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    emergency Lighting installation

    What do you mean my idea of a request by the client?? The building doesn’t have EL at the minute the client has asked for a design and costing to install an EL system in the premises, I surveyed the site on Thursday and noted that the upstairs warehouse is wired on a single MCB so that area is...
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    emergency Lighting installation

    The retail shop floor is 10 metres wide and 8 metres deep so why would you have emergency lights to cover one third of this shop floor area
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    emergency Lighting installation

    Hi I've done the C&G accredited installer course for fire alarms and emergency lighting with Napit, design of a straight forward single circuit with multiple non maintained lights isn't the issue here, its the three MCB's that are feeding three banks of lights in the retail area. my initial...
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    emergency Lighting installation

    I'm on with drawing up as we speak
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    emergency Lighting installation

    the clients specification is Non Maintained
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    emergency Lighting installation

    Hi Guys I've fitted a few emergency lighting circuits to both domestic and commercial installs before, I've come across one I can't get my head round, this is going to be in a small supermarket one of these locals etc the existing lighting in the retail area is installed with three banks of...
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    UK ProjectEV charge point testing

    Sorry about the late reply I find the MFY1741+ really good the confidence meter is handy addition but in honesty it’s only there to give you a clear result so less effects of noise
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    UPS 16amp power supplies

    Hi chaps Customer has asked me about installing a mains supply to a 16amp UPS on their server. The UPS hasn’t come with a power cord, the customer has searched Amazon for a 16Amp IEC C19 lead which comes with a 13Amp plug top, should it be supplied directly to the CU on a 16amp RCBO on a...
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    Hager NB106 Mcb change to RCBO

    Thanks guys for the information really appreciate it
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    Hager NB106 Mcb change to RCBO

    Hi so does that mean the Hagers are all the same profile and I can use any Hager RCBO to replace the NB106 breaker
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    Hager NB106 Mcb change to RCBO

    Hi Guys I'm not a Hager user so hence the question. I've been asked to wire in lights and a fan etc for a bathroom for a mate of mine who's a bathroom installer, I've called at the house today to take a look so I can price the work, the existing consumer unit is a plastic board fitted out...
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    Consumer Unit MCBs

    Hi If it was me installing the summerhouse I’d be taking the 32amp breakers and swapping them for two 20amp and I’d be running two radial circuits instead one internal and one for the exterior socket if your only installing one external socket use the 16amp I would throughly recommend you...
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    UK ProjectEV charge point testing

    Hi All Last week I invested in a new Megger MFT1741+ with the EV charge point adapter as I was installing a ProjectEV charge point on Thursday of last week. Completed the install and just needed to carry out the live testing at the charge point, Zs done no issue, next comes the charge point...
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    Good Morning Thread - Come say good morning, tell us what you've got on today. :)

    Morning All Well I’m searching for the needle in a haystack today!! I was called out on emergency call out late last week on a RCD tripping on ring main had to split the ring to a radial and leave the faulty side off until this morning. All good fun ? Lee
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    UK Fire rated light fittings??

    Think it’s probably the latter for extra work as no mention of changing to led also it’s a rental property so the savings on electricity wouldn’t be to the landlord ordering the EICR the savings would match the £678 to replace 14 down lights I’m sure it’s not the responsibility of the landlord...
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    UK Fire rated light fittings??

    This is an existing property which hasn’t been altered from the original design and construction, so the builders have hopefully constructed the property with fire integrity already, my question is why would an electrical contractor tell a client they need to change their light fittings to fire...
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    UK Fire rated light fittings??

    I always install fire rated lights in all properties I install in, this is an existing ten year old property
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    UK Fire rated light fittings??

    Please See my reply further down
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    UK Fire rated light fittings??

    I’ve had a customer ring me today who’s had an EICR carried out on a 10 year old apartment she owns to be told that all the 14 down lights in the apartment need changing to fire rated fitting because they don’t meet the wiring regs for the spread of fire. the apartments are over ten year old...
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    UK Fire rated light fittings??

    Hi Chaps I’m sure this has been asked a thousand times but I can’t find the answer. in a block of flats that is say 10 to 15 years old that was build using steel girders with concrete slab floors between each floor, If each of the flats was originally build with down lighters in (halogen...

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