plastic

  1. gazdkw82

    plastic wire gauge - mm

    I seen somewhere not so long ago a plastic credit card size wire gauge. It had all different sized cut outs in it so you could offer up a conductor in order to correctly size it. cant find anything decent that's measured in mm. Its just to quickly size a conductor if in doubt
  2. M

    light switch metal faceplate to plastic casing

    Hi Guys, First time here so sorry for posting the most basic of questions. I have just moved into an old central London building and want to replace my ancient single plastic light switches with modern nickel metal ones from B&Q. I isolated the power to the flat and opened up the switch and...
  3. A

    Fluke 1654B for sale

    Hi, ive recently started a new job where I'm off the tools now, and my tester is 1 tool I will probably never use again (fingers crossed) so im selling it, it's got all the basic leads, the test button lead, all 5 kew tech light mates, 2 and 5 amp socket adaptors, loads of little bits with it...
  4. polo1

    Another tripping rcd.....

    In case I've missed something- 40a mcb in an old Simplex cu feeding a standalone, plastic cu consisting of a 63a, 30ma rcd as main switch and a 40a mcb. 10mm t&e serving a 9.5 kw Mira shower via a 45a dp switch. Random tripping of the rcd when the shower is off ( power to the switch internal to...
  5. J

    adapt boxes in garden

    morning guys What do you guys normally do for a swa supply down to a garden office- where the customer doesnt want the swa viewable inside- so swa needs to be made off outside and then cores coming into the back of the consumer unit. I know I could use a ip65 plastic box as I have fly banjo'ed...
  6. M

    lid for this old consumer unit ?

    hi hoping somebody could help. I did a test at a property and the lid fell off and snapped in half while i was there , of course i have agreed to get a new lid from somewhere but not sure where ... any suggestions its a old board ... thanks in advance mike )
  7. X

    Am2 correct installation of data cable

    Hi guys Ive never posted in the forum I'm a bit of a lurker and always been able to find what i need in a pinch thanks to alot of you guys out there. I have tried my best searching and can't seem to find any info on the data cable installation. Now i recently took my am2 exam and passed...
  8. Pat H

    Plastic compression glands for T&E into metal CU

    I'm sure this will have come up but what are the thoughts on cable entry into metal CUs? Obviously from the rear is simplest but if cables have to come in from below then do we need to use metal glands or are plastic ok? I assume for RFC its best for both legs of the circuit to enter together...
  9. Last plumber

    Garage earth

    Good afternoon, I'm new here, as some know, I'm from the other side, ( plumbers forum ). I've had a couple of different opinions on this from three very experienced electrical engineers. I've read regs but curious on whether you agree and what you think is safest way of doing this or how you...
  10. Pete999

    And I thought electrical fires were caused by plastic CUs

  11. R

    Waterproof lamp holder

    I have bought this lamp holder on Ebay 6A 250V E27 Screw PVC Ceramic Waterproof Lamp Holder Precise Bulb Light Socket | eBay - http://ebay.eu/2dsiNTZ It has short tails and no obvious way to connect a power cable to the tails. Inside the pnik tail covers are single cables wired to the lamp...
  12. cgfw201

    Getting IKEA Light Flush With the Ceiling

    Hi, First post, first time doing anything electrical. Have bought a nice new IKEA Sinnerlig light for my nice new house I moved into last week. Have removed old ceiling light which was a cheap plastic one than screwed into a cheap plastic base plate that was screwed into the ceiling. Anyway...
  13. Leesparkykent

    Go to choice of white plastic accessories.

    My 1st choice is Click mode...What I like about the switches is you can change the modules so for example you can have an intermediate and 2 way switch on the same 2gang plate.
  14. telectrix

    amd 3 or not.

    so tempted to stick 2 fingers up. fully loads BG dual RCD CU ( plastic) £30. from sel direct. bargain .
  15. Michaelwgroves

    Extraneous Conductive-part

    I've had my work assessed which has raised a question about Extraneous-conductive-part. I just want to be sure I fully understand this. BS7671 Part 2 defines it as; A conductive part liable to introduce a potential, generally Earthed potential, and not forming part of the electrical...
  16. B

    Wiring A Small Commercial Kitchen

    Suggestions on best way of wiring a little commercial kitchen as there is no way chases can be done as walls are rock hard,I was thinking about running 4x2 plastic trunking around the perimeter at top of walls and dropping down to points in 20mm plastic conduit,any other ideas would be mostly...
  17. S

    Galv lighting trunking

    I'm currently doing some galv lighting trunking all wired in low smoke singles with metal fire clips installed in the trunking over the escape route. I have been supplied plastic lid by the main contractor is there any thing in regs about not being able to use this. Sorry would look in my byb...
  18. Wes1000

    Plastic AMD 3 CU???

    Hi guys. Firstly my apologies for posting a question that in my opinion has an obvious answer but I have started to doubt myself. a friend of my brothers has just had a rewrire completed and the CU they fitted is a plastic one. My brother only noticed as I have just finished his rewrire and had...
  19. N

    where can we use plastic consumer unit?

    hi to all am just wondering with the latest regs, where possibly can we still fit split load plastic consumer unit? thanks for your time guys...

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