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  1. Dan

    Leading industry associations join forces for 2016 Building Services Summit

    ECA links up with BCIA and BESA for November event on efficiency of buildings Read the full news article
  2. E

    small building site temp distribution

    I am setting up some temps on a small site consisting of approx 3 110 transformers 2 portacabins offices sitting on top of each other, a portacabin toilet and a portacabin drying room. The supply is a 3 phase DB. Im thinking use 1 phase for the trannys, 1 phase for the offices and the other...
  3. drzsta

    Building own shed?

    Hi all, I want a 18x10 shed/workshop to keep the bike and general stuff in however the sheds on the market are either overpriced or clad in wafer-thin timber. Anybody built their own and how did you go about it? Cheers :smile:
  4. rolyberkin

    Why TT on Temp Building Supply?

    Okay, I know you have to use TT on a temporary building supply but cannot understand why? If the supplier is able to supply a TNCS why is this not preferable to a TT?
  5. C

    Building a bespoke brewery control panel

    Not sure if this is the right place to post this. Please advise if not. A client I have done some work for runs a brewery supply company, mainly dealing in vessels, pumps etc, and has asked me to build a control panel to run elements and pumps off PIDs and SSRs as he has a customer that...
  6. A

    Outdoor Building Power

    It's been a while since doing any form of installation so I thought I may ask here for clarification especially with new regs...... Detached shed/building approx. 50m from house CU. Need to run 13A sockets and lights in it. TN-CS/TNS supply Is it best to... A) Take from MCB, then SWA down to...
  7. Leesparkykent

    Amendment 3 escape routes and building control.

    So yesterday I was wiring the communal areas in a block of flats that im doing and the building control officer pops his head in with the site agent. Concrete ceilings that's having a MF suspended ceiling underneath so we are using bang in cable tie bases.......Building control officer pipes up...
  8. charlie76

    Is this an error in the "Electrician's Guide to the Building Regulations"

    Reading the "Electricians Guide to the Building Regulations" today (ISBN 978-1-84919-889-9) section 5.7.5 Fixed Equipment, further down the paragraph states: "Outdoor fixed equipment is not required to be protected by an RCD" That in itself does not ring correct to me I would expect an RCD to...
  9. Dan

    ECA launches updated building services survey

    Leading trade association partners with Scolmore on new sector business survey Read the full news article
  10. F

    Downstream meter for outbuilding

    Hi folks, I have a new garden office and need to measure leccy used to charge back to the company. All I need is another downstream meter to tell me the kWh, so would a Landis & Gyr A5235B (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Landis-Gyr-Solar-PV-Meters/dp/B00SRDQ5DS/) or maybe this one -...
  11. C

    Future-proof for PV installation on out building

    Working on a barn conversion where meter/supply are in a separate building. Will be burying a cable (45m) this week to supply barn. There may be a requirement for solar panels to be fitted in the future - is there any need to bury an additional cable back to meter/supply for panels or can...
  12. Pete999

    Building Regulations

    For a laugh I went on line and completed the "Part P test" no I didn't do the course, did it just for fun, it seems to me that if the questions are similar to the ones I answered, yes I passed before anyone has a dig, cover more than just part P of these regulations. To that end would it not be...
  13. S

    Fluke 2042 Cable Tracer or similar - Any good?

    Hi All, there are several threads on here about cable tracers with a very mixed bag of reviews/opinions about them. Has anyone used them in similar circumstances to below & if so how did they perform? I've been asked to carry out a full validation survey & produce a distribution schematic of...
  14. J

    Earthing & Bonding - Steel framed Building

    Hi. We're currently carrying out an installation in a large steel framed building on an agricultural property. Supply in, is TNS. Supply intake is approx 225m from the new building. We require an 80a 3 phase supply, which has been sized at a 95mm SWA with a 25mm CPC. 300ma TD RCD on main board...
  15. M

    Signing off works

    HI GUYS LOOKING FOR SOME GUIDANCE PLEASE AS IT SEEMS TO BE A BIT OF A GREY AREA. I AM AN ELECTRICIAN AND HAVE BEEN FOR 20 YEARS (COMPETENT). IVE RECENTLY SET UP BUSINESS ON MY OWN AND HAVE BEEN ASKED TO REWIRE A DOMESTIC PROPERTY THAT IS BEING RENOVATED. SO MY QUESTION IS 'DO I NEED TO BE...
  16. T

    New Gas meter fitted at factory - Earth Bonding Q

    Hi all, Just has a new gas meter fitted at our factory. Was left an advice notice that there was no earth bond within 600mm of meter outlet. The problem with this is the meter is 20 meters away from the building in a little 1970s hut all on its own with a paved parking area in between. The...
  17. T

    Water Bond size on outbuilding

    Evening all. Bit of an odd one this and I just wanted to run it past bigger brains than mine to make sure I'm not missing something obvious. A brand new PME supply is being brought across to a field which has got 3 outbuildings, all of which need lights and a couple of sockets. The supply...
  18. Dan

    Risk assessment boost for building services contractors

    Major upgrade to ECA 'e-RAMS' online risk assessment service Read the full news article
  19. HappyHippyDad

    Best way to bond metal framed building?

    Evening.. I have been trying to think of the best way to attach a bonding clamp to a steel structure and could do with some opinions please. At present I am thinking of a bolt through one of the steel columns and attach the clamp to this, but I'd rather get the clamp on a smooth surface...
  20. J

    New supply to outbuilding

    Been asked to quote for a mates mum for a job after my holiday! and my niceic assessment (29th!!) Basically she is getting one of them large wooden cabins at end of her garden and she wants a quote for the electrics to be installed.. In the house she currently has a 5way 3871 straight board...

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