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  1. SparkyKris88

    Running Parallel Cables for 400A Sub Main

    Hi All, I’m after some advice. I’ll cut to the chase but I can give more detail if needed. A 400A sub main supply needs to be ran 100m, a pretty direct route on ladder tray. Instead of one large cable (I think it’s 240mm), I was looking into running parallel cables instead. I’ve not done this...
  2. LHensh

    Extending 1.5mm and 2.5mm cables

    I'm needing to extend the cables I have coming from my garage fuse board as I am wanting to move the position of the first switch and socket in the circuit. Would extending via Wago 222 connectors housed in a Wago junction box so the job for both?
  3. D

    Todays wind confirms why I dislike cables clipped to fence panels

    Half me back fence is now in the next garden , and had i clipped swa or flex along the panels all this cable would have been ripped from its connections and live ends would have been flapping in the wind...
  4. W

    Connecting together 6mm cables

    Hi.... First time I've posted here. I own a property which is rented out. Recently the Gas Oven failed a gas safety test and the Gas Engineers recommended an Electric Oven. I purchased a 2.3Kw oven and they fitted it and plugged it into the ring main. Its only a small terrace and just as the one...
  5. W

    Best way of hiding tv cables on concrete wall

    Wondering how other people have done this. Would you guys use some pvc trunking giving you access to cables at a later date if needed if you would yous just raggle them into wall?
  6. T

    Running cables next to wall plate

    Looking at the electrical safe zones I can run cables within the top 150mm of a wall. I have a vaulted ceiling, would it be ok to run and clip my cables to the wall plate as seen in this image? I don't think it will make a difference but this is for a lighting circuit, cables will be 1.5mm...
  7. SolarCity

    Specialist firm for running cables in underground?

    As the title says, I wonder if anyone has any knowledge of specialists firm who run in armoured cables underground? I have a 250m run of two cables, possibly around 4core 150mm across a field that I'm looking at. I wouldn't even know where to start in pricing something like this so I'd like to...
  8. Rockingit

    Table 4B5 - multicore cables

    In show world we use 19c 'socapex' cable as a staple, standard cable for connecting lighting dimmers to lights via 19 pin screwed connectors and we never think about it, ever. I've just had cause on a design to work out some grouping factors and I'm momentarily stumped. A phone call with Eland...
  9. C

    Combining cables to increase current capacity?

    I have a problem and I think I have a solution but wanted to throw it out there to check it is acceptable.. First floor flat with two fuseboards - 1 24hr and 1 Night time economy. The boards are being supplied by two armoured cables coming from separate isolators/meters (60A) from the ground...
  10. M

    Cables under subfloor

    Happy new year guys. I'm gonna be in the process of slowly rewiring my house over the next 12 months. It's an old house with wooden floorboards on the ground floor and a subfloor. The consumer unit is at the bottom of the stairs in the cavity. To get upstairs I plan to run cables underneath the...
  11. Jarvo273

    Does running aerial cables come under wiring regs?

    Hi, I'm doing DIY and need to run some coaxial cables from the roof space into the house through the stud wall. Can anyone advise if this requires to be installed by a professional to wiring regs? Does anyone know about regulations around fire protection of you have several coaxial cables going...
  12. T

    Running ring final cables in loft eaves

    Hi All. I am wiring a loft conversion and want to avoid covering cables in the insulation. I can clip the cables to the studs on the other side of the wall in the zone parallel to the socket outlets. Is this sensible thing to do or would you rather run in the holes through the joists and apply...
  13. LewisM

    Brittle Cables

    Hi changing a light today and some other bits and upon taking the old fitting down all the basic insulation on the wires in the fitting were rock hard and brittle. No loose connections or transformer in the base so I can't see why it has happened. Base of the fitting was just a void with...
  14. S

    Two white cables loop link

    Has anyone ran into this issue when replacing a vanity light? The white thick wires are continuously looped and on one side of the loop the wire is marked with black tape. Do I wrap both black wires to half of the loop? Thanks for any advice.
  15. OnlQQker

    DNO Cables Running Under Soffit Across Houses...

    Just wondering what your thoughts are about this before I renew the facias/soffits/guttering. Any help would be appreciated as it's my sons new house. I've attached some pics
  16. K

    chasing wall for consumer unit cables or trunking ... Advice needed

    Hi everyone I am after a bit of advice. Just done rewiring for a property but the main incoming supply cable is just right next to the main entrance door so agreed with the customer to install a new consumer unit right above the meter as shows in the picture. The lighting circuit and upstairs...
    • King84
    • Thread
    • advice cables chasing consumer consumer unit needed trunking unit wall
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. J

    Is the 2 cables in the connector blocks the thermal OL

  18. D

    5 cables into one don't go?

    Hi, hopefully you can help. I am installing 5 external floodlights in the garden. The units have a 1.5 mtr cable with a 13amp plug. I am fitting these around some new decking and the cables are to short. So i want to join them all up using 121 cable connectors to extend the cable a cpl of...
  19. W

    Cables clipped direct in cupboard

    Wondering what everyone’s take on this would be, cables coming out the ceiling inside a cupboard clipped down the door facing then along the skirting and into Consumer Unit, I know this is acceptable but would you guys be fitting a mini trunking if you were Upgrading the consumer unit or would...
  20. T

    Extending cables for a new board change

    Hi all, looking for some advice with regards to extending cables for a consumer unit change. The old board is a mess inside with cables being cut short etc. What's your go to method for extending. When I've only had to extend a couple I've used the Ideal inline splice connectors, but this is...

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