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I'm having to quote for some major refurbishment to an existing commercial kitchen for a local charity organisation. It'll include additional sockets to the ring, relocation of existing and relocation of a couple of...
Hi guys, been asked at short notice to put in a price for a job.
It's an existing driving range, they have put in an extra 6 covered bays.
They are now looking those to be lit along with the area in front that users will be hitting onto.
They are looking for the first 125yds to be well...
Brief description of prospective work:
Domestic garage, replacing 2 x GLS bulb lights, each with their own separate switch, with one fluorescent light with two-way switching.
Complications:
One of the existing switches is a 2-gang, and the 2nd switch bizarrely is part of two-way switching of...
Two companies have been sentenced for safety failings after a worker was electrocuted during work on a data centre in Middlesex.
Balfour Beatty Engineering Services Ltd (BBES) was contracted to carry out multi-million pound infrastructure upgrade works at the data centre in Hounslow, while...
hi guys , please excuse my ignorance but to incorporate RJ45 data points into an existing building does the main incoming BT cable also have to be 4 pair cable ? tia
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I have recently finished a job and need to do the necessary tests to fill out the MWC. Can I do the earth fault loop impedance test with all lights on as this is in an office environment and switching all lights off is not practical. Also doing the insulation resistance test is not...
Just completed a site visit regarding moving two existing 13amp double sockets further along the wall (Chasing out, reinstalled, re-plaster etc. how lovely!) However there’s no additional protection provided by RCD as the CU is too old and the client doesn’t won’t to upgrade due to cost! Advice...
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Planning an off-grid solar system and I’m pretty confident about most of it except for one thing - earthing. I believe the inverter I will use, a Victron Phoenix 12/350, has a floating earth - so there will be 230V L-’N’, 115V L-E and 115V ’N’-E. The system will power an existing (old)...
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I'm in the process of converting my garage into a utility and living area. Currently the garage has 2 sockets and a switched fused spur that are part of the upstairs ring main. This ring main serves the upstairs bedroom only as it's classed as the 'Extension Ring Main'. It was installed as...
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My daughter has asked me to put in a new socket for her. She would like it putting about 10ft from an existing double socket on the same wall. The floor is concrete and her upstairs has just been decorated (carpets etc) so I searched to see if it was acceptable to run mains cable behind...
Hi Guy after your best advice, been along to see a customer who is having trouble with his system which has been up and running for just over Four years and the original installers are no longer in business.
He has approx a 17kw system of Schott Asi 105 w panels on the roof Appox 162 info...
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