Hi experts, I hope you can help me, I have a single FCU in my conservatory, which feeds a connection box on the outside wall.
I now want to install in my garden, a single bulb lamp post thing (given by a dear friend as a gift), and also a waterfall pump.
So my question is, can I switch between...
I registered as a DIY because it looked like the best option for my situation but am not really a DIY because I always hire an electrician so I will not be doing the work, however my electrician did not know how this could be done. She is extremely busy so I said I would check on the internet...
I get the feeling asking this will produce head shaking, I'll ask anyway...
I have a hot water tank with a single immersion heater. Currently that is fed by a box I fitted that re-directs excess solar from my solar panels direct to the element (via the distribution board of course). That's...
I have two 40A swa cables from my main house consumer unit. This consumer unit serves the whole house and the two swa cables serve two consumer units in an extension. One is upstairs and has very little demand and one is downstairs with a higher demand.
My question is:
Can I add the upstairs swa...
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I have a 13A fuse switch in my airing cupboard that has never done anything. I thought maybe years ago it was for an electric shower but there was no wiring in the bathroom when I re fitted it so can't be that. Upon opening the switch there are two sets of wires, 2xred(L), 2xblack(N) and...
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I’m looking at adding an external socket on my house. I have a external junction box which is fed from the main consumer unit, in the junction box is a connector block which feeds a SWA cable which goes under my patio to my garage. In the garage is a smaller consumer unit which has a socket...
Run into this today at a house my nephew is moving into....
Original Dolphin 860 Shower (8600W) installed on 6mm Twin and Earth - maybe 15m length from the CU, which is an old MK board installed in 1986, but RCD protected - on a 45A MCB.
So far so 'normal'....
However, there is 2.5 T&E...
Hi Guys, how would you wire three gang two way switch for emergency lights so you have 3 feeds coming to the switch aswell as 3, 3 core and earth going to the light aswell as 3, 3 core and earth being strappers to the others 3 gang two way switch new to electrics so help would be appreciated cheers
Hi Chaps,
Re: The picture....
Is the Brown Wire that goes in to L1 on the second faceplate a permanent live?
If so, could I change the faceplate to a 2 gang and add a link from the L1 to the Comm to feed another lamp?
Thanks,
T
Just had a customer request to ensure his installation is correctly earth bonded prior to install of Water Meter
Now we all know that water is Bonded near to stop cock and gas is before 1st joint on the outlet
But where do we bond Oil Feeds as not in BS7671 ??
Hi guys. I need to check if I have a ring or 2 radial running from a fuse. I have an old wylex fuse box in which someone has put a blue 15amp fuse in a red 30amp carrier.
If I disconnect the 2 cables and check for continuity of the 2 lines then the 2 neutrals will this tell me if I have a ring...
Anybody know of any good websites or blogs or anything that have RSS feeds? (If you don't know what they are don't worry just move along lol).
I found a couple but they don't seem to be popular nobody has replied to them are talked about the topics so I've removed them.
And I found a couple...
Gents,
I hope somebody can help. I'm running some cable for my electrician to test and connect up. He is on Holiday for the next 2 weeks which is why I cant ask him. In order to save me running two cables from the fuse box can the one cable feed the induction the hob and cooker via fused spurs...
Hello all, just a quick one.
Could someone please recommend a suitable way of terminating 4 6mm 3 core cable in a weatherproof junction box. I was thinking 60 amp connector block but don't really like the idea of trying to jam in 4 conductors and have them all held on the same screw. My other...
Hi All, my friend asked me for some advice but im not 110% sure. He has installed a outside security light with built in PIR detection, but also wanted it to operate as a normal light when switched. So he has wired to switchlines from a 1g 2way switch, 1 switchline feeds directly to the live of...
Doing an EICR on a building and a sub board has two 4mm twin and earths feeding it. Cables are connected into same breaker in main db but take different routes to get to sub board. Is there anything in the regs regarding as I cant find anything.
Cheers for any information or advice.
Hi chaps.
What are the permitted zones for concealed wiring feeding Dado trunking?
I am doing a small class room extension and the architect wants the pvc conduits that drop down from the suspended ceiling to feed the Dado concealed in the stud wall. Is this permitted?
Cheers
Lee
Hi all was wondering if anybody could help who has knowledge with sky installation , currently doing a rewire and am pulling in the sky points so the cable is hidden, in total there is going to be 8 tvs and they want sky for each one of them, pulling in twin satalite cable for sky plus but do...
Today I picked up a 2nd fix job as previous sparky unable to finish and I was a little confused at what I saw.
In the Kitchen there was double switch but with 4 cables coming through the socket. Lucky for me they were labled "feed" "feed to Light" "2Way1" & "2way2" now this is a bit confusing...
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