Hi , i was told by an IT guy in a place that i was working that solid core cat 6 shouldn't be used with male rj45 ends and the cat 6 solid core ends should be terminated to a female end and pre made patch leads(apparently they are mad with stranded cable) should then be used to connect to...
I am replacing an existing old bell box with a Reson 8 bell box 8EP420. My alarm panel is a Optima G4. They are connected via a 4 core cable.
The existing panel wiring is as follows:
Panel Bell box
Strobe+ (no connection)
A link between T and A
Strobe- (yellow)...
So my dewalts diamond falling apart, literally the fronts falling off, and I can't get the chuck off to see whats going on. Annoying as it's only about 3 years old. These days tools don't seem worth/designed for putting in for repair as the costs Vs new don't stack. Normally I'd just chuck $$$...
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I have a Victron Multiplus-II 5kVA inverter/charger with Pylontech US5000 batteries installed in my house along with a 6.8kWp PV array and associated charge controllers. This installation has full DNO G99 approval and was installed to BS7671 and has been running great for about 18 months...
Silly question I'm sure, but I'll ask anyway.
On a 2 way lighting circuit the black and grey conductors get sleeved brown to show they're line conductors and I'd like to know why as black and grey are line conductor colours anyway so surely if the grey isn't sleeved blue it's a line and if the...
Am fitting a new pir led floodlight . The exsisting light is connected to 4 core round flexible cable, core colours green/yellow, blue, brown and black .
Should i use the green/yellow , blue and brown and just terminate the black
Many thanks
So, according to AS 3000
5.3.2 Earthing conductor material and type 5.3.2.1 Conductor material 5.3.2.1.1 Copper conductors Copper earthing conductors shall be of high conductivity copper and shall be in the form of— (a) stranded conductors; (b) circular braided conductors; or (c) solid...
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I have a shed in my garden that was built and wired up by my granddad a lonnng time ago and it currently uses 2 core/twin and earth cable but the cable is red and black - I believe it's 2.5mm as it's for two plug sockets and a couple of lights (existing).
I'm wanting to come off the...
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I'm Currently doing my design calcs for my college project and doing the actual Zs calculation.
Formula is Zs= Ze (or Zdb) + (R1+R2)
Then for (R1+R2) you find the (R1 +R2) per metre value in the On site guide appendix i - i1 , which for me line and cpc are both 1mm so its 36.20 . I...
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My son in law has moved into a 5 year old house with a conservatory. There is a 3 core and earth lighting cable poked through from the house into the conservatory which has never been attached to a light fitting. There is only ONE switch serving this light NOT two.
My question is...
I am designing a wall light . Can the cable leads from the fitting be connected to the mains wiring inside the wall cavity or does the connection have to be within a terminal housing as part of the fitting?
Completed EICR on flat within block building,
Suppliers set up is as follows
Within switch room
Service head
Meter
Main iso
2 core concentric cable up to flat 10 meters away
Secondary service head TN-CS
Consumers DB
Im not really sure where the suppliers/ consumers wiring starts/ends with...
Looking for some advice;
I am intending to mount two led downlights on pillars/brick walls either side of the garage door opening. I will drill through the cavity to feed the cable through. There will be a PIR sensor mounted in the middle above the garage door.
Internally i wanted to put the...
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I'm changing a CU from rewirable to 6 x RCBO in a Victorian flat. The two lighting circuits are lead sheathed 2 core, they appear physically undamaged though I've yet to test them but is this an automatic EIC fail?
The switches and pendants are all plastic.
Thanks for any pointers,
Pete
Hi, im having trouble. I want to wire up some outdoor lights through a smart home plug. They were previously connected to an analouge timer and after removing this ive found that there is one singular wire coming from the lights. this wire has neutral (blue) live (brown) and another black wire...
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I am just wondering what reference method is suitable for the old single core sheathed cables if they at some point enter an attic space under insulation.ive had a read through the regs book but still unsure
Cheers for any responses
Harry
Hello I’m starting off doing jobs for myself and I’ve come across a bathroom with lack of ventilation ...
The fan in place is a 4inch fan tight to the ceiling corner.
It’s fed from the light in two core to a isolation switch and transformer in the kitchen behind the fan.
Currently it’s fed in...
CP electricians supply a 6 core cable from their lighting control boxes that supplies a mains voltage emergency light,, 2 cores of this are 18v dimmable switching.
A led lighting company have provided the led lights and drivers that connects to the 6 core flex however their emergency pack and...
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