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  1. GBDamo

    Pricing for fitting sub board and running two circuis

    Having problems convincing company owner that us doing this is not cost effective/best use of our expertise. We are typically travelling 2-300 miles and working away so I cannot see how it can be cost effective for us to be doing this. 1, If insufficient room/capacity in existing CU then fit...
    • GBDamo
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    • board cable existing fitting indent pricing running worst
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  2. C

    Tt

    So what are people's thoughts on this, iv got to wire out a shipping container, regarding the supply existing is a tt, container is about 5 meters away from existing building, I'm going to put an independent stake in for this but just seems pointless as the existing stake is so close to this...
  3. A

    NAPIT Certification Scheme Napit Inspecton (supply intake inquiry)

    Hi all, I will be doing a kitchen rewire in a domestic house which i want to use for my Napit inspection. Existing consumer unit has not enough spare ways for the new circuits to be installed for the new kitchen and its a bit untidy. So i will be adding an additional 10 way consumer unit with...
  4. T

    3 phase distribution

    Hi all, Just an enquiry.. Our company have recently moved factory's. I am talking a very small unit. At the moment there is one TPN distribution board which is at the top end of the factory.. Is there any problem running a 3 phase supply off a 63amp mcb which will feed the new d/b just to keep...
    • Tom Ashcroft
    • Thread
    • 3 phase discrimination distribution existing phase supply switch
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Industrial Electricians' Talk
  5. S

    Nest 3G install help please, replacing Honeywell

    Hi I ordered a Nest 3G and want to install it replacing a Honeywell system. Everything I know is: Potteron Boiler Megaflow Tank Honeywell ST9100C1006 2 x Honeywell Thermostats The 2 Honeywell thermostats do upstairs and downstairs but I would like the nest to just do the whole house...
  6. A

    Electrical Installation Certificate Quiry

    Hi, just recently rewired a new kitchen and added a additional consumer unit to a house because the existing consumer unit is a bit of a mess and there is not enough spare ways to add the new circuits into the existing consumer unit. Plan on using this job for my inspection and just wanted to...
    • Abruno
    • Thread
    • addition certificate consumer electrical electrical installation existing installation you've
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  7. P

    Extending a ring

    Hi I am a competent DIYer and have fiddled with elecritics, but not massively confident. However, extending a ring, in of itself, looks fairly easy. I am adjusting a wall between two of my bedrooms. The wall is actually a built in wardrobe, which I am removing, with a view to giving some of...
  8. akwoody2

    MWC or EIC?

    Evening chaps, A little help with what i think is a grey area. Im going to install a twin socket from the DB off the 32a ring RCBO. Does this class as an alteration where i will issue a MWC or does it warrant a EIC? Thanks
  9. A

    Advice on wiring 2 single ovens into an existing double oven wire to fuse box

    Hi I have replaced a double oven with a single oven and a microwave/oven combi. The double oven was on its own wire to the fuse box, 40amp circuit breaker with appropriate cable. Both the new ovens say they are 16amp. Can i use a junction box on the main wire to goto 2 separate switches for each...
    • Adam F
    • Thread
    • advice box cable circuit cooker double existing fuse fuse box outlet oven ovens single wire wiring
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  10. L

    Emergency Lighting - Adding extra lights to circuit

    Hi, Hoping someone can give me some insight into emergency lighting circuits. I've never had to install an emergency lighting circuit, only testing of the circuit. We have an emergency lighting circuit in place but I've been asked to add a couple of additional emergency lights to an area that...
    • Liam Clement
    • Thread
    • adding additional circuit emergency emergency lighting existing extra lamps lighting lights
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  11. cliffed

    Existing Swa

    Relocating workshop to a new position,this requires Swa supply to be jointed to new position. The original swa is a 10mm 4 core,using sheath as cpc,we are extending this. It's also a 3phase /N supply. I'm ok with this,but the problem I see is the main earth bonding requirements,spoken about...
  12. Davisonp

    Advice on consumer unit replacement.

    Hi, I have an issue I cannot get my head round. I have been asked to replace a consumer unit, and the circuits are run in steel conduit with singles for live and neutral and using the conduit as the earth for sockets and lighting. There is also an MICC cable supplying the cooker. There are two...
    • Davisonp
    • Thread
    • advice attach conduit consumer consumer unit existing replacement unit
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  13. A

    Installing a shower.

    Hi guys dont post much but have a hopefully simple enough problem. Not long finished my time at the grand age of 34. Spent the entire time working in a quarry and commercial properties and zero time on domestic installs. Issue is I'm doing a homer for a guy in the quarry and I'm installing a...
  14. vxwestie

    Reusing BS 3871's

    I realise I should probably know the answer to this, but I'll ask away anyhow... I'm having to quote for some major refurbishment to an existing commercial kitchen for a local charity organisation. It'll include additional sockets to the ring, relocation of existing and relocation of a couple of...
  15. Phil Thompson

    Floods for a Golf Driving Range

    Hi guys, been asked at short notice to put in a price for a job. It's an existing driving range, they have put in an extra 6 covered bays. They are now looking those to be lit along with the area in front that users will be hitting onto. They are looking for the first 125yds to be well...
  16. S

    Notifiable Or Not?

    Brief description of prospective work: Domestic garage, replacing 2 x GLS bulb lights, each with their own separate switch, with one fluorescent light with two-way switching. Complications: One of the existing switches is a 2-gang, and the 2nd switch bizarrely is part of two-way switching of...
    • Skint Eastwood
    • Thread
    • circuit existing light lighting notifiable
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  17. Dan

    Engineering And Facilities Firms Sentenced

    Two companies have been sentenced for safety failings after a worker was electrocuted during work on a data centre in Middlesex. Balfour Beatty Engineering Services Ltd (BBES) was contracted to carry out multi-million pound infrastructure upgrade works at the data centre in Hounslow, while...
    • Dan
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    • centre control courses degrees engineer engineering existing salary services students under
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Electrical Engineering Chat
  18. G

    Incorporating Rj45 Sockets Into Existing Building

    hi guys , please excuse my ignorance but to incorporate RJ45 data points into an existing building does the main incoming BT cable also have to be 4 pair cable ? tia
  19. sparky1508

    Testing for MWC

    Hi all, I have recently finished a job and need to do the necessary tests to fill out the MWC. Can I do the earth fault loop impedance test with all lights on as this is in an office environment and switching all lights off is not practical. Also doing the insulation resistance test is not...
  20. Tink

    Moving two existing sockets with no RCD

    Just completed a site visit regarding moving two existing 13amp double sockets further along the wall (Chasing out, reinstalled, re-plaster etc. how lovely!) However there’s no additional protection provided by RCD as the CU is too old and the client doesn’t won’t to upgrade due to cost! Advice...

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