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  1. C

    2.5mm3 core armoured cable any one know how much it is per meter got a little job on

    ony needing 10 meters so dont want to buy a 50m drum
    • chopper
    • Thread
    • armoured cable core electrical work electricians' talk job knowledge little meter metre
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  2. sjhall

    Core drilling

    Question for any of you guys that do a fair bit of core drilling- Do you drill with hammer action on or off ? I've got a decent enough drill ( makita 8406c 1400w) Ive found I get better results on hammer but dont want to damage the drill ... Thoughts? Cheers
    • sjhall
    • Thread
    • core don't drill drilling electricians' talk hammer water you'll
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  3. sjhall

    Core drilling

    Wrong section ..... Sorry
  4. T

    core set

    im selling my core set only used the 117mm core too drill two holes less then a month old over £200 in maidstone plumbing. Ill take £150 ono i will post at buyers expense
  5. D

    3 Core and Earth plus a FCU help!!

    Hi Guys I need to add a 3A FCU to 3 core and earth cable for a timed extraction fan (prior to the TP switch), how is this achieved with only L N and E connections on the FCU? Regards DIYBlues
    • DIYBlues
    • Thread
    • 3 core and earth core earth electricians' talk fcu help
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  6. kingeri

    Unused core in T&E

    Quick question. I was adding a 2 way switch to a lighting circuit and discovered a T&E where only one wire was used. he second had just been cut off and not used. I always connect unused cores to the CPC and sleeve green/yellow. Is this common practice or just me?
  7. T

    diamond core drill bit for 4 inch fan holes

    I'm going to buy my self a core bit for 4inch fan holes, what size do you guys have 107mm or 117mm and what makes are good?
    • Tris Zanker
    • Thread
    • core diamond drill electricians' talk fan going holes using you're
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Electrical Tools and Products
  8. Top Cat

    4" core bit, cuts just like butter, yeh right!

    Fitting an inline fan today. Brought my 4" core bit in and the guy says "oh those are great, it cuts through brick like a knife through butter". Yeh right i thought. Started to cut hole, the bricks were hard as rock! Also it was an old place so no cavity so you had to go through 2 lots of brick...
  9. N

    5 core with LED downlights

    I only do domestic works and recently have taken work on for more 'designer houses'. the 'designers' who specify particualr goods etc have requested a few things, which hopefully are only clever words but would apprecaite any help/direction as to what they are saying in laymans terms fire...
    • neil2jo
    • Thread
    • core downlights electricians' talk led lighting lights
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. R

    Using SWA Armour & Core in PME TNCS?

    Hi guys , was wondering if any could advise. Got a job when client is moving his shed containing Swin pool pump filter etc etc a few metres. I have disconnected for him and made safe. Unfortunately though he thought he could just bish bosh in himself but advised that would be a notifiable and...
  11. A

    25mm 5 core armoured and kva

    Hi all i went to look at a job where another electrician has installed the 25mm armoured to a 3 phase board supplying a commercial kitchen. The electrician has installed a 3 phase isolator at intake using 160 a fuses. I was wondering the max 25 mm run surface for about 20 meters also the co...
    • aaelectric
    • Thread
    • 25mm armoured core electricians' talk kva
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  12. sjhall

    Core drill recommendations

    Any of you lads use a dedicated core drill? Any recommendations ? Been looking at the Bosch gdb1600 so far. Cheers
  13. L

    single phase motor- 4 core cable query

    Fella's Im in the process of wiring a £15000 biomass boiler for a client, its basically an s plan on a large scale, the boiler is a wood pellet burning ETA (Austrian), The boiler is fed from a 7.5 tonne hopper which has a single phase capacitor start motor which drives a pump which pumps the...
    • LlandrilloSpark
    • Thread
    • 4 core cable core electricians' talk motor phase query single single phase
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Commercial Electrical Advice
  14. sythai

    Time for some shopping.... core drill + cutter

    Think my plumber mate must be getting fed up with me borrowing his core drill and 110mm TCT cutter. So time has come to buy myself one. Any recommendations on both items please - will get used no more than about 12 times/year, so don't really want to spend megga bucks on the drill if poss...
  15. E

    Sub - main supply cable - 2 core or 3 core SWA?

    I need to install a sub-main supply cable from the house to a shed approx 100M away. The SWA needs to be 25mm csa for volt drop requirements - I intend to install a 100mA RCD and 40A MCB to protect the cable for overload / fault protection using the armouring as a means of earth. Then with the...
    • elbar
    • Thread
    • 2 core 3 core aus cable core electricians' talk main supply swa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Australia
  16. H

    Four core Power Cable Short Circuit

    Hello Everyone! Refer to the subject, please guide me in a situation, there is a power cable 25sq. mm, 4 core pvc/pvc non swa buried directly in ground and in some ducts.The cable has damaged anywhere and it shows short circuit between every conductor.I have tested with a uni-T multimeter, it...
    • hhhunzai
    • Thread
    • aus cable circuit core electricians' talk fault multimeter power resistance short short circuit
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Australia
  17. R

    R1 + R2 of two core SWA

    This is what I have so far, load = 42A cable chosen - 6mm = R1. R2 is the copper equivalent csa which = 9.75mm2 The closest to this I found is -10mm2 line conductor and 6mm2 protective conductor Getting to the point I think I can just reverse this to get R1+R2 so 6mm line and 10mm cpc ? Last...
    • R32
    • Thread
    • aus core electricians' talk swa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Australia
  18. R

    Two core SWA

    As it is a two core cable you would use the steel protection as the earth? Where can you find the ratings for SWA ?
    • R32
    • Thread
    • aus core electricians' talk swa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Australia
  19. D

    Core drills for a damp stone wall

    Anyone know of a core bit that will do damp stone walls?after spending 6 hours coring a hole through for a fan with it clogging up all the time due to the damp lime mortar in the wall.core I used was a Marcrist 750 I think which is usually spot on if it's dry of course.dont really want to go...
  20. P

    4" core bit

    I've got a job coming up which I need to install 7 extract fans. Is it worth investing in a core bit? Any of you use them or just do it the old fashion way?.
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