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  1. NellyManjaro

    Hard wired smokes with CU change?

    Hopefully an easy one without much debate but I've just had spoke to someone who has had an electrician go to his rental property and say it needs a new CU which I'd agree, all sockets to be replaced as they don't have switches which I would personally but didn't think this was actually a...
  2. NellyManjaro

    Consumer unit below main fuse

    Just a very quick one as can't find anything that answers my question Doing a re wire and a very old property the main incoming cables come in half way up the wall.... providing I don't run my circuit cables past them is there any reason I can't fit the consumer unit below the main fuse? I...
  3. NellyManjaro

    Smoke alarm in loft but not a loft

    Meant to say the red and black 2.5mm is the feed in and the other one which is wired in was cut off in the wall ?
  4. NellyManjaro

    Smoke alarm in loft but not a loft

    Thanks everyone I ended up putting in a hard wired just to be sure managed with very minimal damage actually... rather lucky fish and yea they didn't think about it until after plastered decorated and carpeted oh and tiled floor in bathroom and laminate in kitchen and dinng room... WHY NOT...
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    Smoke alarm in loft but not a loft

    Full rewire job.... Full rewire on fully refurbished and decorated property... Loft has been converted to a room but not heated but is no way classed as a habitble room as building control have clearly stated due to numerous reasons including height being about 5ft at the highest point and the...
  7. NellyManjaro

    Commercial premesis, computers, RCD or not to RCD?

    Yes of course... as you said no different to domestic to which I have done 185 over the last 12 months alone. It was more a question of earth leakage on computers and rcd protection. In a perfect world all would be rcd protected. But things like the server room don't want it so assuming I can...
  8. NellyManjaro

    Commercial premesis, computers, RCD or not to RCD?

    He happy to have done whatever is required... I was hoping that server room I can avoid RCD which I am hoping is in trunking etc but it's the earth leakage on the computers... is there a calculation to work this out? Something I've not had to worry about before
  9. NellyManjaro

    Commercial premesis, computers, RCD or not to RCD?

    As the title suggests I am doing an EICR for a commercial premises this morning. I haven't looked at the job yet, it was a kind of "just come do what you need to do" job. It is an accountants which obviously means quite a few computers and I do believe they have a 3 phase supply but only uses...
  10. NellyManjaro

    BS3871 on EICR classifiaction code?

    C2 Absence of supplementary bonding where required, such as in a location containing a bath or shower, where any of the following three conditions are not satisfied: ❍ All final circuits of the location comply with the requirements of Regulation 411.3.2 for automatic disconnection, and ❍ All...
  11. NellyManjaro

    BS3871 on EICR classifiaction code?

    I have searched for an answer to this question but to no prevail. BS3871's.... should these be changed? I have just done an EICR on a board with these and no RCD for lights serving bathroom but it has an RCD protecting all sockets, shower and the cooker circuit... now I have given 2 x C2 codes...
  12. NellyManjaro

    EICR minimum for rental properties

    Thanks everyone I was 99.99999% sure I was right in telling the agent that it was invalid. He is actually in agreement with me. Just another landlord trying to cut corners to penny pinch
  13. NellyManjaro

    EICR minimum for rental properties

    Not quite sure but it was agreed with the landlord ?
  14. NellyManjaro

    EICR minimum for rental properties

    Just a quick one I have done many EICR tests with the latest legislation regarding rentals BUT I have had a few phone calls from estate agents/landlords asking me to look at a certificate they have... Many a time they are 2/3 pages with next to no info One just now is 2 pages with no...
  15. NellyManjaro

    Favourite Consumer Unit

    Nah I hate ebay for most things lol
  16. NellyManjaro

    Favourite Consumer Unit

    Thats for sure!! Too many panick buyers lol was just a question of what people preferred and why anyway
  17. NellyManjaro

    Favourite Consumer Unit

    I don't know if other people are having the same issue with stock as I am, but I do stick to local businesses and they are struggling to keep up with demand during this covid nonsense. So from time to time I will have to go to a bigger manufacturer. Because I shop local its what my local...
  18. NellyManjaro

    Shop sold upstairs soneone converting to flat

    This will be very vague as dont have many details... BUT ill relay what I can from what I'm told... so someone has asked me to wire a flat above a shop. This was used as storage. Not sure what it was storage for but sounds like no machinery in shop etc so potentially just a single phase...
  19. NellyManjaro

    Absence of RCD - C2 and unsatisfactory EICR

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  20. NellyManjaro

    IR reading of 3.4 mega ohms, upgrading CU help

    Ok so I have been to a domestic property today, and carried out an EICR, couple of issues flagged up with regards to the usual no RCD protection bonding cables etc now its quite a big property and the customer has gone with my advice of RCBOs but one question. Most circuits tested fine but the...

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