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    Instrument for Testing a Lightning Conductor

    You will be measuring a whole load of other carp, such as the line conductor all the way back to the transformer, some transformer winding resistance, the transformer earth mesh/rod/whatever AND the lightning conductor. How do you know what resistances are attributable to each part. You don't...
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    Live pipework in flat no power

    Sort out the earthing, main equipotential & supplementary bonding then wait for the call from one of the neighbours...
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    two-pole voltage detector Guidance Note GS38

    Thats OK then, the EAWR don't apply to dangerous situations if it's new work :rolleyes:
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    two-pole voltage detector Guidance Note GS38

    Not just bad practice - it's a breach of the EAWR, Disused electrical equipment and systems 75 Before electrical equipment is decommissioned or abandoned for any reason it should be disconnected from all sources of supply and isolated. Isolation (as defined in regulation 12(2)) requires taking...
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    Few easy ones, domestic dwellings, smoke alarms, kitchens.

    Some people think that a kitchen cupboard is only temporary. I think the IET guide to the buiding regs recommends that they should be fixed to the "fabric of the building". However gas hobs and kitchen sinks are fitted into the "temporary" worktops and people tend to not just rip them out...
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    Swapping out a cooker switch

    Not enough info, but assuming it has a 100mA RCD and that is why the "the RCD for the circuit would be too high", rather than it being too far up the wall, why not swap the cooker outlet plate for a 13A fcu? Chop the plug off the oven, and wire into the FCU. No socket, no RCD required...
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    Approx re-wire length of time?

    No idea about cob other than you shouldn't repair it with s&c. Sounds a bit specialised to me. Google throws up these pearls... Repair of Cob BuildingsCob is represented by a homogenous material rather than thousands of individual units such as bricks held together by mortar. Therefore...
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    Consumer unit change

    And throw in time-switches or photocells for a bit of added excitement. Live working procedures will prevent shocks, but the whole point of my (and others) post is that no-one should think borrowed neutrals are OK in any situation. If you leave it like that then you will be open to prosecution...
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    Domestic generator changeover switch - test and certification

    Correct, incoming supply is TT - it's out in the sticks and suffers regular outages in the winter.
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    Domestic generator changeover switch - test and certification

    As the title - what's the standard practice when installing a manual changeover switch? Full I&T of every circuit in the installation? That's what the ECA help line suggests I should do, but I can't see me winning the job as it has 18 circuits spread over 2 wylex boards. Or a quick test of the...
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    Consumer unit change

    Doesn't help when there are multiple distribution boards and you can't shut down production. Borrowed neutrals are not limited to domestics.
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    Consumer unit change

    It's been against the regs for at least 35 years, probably longer. And whether it complied or not, it's as dangerous now as it was then. The problem arises when some poor sod comes along to change, for example, a ceiling rose. With the MCB off/fuse removed on the circuit being working on...
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    Consumer unit change

    I think you'll still have a shared neutral? I don't think your solution didn't mention separating the two circuits - the quickest safe way is to put them both on the same MCB, making them into 1 single circuit. This guy explains it much better than I can on here...
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    Consumer unit change

    Definitely don't do that. It's a breach of 314.4, and the EAWR too. And you may kill a fellow spark or hapless DIYer.
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    3 Core Cable to a 2 terminal Bulb Holder

    If you use 3 core, I predict that in the future some button pressing 45p-per-item PAT "engineer" will stick a "failed" label on it. Best to use 2 core. I presume you are familiar with all of this as a minimum, The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994 and...
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    Plastic to metal

    Ah those pillars of society. "And this is the erm (opens door and looks surprised) ah, it's the kitchen". Wow! How many years training did that take?
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    armoured cabling karen

    Like most of the members on here, I do this sort of stuff all the time and as far as I'm aware none of my customers feel the need to post on the internet to see if I'm doing it properly. As Mr Skelton says, it's nothing complicated for an experienced spark. Rather than the original poster...
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    Automatic Wire Strippers - your opinions and thoughts please

    Try here https://www.jokari.de/en/Cable-database.htm - and see what they recommended. I have no connection with the company but have a few different products from them, which all work as intended. I suspect the overall sheath on your cable is too soft for the stripper which you bought, so is...
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    connection

    I read that as he had extended the ring to insert 2x FCU, with connectors at the back of the first socket?
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    connection

    The best course of action for you is to contact your assessor and ask him or her to clarify this - there is no specific regulation that I know of that limits the number of connections. After all, if you have 50 sockets on the ring you have 150 connections... Ask which specific regulation (or...

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