Morning chaps
Im going to look at a job tonight on my way home where a guy says he has a garage fed from a 13 amp unswitched fused spur in his kitchen. { theres no rcd protection in this house }
He tells me the spur is red hot to touch and also a few months back a socket melted in his garage...
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i have been to a job to price up fitting a replacement towel rail and change light fitting in a very small cloakroom with a toilet and basin. The fcu for the t rail is above the skirting but underneath the sink. In my opinion I feel that the fcu should be moved to outside the...
Just wondering if anyone can shed any light on this Topic, as i have had conflicting opinions from a few sparks..
Is there any Regulations as to where fused spurs for appliances should be,, (ie, so far from each appliance..)?. I know they should be accessible and not obstructed.. I have...
I have had a preliminary look at a job I am quoting for,it is a 3 phases are protected by 100A fuses as is the neutral, am I right in saying that the practice of fusing neutrals is a departure or is that just in final circuit distribution, I will be refering to the regs later today on some...
Might be panicking a bit here but, have been looking at getting a proving unit and noticed a few Martindale packages come with the voltage indicator and they have this message in the write-up which states ;
Martindale VI13800 Voltage Indicator
The new VI13800 is identical to the industry...
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I've just got to the end of a job in which I installed a 2way RCD protected CCU supplying 1x50a shower circuit and 1x16a radial circuit which consists of a 13a switched fused spur (outside bathroom) for a 2kw bathroom blow heater.
Typically now the job is finished the customer has decided...
hi avery1 i notice few new houses got 5a fused connection unit controlling bath room fans,my q how do they do it if you have 3core cable +earth (timer fan) i always used (3polefan isolater l1 l2 N).:dozey:
I've got a switched fused spur which feeds another switched fused spur - a bit pointless so I want to remove one.
I realise I could just fit a blanking plate and join the wires inside the box but I would prefer to bury the cable inside the wall and plaster over.
What is the correct procedure...
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Can anyone help me out with this please;
when you get a 3ph fused disconnecter (60947-3) either fused or thermal trip, if the device is rated at say 160A does this mean it takes a total of 160A over the 3 phases or each stand alone phase can take 160A therefore allowing the device to...
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Just trying find reason for not allowing fused neutrals in a fuseboard if there is one
I know why its dangerous to have fused neutral in service head
A single-pole, fuse, switch or circuit breaker shall be inserted in the LINE conductor only.
OR
Automatic disconnection in the event of a...
Hi everyone was looking for some advice on a job that I looked at last night. The house has a new boiler being installed which needs a supply to it. There is an existing cooker switch wired in 6mm on a 30A fuse going to a single socket which the electric oven is plugged into. There is also a...
I have 2 switches that control my hot water, one is an Economy 7 switch the other a standard immersion heater switch.
I have recently noticed that both of these switches become really hot to the touch if they are left on for about half an hour.
I had noticed them become slighly warm before...
Hi can someone advise me on this.
I am doing a eicr on a flat and there is a fused spur directly above the kitchen sink it is 300mm from the top of the sink but only 200mm trom the tap.
The fused spur has rcd protection from the board but is this to close to the tap?
Do i need to...
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Weird one. I fitted a Georgian style PIR light outside the door of my house.
Got a 3 core flex cable (Line, Neutral and CPC) from board to 13A spur (fused down to 3A), then to light fitting.
When you walk by, it switches on fully bright, but when it switches off (a.k.a no movement) - it's...
Hi all new isolator through 200amp bus bar section controlled by 200amp isolator and fused at origin at 400ampincomer no breakers very old system needs panel thats the hard bit they wont spend money and they work 6 days 20 hours a day.
so what would you put in the box headed protective measures...
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