Evening all,
I'm having a debate at work regarding the wiring of emergency Lighting in the landlords area's for a 10 storey block of flats. The emergency lighting is integral to the standard lighting (So no separate em lights other than above doors)
Person 1 (me) - The cabling should be MICC...
Doing an EICR today in an old thatched property. Old wall light in hall, obviously not enough room behind to enclose the connections.
Cable surface routed and connected to light fitting with choc block on the outside and taped up with black tape to blend in with the light fitting!
How...
Was carrying out an eicr on a 2 bed flat. Unfortunately i was unable to gain access to the meter cupboard. What should i put down on the certificate? My gut says put it in the limitations but is this correct, or do i need to gain access ?
Thanks
Dave
For a new block of flats I am considering locating the meters in a meter room. Our suppliers now fit 100A cutouts after each meter. From each meter cupboard I want to run 25mm SWA (or the braided 25mm cable, watever this is called) to the consumer unit inside each flat. Now the cable entering...
Sorry, I'm almost ashamed to ask this question.
Cooker switch with red indicator bulb
(1)Please tell me what exactly what I do to not get moody readings on a IR test. ?
(2) Are there any other tests that it would cause me a problem. ?
Tried to search couldn't find an answer that clicked with me
Hi guys, I have been asked to install some additional sockets for a family friend. However when I have been to look at the house (1950's built) I have found that the upstairs walls are really thin. They look like breeze but are much softer (I can pratically scrape them away with a screwdriver)...
iamjon
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Hello Gents. I'm new to this forum so please bear with me if I do not make my question very clear.
i am testing a communal DB for a block of flats.
There is no earth bonding to the water and gas main coming into the building before it branches off to individual supplies , meters and the each...
idiom77
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Hi guys,
I would to say hello to everyone and hope I will be comfortable in this forum!!
I am a mechanical engineer and I am in a certain way "forced" to learn also electrical stuffs.
At the moment I am trying to understand why my RESET button (ZBE 101) on my machine does not work.
I...
LordKelvin
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No, nothing to do with an American boy band.
It appears that there's a new scam surfaced in Northern Ireland, in order to bid on local authority contracts you have to be registered with Sparksafe.
I'm waiting for a guy to respond to some questions I've asked him re minimum qualification...
trev
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I did my C&G qualifications a good few years back don't do much of anything electrical for my job so apologies if I am a rusty.
I have been asked to take a look at a few years old periodic report for a church in my village, to see if there is anything simple on it that I could remedy for them...
Hi guys just wondering if someone can help me out here. I've been asked to install a metal hand dryer in a toilet block but the fused connection unit for it will fall within touching distance of the sinks.I've had a look at the regs but I'm still a bit unsure.Will the FCU need to go above the...
Hello, I would like to use a recently bought Click and flow connector block to wire a standard lamp with 3 bulbs.
Reading the instructions have left me confused.
According to the instructions the female socket is 'for fixed wiring supply' but has room for 3 cables to run into this socket...
Hi all. Looking for advice here. The mother in law had her house extended and totally rewired by someone that said to her he was a qualified sparks. I've been up the loft and found crimped wires and not even clipped down and a whole host of lovely terminal block connections. One set of these has...
Therolster
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Hi guys,
Im installing some main switches in an installation to cover 3 boards.
A question i have is, they anything against the regulations or indeed bad practice to fit a single main isolator switch to cover the 3 boards or should they have 3 individual ones.
What i got is a single phase...
Hi
I have just purchased a flat which currently uses Economy 7. It has a secondary circuit which the storage heaters and immersion boiler are run off. This circuit only becomes live during the off peak hours. There is a 2nd consumer unit for this circuit.
I have had the storage heaters removed...
william_rl
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Need help, I need to supply a 4th floor flat from a basement flat off the same meter, there is the main fuse then the meter.
I was going to put a henly block after the meter then straight up 4 floors to a fuse box, I think I need an RCD before it makes its journey up, don't know the cable I...
Hey guys, I have a major problem. I have just run in 40 submains and re powered the communal's in a pre-existing block of flats. The company I'm doing the work for will not pay me until the communal TV system is up and running. That's got nothing to with me. Sadly, they thinks it does. They are...
Got a surplus of 100a tails blocks Brand new still on packaging ,Henley blocks. Can Post as many as you want . Let me know how many and can give you a price.
Evening,
Anyone know the book/industry times for chopping 1g & 2g 35mm back boxes in concrete block and then fixing . All using power tools.
I know how long it would take me! But will be subbies... My luckins doesnt list it and my old spons only has chopping by hand times which I reckon my mum...
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