Called out this morn, burning smell from shower pullswitch.
Got there, inspected, arcing on line conductor load side in switch. Loose connection or moisture. re-terminated and connected. Tested from shower, conductors disconnected. Results satisfactory. Did Minor Works Cert for them.
Shower...
Hi all,
Is it easy to add, for example, 2 double sockets per room to an existing ring main (upper or lower) and what is the best way to do it? You can't spur off that many extra sockets, so I guess you break the ring at the appropriate places and add in each socket? Thanks.
Nick
I have a cooker feed (4mm radial), two 2kw heaters inthe kitchen of an extension and conservatory, do i need extra earthing( to pass building regs) at these points, if so what size ? Cheers guys
Returned to start a recently priced kitchen and have found customers electrician has installed an extra DB beside the existing DB totally messing up design.The board has a 63A 30 ma protecting the kitchen ring and new cooker supply.The existing board only had 4 ways (TT with earth rod) and there...
As some of you on here know I have just started my 2330 and I was just wondering what you think would be the next step to become qualified. Would I still be best off looking for an apprenticeship or just a placement in order to complete and NVQ level 3? and also because I have started my 2330...
Hey,
I'm currently in my first year of my apprenticeship, seeing as im in college only one day/night a week, i was thinking about doing an extra course. Any idea's?
Are there courses on cctv installation and maintenance? I wouldn't mind doing that, as i'm doing it in work now but would like...
what do you think to the new legislation, where the new starters at secondary schools have to stay an extra year? do you think its a good or bad thing?
hi all im 99.9% certain ive done things properly, im just after it confirming!
my minor job for assesment:
originally double socket in bedroom, which is a spur from the ring.
i have come from this double socket to a Fused spur on the other side of the wall, from this to a double socket...
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Just been to see a guy he has a warehouse on the back of a shop..
thing is the supply to it is from the shops meter which has now been cut off because the shop is vacant!
does any 1 have an idea of what the LEB would charge to install another meter?
thanx in advance
Hi all,
Quick question with regards to adding new sockets to a circuit under the new regs,
Am i right in thinking that if you go to a house that has no rcd protection on it you cannot add sockets or enlarge the circuit etc without adding an rcbo to the circuit first to bring it in line with...
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