I understand the procdure for PIR. There has been additions all over the house, single copper core to tinned copper and the is no CPC in the lighting circuit with class 1 fittings in most rooms! I was going to suggest a re-wire with the ammount of work needed to bring it up to standard, lots of...
I have recently been to test a property that has tinned stranded copper cable on the socket and lighting circuits. Is this type of cable still acceptable or does it need removing and re-wiring? Any advise would be welcome.
I do agree Warren it is better at the MET if available and easily accessible but unfortunately that's not always the case. Will have a look at the regs thought just to check.
Wot if you you lost the main earth at the MET? Its all ifs and buts! As long as the main bonding is in place and correctly connected to the main earth so that everything is at the same potential then i don't see as it makes any difference where the connections are made - MET or CU!
Wot if the main earth comes off the supply and straight into the CU with no external main earth terminal. Cant you use the bonding terminals inside the CU?
Hi mc497, wot your seeing is dating back to the old regs probably 15th edition where supplementary bonding used to have to go back to the CU. If your not gonna RCD protect the lighting circuit, disconnect the wire going back to the CU and cross bond the pipe work, the bath and the cpc in the...
HI simonatlondon I've had four now! One was with the inspector being inspected by his gaffer!!!! I was bricking it. But no worries all went well. I still get nervous but try to relax they know how your feeling and are generally pretty cool. The one I had two years ago was with a gut that a...
Well said jasons6930. I have used and inspected through crimps on single core cables and (as yet) have never encountered any problems! I would like one of the "old school boys" to answer the question on how they would repair or extend any cable which has to be buried into plaster work. Are they...
Hi bonjovi, the RCD requires a good earth fault loop path to operate correctly, so if you test the RCD first and the earth fault loop impedance is to high and untested at that point your initial results would show that you have a faulty RCD when there is possibly nothing wrong with the unit...
Hi clare r, as KFORDHUNTER mentions you should remove the alarms where possible, it does'nt take long and then you know you are getting true results for the circuit.
Through crimps and heat shrink tube are fine. If you stagger the Line-Neutral -earth connections it makes the whole joint smaller, then you can use the heat shrink on the individual connections and slide a larger piece over the whole lot therefore doubling the insulation!
Why not interrupt the existing shower cable somewhere along its length and install a stand alone RCD unit and put and RCD spur in the loft for the light?
Hi Pete. Yes these print straight onto plain paper. You can put the NIC logo on, there is a folder on the disc with loads of different logos but no they don't number themselves.
Here you go guys. Have a look at these on E-bay. I have the older version at present but have just purchased the new one for £12.99. I cant' fault them they look really good. It may take a little time to find a quick way to fill in the forms but once you do they only take a few minutes. Here'...
Bought a disc off E-bay for £12.50. Was't expecting much but thought i'd give it a go. Got to say i'm realy impressed.Will have a look for the details and post a link!
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