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  1. Fitzy

    Junction boxes, other than Wiska

    Hi guys As the title says, other than Wiska junction boxes, what are the alternative junction boxes you use that are of equal quality and price?
  2. Fitzy

    Altered ring main, now a DIFFERENT circuit is not working?

    Dom, just take it easy and be methodical in your testing and write everything down. I’m the same as you, only been qualified for 14 months, so whenever I go to a job that sounds difficult, I write done everything I do as I go along, so if things go wrong like you’ve just found out, it’s easier...
  3. Fitzy

    Issuing and installation certificate

    So the suppliers can charge extra for them, the same goes for 18th edition MFT’s.
  4. Fitzy

    Cooker wiring 13a or dp/so switch?

    Andy, if your current oven & hob is wired via this junction box, then get an electrician in to sort it out. Shouldn’t take no more than hour plus parts to sort out, for your peace of mind, it’s a small price to pay.
  5. Fitzy

    What code should this shower be?

    The shower we had in our old flat was lower than usual, as the manufacturers instructions said that both hot/cold feeds had to be lower than than our cold water tank in the airing cupboard for proper water flow and to comply with their guarantee.
  6. Fitzy

    Certificate for additional certificate

    Before you install ANY circuit to an existing installation, you would check for bonding etc during your initial visit, before you quote for the job or if you quote without doing an initial verification (very unwise), you would check for bonding before you even think about installing the first...
  7. Fitzy

    Question regarding signing off 32a ring circuit with broken CPC ring continuity

    What were you IR readings before and after Bob the builder fitted the kitchen? If you can trace where the cpc is broken, you may be able to prove without any doubt who damaged the cpc, then you can point this out to the home owner and say you can’t sign it off until it’s repaired.
  8. Fitzy

    Long time reader , first time poster

    Welcome a dusty.
  9. Fitzy

    SWA outer armour not earthed at either end.

    I did suggest re-routing the swa to the inside wall, then glanded in to the shed db, luckily there’s enough slack in the swa to still reach the db from inside, then i’ll fill the hole in shed wall. It was only done last summer by an electrician friend of a friend.
  10. Fitzy

    SWA outer armour not earthed at either end.

    Yes, the black core has been used as the earth, the house’s supply is TN-S and the SWA run is roughly 30m in total. One light circuit and 2 socket radials in the shed. Is it ok to go directly in through the back of the db, directly from outside? There’s been no mastic used to fill the rear...
  11. Fitzy

    SWA outer armour not earthed at either end.

    So one end is ok then? I was thinking of adding the brass gland to the supply end, then run an earth fly lead to the cu early bar, is this ok? Plus, is ok to use the back entry for swa cable, or should it always be glanced at both ends?
  12. Fitzy

    SWA outer armour not earthed at either end.

    A friend at work asked me to take a look at the electrics in his shed, RCD would occasionally trip out, turned out to be a very loose neutral going in to the RCD. One thing I did notice though was that the 10MM2 SWA entered through the back entry point of both the shed & house CU and neither...
  13. Fitzy

    Domestic consumer upgrades

    Are you CPS registered with NICEIC, Stroma etc as domestic CU replacements are part P notifiable jobs?
  14. Fitzy

    Time for a new tester - Metrel 3152 XC?

    The Kewtech KT65DL has an earth electrode setting and has a memory function too.
  15. Fitzy

    Do you need a calibration certificate on new equipment?

    New measuring equipment or similar should come with a ‘certificate of conformity’ from the manufacturer, which is in affect a ‘calibration certificate’, which means it was calibrated during manufacture.
  16. Fitzy

    Which box to use please

    You’re the customer, if you want metal back boxes, that’s your choice.
  17. Fitzy

    30mA RCD protection required for existing circuit?

    If it’s a “like for like” swap, then there’s no need to install an RCD, but you could just mention it to the customer and explain it would increase the safety of the circuit inline with the current regs.
  18. Fitzy

    Junction Box For New Outside Lights

    I’d get a proper electrician in to finish the job.....
  19. Fitzy

    Sky Q Installation????

    You a ask sky for a “hybrid” LNB which allows sky Q and a standard sky box to work at the same time. One of my work colleagues requested this, a bit more expensive. The sky Q F connector doesn’t fit on to my standard sky box, I found one the sky engineer dropped during my install, last year.
  20. Fitzy

    Sky Q Installation????

    I’m not sure, but when we had sky Q installed in feb 2018, the engineer had to change the LNB and put different connectors on the box side of the twin cable, apparently the new LNB helps the box record the 3/6 channels and watch the 4/7 channel at the same time.

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