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  1. DBGuru16

    Electrical wire with extensions via wire nut...

    So I have 2 Recessed Lights that are wired to a Ceiling Fan, and from there the Ceiling Fan is wired to a Light Switch. The question I have is, is it safe to disconnect the Recessed Light Wire from the Ceiling Fan, then wire-nut an extension wire onto the Recessed Lights Wire, and from there to...
  2. JK-Electrical

    Pro Electrician Glasgow Renfrewshire Electricians -JK Electrical

    JK Electrical - Glasgow and surrounding areas I offer a friendly, reliable and professional service to customers in the Greater Glasgow area. SJIB approved electrician with 43 years experience. New builds, extensions, loft/garage conversions, sockets, lighting, security lighting, consumer unit...
  3. S

    Rear and side extensions

    Hi Guys, I'm a non-electrician building rear and side extensions. I took my part-p because I thought it would help, and it did. Fantastic. I'm already getting great advice here, so I'll check back regularly. Thanks Steve.
  4. G

    Export payments no longer apply for extensions as well as no FIT payments

    More on our take on this at the Leeds Solar blog in short, bit of a kick in the teeth really, we had 3 customers lined up to have extensions put in based just on getting export payments, and that looked to me to be a sensible start on the gradual road to a zero FITs situation. Suppliers we'd...
  5. P

    Testing IEC Extensions

    Hi all and thank you for letting me join the forum !! I do a bit of Pat testing at my work and have been asked to test some of the leads that attach to the IEC leads with the plug on(I.e. to make them longer). As these haven't got their own plugs do they have to be tested as surely they are only...
  6. P

    Remote controlled extensions / socket relay blowing

    Hi there Im having to post this here as the general DIY section is locked for posting. Ive got an issue with relays dying in two different makes of remote controlled adapters and one remote controlled wall socket. The first was a single socket remote controlled adapter which plugged into a...
  7. Simon-0116

    single back box extensions

    morning all, looking for some white, square corned single gang spacer rings / extensions 10mm, been to fit under floor heating thermostats but need 35mm back boxes, all house done in 25mm. think mk used to do them when everyone went mad for dimmer switchers on 16mm back boxes. local ce###...
  8. K

    Extensions to existing systems and tariff

    Just wanted to check what others understanding / experiences are with extending an existing system: Customer has a 3kW system on the old 43p and wants to add another 4kW to it (DNO all sorted). Am I correct in saying that the existing system stays on the original 43p tariff and the extended part...
  9. T

    Warning - Extensions and EPCs

    Over on the Navitron Forum one user with a PV system that has recently been extended has highlighted a problem. He had a system installed before EPCs came in and has had an extension installed and commissioned in July this year - just before the 1st August deadline. He previously did not have...
  10. A

    don't have to be registered for extensions, loft conversions etc

    evening all not got much work on the run up till christmas so this week been helping a mate joiner put steels and joists in a loft conversion. anyway the electrician turned up today who works for the firm change fuseboard and throw some cables up to the attic and started talking. asked who i...
  11. M

    Help with pricing extensions

    Hi Lads Just went self employed and pricing a few jobs from drawings for a builder, any help would be appreciated working in Glasgow area. First job small extension to house only 1 bedroom in it with 3 d/sockets and 1 pendant thinking about £200 hopefully wire from existing if wiring ok and...
  12. M

    pricing extensions?

    I am pricing a 2 storey house extension 2moro, just looking for a bit of advice, do use usually price per point or per shift. Not sure of the size of it yet.
  13. U

    amount or percentage of energy saving fittings for new builds or extensions!

    has this just recently changed? gotta look at a big extension tomorrow, approx doubling size of the house. anybody know the percentage of energy saving fittings has to be fitted?? just about to trawl through the ADl1A and ADL1B doc but thought i would ask incase anybody knows off the top of...
  14. R

    Using MCBs instead of switch fuses on tail extensions????

    If you extend meter tails more than 3m you need a switch fuse, right? Would you be able to use, say, a 100A DP MCB in an enclosure instead? If not, why not? Ta.
  15. J

    does the hieght requirments for sockets apply to extensions ?

    alright all i have 1st fixed an extension for a builder but hes moaning that this electricians normally put all the heights for the sockets and switches at the height required for disability that it says in the building regs but i thought that only applied for complete NEW buildings not a new...
  16. C

    Socket Heights in New Extensions

    Hi All, Do the heights of Sockets & Light Switches in a New Extension to an older property (one room) have to abide by the new regs for heights or can they be at the same height as the existing sockets etc?
  17. B

    Advice on surge protection extensions

    I have been looking for a 10 way surge protected extension with at least 3m cable but all the 10 way ones I see available online are 2m. You seem to be able to get 8 way or less with 3m or more but not 10. Is there a reason for this in terms of safety / load etc.? Is it safe at all to plug a...

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