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    Installing an additional room thermostat

    I have a simple central heating system with a traditional Baxi Solo 2 60RS boiler supplying heat to radiators around the house. The room thermostat is located in the main bedroom and so calls for heat only when the temperature in that room requires. When heat is required this thermostat is...
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    Wiring an additional PIR sensor

    I am in need of some help. I have a security light which has a built in pir sensor. I have bought and additional one that I want to wire in to cover an additional area at the front of my house. The existing light has only two wires coming out of it, a live and a neutral, that go...
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    Zs high on tt installation

    Hi all I was just doing a zs test on a TT installation on a ring circuit at home and the figures came back high, 165 ohms, my ze was also very high at 501 ohms, the rod is in damp ground at the moment but the lowest I've had it down to is 275 ohms which is still higher than the 200 ohms max...
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    running additional sky to apartment?

    morning, I've a job where the customer wants to run an additional sky box in their new apartment. The block has one dish, that feeds a signal into a 10 way multiswitch (i presume similar to an amp?) then all ways are used up to supply 10 existing sky boxes. Can i split, again, the one that...
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    Installing 2 additional lights on an existing circuit in a warehouse. RCD Protection?

    Hello all, I have been asked to install 2 new fluorescent lights in a Warehouse I will be looping off the nearest existing light as these are all going to be on the same switch. My question is, do I need to provide RCD protection to this lighting circuit as I am altering it? Many Thanks
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    Testing an additional ccu

    I have a homework question which I hope you will help me with. Heres the scenario. I am called to inspect a 2 way CCU (in a garage for example) connected via SWA to the main CCU in the house. I notice there are banjo type connectors where the SWA joins the CCUs however there are no earth...
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    RCD Protection on 16mm Submain??

    Hi all House C/U is in the kitchen, come off the mains blocks into a KMF isolator then across above the plasterboard ceiling about 15m in 16mm T&E into the the new granny annex C/U. This is the way I have always done it, depending on the circumstances. If it was SWA I wouldn't be having this...
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    Additional courses

    upon cempletion of 2330 lvl3. Am looking to expand quals and knowledge after this but not sure where the best route is to go. Been looking at trade skills for you for fire alarms ( as a start). But are these courses recognised ? Are there any cheaper places/suplliers of courses ? any...
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    BS7671 Green Book

    Can someone tell me where in the new green book it gives the maximum disconnection time for a circuit on a TN system when there is likelyhood of contact from livestock? I just can't find it ? Dichroic
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    s type rcd

    Hi all, looking some advice on s type rcds. Basically can you use them on tt installations for earth fault protection on circuits that don't require additional protection? Know that on a tt installation disconnection times of either 0.2 sec or 1sec must be achieved depending on circuit, but with...
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    Adding an additional light to an existing circuit

    Hi I want to add a single ceiling rose that is controlled by its own switch onto an existing lighting circuit. Ive drawn up a wiring diagram of how I think it should be done, can anyone please clarify whether its fine or do I need to go back to the drawing board! Thanks
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    Additional CPC... does it have to run in a zone?

    Got a load of stainless steel sockets and switches for my living room a while back, but never fitted the light switch as there's no cpc (current light switch is plastic). Planning to drop a cpc down from the loft, but for one reason and another it's going to have to run diagonally across the...
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    Additional sockets in newer houses.

    How would you wire additional sockets in houses that are newer build and furnished. For example an additional socket in a bedroom. You don't have floorboards to make it easier. Do you go behind the skirting? Do you slot straps in a stud partition? I haven't done much domestic in newer...
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    Additional Fuseboard with 100A RCD Main Switch - need to fit standard main switch ??

    hi all i have a qiuestion, i need fit extra fuseboard, because i cant upgrade currently, because i have no free socket for new braker, so i need fit new, with 4 braker, i have this unit from ScrewFix - cat no is: 44086 brand new so in screwfix said i can use this, electrician have to split...
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    Additional electrocity meter for loft flat

    hi all i got question, and i can't find answer... my friend have got 2 flor house + loft, hi convert loft to studio flat, now hi want split main supply after main meter, and fit on loft new fuse board, this is fine, but hi ask me, his want install new meter before new fuseboard on loft but after...
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    Additional RCD Required?

    Hi, i have ajob to complete which is to urgrade existing DB in a stables & then install small power & lighting. The work is in a external stable block of a equine vets. Off of this existing DB which i am to upgrade shall also be another barn/store outbuilding & another work shop outbuilding. Now...
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    Name the manufacturer of this smoke alarm from picture.

    I have a new client who is unable to take down the attached smoke alarm to advise who the manufacture is ? They are an hours journey away and it would be nice to goto site with an additional smoke alarm as requested for a new room without visiting first. Any suggestions. Thanx
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    Bathroom additional lights

    Boys I'm adding a couple of extra lights in a bathroom, do I need to install a rcd to cover them, being classed as a special location.
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    mobile home park TT system

    Could you please help me with a couple of queries regarding regulations on a mobile home park? Firstly, what are the site owners legal obligations with regard to additional protection in addition to each home owners RCD? Mobile home parks are fed from a TT system. In other words what protects...
  20. Goody

    My builder did some additional circuits…

    I had a call from a lady today who said, “can you do a PIR for me, it’s very urgent, can you come now?”. When I asked, what it was all about; she said that her builder had done some additional circuits and he could not be contacted anymore for an electrical certificate. She now needs a PIR done...

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