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    Swa cabling above ground

    I am volunteering at a disabled riding school charity and have been been donated a hay steamer that we want to get running. However, the quote we have been given to upgrade the wiring to support it exceeds our funds. I'm trying to find a cheaper way to do it by avoiding changing existing wiring...
  2. G

    UK PVC LSF cabling against LSZH Cabling

    I'm looking to confirm guigance / preferneces Any thoughts please?
  3. H

    EV Charger Installation - Cabling Query?

    Hi, We had a EV charger installed recently over the past day ie 32amp 7.2kw. In the fuse cupboard I’ve attached before and after photos. I have a 100amp fuse for the house. For the new EV board setup, should the 2 grey cables entering the EV board (10mm) be the same 25mm thickness as the...
  4. cliffed

    Extension cabling oh dear oh dear

    Kitchen extension ,usual works,adding a section on. Thing is with the building works,it shows how poor the existing electrics are. Ring main nailed,just taped up in middle of wall where a cupboard was,still working,lights taped at recess lights. Would you advise the client,other areas in the...
  5. cliffed

    Cabling where practicality goes a miss

    Would any of your guys actually run t&e,between the clips of the guttering,around the front of a house, porch like extension. Seems the only way to do it,the cable would be hidden ...but...what’s your take on this. It’s gonna be a rubbish job anyway.
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    TV/Network Cabling(First Fix)

    Hi All, Electrician, not TV/Sat Engineer. Currently in process of first fixing new build and client has asked us to install cables (first fix) for TV positions. Have previously installed 2No coax and 2No network cables (more recently Cat6) to each point for the 'now' and some degree of...
  7. A

    Cooker cabling advice

    Existing 10Amp cooker is fed by 6mm from main consumer unit (32A MCB) to cooker switch then 6mm fed to a 13Amp double socket, off that is one plug for supply to cooker and one plug for igniter for gas hob. I have a 16Amp rated oven coming and would like to install a 45Amp rated cooker plate...
  8. E

    Advice needed regarding insurance work

    Hi. We’ve recently suffered a house fire that has written off our kitchen and damaged most of our house and we’re in the process of having it repaired. The electrician has been and inspected and found that the wiring is not in line with current regulations. They have proposed that they install a...
  9. Doomed

    High level cabling with long life span

    Replacing some lights on top of front elevation of really tall building, once in 25 years scaffolding job. At present in MI, but due to roof works this will have to be stripped out. The new lights are going to be 100W LED units. The new roofing structure has ducting approx the size of MT3 built...
  10. M

    Cabling and pir help

    Hi. Am looking to install some garden lights in parallel. I am looking to do some of the work to keep costs down. And employ the services of an electrician to make connections. Am hoping to have a switch and pir for the lights. So that I can switch off all the lights when I don't want them...
  11. cliffed

    Conduit cabling sizes

    Helping out a fellow spark, 2nd fixing,nice school extension. Have the regs changed,concerning cpc sizes with cables. It’s all been specificed by consultant,the circuits are radials,which is a good thing. Bit confused about the sizing of the cpc,obviously single cabling,4.0mm live & neutral,the...
  12. M

    What cabling system do you prefer in commercial/industrial environment?

    Trying to make my mind up as to the best/easiest wiring system for going behind a large partition wall (around 1 ft partition depth) for a large spray booth. For around 50 light fittings wall mounted. Thinking of conduit and singles, with flex coming out of Clik connectors for each light...
  13. L

    Fire alarm cabling student accommodation

    hi all! I’m working on a new build student accommodation block wiring for fire alarm. I have been instructed to use perforated banding as containment across the stud walls above the ceilings as they won’t allow us to put any containment up. Now this to me feels a bit dog rough. Can anybody...
  14. R

    Cabling LED Application

    I apologise for what must seem an elementary question to most of you: I have need to power a series of LED lamps (in total, up to 60). I am trying to understand if I must run a 220v AC circuit from which each lamp connects its own driver, or if I can use 2 or more ‘big’ drivers and connect each...
  15. fishkake

    Electrician Jobs Subcontractor for data cabling (Midlands)

    Hi everyone. I'll try to keep this short as I don't really want to open up to a big discussion, but I'm looking for advice on obtaining a subcontractor for mostly data cabling work. One question is regarding the certification required, if any, for low voltage or data cabling (and also the...
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    Found cabling under floorboards, is it safe?

    Been living in our current house for a couple of years and finally turning our spare bedroom (junk room at the moment) into a useable bedroom. I want to move a double socket a couple of feet to the left so we can fit some wardrobes in so I lifted a floorboard up today to see if it would be easy...
  17. J

    Cabling / wires at new build property for TV

    I've just moved into a new build property that has a number of exposed / incomplete looking wires near the TV areas (one photo attached from the living room and one, with the single cable from the kitchen). The person I got the property on says they've deliberately left them like that as they're...
  18. J

    Correct cabling for flat consumer unit supplies

    I'm after some advice please guys.. I've got a job where the builder is converting a shop and flat above into 3 separate flats. There is currently just a 100a single phase supply into the shop on the ground floor. I have requested a new three phase supply to be installed, which will be located...
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    Can you extend ring cabling with terminal strip inside socket back box?

    My boiler is currently plugged into a double 13A socket in my utility room. I want to move this connection to an FCU and add an extra double socket. As a general rule, I try to incorporate additional sockets and FCUs into the ring rather than via spurs, but the cabling that feeds the existing...
  20. L

    Is surface mount cabling permitted?

    Forgive me if this is a dumb idiot question, but I'm not a sparky and I have a need to know. My wife and I are in a 15th Century cottage and most of the electrics is the original wiring from when electricity came to the village in the early '50s - lead covered stuff for the most part. We had a...

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