When sleeving a 3 core 3 phase Brown, Black, Grey cable as a single phase cable, which core of the Black and Grey are to be sleeved as Neutral and Earth.
Some lads are saying Black as Neutral and others are saying Grey as Neutral.
I can't find a specific answer in the reqs.
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The awkward customer of a install I'm doing seems to think that you can two way dim lights, with standard dimmer modules. Seems to think he had it at his old place, I thought this was impossible as the dimmers fight against each other, unless Lutron or similar system is installed, am...
I have bought a fancy roof lantern with an opening light. Her indoors said "oh that would be so cool if it was electric"!! so now I'm stuck with a fitted roof light with the wire dangling down taunting me every day. How the hell do I wire this in?
It's a 'Topp' ACK4 chain actuator. Just for the...
Hi, I’m James and new to the forum. Looks like I have lots of reading to do of all the treads and advice already given. I live in Swinton (Greater Manchester) and am on a career change from architecture to electrician.
Does anyone have a photo of one of these they would be willing to email me? We have a customer wanting to go ahead if he can see what they look like. unfortunately we haven't installed these before.
Can somebody help me please?
I'm just finishing a rewire, and I've installed a GF radial cicuit in a large domestic property and am in the process of testing it. It's a new radial circuit, 2.5 T&E, 13 sockets, 20A type B breaker on an RCD protected board. My R1&R2 = 1.40 and Ze = 0.20, so my...
What do use in emergency lighting brown permanent live black switch live or black permanent live brown switch live obviously grey neutral major arguments at work please help to settle
What is the withstand voltage for a typical consumer unit?
(eg - Wylex 10 way board to BS EN 60439-3)
Is the withstand voltage a minimum or maximum?
Your valuable comments are appreciated...
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Went to a job yesterday to chase out the walls in the living room. Chasing went fine but very dusty as you would expect from black mortar.
The problem came when trying to clip the cables withing the Chases.
The clips would simply fall out, or the mortar would just crumble.
Anyone...
Bit of a long shot folks but does anyone have an image of a jetion all black panel or similar panel mounted in roof that i could use to show a potential client please?
Thanks
just been to price for a board change and some remedial works, i noticed the cutout has a black puddle below it, and it's dripping out from inside it. sort of like a black oily stuff.
anyone seen this before??
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Apologies if it is a basic question and has been discussed here before.
We are putting new spot lights in our bedroom and I am in the middle of buying all the stuff we need, we are putting 9 lights for the bedroom, GU10 240V with 50W lamps, outer 6 will work on 1 dimmer and inner 3...
I have just acquired a new MFT 1720 as my master meter.
Why are the probe/croc leads coloured RED,BLACK and Green.Why not BROWN,BLUE and Green.
The outlets on the meter are Red,geen(black) and blue.
On the fitted plug mains leads they are Red,green and blue !
What's the logic red and black...
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