No, nothing to do with an American boy band.
It appears that there's a new scam surfaced in Northern Ireland, in order to bid on local authority contracts you have to be registered with Sparksafe.
I'm waiting for a guy to respond to some questions I've asked him re minimum qualification...
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I did my C&G qualifications a good few years back don't do much of anything electrical for my job so apologies if I am a rusty.
I have been asked to take a look at a few years old periodic report for a church in my village, to see if there is anything simple on it that I could remedy for them...
Hi guys just wondering if someone can help me out here. I've been asked to install a metal hand dryer in a toilet block but the fused connection unit for it will fall within touching distance of the sinks.I've had a look at the regs but I'm still a bit unsure.Will the FCU need to go above the...
Hello, I would like to use a recently bought Click and flow connector block to wire a standard lamp with 3 bulbs.
Reading the instructions have left me confused.
According to the instructions the female socket is 'for fixed wiring supply' but has room for 3 cables to run into this socket...
Hi all. Looking for advice here. The mother in law had her house extended and totally rewired by someone that said to her he was a qualified sparks. I've been up the loft and found crimped wires and not even clipped down and a whole host of lovely terminal block connections. One set of these has...
Therolster
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Hi guys,
Im installing some main switches in an installation to cover 3 boards.
A question i have is, they anything against the regulations or indeed bad practice to fit a single main isolator switch to cover the 3 boards or should they have 3 individual ones.
What i got is a single phase...
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I have just purchased a flat which currently uses Economy 7. It has a secondary circuit which the storage heaters and immersion boiler are run off. This circuit only becomes live during the off peak hours. There is a 2nd consumer unit for this circuit.
I have had the storage heaters removed...
william_rl
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Need help, I need to supply a 4th floor flat from a basement flat off the same meter, there is the main fuse then the meter.
I was going to put a henly block after the meter then straight up 4 floors to a fuse box, I think I need an RCD before it makes its journey up, don't know the cable I...
Hey guys, I have a major problem. I have just run in 40 submains and re powered the communal's in a pre-existing block of flats. The company I'm doing the work for will not pay me until the communal TV system is up and running. That's got nothing to with me. Sadly, they thinks it does. They are...
Got a surplus of 100a tails blocks Brand new still on packaging ,Henley blocks. Can Post as many as you want . Let me know how many and can give you a price.
Evening,
Anyone know the book/industry times for chopping 1g & 2g 35mm back boxes in concrete block and then fixing . All using power tools.
I know how long it would take me! But will be subbies... My luckins doesnt list it and my old spons only has chopping by hand times which I reckon my mum...
Hi
In the process of installing Solar iBoost
No issues with the unit that needs to be installed in between 16A MCB and Immersion.
Can someone clarify exactly where should install the clamp
I have attached to this post a photograph of the wiring at the Utility Meter.
You will see...
rugbyref1968
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I have a ceiling spotlight trackbar which uses an inbuilt choccy bar as its connector. Trouble is it is now quite old (20 yrs+) and the little screws in the choccy block seem to have lost their grip and just spin around so they don't grip the copper wires anymore, nor can I remove them...
Reading thread just now reminded me of a job I helped my Lad out on, we were wiring some down lighters, anyway we got to the jobsite ealy to make a start, about 09:30 this Muppet turned up, no introduction, nothing but "how much longer youse goin to be ere matey" all day we replied with that he...
Hello to all
Can a 'part pee" person replace a damaged twin and earth cable to an outside light on a stable block and issue a minor works certificate?
The cable outer sheath has cracked due to incorrect installation method and long term exposure to the elements.
Many thanks
Hi
Is it ok to link several gas meters from the MET in a block of flats which previously had night storage heating in all of them. I only say this because of the work it would involve running separate cpc's from each CU to the meters.
Cheers
Paul
Coming across a few of these. Very small run of cable as cu is in kitchen just below bathroom but should be 10mm cable. Did the old cable used to be slightly bigger than the new stuff?
Hi all
Just wondering your thoughts on how many domestic EICRs per day could be completed? The properties are small scale apartments, occupied and usually within same housing block.
How many do you think is this realistic? (based on a 8-10 hour working day.)
cheers
Hi all
I hope some one can advise on this situation
We were working in a commercial premises running data ,co ax ,HDMI and a RS 232 cables for a media system (TV monitor wireless access points and speakers) The termination cabinet for these cables was on the other side of a breeze block...
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