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  1. SJD

    UK Is this meter and consumer unit location safe and upto spec? (kitchen cabinet, water pipes)

    Yes, an above worktop cabinet is far easier to work from. With the consumer unit in the base unit, I'd likely decline any work on it nowadays, it gives me back trouble.
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    Are you VAT registered

    Being VAT registered will obviously mean you are more expensive, by the VAT on the labour element of the work. The point is that HMRC specifically warn against splitting work of a similar nature into multiple businesses to avoid having to register one or more of them for VAT. If you are already...
  3. SJD

    Mechanical Protection for Tails between Meter Cupboards on outside wall

    The only time I've had to route tails between two meter boxes, I used 50mm galv conduit. I had more than just 1 set of tails to route, hence the larger size.
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    UK Identification of Crabtree Polestar RCD type

    Thanks Westward, and that last paragraph with the Note about no characteristic marking is exactly what I needed to see.
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    UK Identification of Crabtree Polestar RCD type

    One of my customers has a TPN board fitted with some Crabtree Polestar MCBs with attached RCDs, and I was wanting to confirm the type of RCD (i.e. AC, A). The RCD modules have either no marking to indicate type, or are marked with the logo for Type AC or Type A. See attached photos. I'm...
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  8. SJD

    Led Driver Help Needed Please

    To drive all 10 LED modules in series, you need a driver that will deliver 700mA constant current at a voltage of circa 400V. If the driver fails, all the lights will stop working, and depending on how it fails, all the LED modules might get damaged. If one LED module fails, then again all the...
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    UK I need some guidance from a professional electrician......

    Nothing I buy offers a commission, and I'd be suspicious of a brand that felt they needed to do this. I cover the cost of sourcing materials with a modest mark-up when invoicing the customer, which is quite common. I'd focus on offering products that had compelling reasons to be chosen, and...
  10. SJD

    First ever eicr report failed

    It does seem increasingly the case that organisations make customers to download documents from their portal, rather than just emailing them direct. I suspect such a portal is for the convenience of the letting agent rather than the tenants.
  11. SJD

    YORK - need a favour!

    The sewn hem is likely not that large, so you want something that slides in & out easily with minimal steps that might snag. Equally it must withstand a lot of use bringing the cloth in & out possibly many times during performances, and possibly even a bit of bending if the bar the cloth is hung...
  12. SJD

    YORK - need a favour!

    Screwfix sell galv conduit in 3m lengths, threaded at one end, plus couplers, are open bank holiday Monday, and you'd only have to visit maybe 3 stores in the York area to get enough for what you need. This all assumes you have the means to thread the other end!
  13. SJD

    Wiring a light and a battery pack, basic questions

    The LEDs appear wired incorrectly back to back - whereas you should wire the black from the first LED to the red of the second LED, etc. So they are all in series.
  14. SJD

    UK Repairing Christmas light projector

    No idea about the original wheel, but just wonder if you'd find a gobo wheel for a moving (stage) light of the right size?
  15. SJD

    Hi Ze Reading

    Sounds a bit high a reading to be due to just the cable resistance? What is Ze at the supply origin? Perhaps poor or corroded connections of the armour?
  16. SJD

    Outdoor electrical socket

    BG IP66 sockets are typically their standard white sockets mounted in a weatherproof frame - hence the standard screw holes with white plastic covers in the white faceplate. So the black rectangles are just lenses. Still no nearer to guessing why the socket doesn't work. I'd ask the OP whas was...
  17. SJD

    Outdoor electrical socket

    Looks to be a BG WPL22 socket, which should be an ordinary IP66 socket from e.g. Screwfix (stock code 420XH), not Bluetooth or WiFi controlled. Slightly puzzled by one photo showing what appears to be an SWA gland below the socket, yet the armour is brought into the socket housing and not...
  18. SJD

    Single insulated splitcon and KMF

    Do you have a photo of the existing setup? Some fused main switches have optional cable shrounds, wondering if one of those would fit?
  19. SJD

    Drilling holes in Fusebox knockouts?

    It occurs to me you could bolt a metal plate inside the box under the holes you want to partially drill then all you see is a few bolt heads.
  20. SJD

    Drilling holes in Fusebox knockouts?

    The only time I've used a metal plate, it was to line up holes with metal conduits in a service cupboard outside a flat, and didn't care what it looked like within reason. More recently when I needed holes to align with some pyro glands and look ok I cut a set of new holes further forward than...

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