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  1. yellowvanman

    Alarm going off

    Just been out to a local farmer whose alarm is going off. Sounder goes off intermittantly and when sounding is not consistent in its tone. No tamper or alarm indication on panel (Citadel XRI). Have disconnected power and battery and suggested that the panel has a problem. Just reading manual...
  2. yellowvanman

    Do I need to be registered with a competents Person scheme for minor works?

    Only for notifiable work which includes bathrooms.
  3. yellowvanman

    Dimplex XL18N storage heater

    I used Electric Spares - Heating Spare Parts Delivered Direct to Your Door then search 'repair kit' shows you what is obsolete and the new parts in the pictures.
  4. yellowvanman

    Length of ring

    Friend (honestly) of mine was given an observation on his yearly scam visit, something to do with the ring circuit being too long. Used r1 figure to work out length of cable I assume. There's nothing in the BYB regarding this where else could this requirement be?
  5. yellowvanman

    Dimplex XL18N storage heater

    Careful, if swapping out because some in that range the cut-out is obsolete and you'll need an upgrade kit. Upgrade kit itself is easy to fit!
  6. yellowvanman

    lighting help needed please guy's

    I always go to my supplier and ask them to get one of their suppliers to do a lighting design for free!
  7. yellowvanman

    Voltage Monitoring

    #1 says the dishwasher works OK during the day! Its not a dedicated E7 socket, the whole installation goes over to E7 at a specific time.
  8. yellowvanman

    Voltage Monitoring

    Thanks. What instrument(s) have you used for this sort of situation? Any recommendations? Less expensive would be good!
  9. yellowvanman

    Voltage Monitoring

    Customer has been trying to use a dishwasher using Economy 7 at night, and its not working properly. Works fine during the day, Miele engineer says nothing wrong but the cause of the problem is a pressure switch that ends up with the dishwasher failing to heat the water. Water pressure has...
  10. yellowvanman

    Single cu change Bonding cable to gas then water broken

    fair enough!
  11. yellowvanman

    Single cu change Bonding cable to gas then water broken

    It was tongue in cheek!:grin:
  12. yellowvanman

    Single cu change Bonding cable to gas then water broken

    Thats true but somewhere it does say it. Its not one of the NICEIC regs is it?
  13. yellowvanman

    Single cu change Bonding cable to gas then water broken

    In-line crimp the existing cables and loop one part of the cable through the first earth clamp then onto the other!
  14. yellowvanman

    SWA armouring as cpc and Protective Bonding.

    When armour is used as an earthing conductor the adiabatic equation (543.1.3) is used, and this relates to the possible fault current and fault clearing time associated with the protective device of the circuit. Bonding has no relationship to the protective device of a circuit, when PME is used...
  15. yellowvanman

    LED Tape

    Anyone installed long lengths of this? Customer wants it stuck on top of a picture rail around a room (about 20m), there will also be breaks in the picture rail for doors etc. Just need a heads up on pitfalls with this sort of length required.
  16. yellowvanman

    Move light position?

    Thanks Ryan but neither examples are possible.
  17. yellowvanman

    Move light position?

    Extension wiring. Included in this was some wall lights, and with the shape of the extension, drop from ceiling is about 3 meters. Cables have been in for weeks, dot and dabbed and plastered. Lights were positioned in the middle of a wall at 2m height from floor. Now customer asks 'can you...
  18. yellowvanman

    Socket on hob circuit

    Why would it be a problem? As long as the circuit is identified correctly and has a suitable OCP device.
  19. yellowvanman

    Stroma Certification Scheme Stroma

    Just checked, £9.00 for 5 jobs last month! (inc VAT) Could it be that as I'm an ECA member I don't pay for insurance?
  20. yellowvanman

    Max permissible ZS for rcbo 61009

    411.4.9 covers that and Chapter 41 is generally dealing with protection against electric shock not overload, that is covered in Chapter 43!

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