]
- Hi, after some advice as my retired electrician father in law can’t figure it out. We purchased a house with a bore, I have attached the current setup in a picture. The dol contractor is always on so we have to use the isolator switch to turn off and on (he said saomething about the […]
- When connecting a new boiler into an existing switch fused connection unit and you are not modifying or extending any of the fixed circuit wiring, do you carry out the full range of tests shown on the minor works cert, with reference to a NICEIC version? Zs @ db R1R2 of the circuit up to […]
- I have a Ze reading of 0.35 on a TNCS system and I've had the DNO out to check and they say its ok. From my main board I have 2x 10mm sub mains feeding another board and my Zs on the cables is ~0.45 ohms. Max allowed according to BS7671 is 0.35 ohms. What […]
- Has part F now been modified with regards to notifications when installing extractor fans? It’s been many years since I’ve installed one but have heard that you must have attended a recognised training course, have a calibrated anemometer and complete a specific form for building control with the extractor details, extraction rates etc?
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- Reading of 411.3.2 and following suggests that compliance for disconnection
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