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    Smart lighting 3 core to switch

    In the coming weeks I will be re-wiring my home. For the lighting circuits i will be using 1.5mm cable. ideally I would like to run the feeds to and from each light switch so that there is a neutral at the switch for smart lighting. However to avoid more damage/decoration I will be using the...
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    Using 7 Core Armoured as Twin and Earth ?

    My daughter has some 7 core armoured cable running to her garage which looks to be 1m2 or possible 1.5m2. It carries a 2-way external light switch connection to switch on 2 external lights ( house and garage) from either the house or the garage, and there is also a single 13amp socket connected...
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    Ceiling Rose Wiring - 3 core plus earth ?

    Advice needed, Removed a ceiling rose and the cables must have been loose as they all popped out. Connected up all the cables apart from the grey cable. My PIR light outside is now not working without this grey cable connected into one of the blocks which is fed off the same switch bank on...
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    Ceiling light only have one two core and earth cable

    Hello all I am trying to replace a light and add a bathroom fan to the ceiling light. But when I removed the old light there is only one cable coming from the attic. I replaced the light in the same way that the older one was but I'm confused as there should be a switch wire going to the light...
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    Electrician Jobs Paralleling swa 4 core to increase CCC

    Hello fellow sparks, I have a 400 metre drum of swa xlpe 4 core x 6mm cable I need to install 8 x 230 volt x 45 amp supplies to storage units distance from DB of 40 metres down to 35 metres. I propose to pair up the cores within each cable giving me 8 x runs of 2 core 12mm cable colour sleeved...
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    Ring Final Circuit wired in 4 core SWA

    Hi Gents, Have an existing circuit at a warehouse where a single 4mm 4core SWA has been used as a Ring Final Circuit. Two cores are in connectors in the back of the socket outlets thus creating a ring. The SWA is therefore the sole means of earthing. There are No banjo's at the sockets and the...
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    4 core fp200 ring circuit

    Came across a 2.5mm fp200 4 core cable used as part of a ring today, am I right in thinking this isn't an acceptable method as there will be only 1 earth wire in the cable ??
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    10mm 4 core SWA

    A mate is clearing out his garage and asked me if I wanted 30 + metres of 10mm 4 core SWA on a wooden spool. LOL I don't know if I'm looking a gift horse in the mouth, or being a donkey carting 5 quids worth of scrap. Could I use it to power my shed ? 1. By just terminating one of the cores...
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    SWA 16mm 3 core cable for garden office

    Sorry if this is not the correct wat to post my query, I am new to the site. I am not a spark but would like to tap into the skills and experise on here before I set off on the wrong course with my current spark. I am having a garden office built, it has had its own CU installed but my ex spark...
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    Continuity of cpc on 2 core SWA cable

    Hello I was wondering if anyone could help me on what is the most appropriate method to test continuity of cpc on a 2 core steel wire armoured cable to a distribution board.
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    broken core work round, help please

    Hi gents, advice please new conversion, in bedroom newly decorated hi wiring was carried out about 4 years ago but this part of the house has just been finished. we have two 5A sockets for table lamps either side of where the bed will be. also have to wire in/connect the wiring for 2-way...
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    3 Core Cable to a 2 terminal Bulb Holder

    Hi Folks As per my previous thread. I plan on making and selling some lamps. I want to have two versions; one with a metal bulb holder and another, cheaper version with a plastic bulb holder. The issue is that I am using 3 core fabric cable and the plastic bulb holder does not have an earth...
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    3 Phase Sub Board off 4 Core 6mm SWA

    Hi all, Company I work for have moved into a new factory and asked me to wire up the work benches, properly this time as before they just used a selection of extension leads dragged across the floor. Anyway. On the wall there is a 4 core 6mm SWA cable terminated into a rotary isolator fed...
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    6mm (T&E) Single core or 6mm multi strand(T&E)

    Can somebody kindly explain the difference the above. I currently have 6mm T&E multi strand running from my main consumer unit of a 32amp mcb which then ties up to a junction box where I run SWA to my shed. I
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    Flexible single core cable for exterior use

    Hi, I need to replace some of the wires to/from the electric fence energiser. The existing wires look to be normal PVC insulated wire like you'd use in auto electrics or inside a piece of equipment. Over a few years the insulation has faded and hardened so the wires are now quite brittle...
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    Multiple 3 phase motors fed via a JB supplied with a 27 core SWA

    Looking into a site today, just changing an isolator, i found multiple motors are supplied via a 27 core SWA cable. The motors are only 1-3kw and are supplied as follows... Main panel ---(27core SWA)----JB----(7core SWA)----Motor The 7 core includes an isolator signal for control purposes. I...
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    Triple Core Extractor Fan Capacitor HELP !!

    Hi to all. I'm trying to fit a vent axia extractor fan in my bathroom. I have wired the fan via a 2 pole switch and a 3amp fuse. In short the circit runs : Bathroom Light = 3 amp Spur = 2 Pole Switch = Fan. For peace of mind no cables or switches are inside bathroom, switch is in adjoing...
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    EICR code for 4 core 1.5 MICC in Ring Final Circuit.

    Which code would be considered appropriate for a ring circuit protected by a 30A rewireable fuse wired in 4 core 1.5mm2 MICC cable installed to method C. Circuit consists of 12 double sockets serving a large chapel area in a church dating to approx 60 years. I have put a code 2 for...
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    2 core SWA sub main in domestic flats

    Hi all, so what would be your plan of attack..... Gone to have a quick look at some remedial/maintenance on a domestic flat within listed building. Mixed occupancy of rented and owned. Owner not present but another person lets me in. Im told metering equipment and incomer is in basement but...
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    3 core - what colour do you use as a switch wire?

    I personally use the black as I see brown as a permanent live. What do you use and why?

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