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    New Quid on the Block

    Hello Everyone, New here - Im not a Spam! but nice to be in here, read a bit from outside: Verdict - worth joining! I'm not yet a spark but planning on steps to become one and hope I will find a lot of encouraging support here Thanks and take care Jon
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    Paramount shutter door motor wiring / terminal block - single phase

    Hello, Would anybody be kind enough to point me in the right direction on how I would energise this roller shutter door motor to go one way or the other so I can start to design a control? Thank you in advance for your help.
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    EPC on communal area in a block of flats

    Hi, Anyone have any idea on this one. Have a customer that lives in a block of flats, they're all owned and want to install a PV system on the roof. Have said best to tie it into the communal areas electricity meter etc but bit stumped on the EPC. There is no heating in the communal areas...
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    Bending 20mm galv conduit

    Hi, I'v got a job to do which involves putting 1 set into a length of galv conduit. I don't really get the chance to do any Galv as such, and don't have a proper bending machine. Could anyone advise as to whether a plumbers pipe bender would do the same job? or any other suggestions greatly...
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    Henley Block between meter and main switch

    Hi quick one if you come across the meter tails coming from the meter to a henley block then from henley block to main switch on consumer board, if you replaced that consumer board would you still need to remove main fuse or could you just disconnect from henley block and leave fuse intact...
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    4kw on block of flats - EPC Exempt???

    We are quoting for a 4kw system on a block of flats, going into the landlord's supply so the residents will not benefit. There is no heating in the communal areas, just lighting for the stairs - any ideas on EPC??
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    Telephone Points for a flat in a block of apartments

    Hi everyone! I've had a browse on the net and on this forum but can't find any information on the photo attached Young ladys flat in a block of apartments, this is the only telephone point that's wired up and it works perfectly with telephone and router plugged in. Problem is, I've never...
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    Ceiling rose aka joint box + 1 extra choc block thingy!!! and more wild west!!

    found this in the ceiling whilst at a customers house the other day. and also spotted this on my travels lol
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    Ze test and a DNO earth block

    Evening chaps a periodic today walked through the front door and my concerns were were raised just glancing at the supply cable and cut out and yes my concerns were right ,and obviousley the electrical contractor never tested the supply infact the installation as this would have thrown up the...
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    terminating into henley block

    Hi all, looking to install a jacuzzi for a friend of mine, but his fuse board doesnt have any room left, so was thinking of cutting into the main cable leading to the fuse box with a henley block, then running a 10mm cable to a 63amp rcd, question is what type of cable should i use? as...
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    Certificate for DNO to supply earth?

    Done a board change this week and discovered the house has no earth(except for the 0.51ohms of the Gas!), all the earths go to the block on the side of the head but there's 0v between the block and Iine, I got the DNO out who said there has never been an earth since the head change 15 years ago...
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    lights on timerswitch you push in block of flats

    a dude has just rang me and says the lights are staying on continuosly... i think could just be jammed... anything you'd like to advise me before i go have a look... i have never looked at these before and i said probably just need replaced.. he sqid if thats what it takes
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    Testing block of flats

    Hello, Couple of questions, firstly does each flat require it's own dedicated earth to the main incoming on the ground floor of the property, zs readings are fine with the 10mm 3 core SWA that has been used. (never certed a block of flats before, jus wanted to be 100%) And, there is a...
  14. spark-ticus

    New kid on the block

    hi, hola, bonjour! This is my 1st post ever on any forum or indeed on the www! I have recently finished a 2 year college course on electrical installation and testing (city & guilds 2330-2331) and am now trying to find my way in the slightly daunting world of domestic installation in the hope of...
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    Best way to wire a FCU to switch to light

    What's the best way to wire an FCU that fed an old immersion heater now disconnected to power a light that is to be fitted in a cupboard upstairs. The FCU is halfway in the cupboard so a bit far to use a switched fcu for the downlight so I need to connect a switch near the door. Would this be...
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    Connector Block Clarification

    I know that it is wrong to just use a connector block and tape it up. However, I really can't find the reg / regs that state this. Can anyone point me in the wright direction? I like to know exactly why Im doing what Im doing. Cheers
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    new on the block

    Hi from worksop, this site has been so helpful, am sure it will continue
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    Name & age of this fuse box??

    Being doing a PIR today and came across this beauty - can somebody help me with its model/age etc? I particularly liked the fact that there wasn't an earth bar and the earths had been twisted together, outside the CU and pushed into a choc block! Its a TNS system without an earth too, plus a...
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    Installing panels on a block of flats (i.e. we don't own the freehold)

    Chaps, This is my second thread on here (first one here: http://www.electriciansforums.net/photovoltaic-solar-panels-green-energy-forum/37973-panels-inverter-choose.html ), and again it is to do with fitting a solar PV system. I am interested in having a system fitted to a flat I own. I...
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    Stupid question swa to flex via terminal block

    Stupid question but can you connect swa to flex cable via a 15/5amp terminal block in a waterproof terminal box? Tom

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