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  1. stretchyboy

    please give your opinions

    I've imported CCTV kit before and quite often they put 'gift' on the box to get round the import duty. I dont think they are worried about the odd item, only the larger purchases. I dont think it is too much even if you do have to pay it.
  2. stretchyboy

    Earthing back boxes..

    Ditto Mark Sparks, I usually fly-lead but will not put it on a PIR if someone else hasn't unless there is two adjustable lugs. I always think that it ought to be done as a sparky may have the socket front off and if the cable is damaged at the entry to the box, then it may touch and liven the...
  3. stretchyboy

    help with price of job

    why not give evryone a full list and you'll get something accurate i'm sure...... 20 dsso, 15 pendants, mains board etc also where the job is, timber frame, chasing, swimming pool etc
  4. stretchyboy

    Home sale testing

    As long as you really know how to do the PIR fully and accurately they should accept it if you persist, although a lot will have a blanket policy of 'approved companies only'. It is restrictive practise ( I can remember the annoyance before I gave up and went NIC) but they do it partially out of...
  5. stretchyboy

    Wiring security lights

    Just wire a three core and earth between them all and have the two sensor lights with their outputs linked with the third core along with the live for the middle light, then you'll have the lights all coming on together when either of the two sensor lights are activated.
  6. stretchyboy

    Ring/radial

    You could interpret some of the regulations to actually ask for this, as they say that a single circuit fault should not cause inconvenience to the end user and as long as the circuit description is accurate, why not?
  7. stretchyboy

    Earthing back boxes..

    Jason is perfectly correct, the important use of this knowledge is not so much when you are fitting your own jobs(as that is often personal choice) , but when you are testing someone elses work. It is really imprtant to know the regulations inside out in order to have all the answers to give to...
  8. stretchyboy

    RCBOs (INSULATION RESISTANCE TEST)

    remember - You are testing the circuit and not the protective device ;-)
  9. stretchyboy

    Testing RCBO

    your dead tests should verify whether the circuit is basically safe, then when it comes to your live tests, you should feel safe in the knowledge that you are unlikely to come to harm if you get something wrong. Then, as you've already been told, take your time, take care and try to be certain...
  10. stretchyboy

    Shower Circuit

    I went to a call-out for a lady who's landlord has sent in the Romanian builders, the shower kept blowing after a few mins ..... so after a quick look i discovered a 6mm cable leading back to a hidden panel in the bathroom that had a socket in it where the 6mm was plugged into. After pointing it...
  11. stretchyboy

    Switching a fan from a shower switch

    you could come off of the switched shower supply as long as you fuse it down with a fused connection unit or similar and that you have enough capacity in the shower supply (i'd be surprised if there isn't room for 100W) The cable from the shower feed to the FCU only need to be large enough to...
  12. stretchyboy

    silly question? R1+R2

    It would depend on the type of over-current protection and circuit details, before you can determine the limit that R1/R2 should be. There are tables which tell you the maximum Zs for a type of mcb/cable etc but dont forget that this is the external and internal impedance of the circuit and not...
  13. stretchyboy

    immersion heater problem

    Do you know that it isn't something like a loose or high resistance connection at the fuse or fuse holder? that would cause it to heat up too you know? .... just another option
  14. stretchyboy

    17th Edition Consumer Unit

    :cool: Thats more like it
  15. stretchyboy

    Set up as Ltd company but now may have to go PAYE.....

    You will be better off paying yourself basic rate tax via your own company and let the new firm that you'll work for pay you normally and have the tax-code and therefore the allowance, so that you down use your allowance twice. It's quite easy to do really.
  16. stretchyboy

    Detached Garage

    It depends what time of month though doesn't it? :eek::D:cool:
  17. stretchyboy

    A Broken Ring!!!

    For years we all laughed at the "Spanish" style of wiring when we went on our holidays and yet we are nearly there now .................. all baring the double pole mcb's :cool::D:cool:
  18. stretchyboy

    Sockets over cookers

    Doesn't that make it an oven then? If there are no hob facility then what is on the top of it? worktop? metal? As others have said already, I would put the socket elsewhere incase the cooker gets replaced, but i'm guessing that this is no ordinary kitchen or cooker and hence the question...
  19. stretchyboy

    17th Edition Consumer Unit

    Thats just a basic mains board that doesn't have any RCD's at all ????
  20. stretchyboy

    Shower control

    You didn't say that ! ;-) Then you'll have to have the feed from the 'contactor unit' (as you call it) going to a contactor to bring the shower unit on. This way you can have the units unable to work at the same time as eachother and yet they are on seperate circuits or even seperate boards...

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