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  1. Top Cat

    Harmonisation of colours, PME & don't snip out cores!

    Changed a C/U today, when i took cover off found live = blue, neutral = red, with cable ties marked L & N in correct position. This was the same at meter so it must have been the meter guy! The meter had a test date of 2006, outside meter box probably fitted about same time. PME must have been...
  2. telectrix

    a poser for trainees/ apprentices

    OK, just a little lighting fault for the learners among us to ponder on. standard 2 way switching, 1 light. 3 core from sw1 to sw2, and switch wire from light in L1 and L2 of sw1. job was to fit intermediate switch for customer's convenience. removed 3 core from sw1 and diverted to...
  3. A

    megger 1552 crocodile clips

    as title im after some crocodile clips for a megger mft1552. the leads are the newer style 1's where the probe goes into the clip, that im after.
  4. i=p/u

    lighting colours

    kitchen /dinning room , id be tempted to go for warm white fire rated fitting with led bulb in what price roughly are you getting these fittings for and if money wasnt the question would you just go for the full jcc fitting...
  5. S

    Shower lash up

    I was called into a property where I was told that the shower fuse had blown. On investigation it turned out that a 9.8 KW shower was connected with 10mm T+E but only as far as the nearest fused spur on the upstairs ring main. They'd used a 45A cooker switch to terminate the 10mm then switched...
  6. the pict

    2 colours

    Does the 2 colour sticker go on if there is not 2 colours at the board but, at say a spur, I think it means behind the CU cover but opinions differ Pict
  7. P

    Harmonising cable colours

    Can anyone give me some guidance please, I have just installed a new ccu in a customers property. Some cables are the old black\red and some the new blue\brown. I have been advised by a colleague that all colours need to be harmonised, including all existing cables in switches, ceiling roses...
  8. J

    Cable Colours

    I have recently done some work to my apartment as I intend to rent it out. The cable everywhere in the apartment is the old red & black except for where I have added in two additional sockets (in the bedroom) and new lighting (in the lounge). For that I used the new brown & blue. I called...
  9. S

    Mineral insulated or FP200 in non standard colours

    Hi all, I have been asked to help out with a community project that's a bit outside my normal domestic remit, advice please. Part of the job is to light a pathway down the side of a church. Permission has been sought and received to mount the lights on the side of the church external wall...
  10. E

    Mixed wiring colours

    When working on an installation with mixed wiring is it adviable to sleeve the conductors if two differant colours are present at the same accessory or is it ok to just place a mixed wiring notification at the db?
  11. M

    lighting circuit

    Hey everyone I would like to ask for some advice. I am putting in a new lighting circuit into a dining room extension, which the client wants to be 2 way. There is an exsisting light in the dining room which is currently one way, but they also want this to be 2 way. The switch line for the...
  12. A

    wiring a 3 phase plug - strange wire colours?

    Hi folks. We have recently purchased a 3 phase industrial machine, which county of origin is Germany. I need to wire in a 3 phase plug, but not sure which colour correcsponds to the L1, L2, L3 and Earth. The colours in the wire are Black, Red, Blue and Grey. Could anyone help with this...
  13. L

    DC CAble Colours

    Just wondering, is anybody using broun/grey solar cable or just using black?
  14. K

    Old colours (again)

    Went to have a look at a job yesterday to help out an old colleague. It’s a hangover from years ago, all the panels, and cable, etc. were bought and then the job just got forgotten. Now the MD of the company has gone ballistic wanting to know why it wasn’t fitted. So it’s all hands to the pumps...
  15. G

    New equipment old colours

    Hi We are installing new parking barriers on existing couloured SWA (RED YELLOW BLUE). Do we sleeve the cores to the new colours (BROWN GREEN/YELLOW BLUE) or leave them as the old colours. As they wil be the old colours in the DB. :confused:
  16. T

    Smoke Alarms

    Hi everyone Been asked to quote a partial rewire and I'll include smoke alarm / heat rise, its for a 2 bedroom bungalow. I'm thinking of installing heat alarm in the kitchen and smoke alarm in the hall. Could anybody tell me if thats sufficient. Any advice welcome Many Thanks T&E
  17. C

    Sleeving old colours to new?

    Is there a requirement when changing a CU for instance of sleeving the old red/black cables with the new colours brown/blue?
  18. D

    SWA termination and colours

    I can't terminate steel wired armour into original DB as it will not incorparate the gland. Must it be glanded off at the DB or can it go straight into the board without gland? If so how can I earth the metal sheathing without a gland? Also 3 core colours are brown, black and grey where can...
  19. H

    Code 4 on PIR for old cable colours?

    Hi, just about to do my 2391 test and suddenly had a panic about a trick question/observation on the PIR test rig. All cables are in old colours (red & black for single phase, red,yellow,blue for tp). There is no notification of "colours to two editions of BS7671" as there are no new colours. Is...
  20. K

    Unified Colours

    Just out of curiosity, have there been any reported fatalities due to the new unified colours. The company I used to work for was French owned and most new equipment was designed in France and so all panels were wired to the then French code. This was before the unified colours came in and it...

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