My head is hurting form trying to work out economy 7! I have a photo of an installation I'm going to do some work on, but annoyingly I can't seem to attach it. There are 2 live and 2 neutrals coming from the supplier's cut out...one live goes to regular meter, other to economy 7 meter. A live...
hi can anyone give me a rough figure of what I will pay for 100m of 10mm T & E ? , I have an account with my local independant wholesalers and spend approx £1000 a month with them but have never bought 10mm before.
thanks
We bought a plot of land over two years ago which had permission passed for holiday chalets. We paid the seller on completion the sum of £3000.00 to lay down electric cable and water pipes to connect us to mains supply. The cable he has installed is roughly 115m from the mains transformer. And...
hello all
just a post to check for advise please
taking my old cooker out the cable is 8mm
my new cooker has a rating of 9.1kw is this cable OK ?
specs, for my new cooker says ( cable h05w-fg 5x1.5mm 3x4mm )
why don't they just say 8mm or 10mm cable !
thank you Paul
previously to now i have only ever wired ovens with the hobs built in a friend has asked me to fit cables to supply his new oven and hob which are on different walls however he wants it done on cheap using existing 10 mm supply providing it tests out fine he hasn't ordered the new units yet...
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Do main bonding conductors have to be upgraded to 10mm when changing a consumer unit, my own opinion is as long as i am not adding any additional circuits or extending circuits i can leave 6mm as long as theres no signs of thermal damage, this would be just noted down as...
Had to give a broken down mate a tow last night - couldn't find a rope so used a length of 10mm T+E (old colours). Any ideas of what the actual breaking strain might be? (let alone the legality)
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Went to a job the other day where they wanted an additional electric shower, they've currently got a PME system with the following usage :
electric cooker 32 amp
shower 32 amp
lights 6
lights 6
---split board---
boiler 6
sockets 32
sockets 32
And they want to add another 9.5kw...
Has anyone got the big green book on hand?? What's the maximum current carrying capacity for each of the cables mentioned above? Clipped direct.
I have a 63amp test rig suppl from three phase board which customer wants moving from directly next to board to 15m away. What size cable??
From...
scenario is i have a consumer unit at one end of the house, and at the other end (20m away going the route i'm taking which is around the outside of the house) is the water stop cock and 200mm away from that is the incoming gas. so i was planning on using 1 x 10mm to save on cable, i thought...
On a visit to price a consumer unit change, plus other small jobs around the house. All of the sockets in the house, apart from the kitchen. are actually all about 10mm above the carpet, when plugs were put into these sockets they had to pull the flex to the side of the plug. The customer...
One of my customers wants to join 10mm T&E to 10mm 3 core SWA and the joint will not be accesable after and probable damp conditions. Any one have a recomendation on what would be the best way to join the cables and earthing the armour.
Thanks
Hi there,
I did wired 10.5kw shower with a 10mm cable on a 40A breaker for an old lady's bathroom.she recently got a builder in to do some tiling work and this guy thinks the wiring is wrong and that i should have use 45A breaker else the house will catch fire.I don't think his is right as there...
may have covered this already but,,,
was wiring a new house today one of the lads pipes up could run the 10mm earth bond from the main earth terminal in the external box to the gas pipe as its 200mm away in the gas box! i said did i just hear right? his response was whats the difference?
so...
Hi.Today during my job at a police station, took cover off brand new KQ 3 phase SquareD db (recent db change by different firm) to connect my new ring to one of the ways and found that the 3 phase db had been converted to single phase. 25mm double insulated tails live and neutral, L1, L2 and L3...
I'm re-wiring a house which is being renovated and the customer has no idea yet what the rating of the oven & induction hob (both electric) will be but want cables run so they can board & plaster the ceiling (concrete floors) so I'm planning on running a 10mm radial to the wall the switch & CCU...
Was reading an older thread and dont have any books to hand, but basically.
If a cable for a 10kw shower is to be run, the current drawn would be 43.4 A.
So if 6mm cable was appropriate for say 70% of the run that was clipped direct, but not suitable for 30% of the run due to de-rating...
Hi
Can I have some advise
Can I connect via junction box or similar 10mm shower cable in the loft as moving the shower and dont want to replace the whole cable? (but moving the shower will result in cable being to short )
Is this allowed and what will I need
Best Regards
Jimmy
I might have 50mtrs of 10mm T&E for sale brand new still sealed, depending on price,
I may keep hold of it for future use.
£75 collected, £100 posted?
offers.....:bucktooth:
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