Hi all,
The title says it all really, I have been asked to do a series of jobs in a 2 bed flat based in South West London. He's a really nice man and want to charge a fair price. Historically, I have only completed individual jobs at a time so am a bit stumped of how to charge for what he...
Thanks all, am I also correct in saying an rccb is the same as an rcd?
My thoughts wilko hence why I my mind was more around the unit bei g faulty or having a loose connection.....
Thanks all for the responses. I am told nothing has changed in the shop so would guess maybe the terminals have worked loose. Think I will start hear as sounds like the quickest easiest win lol.
Hi all,
A friend of mine has just called me up for a bit of advice and I said I would double check with you guys and girls who are perhaps older and wiser or just wise lol!
He has a coffee shop that has 2 distribution boards of approximately 10 ways each (both split dual RCD boards). One of...
Wilko,
I feel like a bloody Muppet, your absolutely right!!!
I remember now when isolating at the board it was not supplied from the hot water circuit but only isolated when the sockets were turned off. That's it, spured off the ring main.
Brilliant,
Many thanks.
Hi Lee,
Thanks for that, I understand the hw on / ch on but don't understand why the two neutrals, 2 earth's, 2 lines???
Yes I do and wanted to power it using the existing cable being supplied from the 12v on the heatlink.
Thanks,
Martin
Hi all,
I am trying to wire a nest 3rd generation thermostat into what I believe to be a s plan heating system and am after a bit of help please.
Upon removing the cover for the old programmer, there appear to be two wires to each port please excuse my ignorance, but why would this be as it...
I had heard silicone is not that great, apart from anything unless it is completely dry it conducts!!!! Also it can eat copper depending on the additives. That said this stuff is not exactly cheap so wouldnt mind an alternative lol
Westward,
The silicone sealing idea made my brain tick lol, so have been doing a bit of reading, have you ever used magic gel as this would seem the perfect solution!!!
No problem, I could but no need really. I could get away with having one junction box at the beginning of the 4 lights but what I want to do is run them 1 after the other. I have tried to show what I mean in the attached pic
Hi Westward,
On the back of the cable entry (base of the light) their is a simple rubber grommet used to maintain ip rating, dont think it would be big enough to put two cables in through and if I did definitely wouldn't maintain rating or it would just split.
Hi Hightower,
I was hoping for something a bit smaller than that, something that could be used almost inline. The lights are going in a line over a length of wall so using that would mean having to run 4 wires from the box for the entire length.
Hi all,
I have been asked to swap an exterior tube lighting thing to 4 wall lights over a shop front for a friend. My question is what would you guys use for the neatest and tidiest way of splitting the cables e.g. From light 1 to light 2 etc etc? I cant do inside the light fitting as they just...
Cheers all,
An interesting array of responses!
TBH I did not have to go very far in fact just 5 mins from my home, that said I did make it very clear on the phone I might not be able to fix that night, in which case I would need to come back at some point not knowing he had a builder already...
Hi all,
I was called out at 2100 on a Sunday, in the greater London area and tbh I have no idea how much to charge so am looking for some guidance please. It was fault finding a lighting circuit (lights in the extension would not work) and at the time I did not want to leave my house lol so I...
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