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  1. Richard Burns

    Lighting switched line in another light's enclosure

    I had a job to replace downlights with fluorescent battens, however when I came to the job they wanted the downlights to stay as well, this meant a large increase in the job requirement supplying new wiring for the fluorescents. I wired this is such a way that the switched line for the...
  2. E

    adding new socket

    can someone tell me if it's still obligatory to install an rcd when adding a socket outlet if there's not one already. I know the 17th says yes but at a seminar i attended in Dec '10 it was said to be imminent that that rule was being changed. for me, it makes no sense when adding a socket on a...
  3. K

    PV Install and Existing RCD's

    OK, this may be an obvious question, but can a PV Installation be fed from the existing CU, if the CU contains an RCD, or would you be required to split the tails, and put the PV on its own MCB within it's own enclosure? Was told today by an NIC inspector that they require their own enclosure...
  4. D

    Choc Block in a plastic enclosure on a lighting circuit... Is it compliant?

    Fitting new downlighters (2 independent lamps) and was planning on adding them to the end of the lighting circuit in my loft using a suitably rated terminal strip, inside a surface mounted plastic enclosure. Read somewhere that this wasn't compliant, can someone enlighten me? Have I got the...
  5. M

    3 Phase feed with 2 cables

    As above really, Massive green house converted into small units. Basic supply was single phase and when he asked for 3 phase this is what they ve done. Basicly you ve got 2 phase and netural from one cable and a seperate earth, 2nd cable has 1 phase another CPC. Its a private supply, All this is...
  6. D

    Pir coding

    any body got a reg to say SWA is not correctly terminated..! got a funny feeling there is no direct REG but im trawling through Selection and Errection chapter with no avail for a reg that i can utilise as a general purpose one!! if all else fails i will put down not terminated correctly IAW...
  7. B

    Terminating swa into plastic enclosure

    I recently picked up a job of fitting a supply to a garage. At the supply end I put it on it's own board to separate it from the house. In the garage the customer bought the board and it's a plastic wylex garage unit, but the enclosure cover and sides come off. How can I terminate an armoured...
  8. C

    plastic enclosure

    hi all just wired a lighting circuit and had 6 cables (feed,wall light x2,wall light switch,centre light, centre light switch ) to connect in a enclosure, i just used a plastic double backbox, and blank plate for the enclosure which was a bit time consuming, can anyone recommend some decent...
  9. J

    metal board on tt system

    Hi all, where does it say in the regs that you can't use metal consumer units on a tt arrangement? been told this by a couple of people but can't find anything cheers
  10. Spoon

    Mains enclosure on hand rail

    Hi all. Please can you advise me if there are any regulations about bolting a mains powered enclosure onto hand railings? The supply to the enclosure is single phase 10A
  11. C

    craig and derricott 400v 63A switch disconnector

    as new to sell this is a Craig and Derricott lockable IP65 enclosure with built in 63A 400V switch disconnector AC23 dimensions of the enclosure: D 125mm (excluding switch), H 270mm, W 285mm. top and bottom gland plate dimensions: 220mm x 90mm the front switch arm is lockable into position as...
  12. C

    Crimps in an enclosure?

    Do crimped connections have to be in an enclosure (e.g. a choc box), or can they just sit free? Thinking about for normal downlights......
  13. T

    Protection against electric shock to off grid enclosure

    Hi, New to site so forgive any clumsiness. I have a problem and I wonder if anyone can help. Basically I am bringing in AC Voltage from a wind turbine into a steel container. The container houses the inverter, batteries and a 230v AC Installation - lights and sockets as well as an external...
  14. M

    through crimped cable enclosure

    any one know of such a thing to grip and protect from movement. just a thought as this issue was mentioned the other day.
  15. D

    Outdoor socket.. Help please?

    As title says. Me and my dad have been thinking of doing this for a while so thought id ask for some suggestions on here. We want to put a single outdoor socket on the side of our house for a small charger which stays outside. In the house there is a double socket just over 2 feet to...
  16. G

    suitable voltage operated trip replacement

    Had to install an 80A 30ma RCD today to replace a Voltage operated trip. Customer wasn't interested in a new consumer unit. Had a fair bit of difficulty terminating the 25mm tails using the unsuitable enclosure I bought to house the RCD. Any advice on the best one to use for when an RCD is...
  17. W

    CU in a Flat in an Enclosure

    Hello Chaps, From a previous post a few week ago I have some pictures at last. This is the CU in a ground floor flat (1984), the customer wants new bathroom lights, sockets in Kitchen, new shower. The problem is replacing this old Crabtree board is not easy, there is no room in the metal...
  18. B

    Rcbo

    What stand alone enclosure do I need for a wylex rcbo?
  19. S

    Testing SWA

    Does anybody know what table in the regs gives the size of armouring in mm when using the SWA as a CPC ? so i can write this in the circuit details on the installation cert.
  20. M

    Inverters/control panels

    I heard somewhere that all inverters inside control panels now have to be enclosed in their own enclosure..is this true? In the case of this panel I rewired (using original panel/backplate) how should I have done it? does each inverter need to be fully enclosed? or would partitioning do...

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