Evening all
Got an email from a prison we do work at who said they have been told that any circuits that contain emergency lights need to periodically tested every 3 years on top of the 5 yearly test.
I have looked through the IET but cant see any info on it? Can anyone point me in the right...
An interesting report.
I'm in favour. My own opinion is that ten years between inspection and testing of domestic installations is too long, and that this period should be reduced to five years. I particularly like the proposal that an EICR be compulsory whenever there is a change of occupancy...
I want to learn how AC works and I have no idea what I should use as an AC source since I never used one.I only know of inverters but that's not really helping me in understanding RLC circuits....Are AC sources real?Are they batteries?I'm new in this and I can't think of a device or something...
Long overdue............................
The Government has backed introducing a mandatory requirement on landlords with properties in England to ensure that electrical installations in their property are inspected every five years.
However, it has not provided a start date.
Such a proposal...
So just did an EICR few problems mostly rectified. Customer wanted new CU so put in BG with RCBO just five circuits. Tests on EICR were fine except for high ohms on Zs for lighting first floor so tracking that down. All RCBO are fine except this one 32a ring final circuit. RFC tests all fine IR...
Hey all,
Hope you all are well, I am very new to the forum and to this industry so thank you all in advance for the questions I will ask.
Before become a member I got a lot of information from you Sparky boys.
Cheers
Chic
Yes, it's those damn light fittings again! Really annoyed I didn't get a picture.
Anyway, a mate asked me to look at a lighting problem in his house, where a switch put on 2 lights, and the other switch (2 gang) did nothing, whereas he wanted 1 switch to put on center light and one to put on...
Hi
Has anyone considered that every time you do a continutity/earth loop test, on the same circuit you get a different result every time?
I had an end to end test on a ring circuit today and kept pressing the test button. The results jump all over the place.
How credible is any test if the...
Hi All!
I'm currently trying to add some lights into my garage. I brought a pair of LED fluorescent style lights but am having trouble with them.
I've managed to get them to light up but every single time I switch the light switch it either blows a fuse or trips the breaker on the board.
I...
I have a DC 24v Fan, which at full load uses around 7Amps.
I brought a DC 24v 13A PSU Driver, which when i first tested the fan powered it just fine.
After a week or so went by, I reconnected the driver again, and now the fan doesnt spin even 2% of what it did before.
The fan just about...
How's it going signed up to the forums as it is full of experts , I wouldn't consider myself an electrical expert by any means but I know the basic ins and out and do a lot of the electrical jobs in my own home if I can as I'm always eager to learn myself new things , look forward to getting...
Well this seems to have been swept through without much publicity.(By the folks who control publicity)
see The Government just passed the most extreme surveillance law in history – say goodbye to your privacy -...
I'm only asking out of curiosity
I am not an electrician or PV specialist
I'm just a consumer and I have panels on my roof and and inverter in the loft and something else in the consumer unit. (Noob)
I know nothing about them
The landlord got some government funding a few years back and put...
Following on from the burka thread where many expressed their annoyance with people wearing a burka in public, I thought I'd express my annoyance of wear the Tw@t-bun aka top knot or man bun, anywhere let alone in public.
Whilst they themselves might not pose a risk in public places, other...
As per title, d.I singles or 'insulated and sheathed singles' with no earth within cable and not run alongside any earths. What is the current view on these within an EICR?
There are earths at all the accessory and light points but i was always taught that every cable needed a cpc on the basis...
In the middle of new house wire, have pulled 2 co-axles to every TV and cat 5e too every TV in the house and back to the switch room, the problem with the TV in sun lounge is that the wall mounted TV is about 7 meters away from where the sky box and DVD player etc will be, I have tracked and...
Well I have just sponsored Biscuit a gorgeous little guide dog puppy, really easy to do and set the direct debit up to take an agreed amount every month.
You get the usual thing , updates on her progress and regular pictures as she grows up, when I thought about some of the rubbish I spend money...
Hi, as my name says im just trying to do the project on my 2396, im looking into my options of cable management and on route i have stumbled across conduit rating factors p142 yellow osg (ive never worked with conduit) and the rating factors only go up to 10m, is this 10m maximum length or 10m...
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