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  1. S

    Advice and suggestions requested on random cable Crystal ball needed

    Hello All Strange question for you, I know you don’t have crystal balls :) but can anyone give me any clue on the following… I have mid eighties house (since new) and extended early 1990s. I’m just checking out the wiring (visually) prior to CU change. The original board was Wylex RCD...
  2. A

    Please help, I need advice to build a case

    I am in a bit of a pinch at the moment and trying to argue a massive amount of used of electricity with my provider which I find it hard to believe for my living circumstances. I am a single person who lives in a one bed flat and is out of the house from 9-5 during the week days, I am on an...
  3. Sdcannon71

    Have any of you guys installed or worked with wireless light switches?

    This is in regards to wireless light switches i posted to two other forums. Surely someone here has some experience with the switches that is willing to share. So here is the meat. I have no experience with these switches but I am considering one for the purpose of adding a switch where running...
  4. S

    Hi Guys, im new to the forum and looking forward to reading some of the questions and advice.

    Hi Guys, im new to the forum and looking forward to reading some of the questions and advice. . I have been asked to install a safety device / relay system to an existing domestic property 4Kw solar system, so if there’s a main supply power cut to the property, we want the solar panels to trip...
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  5. rzarhm

    Need advice with a "complex" light fixture

    I'm trying to install a pendant (single bulb) in a ceiling light fixture. I've run into an issue with the wiring of the fixture box. Here's the setup of the wires: 5 green wires (never hot, I suspect ground) 5 white wires (never hot, I suspect neutral) 5 brown wires (one is hot but they are...
  6. M

    Moving to oz need advice.

    I'm moving to Perth this year as defacto on my partners visa as she is a nurse it's abit easier that way. I earn decent money in the UK as an electrician and quite comfortable here feel like I'm jumping in the deep end abit and there's not much advice online I can see. How much of a ballache...
  7. Tommy10toes

    UK Wiring advice for a novice

    I discovered a blank face plate in our large food cupboard and thought- ‘if there’s wiring behind this then I could put a little microwave in there’ There is wiring. (See horrible photo) so I will wire in a single plug socket there. Being a novice I wanted to check the following- After...
  8. P

    New member seeking advice on spurs ring mains

    Hi, I'm new to the site and wanted to seek some advice thanks, relating to adding fused spurs to existing ring mains in a commercial premises. Some of my other colleagues have been asked to explore ring main alterations, but they look after some site based kit and this is more related to...
  9. S

    Advice on 3Phase Hob

    Hi there I have not done a huge amount of work on 3phase. I am installing a Induction Hob as part of a new Kitchen refurb- to be specific the hob is NEFF T59FSRX2. It is a 11,100W with the ability to power limit and support single or three phase connection. NEFF have not provided great...
  10. T

    UK Advice on becoming qualified.

    Hi, I’m just looking for some advice/ someone to point me in the right direction please. Basically I worked as an electrician for 5ish years from when I was 18 to 23. I’m 25 now and want to get back into electrics but the only qualification I currently have is the AM2. Is anyone able to help...
  11. HappyHippyDad

    Some advice on infrared heaters please.

    Evening all 🙂 I have been asked to quote for installing infrared heating panels (smart) throughout a house. This will be a first for me and I thought I would talk it through on here. In total 5.8kW. Top floor is 2.7kW (3 panels and a towel panel) and ground floor is 3.1kW (4 panels). These are...
  12. gcrawley02

    Ring video doorbell wired bypass advice

    I have the following transformer/chime and need to install the bypass cable. Can anyone advise how this should be wired up?
  13. J

    I Need Work Adult apprenticeship advice in Scotland

    Hello all, I appreciate you taking the time to read my post. After leaving school, I followed the typical university route. But, unfortunately, I have found myself at 27 years old, realizing that I would be far more satisfied in my work if I were in the electrical trade. I have been...
  14. O

    Advice on new home EV charge point install.

    Hi all, New ill ( not used yet) of 7.5kw EV charge point. New house consumer unit fitted 6months ago and fitted with 16mm tails as the main fuse was 80amp. Electric company then come to visit to see if the...
  15. X

    cable tracer any advice on a good one

    Hi anyone got any advice on the best cable tracer Currently we have a fluke tracer but it seems to pick up everything apart from the cable we are looking for I have looked at Chauvin CA 6681 from RS but wanted to see if anyone has had a good experience with something similar Thanks in advance
  16. S

    Advice on prepayment meters to be fitted in flats.

    Have been asked by a customer to fit prepayment meters in a house divided into flats. Not seen the job yet,but told each flat has a cu.Have been in contact with S P Wales, who can supply digital meters,and prepayment cards,which the landlord sells to the tenants.In the past have only fitted...
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