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  1. G

    Buried cable

    Hi everyone, I intend to bury a 240 volt cable from my house to my barn about 7 metres as way. It will be buried under my tarmaced drive which I own but my neighbour has access over this drive. The supply will be in a plastic conduit about 40mm in diameter. My neighbour will complain if anything...
  2. denny2k2

    UK Buried SWA Troubleshooting

    Hi guys, long time lurker first time poster. I have an SWA 3 core armoured cable buried that runs to my back garden. This originally serviced an old delapitated workshop from the previous home owner. The workshop was removed, SWA armoured cable cut and left available to be reused in the back...
  3. A

    Finding buried panel

    4 outlets, living room, not on main panel. Can’t find another panel. How can I find buried panel? Built about 1990, Atlanta area
  4. K

    Direct Buried Cables 3 Phase

    Hi, I am a mechanical engineer tasked with some electrical engineering scope of work and not sure where to look for information on the following... I have 12 x Off 95mm2 SWA 3 Phase cables coming from Solar inverters into an energy building panel. Each cable is carrying a maximum of 160Amps...
  5. Pretty Mouth

    Cable buried in a flower bed

    Had a look at a job a few days ago where, should the work go ahead, it would be necessary to run a cable under a flower bed. This is the only option acceptable to the customer unfortunately. The cable will be low voltage, ELV is not an option as the cable will supply power to sockets. The...
  6. W

    Outdoor 230 EV charger with 115 V outlet: supply through conduit . Does this plan make sense?

    Hi! I’d like to install a pedestal-mounted (230 V, 30 A max - programmable) EV charger close to my driveway, which ends about 12 feet away from the house, on the other side of a landscaped rock wall of sorts. While I am at it, I would like to oversize the circuit to allow a second EV charger to...
  7. Z

    UK Installing earth rods should be totally buried

    I read a couple of references to ground rods and both stated that they must be buried in the ground but one said 3 inches visible and the other said less than 12 inches visible. I thought they had to be fully buried and even covered . Please confirm I’m correct z(for once!)
  8. D

    Buried SWA cable fault finding

    Hi all, My first post here, thought I'd see if it was possible to get some advice or tips... Basically, I had a large amount of block paving and large concrete base laid at the far end (25m) of my garden a few months ago. Under this I had 3 core 16mm SWA laid. (I most definitely can't vouch...
  9. D

    Time delay RCD or Mechanical Protection

    Okay! So, I’m looking to plug a knowledge gap. The set up is a DB in a main dwelling and a second DB in an outbuilding. The supply from the main dwelling to the outbuilding is 16mm2 split concentric. It is buried in sealed ducting at 1500mm at the deepest point (under the lawn). It comes...
  10. S

    Buried Cable for Pool pump clarification?

    I apologize if I double post. It think it went through the first time. So much OLD information on the web for out dated code it's overwhelming. I watched a near two hour You Tube video on NEC 680 2020 code! Last year I used a 12 Amp extension cord to my pool pump as a temporary fix. I want...
  11. K

    SWA buried in wall to CU

    Hi Client doesn’t want external cable . Shop with a three way mains incomer 9 m away . 2 flats fed on other feeds .So was going to run the 16mm SWA from the incomer in a low wall chase internally and run up the wall into a flush CU . So no RCD protection but earthed sheath . Do I have to sink...
  12. O

    NYY Buried Cable - Legit job?

    Hi, Ive had a NAPIT qualified electrician out to install a new feed to the garage along with a new consumer unit in there. Its a short distance of around 6m and the cable he used was a 16mm NYY cable, it has been directly buried around 300mm depth with yellow warning tape, It goes under a few...
  13. B

    Protecting buried meter tails

    Hi, rhis has probably been done to death, but I couldn't find much on a search... Doing a garage conversion. CU recently replaced at ceilling height. New 25mm tails + earth currently run vertically up wall in 50x50 maxi trunking. Was hoping we'd be ok to leave and just plasterboard up to sides...
  14. HappyHippyDad

    Earth rod 'probably' buried under conservatory, which code?

    I have just carried out an EICR. Earthing is TT. A 4mm green/yellow conductor leaves the CU and disappears under the conservatory, I get 158Ω when I do a Ze test. There is a 10mm that goes to both gas and water. ZS tests are around 40Ω 's on sockets/lights. I started a similar thread some...
  15. C

    Buried Power Lines

    Why are MV and LV powerlines in the UK buried underground? Same for Europe? Does it cost more to bury them?
  16. S

    Cables buried in wall less than 50mm UK

    Could somebody please clarify a certain aspect of this for me? I have posted in the IET forum and got no reply. So say you install cables in a wall/partition less than 50mm below the surface. You run the cables in the specified zones and you protect it with a 30ma RCD. Do you still need to...
  17. M

    What type of electrical cable will be good to bury in walls?

    Hello, I just bought an old apartment and i need to make 4 new dedicated power lines (AC , kitchen, Washing Machine and heater). There are concrete walls and cutting chases will be very difficult, i was thinking to choose some type of cable that can be covered with plaster, without tubes ( only...
  18. B

    SWA lifespan buried?

    How long does 6mm SWA last before the sheath degrades if buried direct? What would be the best ducting to run up a garden to a shed if ducting is needed?
  19. T

    data cable buried direct in concrete

    I've been asked to look at a job (total shambles) they've given the other sparky the boot because of his poor workmanship. I've honestly never seen work so bad. one of the main issues is a load of floor boxes have been chased in, the data cabling has been buried direct in concrete, is there any...
  20. SJD

    Joining a cable to be buried in a wall

    Now and again, I need to join a cable that is buried in a wall, sometimes in a stud wall, sometimes to be plastered over. Sometimes when someone has drilled through it (last one was a kitchen fitter who should have known better), or sometimes to extend a cable e.g. to move an accessory lower on...

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