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  1. Pat H

    FCU for Extractor fan

    Adding an extractor fan off of a 6A lighting circuit. Installation instructions specify a local isolator (as I would anyway) so 3 pole isolator will be used. Switching L SL and N however should I have an FCU upstream of the live? It would be 6A fused as specified which seems pointless the RCBO...
  2. L

    Feeding 250 amp 3 phase board direct from buzz bar need isolatir

    I'm working in a warehouse and replacing the old fuse boards with a new 3 phase board. The board will be sitting directly above the buzz bar im not sure if I need to put in an isolator in between them to isolate the 3 phase board? Thx
  3. R

    Panel problem

    Hi guys, after your thoughts on a problem i have on a panel at a sand quarry feeding the main sand pumps and de-watering screens. The panels main isolator is tripping at random times, it can run for an hour with no problems then it will blow. There are 2 rcd's feeding the pumps and neither of...
  4. D

    Cooker and hob advice

    Hi bought a new electric cooker and gas hob Have a 6mm cable with isolator above worktop and a junction box behind cooker Because the gas hob is only ignition needed for electrics can I just wire it to the 6mm cooker junction box and the isolator will control both Or do I take it off the ring
  5. R

    Diamensions of Proteus Isolator please.

    Hi, I'm trying to buy a Proteus isolator the same diamensions as the two that we already have. The current two are mounted and cannot be turned off to be opened without severe disruption to find out the rating. So, I would be grateful if someone could measure the diamensions of one you may...
  6. P

    Jacuzzi ... to 702 or not to 702 ...

    Recently been to a site with a 3month old hot tub install that had been done by another sparks, with the IP66 rotary isolator just 650mm from the edge of the Jacuzzi. It is possible to be partially immersed in the Jacuzzi and lean out to operate the isolator. Would you consider this acceptable...
  7. yellowvanman

    Shower isolator

    EICR observation - Electric shower does not have an isolator (pull cord or switch). Circuit can be isolated and locked off in the consumer unit which is in the nearby airing cupboard. (This is 1st floor flat). Is there a reg that says a shower should have a local isolator?
  8. rolyberkin

    DNO response to request for isolator

    My customer calls the DNO today to ask for an isolator (he wants want to do things properly and is worried about a fuse pull as he has a smart meter!?) he gets passed from pillar to post, in the end gets through to a department who state that they will not fit an isolator but will come and pull...
  9. D

    eicr coding question

    How would you code a cooker isolator switch mounted within the cooker space, I.e directly above the hobs? It's a metal faceplate mounted flush on metal splash back.
    • Dave the spark
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    • coding eicr isolator question regulation steam
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. A

    Kitchen Fan isolator?

    Hello all I am currently re wiring a flat which has a damp problem in the kitchen at the rear. I will be installing a 6" extractor fan with a pull cord on it to help reduce the damp. The fan will be supplied from the lighting circuit. I am aware that you need a 3 pole isolator when it comes...
  11. Pat H

    Hot Tub Isolator switch

    Hot tub in a garden next to a wooden summer house. I need to add an isolator. Ideally it would go on the side of the summer house as the CU is just inside but that puts it closer than 2M of hot tub (isolator is IP65) The next option is inside the summer house but I'm less keen on that as the...
  12. R

    What size contractor

    Well lads iv been asked recently to do a job that the customer wants all the sockets in the garage isolated as he leaves in the evening preferably using an isolator switch. There are 4 socket circuits.Can anyone recommend what size (and brand) contactor and isolator switch cheers
  13. haptism

    Bathroom extractor fan without fuse

    Hi, anyone know a make/model of small bathroom extractor fan that does not (according to manufacturers instructions) need to be fused down ? Thanks
    • haptism
    • Thread
    • bathroom circuit extractor extractor fan fan fuse fused isolator lighting without
    • Replies: 59
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  14. A

    Bathroom Electrics - Various

    Hi, I'm brand new to the forum, so please go easy on me! :-) I'm building a large extension, which includes a new en-suite bathroom. I appreciate that the work has to be done by a suitably qualified electrician, and is obviously subject to building control sign off. That said, I have been...
  15. M

    Can You Change The Position Of An Isolator?

    Hi, I just bought a house with a consumer unit which works fine but the isolator switch has been moved to the opposite side. It would have originally been on the right and has been moved to the left. It's clearly labeled with stickers etc but there's a molded on/off symbol on the right. Would...
  16. J

    Small in size switch fused isolator

    On a rewire I am quoting for a flat- the old c/u is in a tiny cupboard in communal hallway planning on moving new c/u inside flat (prob 1m to the right and 1.5m upwards)-this will be inside flat front door was hoping to find a small in size 80a/100a switch fused isolator (non combustible) to be...
  17. BruceBanner

    Western Power Isolator fitting fees increase!

    Been getting quotes of DNO to come and fit DP ISO for scheduled works or as req for a while now at approx £90.00, de/re energise approx £80.00 each way. With the increase of smart meters, shiny new seals with numbers on and a lack of seal fairys, to keep things above board with not to much...
  18. J

    Rcd for tails?

    Up coming job.... fb currently in downstairs hall in a little cupboard- along with the head and meter. job is a rewire anyways- but customer wants new fb moved into garage- on other side of wall to where it is at the minute. (Directly on other side of wall- litterally just popping through wall)...
  19. M

    25mm Armour installation + home automation "control 4"

    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...
  20. S

    EICR, question regarding tails and fan isolator

    Good afternoon Guys, I am writing up the certs for 3 flats I recently tested for an EICR and wanted to get some opinions on my views. Back ground info; they were wired in 2000. Certificates present altho a bit incomplete. Test results there, just missing dates, cert number things like that...
    • S P
    • Thread
    • eicr fan isolator meter question regarding satisfactory tails
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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