Keeping one consumer unit isnt really possible. Its an old cottage and the space below the floor above ceiling is limited as it it is, not your standard joists.
Not posted for a while so thought id pop on and see what opinions/advice people had the following situation.
Ive recently taken on a quite a large two storey extension consisting of kitche/diner and utility room downstairs and a bedroom and bathroom upstairs.
The existing setup is a 100a TT...
I got a Megger 1552 of ebay for £250, didnt come calibrated but at the time it was all i could afford. Had it over 18 months now, think i got lucky with a decent seller. When i originally took it in for calibration the guys said it seemed id dropped on a decent meter. I will upgrade as and when...
When i first went into self employment last year i was asked if i was interested in some price work on a new build site, i lasted two days!
Had some drawings to look at prior to agreeing to the work and was aware of the 1st fix price. It seemed tight but doable.
Arrived on site to be told i...
Another issue on this job is that sockets are required for integrated appliances. I would normally position in an adjacent cupboard however i dont have that luxury with how the new kitchen is going to be installed. I have from left to right a fridge/freezer, washing machine and oven. The...
Ive recently been out to look at a kitchen refurb, where a split load mem memera 200 consumer unit is installed. The ring final circuit supplying the kitchen has 30mA RCD protection, no issues here. My issue is the oven supply. The OCPD is a 32a cartridge fuse which is on the non RCD side of the...
rn - rn reading was also high and i had an open circuit r2 - r2. This is the only ring final circuit in the house and from which i was proposing to install additional sockets as part of the kitchen refurb. However, and as quite rightly mentioned by others i suggested the installation of a new...
Some of the pictures may be difficult to make out, all but one upstairs light which were class 1 fittings did not have a cpc. A 2 core flex had been taken to each from, a block of connectors where there was actually a cpc present! In another of the pics the cpc is actually used as a strapper...
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