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    Advice about PHEV car charging.

    We have 2 PHEV vehicles in the family which we charge overnight in the garage, each car plugs into a normal 3 pin household socket. There is a small garage Hager consumer unit in the garage which has a 16A MCB protecting all the wall sockets which are wired with 2.5mm cable. The car chargers are...
  2. J

    advice on power supply to outbuilding

    Hi looking for some advice I wont be doing any work a electrician will be .. I have a outbuilding being constructed and i will need a power supply I have asked for a quote and while looking for advice have been told that the person doing the quote cant be a qualified sparky from the advice given...
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    Advice on trench

    Hello Just looking for some advice on a rough cost on having a trench dug for cabling in an ev charger. The run is only around 10 metres long and is a mixture of concrete tarmac and soft ground. From what I've read it should be 600mm and then the ducting in. Most recent quote was over £3000...
  4. HH57567

    Need Advice

    Hi, So I need some advice, I’m currently doing a fire and security apprenticeship and I don’t really like it and I’m not really interested in it. I’ve always wanted to become an electrician and do an electrical apprenticeship. So should I stay on my current apprenticeship and get the...
  5. M

    Bus bar advice

    Hi, can someone help me understand if I would need a new bus bar or a new board. The bus bar has a gap like it has been snapped or sawn off between the circuits on the right and left hand side. I have been advised by an electrician that a new board would have to be installed. I would appreciate...
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    Switchgear upgrade advice needed.

    Hello, I am new here and I am not an Electrician. However, I am an engineer, understand electricity (to a fair degree), and pretty comfortable doing my own residential work. I am helping assemble an electrification roadmap for a local town who wants to explore replacing all of the...
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    UK Help / Advice required

    As an old time City & Guilds electrician who last worked as such back in the1960s I realise I’m a bit stone-age to say the very least. That said my daughter just installed a decent shed in the garden of her new home and rather conveniently there is an un-made SWA cable laid from the house...
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    2365 evening course advice

    Hi, I'm currently doing level 2 2365 course 1 evening a week and I'm 8 months in and only have the practical (204) left to do. OK, so up until now we haven't touched anything practical, its all been theory based and a case of being handed a PowerPoint handout and sent on your way and doing it at...
  9. J

    Where should I start when looking for electrical work?

    Hello all. I recently obtained my first ECS Electrical labourers card and am waiting for certificates to come back so i can attempt my AM2 in the not to distant future. I have much experience ON construction sites but only a very limited amount of experience in electrical installations, but I...
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    • advice career electrical electrical work looking start starter when where work
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    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
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    fuse spur that will be used as power for a LED

    Hello, what would I need for the following... A 40 meter cable run through fire partition walls, into a large plasterboard void to supply a switched fuse spur that will be used as power for a LED advertisement screen, unfortunately there's no forthcoming info on wattage. what cable size would...
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    EICR Report - Advice regarding remedials & final Certificate

    This is a Situation I haven't run into before, I do all the smaller to medium sized maintenance and electrical Jobs at a Local Educational Premises, this building was a new build in 2014 . There are 13 large three phase Distribution Boards, the last EICR in 2019 was completed by a Testing...
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    UK Powered speaker tripped circuits four times over a couple weeks, insulation tester result seems ok, need advice.

    Hello, stating I am not an electrician, I have purchased a fairly expensive set of used powered studio monitors and I’m concerned about one of them. I was switching the power switch at the back and I’ve switched it off quite poorly where it went back on itself and as it was half way between on...
    • reprobate
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    • advice circuits couple insulation powered result seems speaker tester times tripped weeks
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Flashing LED advice

    Hi All Was hoping to pick your brains regarding a job that had me scratching my head today. 6 x 6ft LED Ansell in a small garage, controlled via a PIR at either end. Been in for approximately 4 years no issue. They now (when triggered) all begin to flash (randomly along the fitting, not in one...
  14. J

    Pool pump advice

    Hi all! Im having an issue getting an electrician to my place before the holiday. My pool is filled and ready to go. I have ran the grounding bond wire and connected it to 4 spots on the pool. The filter has a bonding plate inside and then to the pump itself. I need to run a new circuit. Just...
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    Electric meter advice

    To be clear I have no intention of messing with this, I just need to pick a few brains on the following. British gas are sending me this on a regular basis, a ploy I think to get me to install a smart meter which i don't want. "The radio service that supports your meter is being switched off...
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    UK starting electrical improvers role 4 years after completing level 3

    I’ve recently been offered a role as an electrical improver doing commercial and industrial work and I start in 2 weeks. The employer is aware that I’m going to be quite rusty as it’s been such a long time since I left college but I don’t want to go into this unprepared. I’ve been flicking...
  17. firestick

    Looking for advice for working with LSZH T&E cable

    Hi, I'm looking for advice for working with LSZH T&E cable. Is it common practice to warm the cable with a heat gun to make it easier to work with before running/dressing the cable?. Any tips for working with this cable?. Thanks!
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    UK Advice needed on narrow boat battery charging circuits please.

    I've been asked by a keen DIYer friend to to advise on how to wire his boat batteries when he has three potential inputs. 1. Shore mains feed 2. Boat engine 3. Two solar panels. I've drawn what I think would work but it's not my field, so advice would be appreciated. I've advised him to get a...
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    Cabling in Trunking advice

    In preparation for an EVSE installation, I am running the supply cable from the main CU, via catenary, to a new CU in my garage. The cable is 6mm twin-core + cpc NYY-J (Tuf Sheath-type), which is not the easiest of cables to bend! I have a length of the cable coming out of a walk-in cupboard...
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    UK Looking for advice

    Hey all, I'm brand new to this world, im currently studying with TPA college to become an electrician just wondering if anyone has any advice for a complete beginner.
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