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  1. HappyHippyDad

    Extending cat 5 cable or telephone cable and maintenance free requirements?

    I was wondering if the maintenance free requirements (MF) are the same with communication cable as with low voltage supplies? I can't see why they wouldn't be. The junction boxes for cat 5 cable or telephone cable where you just use the insertion tool have no screws that could come loose but I...
  2. S

    Spurs off Spurs on radial circuit

    So you can spur off Spurs on a radial socket circuit, is this because the cable is protected via a 20amp breaker at the board compared to 32amp on a ring?
  3. G

    Extending a lighting Circuit

    Hello All, A friend of mine wants me to put lighting into his attached garage, He wants 2 fluorescent tube lights (28W) putting in. I have passed my domestic installer course and 17th edition course last year and I'm Part-P registered. (I'm currently waiting to register with NAPIT and to be...
    • GEelecs
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    • bonding circuit extending house lighting lighting circuit lights posts
    • Replies: 34
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  4. C

    Extending wiring into loft

    Hi all, I have a few questions regarding the loft conversion I’m doing at the moment: Is it okay to extend the first floor lighting circuit up into the loft? It’s separate from the downstairs circuit and currently has 5 lamps on it. It would be extended by five, two sets of recessed...
  5. R

    Extending heater cable.

    I have a wall panel heater with a 13amp plug and I want to extend the cable without having to take the heater apart. Is it safe to extend this with the exact same cable and if so can this be done with a connector strip in a choc box or using a 20A round junction box?
  6. HappyHippyDad

    Extending the equipotential Zone of PME installation.

    I was going to just add on to Voltz's thread but it seemed to come to a natural end but I had some questions. 1. A few experienced members say that you should not extend the (equipotential zone) EPZ of a PME system. Am I right in thinking that this is because of the possible potential between...
  7. B

    Extending light switch wiring

    I'm about to rebuild a stud wall at the back of my kitchen prior to ripping the existing kitchen out and installing a new one. the light switch for the room at the back of the kitchen is in a really inconvenient place, and I'd like to move it and put it in the new stud wall. What I want to know...
    • boj86
    • Thread
    • cable extend extending kitchen light light switch switch there's wiring
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  8. E

    Extending Ring Main

    Guy's can you confirm that if I extend an existing ring main for (one socket) the existing circuit has no RCD protection I can do so without adding RCD protection
  9. cprfenom

    Extending cables in consumer unit

    Just after a general consensus. Do you guys extend cables for the purpose of neatness, even though its a potential weak point or do you accept a shorter cable and accept that its a not as neat? Regards
  10. J

    Extending Meter Tails

    Two part question: Existing 16mm tails are over 6m in length from meter. They are encased in 32mm steel conduit running through a concrete floor and vertically up a block wall right upto the consumer unit. There is no place to install a de-rated switch fuse for isolation or protection. Is it...
  11. tombrooker84

    Extending a wireless network using an already existing CAT5e hardwired system

    Hello Guys. I have currently got a client with an existing hard wired network to various rooms in her house, it's a very large town house in Clapham, probably about 5 bedrooms. She currently has all the Cat 5 wires to a single locations, just dangling out of the wall with no connections, but...
  12. P

    Extending an existing cable run

    Hi All, first time post so be gentle. My consumer Unit is situated under our stairs next to an outside wall. I currently have a 13amp two gang socket under the stairs, surface mounted. The boss lady now wants two further sockets situated near our front door on the same wall. Extending the cable...
    • pugsley
    • Thread
    • cable cable run existing extending
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  13. infinity

    extending cat 6

    I have to extend 6 CAT6. Cables that are being moved to a new cabnet, what is the best way of doing this? Are there junction box types for cat6? The neater the better but it will be above a false ceiling, I can't think of what to use never had to extend it before. Thanks
  14. J

    Adding class I fittings to lighting circuit / extending cpc

    Hi All, I'm a DIYer after advice please. All the lights in my house (ground floor and upstairs) are on one circuit - old colours, as you might expect with the age of house (120 years). There is a cpc (earth) from the (modern) consumer unit to junction boxes on both floors of the house -...
    • jufjuf0
    • Thread
    • adding circuit class cpc electrician extending fittings junction lighting lighting circuit
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  15. N

    Extending Shower Cable

    Hi all, I need to extend a shower cable due to building work making it 6 inches too short. The cable runs through a single storey extension so no access above to put junction box which need to be accessible. The existing wall where the cable runs down is having a "mini" partition build in...
    • Noob2013
    • Thread
    • access cable extending junction shower
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  16. A

    Extending cables inside a consumer unit

    Hi guys & girls Installing a new consumer unit and doing a partial rewire. I have found that a couple of the existing earths are to short to reach the correct number on the earthing terminal, can I use a push fit connector like the wago type inside the consumer unit? Thanks in advance
  17. N

    Extending Telephone Cable

    Hi all, Looking at extending a telephone cable but the joint will be outside due to the long run up the side of house. Is it best to just use one of the IDC junction boxes? Does it need to be IP rated? Thanks
    • Noob2013
    • Thread
    • cable crimps extending joint phone telephone
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  18. phb

    Extending a ring...Outside

    I went to look at a job today where the client requires power for an office being built in the garden The consumer unit is under the stairs in the center of the terraced house. Putting in a new circuit would mean having to pull up the bottom steps of the wooden staircase, pulling out part of a...
  19. B

    What is a KMF please?...Was reading about switch fuses when extending tails. Thanks

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  20. A

    extending ring main

    I've got a twin socket above where a sink will go, the cable drop is from the ceiling, the socket needs moving 2m to one side. Is it ok to snip the two ring cables high up on the wall and fit two single outlets as a means of connecting new longer cables?

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