i have been told by another electrician that a fused spur for a water heater cannot be above a draining board without rcd protection in a office building.I cannot find anything in the regs to confirm with this,can anyone help? also in the same building i have extended a ring main & changed the...
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I have one socket in my utility room, this socket is part of the down stairs ring main. I have taken a fused spur from this socket and ran two sockets of it, room is smaller than 12m squared, so 3 sockets is recommended for this size room, is that correct? I have used 2.5mm cable to run the...
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Can anyone help with my query please. If a fused spur has been installed by an electrician, tested and the relevant certificate filled out, can an alarm engineer connect an intruder panel to the spur using flex.
I am being told by a colleague this has to be done by an electrician...
Need to put some power to a small wall mounted electric heater that takes will take it's power from a 5 amp fused switch outlet. It's in a flat and the least disruptive way I can see of doing this is by running a 2.5mm T&E cable from the immersion switch to the 5A switch fused spur then...
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Right can anyone make any suggestions for this one.
I have to connect up a security light from a single switched fused spur. The op currently has an outside light connected to the spur. They want to keep this and it needs to stay on the switch. The security light also ideally needs to...
Hi all,
I'm a newby and seeking some advice.
My aim is to add a socket (power source to run led lights -12v transformer) from the existing single socket. The socket in place comes off a single cable out of the wall to a fused spur (and then to the socket).
I am unsure if I have a ring...
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brain has gone walkabouts tonight
can i put a 13amp switch fused spur from a spur i.e
sockets ring main - spur- switched spur?
the load is only a t.v nothing heavy
alternative would put the swicth fuse in before the spur, then spur off the spur but like to avoid as decorated...
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My first post so please bear with me.
I'm not a domestic electrician but am capable of carrying out most work myself. This has led to my parents requesting that I carry out a 'small project' for them and involves installing a couple of additional double plugs in their conservatory. As...
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for fitting a supply , single phase, to a lift, 6A load. We state a local fused double pole fused switch, rated at 13amp.
does BS 7671 state for fixed equipment, where the local isolation switch should be positioned ?
thanks
I need to spur off a ring main to two locations a Boiler Control and Downflow heater.
Is there anything wrong with installing one 13A fused spur unit adjacent to a socket on the ring main and running both cables out the back of it to seperate fused spur units in the appropriate locations?
I have a Cooker circuit on 4mm T&E using a 32A MCB. I have established that my dining room 3 double socket outlets is wired as a radial spur directly off the cooker circuit using 2.5mm T&E (I didn't do it). I assume this is not acceptable but I was wondering; if I add a 13A fused spur for the...
Hello i am wondering if someone could help me out please.
I have been asked to installed a floodlight and my plan is to spur off the existing ring main to a FCU to feed the new light.
My question is what tests do i need to carry out?
Im a little unsure of whether i have to test the whole ring...
Hi. I am moving a TV from once place in my living room to another. There was a single socket on a 13A switched fused spur which I've disconnected, I'm replacing it with a double socket in the new location, original switch is still in place. I'm using 2.5mm to wire the new spur. I've wired up the...
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I need to create a fused spur with the connection into the RFC cable under the floorboards i.e. not accessible. Going with the regs crimps can be used as they are MF but is it acceptable to have three cables in each crimp?
Thats my post cherry popped! Cheers for your help.
James
I have a project where I need to take a (fused) mains supply for an HVAC control box (in a village hall) without disturbing decor. The obvious answer would be to replace a 2G 13A socket (double backbox) with a combined double unit (or modular units fitting into a double faceplate) that provided...
hi all. i have a customer who wants to had a second towel rail to an existing one. the fcu's i've seen only seem to accomadate one flex, any one know of a product that will accept two flex's without the need to add another spur. they are not to much for a 13amp fcu as only about 700watts each...
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Just installed two outdoor 2 pir lights on my boss house.
Ive spured off the downstairs ringmain 2.5 twin to the spur and 1.5 flex out to the light.
I was told that the right side of the double socket was not working after installing, the right hand side of the socket showed a slight burn...
I have installed eight LED garden lights (5.4w) and a couple of PIR lights (400w total) via a Fused Spur (5amp).
When the lights are turned on via the FS the socket circuit MCB trips (RCD is ok). MCB can be flipped on and stays on.
Wiring looks good.
Any ideas ?
Thanks.
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