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Just a quick one, I'm wondering what's everyone's thoughts on this are.
A subby has clipped a cable to a plaster board ceiling using 3m sticky pads and plastic cable ties, below that ceiling is a number of steel beams spanning the length of the corridor and then below them is a...
Doing a cable calc for college and need to know the ambient temperature of this circuit - Supplied from a board inside where the ambient temp is stated as 25°C and then the cable run is outside- SWA clipped direct to feed a little 4-way board in a new summerhouse.
My answer to this and what I...
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...
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...
Morning fellas
On job at moment. Am just looking at lighting circuits. They are supplied off 20A type C breakers run in 2.5mm to MDB's then from there each lighting circuit goes down to 1.5mm flex 5 core with 2 cores being used for dali. From what I see cable rating is 20A is a 20A breaker to...
Hi all how can I work out the current carrying capacity of a 6mm t&e in surface metallic trunking. I can only find clipped direct and enclosed in insulated wall using table guides
Hi all i have a customer that wants a supply to an outbuilding clipped direct to a brick wall looks to be the best route but the cable will be in full sun will this have much of an affect to the cable advice please
Hi have just been doing a periodic in a house and noticed that the shower cable comes out of the floor boards then is clipped direct to the bathroom wall under the bath before disappearing up the wall to a pullcord Is this OK?it has screws securing the side panel so.im.assuming its ok as its out...
Ok I know this is dragged up time and time again regarding the 3a fuse on a fan debate but i had an interesting one today.
i am installing a belling 100dft range cooker, the manufacturer's instructions are tight lipped about the actual wattage of the bleeding thing but the info I got was that...
I have a customer who needs sockets installing in a studio. He uses the studio for office work, storage and conferences. he wants the cheapest option for the sockets (don't they always) and is happy for the cable to be clipped direct to the walls. I was thinking one large ring final and a new...
I've been asked to install a new RFC at a Ground Floor Flat. The Socket outlets for this circuit are going to be in a room at the rear of the property on the other side of the flat from the CU - the owner does not want me to install the cable through the Flat, but wants me to route the cable...
I've been asked to do some minor alterations to an out house which is supplied from CU in main house. Now the new CU in outhouse has RCD protected circuits but the supply from main house is not RCD protected. The cable is a 20m run in hightuf clipped to outside wall clearly visible. Should I put...
hi everyone, an aquaintence with very little money has bought a 9.8 kw shower to replace his failed unit and asked me to fit it. house has a 6mm t/e shower cable. normally i would insist on 10mm cable, however, 9.8 kw at 230 volts works out at 42 amps. actual voltage measures at 245 which means...
Hi you brainy people
Think am gonna have to dig myself a trench and put on my tin hat for this question but here goes, can a standard PVC/PVC cable be clipped direct outside to a wall or fence as long as its protected by rcd. Or does it have to have a form of mechanical protection.
Why in older commercial buildings do the electricians fasten cables to the wall rather than install tray etc.
Been in a place today where over the years more and more circuits have been added, but no one has installed tray etc just clipped to the wall a ties to existing cables.
Looks a right mess
This post is slightly more detailed than the title suggests. I am fitting a small security light in a covered passageway that exists between 2 ex council houses. The passageway has structure above it which forms internal rooms of this houses. Consequently there is very little natural light in...
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