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  1. H

    I can't get into some lamp posts

    The usual key I use is: Switch key - Universal 9 in 1 : C.K Tools There are 3 triangle keys on this and usually the biggest one works. However, the posts I need to get into now have a triangular bolt, with rounded edges, which is too small for the largest of the triangle keys and too big for...
  2. S

    help with testing

    Hi guys Need a bit of help on testing in a hotel (bit of background) its a 7 storey building with main switch room in basement as a working hotel nothing can be switched off. On the 7th floor existing rooms were refurbished with 8 new rooms added there is a busbar trunking running up the...
  3. richy3333

    Section 708/721 - socket doublers

    Hi All. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I thought I read somewhere about avoiding the use of 'socket doublers' on caravan sites. I've checked through 708 and 721 in BGB and can't find what I am looking for. What is niggling in the back of my mind is having read a phrase that said...
  4. J

    Bathroom shaver socket questions (PS can't post in any other forum)

    Hi all, I just joined the forums but appear to only have permission to post to the introduction forum rather than anywhere else, so if the moderators are watching this, could you please move to an appropriate one? Thanks! We have a shaver socket in our bathroom which has never worked, despite...
    • JinxyCat
    • Thread
    • bathroom can't other post questions shaver socket
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  5. T

    can't post new thread

    just joined and can only post in this section, no post a new thread box in other areas, help?
    • tvanbrugger
    • Thread
    • can't new thread
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  6. uksparks

    Dumb --- Customer

    Hi, Got a call yesterday, can you come and wire my tv to my sky dish... Yeah ok... Get there today, dish on one side of house, tv in other side bedroom. I said so I'll clip the cable round her, hold through the wall.... Ok... No... I don't want to be ble to see the cable on the outside...
  7. R

    I Can't See How This Works...

    Here's the scenario: Ring Final Circuit Design Current = 20 Amps Circuit Breaker = 32 Amps (may well be using an RCBO - but that's another story) Ring length total (end to end) < 45 meters Correction Factors - grouping factor of 0.78 (reference method E with 9 other circuits) Gives an Iz of...
    • R1CH-G
    • Thread
    • cable can't circuit electrical work final length works
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  8. infinity

    benQ reviews?

    I have a customer interested in these 330w modules and he wants to see reviews but I can't see any anywhere, can anyone point me in the right direction?
  9. J

    New solar panels poor performance, can't contact solar company! Apolo solar.

    Hi all, I just stumbled across this forum and I'd very much appreciate a bit of advice from you kind and knowledgeable folk.. My wife and I bought a new (to us) house at the beginning of last year, and after much though decided to have pv solar panels fitted.. After some research and a few...
  10. A

    30ma trip on split board

    Any opinions on replacing a 100a main switch with 30 ma TVs, I'll have to move the internal tails from the bottom off the rcd to the top I know but is there anything to say I can't? Or just use rcbos
    • andrewni
    • Thread
    • 30ma board can't confused other please split switch trip
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  11. C

    Windows 8 Can't use enter when writing posts!

    Hi all, just recently updated to windows 8 and for some reason I cannot use the 'Enter' function for starting a new sentence in posts! Any help would be very much appreciated.
  12. S

    Can't see supplementary bonding in bathroom

    Hi What happens when you guys are testing and you can't see if there is any supplementary bonding in the bathroom, and cannot see the clamps on any pipe work. The shower is rcd protected but the lighting is not. Would you code it C2 for the bonding and C3 for the lighting not being on the RCD...
  13. kkkkk

    Fire Alarm Panel - pretty old metal clad - can't find any information about it....

    Hi all I am checking out a faulty fire/intruder alarm panel, it is an Eagle AFB180N, and I enclose a picture of the frontage. This is quite an elderly metal clad unit, which looks very sturdy. Apparently a tenant, when the landlord was away, was fed up with the alarm going off, and...
  14. ipf

    mobile library

    Hi folks, Need to test someone's brain, I feel. I've been asked today to test and certificate a new mobile library vehicle. I don't know too much about the job yet as I've not seen it, but have been told that it involves 230v for supplying socket outlets for pc's and will incorporate a...
  15. P

    Conduit Positioning

    Hi, I don't have my full regs to hand and I can't find it in any of my onsite guides. I know cable buried in a wall can't be less than 150mm from the corner join of 2 walls but is there a minimum for cable in surface mounted pvc conduit? I have a ring main I need to get to the first floor...
  16. H

    attaching a socket to cooker outlet

    Are there any regs preventing the connection of a single socket to power a gas hob ignition circuit with a 3 amp fused plug to a cooker outlet suppling an single oven. I don't want the moulded plug removed or spur off the ring mains because the outlet is close by and accessable.
  17. S

    Drawing software.

    I need some drawing software to pull me out of a hole until I get autocad reinstalled onto my PC. Need to be able to do scale equipment layout plans and elevations. Anyone know of anything free or cheapish that would do the job.
    • Sintra
    • Thread
    • autocad can't drawing serif software version
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  18. A

    radiator switches - problem with identification

    Hi, I am totally new to this forum, based in London, having some electrical qualifications I am mostly dealing with general building maintenance and not very often come across some electrical stuff, but now it's the moment. Basically I have 3 radiator switches to be replaced, the job seemed to...
    • Adi
    • Thread
    • attach can't problem radiator switch switches where
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  19. H

    We Can't Keep Whining About 5WWs if...

    We keep freely giving out advice and knowledge when OPs, who are obviously not competent, post for help on basic stuff: 1) Do extra sockets I install have to have RCD protection? 2) Why am I getting high r2 readings on a ring? 3) Why has my extractor fan stopped working? 4) Help me...
  20. S

    Baffled

    Looking for a 2 gang light switch that has a 2 way switch and an intermediate on it, black nickel. Mind has shut down, can't find anything on the tinternet, but admitting, I can't recall ever hearing of one :confused5: ... Suggestions?
    • StevieTee
    • Thread
    • can't click led looking range switch
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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