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  1. B

    Building An Electric Kiln For Pottery

    I intend to build an electric kiln for pottery, clay ( and other materials ) sculptures. The internal dimensions would be 40cm(height) x 40cm(width) x 40cm(deep). Therefore, its internal surface is 9600 cm2. I need a maximum temperature of 1300 Celsius. 1) I would like you to confirm or correct...
  2. Andy-1960

    What we have to compete with!

    My daughter works for a fashion company and one of the factories she deals with in a Pakistan is having an extension. Note the attention paid to health and safety! Love the fact they are mixing the concrete on the floor and pouring it into the shuttering with a bucket! Hope to get more pics as...
  3. O

    Building regs for consumer unit

    We are buying a newbuild property and due to the regulations, we are told the consumer unit needs to go in the dining room (as boxes are on the external wall in that location). As the room will be painted dark grey we want to hide the box inside a cabinet by removing the back from the cabinet...
  4. haptism

    EIC's and building control

    Can someone tell me, if a builder (not part p registered) was to do all the electrical work in a house rewire himself using the labc method; then who would be required to issue the EIC for the client, the builder or the labc ? Say the testing was done by the labc. The EIC would then require two...
  5. Lou

    Down To Earth Electrical

    Down to Earth Electrical Steve Williams, electrician serving the people of Bedford and the surrounding area since 1984 Down to Earth Electrical was founded by Steve Williams, a trusted Electrician in Bedford with over 30 years of experience. Steve Williams has seen many changes in the...
  6. Q

    Info regarding part p

    hi, I'm looking for a little bit of information regarding part p and I'm hoping you can please help. I work for a company that provides student accommodation. We have over 500 rooms and do basic maintenance work. At present when a bathroom light or bathroom extractor fan needs replacing our boss...
  7. A

    Cable size

    Hi I have just built a garage at the front of my house and plan to run power to it. The intention is to use it as a workshop working on cars etc. I have a consumer unit at the front of the house and plan to run a cable from there underground to the garage consumer unit. A cable run of approx...
  8. T

    Help me make sense of the quals'!

    Hi all, I currently hold the 3-year installation NVQ (C&G 2365) as well as the latest 17th Edition certificate, beyond that nothing else. I do not practice domestic electrical work, however I do work in industry. Now, my parents' house is in need of some work, having been quite shocked...
  9. T

    Why do desktop power supplies and GPU's keep blowing?

    I'm not an electrician but I some clever heads together - http://www.electriciansforums.co.uk/threads/im-not-an-electrician-but-i-some-clever-heads-together.117521/ Some of you may remember the above thread where the guy had umpteen blown power supplies and GPU go into melt down. I have now been...
  10. L

    smoke alarms

    Ive got a new extension to wire up. My question is, do I need to encoporate mains fed smoke alarms into both story's of the extension? The customer says it required for the building regs. Thanks guys
  11. gazdkw82

    SWA building entry point

    got myself a new timber workshop. The previous workshop already had supply via SWA from house CU. Iv got new cu for the workshop and appropriate gland kit however I'm unsure what's best practice in terms of getting the SWA into the workshop. Is it just literally a case of drilling...
  12. N

    New Build

    Hi guys, This as probably been done over and over but, basically I work for a firm, I'm fully qualified nvq3 and have the 2391. A relative has asked to wire a new build, I'm not sure if the firm I work for will let me do it through them? Would I need to notify building control or would it be ok...
  13. P

    Fitting Sub Main in shop premises

    Hello, I have beens asked to do wiring in a new shop and there is a currently a consumer board supplying the building with all wires removed by another Electrician. I have been told that the owner of the building wants a sub main fitted with a meter to tell them what electricity is being...
  14. Dan

    Link Building and Link Swaps for your websites!

    I thought I'd start a thread for link building for your websites. We have had a few but the way the Internet is, I'd guess many sites in the old threads have now closed etc Those of you who consider link building worthy, please post your website in this thread and allow others to post your...
  15. S

    Part p course

    Hi there I've just completed and passed the part p course receive my card and certificate do I need to register the certificate and card Kind regards Joe
  16. markythesparky

    Swimming Pool Earthing

    Happy New Year guys! I have a situation at a pool installation. A pool is being built in a separate building from a house. It has (I have been told but not checked) a new three phase supply from the street going down the garden to the new pool building. The electrician has terminated...
  17. SparkyChick

    What is a 'dwelling'?

    Hi all, Sounds a simple enough question, but try as I might, I can't find a definition of what constitutes a 'dwelling' in the context of Part P. The obvious answer is, it's somewhere someone lives. Using that definition however, a hotel could be classed as a dwelling because sometimes people...
  18. G

    NAPIT demanding we reconcile all our MCS certs with building regs notifications back to 2010

    Has anyone else had this demand? NAPIT are now attempting to insist that we need to go through our records of hundreds of installs since 2010 and fully account for a 15% discrepency between the number of MCS certs issued and the number of building regulations notified via NAPIT. The vast...
  19. mack3rs

    Building Automation Systems (BMS Engineer)

    has anyone on here moved from electrical to this role? im currently considering a slight career change and this type of work sounds interesting albeit very rare as i dont know of anyone who does it. can anyone recommend it or is a particularly difficult job i may struggle with? opinions and info...
  20. Soulsurfer

    Old building lighting issues!

    Basically been asked to look into a solution for a customers dwelling / dwellings where they have flats in the same building as they live. At present has old mostly 2 gang switching along ground hallway and up various stairways and between landings and these are junction box wired from two...

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