Someone wants me to put a water heater(30 amps), range(40-50 amps) and dryer(30 amps) all on a single 60 amp circuit. I said that's a bad idea.
They have a 100 amp main panel and all these devices would total 100 amps minimum. I am hesitant to run all these off the 100 amp service even with...
Hi All, I am new to the forum.
I have a small 30 amp sub panel that once powered a green house, some lights and 1 regular 120-v outlet. We have since removed the greenhouse and it's associated wiring and now the sub panel is an eye sore and in an unsafe location as it is low, at outet...
About me.
Fastidious about wiring.
Degree in Mechanical Engineering, extremely good spanner monkey (rebuilt engines, gear boxes).
BUT I know my limits and what I am allowed to do according to Part P of the UK building regs etc.
Just been in the loft to do some tidying and found a right rats...
Hi, I know it's best practice to run an immersion on a dedicated circuit but am I OK with the following
A new heat pump is being fitted and it has a wiring centre in the airing cupboard next to the cylinder, the wiring centre requires a 3A switched spur to power the circuit board a diverter...
Hi All, so I have a outdoor cctv camera that you plug in - I'm thinking of attaching this to the soffit and going into the loft from there (very easy access).
Can I just wire this into the lighting circuit, I've already done some work in the loft for various lights and an extractor fan so I...
Hi everyone, no sure this question should be in this forum, but im sure a lot of you will know the answer. I've set up a hot box to deliver food in my van. I've put a leisure battery 130ah and a inverter of 1000w continuous 2000w peak. between the battery and the inverter i've put a 100A circuit...
Could you tell me please if I am allowed in England to replace by myself the 2.5mm cable from a radial circuit to 4mm and the 16Amp MCB it has now for a 32Amp?
Hi,
I want to add a 32a induction hob and 13a oven to my cooker circuit. I was going to make the current single outlet dual and then upgrade the MCB from 32a to 45a.
See photos of current setup.
Does this sound doable?
Thanks
Phil
Lighting circuit. 3 rooms. I turned the breaker off and in the last room of the circuit I checked the light switch to make sure lights didn’t come on. They didn’t.
Anyway….the circuit still live at the fitting. The wire from the previous room loop.
I then turned the rcb off on the side of...
Hi all,
As per title, I seem to see this quite a lot especially in new builds where a time clock and photocell are both wired intro the same circuit for communal lights. What is the logic behind this ? Surely it’s better to have just one or the other, as the photocell will not operate the...
Recently renovated a covered back porch for a customer. Used 12/2 wire on a single 20 amp breaker. The first fixture was a gfci, then a switch (controls 2 ceiling fans), then another receptacle, then a long run to the other side of the porch, about 40 ft. Halfway across that run I spliced in a...
I used 1 inch emt conduit in the garage for 50 amp circuit for ev charger. I plan to use 4AWG wire. Please let me know which wire is est for passing through conuit, I also have less than 3 feet wire goes in the wall
Hi all, so just moved into a new property, the light fitting/rose was removed from the living room, nothing looks to be shorting (But there is a single neutral with no connector block?) but the breaker trips straight away. There are 4 fittings on this floor, none with bulbs in, none with any...
Right now I have a circuit in my living room with a GFCI on the lead outlet. For various reasons I want to change that outlet to a non-GFCI, put half of the outlet on a switch, and mount the switch and a GFCI outlet halfway up the wall (where the new GFCI will cover the entire circuit).
I...
Hi,
So I've just started to install some spotlights in a room in my house, and I always thought to use 1.5mm T&E so I've wired them all up and I've come to connect the main line in and noticed that it is 1.0 T&E. Am I okay to link the main line to my daisy chained spots on 1.5.
Some more...
I recently moved into a flat to find that my top floor main light is wired into central heating circuit, along with bathroom towel rail .
As a result the light only works if the immersion heater , boost or central heating is on ! Aside from being ridiculous and extremely inconvenient in summer...
I installed a new 50 amp circuit to charge my EV.
Some specifics on the circuit - 50 amp breaker, 6-2 ga copper wire (UFB because in the future I may place the charger outside and wanted flexibility), NEMA 6-50 plug, Grizzl-e charger at 40 amps.
My question is on the breaker itself. I have a...
Fun EICR at an HMO today, which was installed new 5 years ago (not particularly well!)
Lots of niggly things that I'll sort, but in the kitchen cupboards were two unswitched sockets which confused me for a while.
Turns out they are connected to the lighting circuit, switched by their own...
Been out the domestic game for a long time, but now having to rewire my own house.
Was wondering what the maximum cable length would be for a 1.0mm lighting circuit with 100w of leds?
Is the max cable length the ‘maximum’ length of r1+r2 from conumser unit - up and down switch drops - to the...
I live in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and people die here regularly by electrocution. There is no earth wiring in the buildings, just live and neutral.
I am a member of an expats forum and the question arises: Will using an RCD device offer any protection at all?
I understand RCD's will go off with...
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