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  1. Q

    TT Installation - Moving CU

    Hi all, I am in the process of re-wiring a small domestic unit in the middle of nowhere which has a overhead TT supply. The meter is outside and backs onto the bathroom, the previous installation had 16mm meter tails through the cavity upstairs to a 30ma RCD and small re-wirable fuse board...
  2. J

    Flickering downstairs ceiling lights - any help appreciated.

    Hi, We seem to have a problem with our downstairs ceiling lights. This happens regularly but not all the time. When turned on they flicker - sometimes they will then come on dull and then come brighter but sometimes they have to be turned off as the flickering gets worse. Other times you can...
  3. L

    HELP!! Downstairs ring circuit MCB stays tripped

    Completely electrically illiterate :gorgeous:: all power was switched off apart from the fridge/freezer and wine cooler when we went on holiday for a week came back Saturday turned on the power all went on except the 1 x MCB for the downstairs ring, which runs the front room and dining room...
  4. J

    RFC testing , downstairs ring going upstairs to a long radial

    so end to end L-L 0.4 N-N 0.4 E-E 1.1 very reasonable , but when the l-n are crossed over at the consumer unit . ok down stairs but the reading goes up to 16 ohms upstairs but when l-e are crossed over at the consumer unit the last four sockets upstairs give no reading. at this point i am...
  5. S

    shower in downstairs on rcd upstairs

    hi guys can i connect shower in downstairs to the rcd circuit which feeds downstairs lights?/ as there is no space on other rcd
  6. S

    Downstairs cloakroom

    Hey guys, What are peoples thought on a single socket for a free standing electric radiator in a downstairs cloakroom. It is a normal size downstair cloakroom with a toilet and small hand basin and nothing else in it. Would I be right in thinking the regulation would not oppose a socket in...
  7. R

    Borrowed Neutral on lighting circuit

    Hi All New to this forum. Im currently doing a Electrical condition report on a domestic house that I have just fitted a dual RCD board and Equipotential bonding in The Neutral on the landing light is taken from the downstairs circuit so is a C2 on the report Its not practical to rewire this...
  8. G

    95 volts in an Earthing Conductor

    To make things worse the voltage is entering a shared Main Earthing Terminal from a separate premises with occupiers that don't seem to be that bothered about the situation. Things don't get better. In the section of the building which doesn't contribute to the voltage to the MET they've...
  9. Mark.W

    Switching

    Evening Chaps I've got a switching conundrum that I was hoping one of you guys could help me with! I've been working on a heating system and the previous spark managed to run 2 pumps either together or independently with one boiler and a 2 channel programmer! I however cannot get pump 1 to...
  10. C

    Help! Plugs downstairs stopped working - What should I switch?

    Hi all, I just plugged in a (apparantly faulty) steamer, and all my plugs went off, but when I went to check out the consumer unit, everything was switched to "on" including both that are labelled "plugs down" and "plugs up"...... except this dial on the left which says "RCD connected circuits"...
  11. Y

    Extra two way switch

    Hi Chaps Thanx to everyone who sorted me out with the last query . on to the next. I have been asked to install a second two way switch in friends hall way. The existing switch is just inside the front door and controls the hall and landing lights as normal , what she would like is a secondary...
  12. D

    No shared nutural, But downstairs landing light on downstairs circuit

    I have just changed a DB and checked for the obiuos shared nutural.. Just to realise that the landing light is wired into the downstairs circuit Is this ok or do the regs prohibit this ?
  13. R

    help with no earth in stair lighting circuit please

    Hi all. Having moved into my house i wanted to put a nice hanging light fitting above the hall stairs. i removed the pendant thats there and tested the circuit L/N N/E L/E im not getting 240 across Live and Earth. getting 240 between L/N no probs. Basicly i have a switch upstairs which is a...
  14. H

    Wiring a heating system.

    Hi, I need a bit of direction and help never really touched a heating system before and just have a few grey areas that I need clearing up. The work I have done in the forces for 12 years has never took me down the path of heating systems now I am fine with connecting up combi's simply fcu with...
  15. H

    RCD Tripping

    Hello guys had a lady on the phone who said she has upstairs and downstairs ring mains, she can plug the 1400 watt vac in upstairs and its fine but she cant plug it in downstairs as it trips the RCD protecting it I am not sure never come across this?
  16. E

    Downstairs sockets

    The house I recently purchased has got the downstairs s/o on one circuit. There are 4 in the kitchen and 4 in the lounge. Does the kitchen need to be a seperate circuit? To me it seems daft just having 4 s/o on one circuit.:rolleyes2:
  17. S

    Socket Problem

    Hi guys Hope you's may be able to be help me here as i am puzzled. I have 2 sockets downstairs and two upstairs not working now, they used to work perfectly and suddenly there seems to be no power going to them. I also think one of the sockets upstairs has borrowed a neutral from the one...
  18. S

    pricing a large 3 bed re-wire.

    Evening lads. Most of my work in new build installation but i have been asked to price for the above job. Its a large 3 bed detatched house. its going to have an up and down stairs ring circuit (3/4 sockets in each bed, 1 socket in hall and another on landing, 6 twins in lounge). it will also...
  19. infinity

    dc cabling to downstairs

    Ive been asked to do some jobs next week, they want the inverters placed adjacent the cu, is this quite common practice? i thought they would go in the loft space? I assume to reduce the volt drop. Am i ok to pass the dc down through ceiling in pvc conduit? also one job is 16 panels 1 string...
  20. J

    RCD keeps tripping

    Hi, I'm new the forum seeking some advice :) My parents have just had their rewireable fuse board updated and some spotlights installed on the landing. The problem is the RCD keeps tripping out (only sometimes) when the landing lights are switched on. Now I know you will be thinking borrowed...

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