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  1. Had8Lives

    Unused cables left in ok? Smoke alarms?

    Although if you are supplying the smoke alarms from an existing circuit it's not notifiable, for something as life saving as Smoke Alarms, I would advise you use 3 Core and Earth cable and have the circuit tested by a qualified electrician.
  2. Had8Lives

    Wire runs

    Might be best to relocate the supply and consumer unit. What if the stairs get replaced in the future?
  3. Had8Lives

    Customer has his own pre 17th cu he wants to use

    I wouldn't put the upstairs lights and sockets on the same RCD, as if the upstairs sockets trip the lights go out too! And which floor is the shower on? I'd put the Upstairs lights on an RCBO on the unprotected side.
  4. Had8Lives

    Started my first rewire today.

    Can't see a problem with that. My old boss did something similar. Just be careful you don't cut an old cable that's still live from the old board!
  5. Had8Lives

    Part P

    I think the bloke who offered you the job is taking the **** a little. I would be asking if his company is Part P registered. If not he should at least pay the registration fee. It's worth speaking to a ELECSA regarding a Defined Scope assesment as appossed to a Full Scope one.
  6. Had8Lives

    how to run cables prior to dot and dab dry lining

    I would suggest conduit as it will make it easier to re-wire or pull in extra cables in the future.
  7. Had8Lives

    3 phase socket in a shop

    I agree that interlocked switched socket outlets would be best. You don't want customers just plugging anything in. RCBOs would reduce loss of business if a bed developes a fault.
  8. Had8Lives

    Earthing

    If you can't physically see the bond to the Water, your best bet is to put an earth clamp within 600mm of the main stop cock and run 10mm back to the main earth terminal. It maybe that it is currently earthing through boiler pipework.
  9. Had8Lives

    New Cooker

    Maybe your message wasn't relayed properly to the council electrician and he thought you were going to put an RCD in as a main switch, which if it nuisance tripped could lead to 'black outs'.
  10. Had8Lives

    3 core colours ?

    As all three colours are technically a phase/Live colour as long as you sleeve at both ends which you've used for which I don't see it really matters. I've always been taught to use brown as live, Black with blue sleeve as Neutral and Grey with brown sleeve as interlink. This gives some...
  11. Had8Lives

    Kitchen sockets

    I've done a new build recently and when I measured the socket height of an exisitng worktop to get an idea the top of the socket was 1200mm from the floor. This is a high as you can go on a brand new install.
  12. Had8Lives

    Lighting circuit problem - 110v on switch.

    If supply is TNS sounds like the sheath of the supply cable is damaged somewhere.
  13. Had8Lives

    main rcd / rcbo's

    A slightly cheaper alternative that would help keep inline with the regs is to put the lights on an RCBO and the rest on a seperate 30ma RCD. At least that way the lights will stay on if the sockets or immersion trip the RCD.
  14. Had8Lives

    Shed lighting and Outdoor lighting Help!

    Is the shed a seperate building from the Site office and if so how far away is it?
  15. Had8Lives

    Clipping

    Some capping nails are bettet than others. I think the best ones I've used were made by Thorsman (available from discount electrical - although they make take some time to arrive) Screw and plug with a big washer on the screw should hold the capping on nicely.
  16. Had8Lives

    Design Ideas

    Might be an idea (if you feel confident enough - and if you don't get a spark to do it) Install a Switched Fused Connection unit (could be an RCD one if you like) supplied directly from feed to the single socket and install 4 wall mounted double sockets fed from the Switched Fused connection...
  17. Had8Lives

    Rewires

    To be honest I have never installed radials in general use rooms in a house. While you're running one cable you may as well run two ;-D
  18. Had8Lives

    help please peeps :))

    This could be done with 2 contactors. Run Twin and earth from each of the light fittings connecting the switched live and neutral to the coil of each contactor separately. Then supply the fan on a seperate circuit from the consumer unit and daisy chain the live and switched live for the fan to...
  19. Had8Lives

    Anyone Remember the Rotaplug?

    Thanks for your reply Chris. Looks similar. Do you know where I can get one please?
  20. Had8Lives

    Anyone Remember the Rotaplug?

    Hi, Anyone remember the Rotaplug? I got one for a present back in the 80s but it's disappeared since. It was a great plug that you just cut all the wires to the same length, stripped the insulation off stuffed the ends in and turned the centre of it round 90 degress and it locked the wires...

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