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    texecom help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    trying to config a texecom 64w wireless system front door contact ground hall PIR groud hall RKP 3x other ground hall PIRs 1x 1st floor landing PIR the zones and attributes are giving me a f****** headache my thinking front D/C- entry/exit 1 with access and guard ground hall PIR- guard...
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    Retention on jobs for new client

    Evening all I have been asked if I would be happy to accept a 5% retention clause for 6months on a quote I have sent for some work I have quoted for. The company (builders) have 13 years records on company house the 5% would be around 400quid+vat so not a massive amount I have said I would...
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    1 head, 2x properties- check meter

    Afternoon Looked at a rewire/ rear extension job today They are turning the one property into 2- the ground floor side annex will consist of 1x dining/kitchen area and bedroom with en-suite (gas heated) So electrical load will not be a issue They do not want a new head and meter for the 2nd...
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    1x swa to do 2x circuits

    Looked at a job for a old boy- and wanted to keep costs down for him and make my job bit neater/simplier Job is to get new swa from new little rcbo board inside house to a external ip65 light switch and then into 6x external lights then he also wants to power his little shed at end of garden...
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    SPD for dis board change in warehouse

    With upgrading a TPN dis board in a warehouse- i am guessing I need to fit a 4pole SPD even more so with 18th edition out I will be installing a hager 12way TPN board with a 4pole incomer kit. Technical Properties SPN415D -...
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    RCD protection in a warehouse

    Is there such thing as a three phase RCBO??! Needing to install a three phase circuit for a 8kw three phase heater- connection by a 20a comando I want to use the metal trunking I will be installing for various 13a sockets- so the circuit doesn't need the rcd protection- but i beleive the 20a...
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    builders supply- amendment 3

    afternoon first time since amendment 3 came out that I have had to install a TT system I need to install site temps on a plot of land ready for new build flats. UKPN will be installing a new PME temp supply Am I right in thinking I am ok to take my tails through a nylon Wiska tail gland-...
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    lutron- number of control panels

    Trying to price a job where they want Lutron to control the lights. Not worked with Lutron Before- as have only done a Loxone course. I understand the basic principles of wiring the lights back to the panel and then using the lutron cable/cat6 from the panel to the wall stations quick look...
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    intake for 14x flats- meter spacing

    Morning chaps Finally doing my 1st intake on the 19th! It is for 14x flats and 1x L/L supply SSEN are installing the new incoming supply and they said they are also supplying and fitting the Ryefield board and the main isolator (I thought this needed to be done my me as a BNO??) Anyways they...
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    max demand for 12x all elec flats

    starting 12x flats next week that will be all elec -with a rather juicy electric boiler (12kw)- havn't won the intake/communal work yet- but just doing my pricing for it ready does my maths look good for working out the max demand and kva of main supply- currently it is only 100a TPN so around...
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    looking for specific sized alcove lights

    Afternoon builders have cut the wrong size hole to what I told them for shower alcove lights and now finding it hard to source ones that fit their hole! I told them 32mm and was going to fit these: Mini Recessed Walk-Over LED Light IP65 - White -...
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    advise on my 1st commercial/ind quote....

    Afternoon in the middle of doing my 1st quote for a com/ind setup- bit out of my domestic comfort zone etc! it is for additional power in workshop units for material testing of composite structure (whatever thats means!!) see break down of my quote below: Unit 1 Distribution 1x 6way TPN...
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    PVC cable and sand and cement

    Afternoon I might be taking over a job where the previous sparks is not avaliable to finish off 1st fix when the builder needs it...usual rubbish He had 1st fixed the ground floor- but chased into the block work and clipped cables- no capping or oval- although it is chased in below the surface...
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    boiler control wiring and wet UFH wiring

    Afternoon Starting a rewire tomorrow on which the build wants me to do the control wiring (i have never done it and usually just do up to the spur) I will be subbing the controls 2nd fix out to someone that can do it (and shadow over his shoulder with a note pad) i assume it is likely going to...
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    RJ45 TO BT LEAD in network cab

    RJ45 - BT Lead | Telephone Accessories - https://www.cablemonkey.co.uk/telephone-accessories/42099-rj45-bt-lead.html?search_query=RJ45-BT+Lead&results=7 have 2nd fixed my network for the 1st time using a small 6u cabinet one of the cat6 coming in is wired as a slave off of the master BT socket...
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    new build zero rated vat

    evening doing my 1st new build- which is zero rated for vat (apprantely) do i just invoice awith zero % vat- and just ask the client for a copy of the zero rated new build cert- and put that in my records to show why no VAT was charged- or is it a bit more complicated then this? cheers
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    Hair dryer in bathroom uk

    evening Anyone fitted a bathroom hair dryer before? Clients wife really wants one! Valara Action Wall Mounted Hair Dryer in Black and Chrome | Direct365 - https://www.direct365.co.uk/supplies/valara-action-wall-mounted-hair-dryer-in-black-and-chrome#description Just a case of coming off of a...
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    copper conduit possible or not

    Hi I am doing a job where the client wants some sockets wired in copper conduit for surfaced mounted sockets on a exposed concrete wall.... has anyone ideas- or steer them towards just using galv!
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    meters for indivuual rooms- domestic

    Asked to price a job where a house is getting extended/reno The owner is going to live in it- and then rent out 2/3 of the rooms She wants most of the house to be under her meter Then 2 or 3 of the rooms to be monitored/metered seperately -by sounds of it she wants them to phyically have to...
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    casting down-lights into concrete (new build)

    Looking at a job tomorrow evening for a new 5 bed house +granny flat over a basement floor+ground. In my initial phone call to the client- down-lights are wanted in the basement concrete ceiling 'which will need to fit cowlings we've already cast into concrete' I am assuming they are...
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