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    g9 bulb (ceiling fitting flush) Heat problems

    hello all in a 230mm diameter flush ceiling fitting does anyone think a g9 bulb will create enough heat to possibly damage the wiring enclosed above im pretty sure it wont as no heat sheathing was provided for the light fitting wiring just wondered how much heat these bulbs produce. Read more...
  2. K

    Flush fit consumer units

    Does anyone have any views or recommendations on flush fit consumer units that don't look hideous? From what I've seen of pictures online the Hager and MK are both hardly flush in my mind as it looks like they stick out an inch or so. I've been trying to find some pictures of the Wylex metal...
  3. C

    is there a tool on market for setting heights of flush (metal ) back boxs

    does anyone use owt , u know on newbuilds etc, just wondering if there was a quicker way than measuring all time, or setting laser up, we dont do that many new builds and iv not worked on large sites
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    Flushing sockets in walls

    I want to flush about 3 or 4 sockets into the wall...existing cables are long enough thankfully.(sockets are currently surface mounted) Do i need to make sure the circuit is rcd protected as i have an old wylex with push in breakers? This is'nt classed as an addition or alteration????
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    wall sockets the distance they need to protrude from wall ? how afr

    I have had the house re-wired and wondered if there is any regulations on how far the sockets should be from the wall ? obviously not to expose the wires, but there are some walls where it is about 2-3mm from the old wall paper or so but on fresh new plasterboard walls its 8-10mm, does it matter...
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    flush mounted socket price

    hi guys after a little advice for pricing on an extra flush mounted socket. Property has concrete floors. now for a surface mounted double socket i usally quote arround £45.00 which is 1 hours labour plus matirials which i think is a fair price. now i would estimate 2.5 to 3 hours labour for...
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    Pricing for flush mounted double socket.

    hi guys after a little advice for pricing on an extra flush mounted socket. Property has concrete floors. now for a surface mounted double socket i usally quote arround £45.00 which is 1 hours labour plus matirials which i think is a fair price. now i would estimate 2.5 to 3 hours labour for...
  8. O

    "sunken" Fusebox

    Being lazy! Came across a sunken BS3036 fusebox today and the customer would like it updated. The install is about 30 years old. Are such products sold now? Sunken I mean, not BS 3036 Thanks
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    Anyone know how to Clea your Central Heating ?

    I was thinking of purchasing one of these 5ltr bottles of central heating cleaner but how on earth do I put it in the system without making a mess? Sentinal X400...
  10. P

    surface trunking from flush mount

    I've been asked to fit a 13a spur from a flush mounted socket using YT2 trunking. Just wondering how other people do this. Do you replace flush with a surface box or dig a hole out next to the box, cut the back of the trunking and poke through??
  11. R

    Proximity gas pipe and flush fit ceiling light

    Hi, I am looking at fitting a run of flush fit celing lights in a hall, one of the voids betwee nte upstairs floor joist will house one of the lights but it contains a gas pipe. There are other cables running throug the same void as well as water pipes. Question is - is it safe to house the...
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    School Job

    I have been asked by a friend to help price a job up as he has the possibility of some work at a school. He is subbing the work out to an electrician but must price the work up for the parent contractor first Here are the vague specs he has been handed, so please dont hammer me!! :) x 4 Flush...
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    Bonding flush metal ko boxes + plastic sockets

    I have always taken the ring cpc to the earth terminal(s) on a plastic socket and a single bond of same csa to the earth terminal of the metal box. The reason I was told necessary to do this was incase a line conductor jumped out of the rear socket terminal or indeed a conductor damaged by...
  14. Mark.W

    Spur with Mini Trunking

    Hi Peeps I have just spoken to a client that wants a few extra sockets put in around his house. He currently has flush sockets and doesn't want me to chase the walls. The only option I've got is to use Mini Trunking but my question is how can you spur off a flush socket using mini trunking...
  15. J

    flush plastic boxes

    Does any body know of a manufacturer who makes plastic boxes to be flushed into the wall? We are doing an installation that will be lime plastered so standard bzp will corrode. Any help much appreciated. Thanks
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    Metal flush boxes

    Does anyone know a tried and tested way of fixing a metal flush back box into a brick wall that has been completely mashed ( rather than a tidy bit of knocking out ) by a non-electrical tradesman ?????? Unfortunately, what remains of the surrounding brickwork is in no way secure enough to be...
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    Flush mounted socket with accessible rear

    I wnt to flush mount a shaver socket onto an airing cupboard. The cupboard is accessible and in use. How is this done? Surface mounting would stand out too much and be unsightly. The recess boxes (metal for brick, plastic for stud walls) do not seem appropriate or safe. My best guess is to use...
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    security lighting

    Hi All Interesting one this: customer has turned a shop back into a house - at the front there are 2 recessed doorways that late night passers by often use as a toilet or somewhere to shelter whilst recovering from excess drinking! each doorway has a (non PIR) light in the ceiling but the...
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    need metal flush box?

    Hello Everyone. I am doing a two storey units wiring, one storey has two units, total is four. Someone told me that i have to use the metal flush box to protect fire? Is it right? Steve Thanks

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