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  1. Rockingit

    placing cooker switches

    OSG says 2m max, but doesn't refer to regs and I've read 537 and nothing to be found. So: Got a customer wants to fit a lovely big range cooker in between two windows, perfect fit and will look great. Nowhere for the isolator to go except on an adjacent wall, around 4m wall length / 3m diag...
  2. M

    Student doesn't understand disconnect times

    Why do circuits over 32A have a 5s disconnect time yet those 32A or less have a .4s disconnect time? I have read the relevant regs but do not understand why and cannot find the answer in my books
  3. Rockingit

    New build house with nothing to bond - just doesn't feel right!!

    No Gas, No oil, water all in plastic, timber frame...... home by midday...... :) Still doesn't feel normal, though!
  4. S

    I thought it made sense but now it doesn't!

    We are seriously looking at installing a PV system. Our house faces roughly south west and, at the start seemed to be pretty shade free. We've had two surveys done and both have highlighted shading due to the property next door and a large chimney on the front of our property. This is perfectly...
  5. M

    Newlec Economy 7 Time Controller - Clock doesn't keep time.

    Hi there, I'm a heating engineer so any electrical terms would be best not used with me. This is in my own home. I have just replaced a REDRING eco 7 time controller with Newlecs version as the whole component stopped working. The wiring was basically the same. Put the fuse back in..Nothing...
  6. M

    Olympics? Is it just me who doesn't give a flip?

    Hi all, Anyone else bored to death with all of the BS surrounding the Olympics? I've already got my holiday's booked for the WHOLE of next July/August. And it will be as far a bloody way from London as I can get. Seb Coe, can you hear me? Just flip off with all of your grandous patronizing...
  7. B

    kioto panels-pvsol

    heh all, what is the deal with these panels, pvsol figures are amazing comparable to sanyo, i can find very little info and where to buy them, PM if you know a stockist or any more info thanks j
  8. W

    What to do if the customer doesn't want to pay to find/fix fault?

    Hi, I've just been to replace 4 down lights downstairs where rodents had chewed the insulation off the elv side if the trannys under the tiled bathroom. This job had to be done regardless. The IR for the circuit is 0.5Mohms L&N to E. All the circuits are run to Jb's in the floor so it's a...
  9. G

    Testing Phase to Earth

    Anybody know of any testers that WILL not trip an RCD/RCBO when you test phase to earth? Apparently this one does not
  10. P

    Customer doesn't want LABC notified.

    Have been completely rewiring a house where the builder (owner) has totally gutted the place. The only thing original is the outside walls. He's a retired guy and is doing the work to move into the house himself. Long story short, he tell's me he hasn't got any planning permission for the...
  11. E

    Need Help Working Out This Question!

    The Following resistors are connected in series to a 240v supply, 10ohm, 20ohm, 30ohm, calculate to power dissipated in the 10ohm resistor. How do i do this, and how would i do it for the 20ohm and the 30ohm resistor? Cheers Ed.
  12. F

    Thermostat

    a thermosatat is supposed to work as a switch and open and close as the temparature changes, so why does it need a neutral? can anyone help.
  13. sythai

    Can I do this.... just doesn't seem right...?

    Running swa round the outside of property for customer.... there is a wall being built in the garden.... 6 courses of brick with a cavity in the middle... customer wants me to run the swa in there? Is that ok, obviously not if cavity was part of the house, but it's just garden wall ? Any...
  14. M

    16th edition board

    Would a 16th edition board class as a fail on a perioic,all socket circuits on rcd side and all lights on non rcd side,as the customer does not want a new board installing.
  15. J

    supply to outbuilding

    Hi all, just a few questions on a supply to outbuilding a friends asked me to do. I'm hoping to use this an one of my elecsa assessment jobs. as you can see from attached pics is a 6mm 3 swa buried fed from a 20a mcb. rcd boards with 2x 20a radials and 1x 6a light circuits with 2x ncf's...
  16. J

    rules for joining nic, eca, napit

    Hi guys, Just a question on joining one of these. Can you join say nic if you still have a job? probably a silly question but i was thinking about going down the self employed route after completing qualifications but didn't want to just take the plunge and leave my job, go self employed and...
  17. M

    replacing a 4-gang switch

    Hi! I'm new to the forum and pretty new to electrics too, so please forgive any ignorance displayed :o. I have a question about replacing a dimmer switch. The old switch was causing the lights to flicker (I presumed it was a dodgy connection, or maybe just a broken switch). Either way...
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