That's my point Ferg. I possibly understand the use of SWA gland for adding support to cable or using the SWA for earthing but in terms of an actual shock risk if cable aupported i fail to see one. A live conductor needs to come in contact with the steel sheathing and if this is earthed at...
Just wondering if others make off their armoured glands at both ends has have worked with sparks previously and seem to have different takes on it. My thoughts are that if glanded and so earthed at origin is acceptable so if for example supplying a sub board in garage a plastic gland at the...
Thanks SJ it's a good way to approach it if make customer aware there's possibility of quite a bit of patching. My other concern is possibility of drilling through a a cable that's been clipped to joists serving either the same flat or one above. Seems like you've managed to escape this fate so far
Very true Buzz lol alot of customers do seem to want us to magically make electricity appear in places where there's just no realistic possibility.
I think so Dusty. Getting quite a few requests for these lately this one is in a ground floor flat so no option of access from above. I think I'm...
Hi All
Just wondering how you guys approach requests for downlight installs. Upto now I only attempt them if have access to floor boards above or the ceiling has been temporarily dropped so have easy wiring access. If ceiling is the more modern suspended type ceiling obviously not a problem to...
Probably a simple solution to this but dumbo here hasn't found one yet. Wonder what you guys do in situation where need to fit pattress box but no plasterboard one side to clip to and no option for metal back box as plasterboard on other side of wall. Is there any other types of boxes can use...
I'm going to have to do something along them lines Chris. I think hager best bet meets my height restrictions and can just buy 2 DP main switches and rcbo's
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