I have an existing installation extended in 2015. The existing cable had 3 cores and used the armour as earth, with connections soldered onto the SWA gland where required (e.g. in external sockets).
At the point the extension was added the contractor took the armoured earth and connected it to...
Hello I just need to know the correct order and a source which shows me that it is that order please
When calculating the current carrying capacity
Is the correct order
Ib ≤ In ≤ It ≤ Iz
Or
Ib ≤ In ≤ Iz ≤ It
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Hi, go easy on me please, I've just returned to the trade, well I am about to, I received my Gold Card last Thursday.
I've been gen'ing up for a couple of weeks going through the regs book, watching some fantastic youtube videos, and working through cable calcs and looking at products and...
Had UKPN come out to a property recently to upgrade the main fuse from 60A to 100A but when they arrived they said that the supply cable which he confirmed is a 25sq.mm. CNE aluminium concentric cable (1-phase, burried) for the PME supply is only able to take a 80A fuse. They will have to dig...
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Doncaster EV ultra cable:
Does anyone know what the current capacity of these cables is given particular reference methods?
The spec sheet just says 'Max current' 45amps (for the 4mm) but it doesn't state the reference method.
The manufacturer does have a very handy cable calculator...
Hi Guys
Any one know the current carrying capacity of a 4mm 3 core single phase sy cable ran in a 20mm pvc conduit? Not sure of the right table to check
Thanks
I know PV installers sometimes use SWA to carry DC into the house especially when the PV is ground mounted.
Can anyone help me understand the correct way of doing the following:
1) Earthing the SWA armour, should this just be connected to the house earth as it would for AC or something else, I...
I was registered with the NICEIC until about 3 years ago as a competent person under BS7671, 17th edition. The EICR on my home expires shortly and I am capable of carrying out the appropriate testing and measurement but am I allowed to do it? As I am planning a cellar conversion, I will be...
I have a 37KW motor and need to replace some burnt out 35mm2 tri rated cable(loose connection). I’ve looked at 25mm2 Tri rated cable the data sheet says it’s current carrying capacity is 136amps. The lengths will be 0.5m.Is there any other consideration I should take into consideration? It will...
I have been asked by Trading Standards to carry out a report on some electrical work installed by another company (5 years ago). The 'new' wet room has basically rotted away over 5 years, it has now been completely removed by another firm and is in the process of being redone.
The work by the...
Hi all, I have been trying to work out why all the up stair sockets have voltage coming into the line but none of the neutrals.
The ring is on a 16amp mcb. Any ideas why?
Thank you in advance
I am carrying out a refurbishment job on this old panel board and fitting in a new panel board from Schneider. The current supply to this building is a 100amps BS88-2 Gg (assuming). I am planning to protect the outgoing submains with the NSX100 ML 2.2 set at 100 and 63 respectively. I don't know...
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I have a product in which 5v 2.5 amp adapter (input 230vac 0.2 amp max) used. The adapter is burning out sometimes usually when I connect it to the one of the phase (in 3 phase line where ac >30 hp motor is connected) carrying upto 50 amp current.
Now my question is why the adapters are...
So came across some old aluminium T&E yesterday, the smaller stuff with only 3 strands in the live, 3 in neutral and single strand for CPC.
I cant remember its maximum current capability.
Its been used for running an immersion tank on a B16 MCB, about 10m from the dis board, mostly under floor...
Hello All,
Iv been asked to pick up the remedials on someone else's EICR that was done last year on a school for Deaf Children. One of the items listed on the report is the conductors leading to the sub mains from the main panel are undersized. I popped the cover off to have a look and sure...
a question that i have to ask sorry if it seems daft in advance, when carrying out a PIR,EICR you come accross boards that dont have labels on them , do you put this on report as code 3 ? or do you just take the time to put a new label on the board ( assuming you have them to hand)
I got pulled over today by the council waste management jobsworth otherwise known as the Bath branch of the Gestapo.
It seems that I should have had a waste licence to take my scrap metal to the scrapper!
As until it arrives at the scrap yard and is processed it is waste and i should have...
Just started up on my own, haven't been asked to carry out an EICR yet, however I have, unbelievably, never found myself carrying one out, so feel I am a lacking in knowledge and experience at the moment to carry them out, should I get asked to.
Do you need to have a special qual to carry them...
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