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I have recently had my kitchen ceiling lights replaced. There are 3x 18w led dimmable panel lights on a 2 way circuit.one of the switches is a 2 gang with one switch for the ceiling lights and the other for under cabinet/worktop lights.the other switch is a 1 gang for the ceiling lights.What...
Just popped into John Lewis to buy some scented sticks and look at the fabrics :oops: and spotted the lighting department nearby. There was a leaflet 'Need your lighting installed?'.
Offering their customers bespoke service when purchasing their exorbitantly priced, Chinese made luminaires...
im about to go down london to do a job. currently waiting on manweb to install the new cable going in + meter. they have put 100a fuse for a building with 3 story's + basement and all completely home automated "littrally everything is home automated lol" The isolater is roughly 8 meters away...
Mike Blair
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I've been asked to supply an 'as installed' drawing of an installation I recently carried out to include the position of the sockets/lights and mark up the EM lighting Ect...
I'm no expert on CAD drawing but was wondering if there was a simple...ish program I could use to do the...
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project nearing completion block flats, installed Main switch tails for connection only small 200Amp 3 phase. all ready Ryefield installed meter boards all ready. head on up to trunking. tails installed 95mm TRI /BI rated Siemens arrive on site ah can't connect those tails anymore...
200 A 3phase cutout bs88 fuses... manweb said they wouldnt connect the installed 95mm tails for the installed 100ma rcd for temporary site ofiices etc this supplies a large 3 phase board that currently supplies a smaller 3 phase board from 100 amp 3 phase mcb... If i installed the last 3 phase...
Hello all,
The Schedule of Inspection forms for an EIC offer you 2 suggestions to enter in the boxes, either a tick to say an inspection has been carried out and the result is satisfactory or N/A to show that an inspection is not applicable to a particular item.
In section 7 (consumer...
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Came accross this issue and wondered if anybody else has experienced anything similar. Installed a new lighting circuit in some outbuildings and the customer supplied a little 10w LED flood light for one of them. Completed the installation and when the testing was complete energised...
How can I calculate ? How do I know what size cable I need?
9.5 kW shower
40 C ambient temperature
T+E cable installed in loft space
25m length of run
type B breaker
In 9500\230 = 41.30A
In 42A
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Just wandering what to use to get an armoured through a new duct which has been installed prior to me being on site without a pull rope.
Longest run is about 30 meters with probably 2 bends and is about 3 inch diameter but is the flexible type with ridges.
Will rods go that far and round...
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got call out to a domestic fault on consumer unit totally separate from the job & client mentions to me that they had Battery storage fitted to the PV.
anyway they mention that at present they are trying to contact company that installed it as their electric bills have gone up & they...
"We have sent this off to Australia the Landlords will no doubt be in touch direct she says that the Company who did the lights were done by an NICEIC Electrician who had to meet European standards"
Its worth noting that the burnt cable is so bad I now need to get authority to cut a hole...
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Hope somebody can help
I am a time served sparks and a PV installer with all the relevant qualification.
I have installed around 250 PV systems and signed them off as I m NICEIC registered.
The MCS was dealt with through the companies I was installing for.
So here is the question-
As the...
Hi, i had a new escape mira electric shower installed month ago and it already stopped working. the neon light on the pull cord switch comes on when cord is pulled but when i press the power button on the shower, the light on the pullcord switch goes off and shower doesn't work. can someone...
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Hey Guys! I'm not an electrician by trade but I need some advice on what seems like a serious safety issue.
Recently bought a flat in an old ex-council building and had a builder in to gut and rebuild the place. He says he got an electrician in to do the work in the kitchen but I have some...
I'm trying to for a PIR with a light but unsure how to connect. I have good knowledge and can install plugs etc have installed lights before. The pir has a NAL connection. What goes into A? And how would I install a light? Based in UK.
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A plumber has installed a 8.3kw heating boiler pulling 35a which is being fed from a 6mm . it has burnt two 45a cooker switches already. Why. Rewiring to 10mm will be hard as tenants just moved in. Owner going mad ! Cable is running above ceiling near downlighters and poss insulation. Also...
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Thanks for reading this and for your help in this matter.
i have a customer that has 4kW on their property and would now like more installed.
the case used to be that they would keep the higher tariff for the 4kW and receive a/the reduced tariff for the remainder.
there was talk this was...
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Following on from http://www.electriciansforums.co.uk/electrical-forum-general-electrical-forum/106222-watch-out-im-fitting-plastic-db.html I wonder how many of us have ever seen a fault from tails to a metal cased CU, I haven't in 35 years. Whether a TT and a live case....or a TN and a real...
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