Just seen this on a YouTube short and thought I’d screenshot it. People chucking dog muck in a damaged ULEZ cabinet.
Is that a service cut out with exposed live parts?
I was trying to fix a cold radiator when I came across some exposed cable and copper wire under the floor boards, a quick test with a voltage pen showed live. Not sure what kind of voltage they're putting out, wouldn't the RCD trip if they were dangerous? I covered the ends with electrical tape...
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I was hoping someone with a little more insight might be able to shed some light on a potential issue I have, as I can't seem to find another example online where this specific question that has been answered.
What you can see in the attached photograph is meter tails (single insulated +...
I am working within a project that involves access control and video, in a Georgia facility.
Another unrelated installer is using properly sized generic cabinets with steel backplanes.
I observed the low voltage components (logic controller, dry contact relay boards, etc) are being mounted with...
During an EICR I have found an isolator with no cpc present bolted to a large metal post and all the motorized metal car park gate, the fact that the isolator has been moved but the cpcs are not present.
I get a zs from the metalwork of 36 ohms, as the wires pass though I class this as exposed...
I'm working on a site in the UK where a joinery company will be installing bespoke vanity cabinets.
The cabinets will have MDF/mirrored doors with a demista (heated pad) laminated between the mirror and the MDF door.
The Demista is powered by a 24v SELV transformer, located behind a small panel...
A couple of months old document, that I had not seen, https://eandt.------.org/content/articles/2022/05/exposed-the-national-wiring-scandal-putting-lives-at-risk/ Apologies if been posted before.
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while working on the bonding task of the L2 G&G I assumed the supplementary bonding CPC should be 4mm2 due to the table in the OSG -(p.51. size of protective conductor = 16mm2)
However another student said the MET is an exposed conductive part so the CPC should be 6mm2 - even though...
I have been toying with multimeters on cables carrying currents I know the ratings of.
If we are out in the field, is it safe to use them on exposed cables we don't know the rating of?
I have just had my house fully rewired. I lifted a few of the loose floorboards to clean and noticed at junctions there is a lot of exposed copper wire. Is this normal or even safe?ī
We have been in the process of having old driveway lights replaced with led spike lights. The electrician has been away for nearly a week and have been waiting for him to install the spike lights as all that has been done is the removal of the old lights. As there are open wires in several...
I'm in the process of renovating a 1970's bungalow with a garage underneath. The electrical consumer unit is in the garage and there are multiple hidden cables in plastic conduct fully chased going from the floor to the ceiling in living room above the garage taking the electrical cables to the...
Some of the plastic light switches in my home are fixed to plastic back boxes. The metal screws securing these switches are therefore not earthed. An electrician who tested my system insisted that these screws must be hidden by plastic covers - is this necessary?
Hi, installing just cabling at this stage for electric vehicle chargers in a carpark under a building. Assuming tt earthing required on those. There is also exposed structural steel work rising out of ground which will be bonded back to MET.
I'm not designing this install, just installing and...
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I have just replaced an old isolator switch on our shower and have discovered after wiring that the old live wire is a little exposed through the cable shield (presumably where it has been snagged in the ceiling at some point - see photo). I'm a little concerned that this could be a...
I’m having a new wall constructed. Whilst digging the foundations the workers came across the incoming main. Note that the steel armour is entirely exposed. U.K. power came to confirm it was their cable but didn’t mention anything relating to the cables condition. Surely this is a ticking time...
Hi all, a local electrician has installed a bulkhead light, the wires go in through holes in the fitting, there is no "gland" as we have on other fittings, just 2 small open holes through which the cables pass, I have queried this as being a way for insects and potentially moisture to enter the...
Wiring a large garden cabin and the customer has specified floor sockets. The floor is pine floor boards over osb boarded direct onto joists with no gap and joists and below are actually outside as cabin has no sides below floor level.
Does anyone have any tips on how to weather proof the socket...
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We are in the middle of building our kitchen extension, we have decided to have an exposed internal brick wall constructed as we have some excellent brick spare.
The external block wall is up and before we put up the internal brick wall we were going to install the cables for...
Hi, I am new to this forum and can't find an exact match to my search.
I am new to testing and inspection and have come across a db mounted in a garage on the wall whereby the t and e's for all circuits are clipped direct to the wall before entering the ceiling approx 1m above.
Is this deemed...
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