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    Caravan Electrics (20 chars - have we still not fixed this?!)

    I'm wanting to add a couple of sockets in my caravan as there's only 2 at the minute. Not something I've ever worked on before, I'm going to have a flick through the regs just now but anything to be aware of? One of the sockets is going under the bed (this area is accessible from the outside by...
  2. A

    PME or TT or Both To Caravan Or Outbuilding

    hi I'm a part qualified electrician gaining exp wherever I can whilst doing my college course. Today we were hooking up a static caravan with 3 core swa. All was good until we started doing the tests. With the pme connected I was getting 0.26 as an earth loop at the board in the van. The boss...
  3. L

    Caravan fixed heater with 13A plug, should it be PAT tested?

    We stayed in a caravan in the last few days which had this fixed air blown heater underneath a wardrobe. Inside the wardrobe the heater has a 13A mains plug with a PAT test sticker from 2012. The switch on the front has been broken off and somebody has put in a block connected internally so...
  4. P

    Caravan and Camping Site - Diversity

    Hi Guys I'm doing an EICR and making expansion proposals for a Caravan Site. This is for holiday not static caravans. Simple question - how many 16 amp outlets can I have off a 63 Amp supply? Currently 8 pitches are fed from a DB containing individual 16 Amp RCBOs, fed from a 63 amp supply...
  5. D

    Supply to static permanent residence caravan

    Hi, looking for some advice for supply to static permanent caravan at bottom of garden. My House supply is TT. From what I can gather from previous thread s, is this acceptable. House end, SWA terminated into plastic ad.box and l+n tails into non RCD side of cu, from suitably rated MCB. Armour...
    • Daxydoggie
    • Thread
    • armour caravan earth electricians vans house permanent separate static supply van vehicle
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  6. T

    Disabled Alarm at Caravan Park

    Has anyone been involved with the installation of a disabled alarm in a building remote from a occupied building. I'm carrying out electrical works to a remote shower block in a caravan park,as an after thought the owner has decided to install a disabled toilet/wet room in the block. He has...
  7. Midwest

    PME supply to detached garage

    My question is not quite in the title. I've been asked to quote for the above. No extraneous conductive parts in garage, which I intend to supply from spare way in house domestic CU, swa to garage CU utilizing the earthing facility of TN-C-S. However, one of the reasons they want the supply...
  8. A

    Caravan or Mobile Home? Which one is it.......

    Hiya all What we have is a holiday home site type effort where there are 13 caravan type looking units of accommodation. They do not have towing facilities nor are wired for running lights while towing. They are sat on wind down legs for adjustment. Mobile Home - A transportable leisure...
    • Adrian Sadler
    • Thread
    • caravan earth electricians vans home homes mobile van vehicle
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  9. C

    Caravan park wiring

    Looking for a bit of guidance and how people go about connecting caravan pitches. Basically there is a PME supply on site which will be used to supply the toilet block and septic tank etc but I'm looking for guidance on how to terminate the hookups. There is a 16mm 3core armour run out to feed 3...
  10. E

    New caravan site

    Hi All, I've got a job to do at new caravan site. The client is paying for 3phase off of the pole that runs through the field and they have built a small solid building at the base. I'm assuming it's going to be connected as PME but i'm yet to confirm. The client wants supplies to 5 pitches...
  11. D

    Battery, Charger and Mains Circuit not working! Static Caravan, VanRoyce.

    Hi everyone, The problem's history: Bought the caravan with an low level charged battery, hooked it to the main, heater and water pump worked for two days until the battery died. Bought a medium level charged battery, plugged it in and after three days it died. We checked the charger with a...
    • Delina Dimova
    • Thread
    • battery caravan charger circuit electrical work electricians vans mains not working static van vehicle working
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  12. C

    Static caravan

    Hi all, Got a look at a job today in a traveling site, we are installing a supply to a static caravan! The supply is tncs to a metal clad d/b in an out house,all circuits have rcbo protection!! There is a 100a rcd fitted,fed from the main isolator switch then feeding the d/b!! My ? is obviously...
  13. D

    caravan charger.

    I have a mate with a towing caravan battery charger problem. Scenario is the original fixed charger failed while he was away and he replaced it with a new straight swap unit...(3 stage 18a max unit). The battery is a 110ah unit which takes a charge fine on a separate trickle charger. The issue...
    • Deleted member 9648
    • Thread
    • caravan charger electricians vans van vehicle
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Auto Electrician Forum
  14. bigspark17

    Caravan site/park periodic

    How often does a caravan site/park need an eicr?
  15. S

    static caravan supply at home

    I'm looking at placing a static caravan in my garden for elderly relatives to live in. I already have a SWA cable from the house fusebox to the garage fusebox, and the static caravan would be situated adjacent to the garage. Typically these caravans are connected to a 16Amp supply, will this...
    • smithgt
    • Thread
    • caravan electricians vans home static supply van vehicle
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  16. A

    Caravan bonding

    Hiya Anyone know whats the minimum size for cable is for... A. Cu to rod B. Gas/water/chassis bonding also if metal framework of the door need extratous bonding? Cheers
    • Adrian Sadler
    • Thread
    • bonding caravan electricians vans van vehicle
    • Replies: 60
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. B

    Eicr

    Hello friends, i have been doing EICR for caravan sometimes now. On 16A or 32A hookup box with 30maRCD protection mostly found 1ohms or more Zs at hookup and more inside the van. When you put the results in schedule of test sheet which will not comply with maximum Zs value table from regs book...
    • bks
    • Thread
    • amendment caravan eicr maximum system
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  18. J

    static caravan supply

    Hi guys been asked to install some meters on static caravans today. When checking it out I found the homes are all fed from the same supply with a weatherproof enclosure below each one where the SWA is connected to t+e that feeds each van. Should these not have their each individual hook up...
    • jimjamjimajam
    • Thread
    • caravan electricians vans static supply van vehicle
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  19. P

    Sparky a cowboy only test 10% never hear of it help! caravan condition reporting

    Hi I have started testing on a large caravan site i did a condition report and full inspection and testing on one caravan took me 3 hours. The previous contractor (Niceic domestic installer ) does 10 caravans total of two people in 4-5 hours including certificates My client has now asked me...
    • pmasouthwestltd
    • Thread
    • caravan condition cowboy electricians vans help! never sparky test van vehicle
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  20. P

    Condition Reporting on static caravan site customer wants only 10% testing ?????

    Hi I have started testing on a large caravan site i did a condition report and full inspection and testing on one caravan took me 3 hours. The previous contractor (Niceic domestic installer ) does 10 caravans total of two people in 4-5 hours including certificates My client has now asked me...
    • pmasouthwestltd
    • Thread
    • caravan condition customer electricians vans site plan static testing van vehicle wants
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum

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