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    Best cabling solution for External Socket

    Hi all I need to run some cabling for an external socket in a garden. The cabling will be run around the walls and will not be buried. The cable will need to pass throught an 18" solid wall and there will be a number of turns before the final destincation. What do you think is the best...
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    DC cabling protection

    Is there any requirement for DC cabling to be protected - as it passes through a brick wall - where it bends and enters/leaves a brick wall - within a garage between where it emerges from a brick wall and enters the inverter?
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    Network Cabling

    hello guys, any of you have dealings with cat6 terminations(RJ-45) and what sort of labelling do you/ have you used? is the cat5 plug ok to use or do you need the cat6 modular units? does it make that much difference?? regards
    • SparkyDips
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    • aus bigger cabling crimp electrical work electricians' talk network plugs
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    • Forum: Australia
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    DC Array cabling

    We are designing an install whereby the DC string cables need to come back from the middle of a garden to the property. We plan to install 6mm 4 core SWA cable to carry the load (2 strings) and wonder whether the armouring of this SWA cable needs to be earthed as in an ac application - the Regs...
  5. infinity

    dc cabling to downstairs

    Ive been asked to do some jobs next week, they want the inverters placed adjacent the cu, is this quite common practice? i thought they would go in the loft space? I assume to reduce the volt drop. Am i ok to pass the dc down through ceiling in pvc conduit? also one job is 16 panels 1 string...
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    How to quick connect pv panels to controller

    Hi all.I need some advice from the pros. I want to install two[2x 100W] semi-flexible monocrystalline pv-panels stitched into the bimini of my boat,using waterproof[IP68?] quick connect/disconnect couplings and do not want to have to buy expensive tools for a one of job. The panels come...
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    Fire resistant (Firetuf) DC cabling

    Apparently this is not available. What is the solution when the installation is in a building were the Fire Officer calls for fire resistant cables? A4L
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    DC cabling

    Hi All, Need some advice please as I'm new to PV and going for my MCS accreditation now. I'm installing on my own property and because of the position of the house, the best position to put the panels is on the garage roof. This is a separate building to the house with the CCU on the other side...
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    Drilling holes in new joist for cabling

    Can someone please help. I am running some cables in our new exstension. The joist are approx 4.2m long, am i right in thinking that i have to drill my holes between 0.25m and 1.68m on either side. Many Thanks
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    DC 24V - Cabling Sizing -

    Dear all, I need to supply DC 24V power to long distance. The required power is low up to 9W. What is the maximum allowable voltage drop?
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    Installing boxes (and cabling) in Bellrock Plaster walls

    Anyone had any experience with Bellrock Plaster Partitions ? Seemed to be popular with John Lawrence (Glasgow) builders in the mid-late 1950s but I can't find may other examples of them. The entire wall is constructed from a sort of plaster honeycomb (approx 6" wide hexagons made of solid...
    • rsmck
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    • aus bell boxes cabling electricians' talk installing plaster plasterboard through timber walls
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Australia
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    new equipment existing cabling

    hi we are installing new parking barriers on existing colored SWA (RED YELLOW BLUE). Which should be sleeved (RED GREEN/YELLOW BLACK)? Do we sleeve the cores to the new colors (BROWN GREEN/YELLOW BLUE) or leave them as the old colors. As they will be the old colors in the DB? if we have to...
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    PV cabling and earth

    I am just completing my first install for my forthcoming MCS assessment. It is a 690w system. 1. Am I ok to run the cable on the AC side of the inverter in 2.5mm cable (as it is only 690w system)? 2. I need to earth the array as it can be touched from a velux window. What cable size for...
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    Career change getting into data cabling

    Hi Can anyone help me with any help/advice I'm looking at a career change and getting into data cabling I've looked into courses but they are quite expensive ideally would be great if someone could take me on I haven't got an electrical background but I am really keen to learn I'm based in the...
    • Millsy32
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    • aus cabling career career change change data electricians' talk getting
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Australia
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    help with cat 5/6 cabling

    hi been house bashing for many of years , never done any or been showed how to install cat 5/6 computer cabling ,any advice or sites to get an idiot guide to.many thanks.
    • underpar12
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    • aus cabling electricians' talk help
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Australia
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    OLD SWA Cabling and earth sizes

    Hi, Is any body aware when LSOH SWA cable to BS6724 first introduced to the UK? Also, is anybody aware of the copper sizes that were available for the bare copper conductors used to bond installations in the circa 1960's? I am coding a PIR report and for my own knowledge I would like to know...
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    sattelite cabling

    hi can anbody out ther post a diagram for sattelite/cable installations, what cables required how many runs etc. ive installed this a few times and i keep getting different advice. anybody got a system which will cover every thing. regards ian.:confused::)
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    Bt cabling

    Greetings all, was hoping someone could confirm the bt extension wiring fron there master socket,, am i right in saying..Blue with white rings in 2...orange with white rings in 3....white with blue rings in 5 Thanks in advance..
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    Part-P of Underfloor Heating in Portsmouth

    The admin of the Tiling forum recommended I post this request here. I'm looking for an Electrician to complete the wiring of a DeviReg 550 control unit for a DeviMat 2.5m sq. electrical underfloor heating system installed in a domestic bathroom under recently laid tiling. Mains feed is from an...
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    Cabling for Sky TV

    Hi All, Is there a "standard" number of cables that get installed for a Sky TV installation. Seems that some have one cable, some have 2 or even 3. I have a very large house to cable up and part of the requirement is for Sky Tv in sevral locations, of course the client hasno idea of what they...

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