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    For Sale get your wallets out, shed clearance mcbs, metal clad items etc

    MK stuff (New in package) 2x 13A DP secret key CU with neon, tamper proof key metal clad with boxes 1x 20A DP key operated switch metal clad with backbox 1x 2G 13A socket with backbox 1x Acel 2G socket enclosure ip65 1x Wiska 900x900mm JB white 1x Honeywell 8v 1A transformer 1x Aico Ei208 CO...
  2. O

    Switch fuse - metal clad recommendations

    Need to do a switch fuse install and I was wondering which products people prefer ........ Needs to be metal as the sub main is going to be SWA Thanks
    • Octopus
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    • fuse metal metal clad recommendations switch
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    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    earthing a metal junction box?

    my father recently bought a house and it has an ancient consumer unit fitted, next to the unit is a metal junction box which all the cables pass into and they are joined what i assume is the original wiring, all i can assume is that the consumer unit has been moved over and so the wires have...
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    Glanding 3 phase into metal distribution board.

    Quick question, have a small caravan site to wire up. Have 3 phase supply and TT earthing, 30ma RCD in each individual pods. Was planning on using a 100ma type S incomer in the main DB to protect the sub feeds. ( this should stop a dodgy caravan tripping the whole site being 100ma time...
    • -Matt
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    • 3 phase board distribution distribution board metal phase
    • Replies: 38
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    ADA Gen 4 system metal casing

    I have replaced the alarm panel. The alarm tests are ok. The walk test is ok. I have changed the Engineers& User codes also set up the zones, times zones, inhibited zones , entry and exit times. The alarm with not activate just keeps beeping. Should there be a wire into Set terminal next to the...
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    Am2 exam question bonding cable tray/ metal trunking?

    Hi everyone, I am sitting my AM2 exam a week today and was wondering if the metal trunking, cable tray etc needs bonded back to the MET in the board? Will you fail if its not bonded or will it be a minor? Anyone got any ideas? Thanks.
    • RyanF
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    • am2 am2 exam bonding cable cable tray exam metal question trunking
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Metal Halide Circuit Issues

    The background: I'm building a rig for an engineering project to age polymers, using UV radiation and water cycles. The power supply, water pump and actuator (use not relevant) are controlled via an Arduino. The rig has worked in the past with Infrared bulbs (for a different project). I'm now...
  8. Electron

    Damaged thread on lug of metal back box

    Can anyone suggest a way to fix a damaged screw lug on double socket back box?
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    Metal cable tie distance

    I’m working on a commercial construction site and I’ve been requested by he client to install metal cable ties to all inverted tray runs for my beldon and SWA cables. I’ve looked through BS7671 and I can’t seem to find the distance required between each metal cable tie. Does anyone know where...
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    Vintage/aged metal clad accessories

    Looking for a supplier of vintage/aged looking metal clad accessories. I have a client who has just purchased a run down cottage as a renovation project. The kitchen has painted brick walls, which she loves and wants to maintain. She would like the cable runs in steel conduit and the...
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    Replacing plastic light switch with metal type

    I need to replace some plastic light switches and would like to use metal replacements. The old switches had no provision for an earth wire and most of them had a sleeved unconnected earth wire which I was able to utilise. However, in three of the back-boxes the earth wire was cut short, is it...
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    Metal Fuseboard Domestic Dwelling

    When Installing A New Circuit To A Fairly Recently Installed DB (Plastic). Do You Have To Change The Consumer Unit To A New Metal Board - On Installation Certificate It Asks To Tick About Combustible Materials But Currently Having A Debate With Colleague. What Do You Guys Think?
  13. Emmett Jenner

    finding fault in metal underground conduit

    hi there, first post on here. I've got a shed in my garden which I connected to one of the feeds to a wall socket in the house. I hooked it up in June and it worked fine until about a week ago. The power went off in the house. I turned it back on again. About a week after that it went...
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    12 volt metal table lamp for sale.

    Hi all. I am planning a metal table lamp. The light will be a 12 volt LED fed from a plug in transformer, so there will not be any 240 volt cable or connection to the table lamp. Do I need to earth the metal of the table lamp?
  15. captaincaveman

    Main bonding with metal water incomer but plastic installation

    Hi. Quick question. Domestic property recently rewired by niceic spark. Water incomer is metal for about 3 feet into the property (celar) but the rest of the water installation is plastic. Looks like during the rewire the water bonding was broken on purpose. Does it need to be bonded again? (My...
  16. haptism

    Stand alone rcd enclosure, metal or plastic

    Hi all; a stand alone RCD enclosure, is this classed as "similar switchgear assemblies" in regards to reg 421.1.201 and so needs to be made of metal ? Im considering that a stand alone RCD and its enclosure might have a different BS number and so might not apply to this reg ? Anyone know...
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    Dual Dry line boxes & metal accessories

    So, customer decided they wanted B&Q chrome switches, sockets etc.... being 2nd fixing today and the dual dryline box, for side by side S FCU's is a problem - the S FCU's are wider than "conventional" units so I can't fix them properly. So does anyone know of a dual dryline box, where the boxes...
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    Metal Light Switch + Plastic Back Box with no earth terminal

    I've tried to find a solution on here to this exact scenario but had no such luck. Could somebody please advise on where I should place the earth wire on a plastic back box with no earth terminal when adding a new metal face plate? The face plate has an earth terminal on it and was probably...
  19. Ian1981

    Code cables in walls with metal partitions

    Recent thread brought up C3 cables in wall of less than 50mm from surface without rcd or additional mechanical protection on a eicr. I would also C3 this however how do people feel about this if the walls were metal partions on the studs and not wood? Would you then be more swayed to a C2 incase...
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    Metal CableTie Tensioner

    Has anyone used a Metal cable tie tensioner and cutter? I have never used them before, as I don't often use metal ties, but spec asks for them, and thought it may make the job easier and quicker. There are so many out there at different price ranges, Any advice?

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