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  1. G

    fused switches used as light switches

    hi not been on forum for a while as I'm still new to the electrical trade and trying to gain some experience doing little jobs for friends and family, Just wondered if anyone has ever encountered fused switches used as light switches .Just been to look at a job to replace socket and switch front...
  2. A

    swapping a socket

    hi I was wondering if it was possible to change a switched fused socket to a double socket . The switched fused socket currently has one wire going in and two cables coming out one goes down stairs and runs our tv/ virgin box dvd player etc. etc. and the other goes to centralheating combi...
  3. E

    Radio adverts about overloading sockets.

    Has anyone else heard the new advert along the lines of 'don't plug in too much into an extension lead it will overload the electrical socket' Surely the 13a fuse in extension lead's plug top is to stop this very occurence?? Ok, a 13a fuse doesn't break at 13a as we all know but surely the...
  4. C

    Power shower wiring

    Hi all, I understand the wiring requirements for Electric showers that need 10mm2 cable. I'm just not clear of the position with Power showers, specifically this Mira one: http://www.mirashowers.co.uk/onlinecatalog/pdf/1079321_w2_d_mira_go_thermostatic_power_shower.pdf The Mira spec says...
  5. J

    fused spur wiring... advice

    i was at work today replacing some sockets and backboxes and there was 2 fused spurs im a 1st year apprentice... i dropped the faceplates put the new backboxes in etc... and there was a linking cable for the 2 fused spurs and i linked the supply and the actual linking cable together in the...
  6. M

    Fused neutral cut-out

    Apologies if this isn't the appropriate bit of the forum to post this to, or for any uneducated comments in what follows - straying beyond my elec expertise! We had our meter changed over to a digital one the other day & the guy who did it spotted we had an old fused neutral cut-out. So Western...
  7. S

    Fused connection unit in a toilet block

    Hi guys just wondering if someone can help me out here. I've been asked to install a metal hand dryer in a toilet block but the fused connection unit for it will fall within touching distance of the sinks.I've had a look at the regs but I'm still a bit unsure.Will the FCU need to go above the...
  8. M

    Power breaker fused rcds

    Hi Guys, just fitted four four of these to refurbished bathrooms in a hotel, on testing the push button the unit makes a strange sound and packs up! This has happened to all four, I'm an experienced electrician and it's possible its a faulty batch, has any one had a similar experience with...
  9. ray-bentos

    Fluke 1652 & Robin SL Leads

    Hi I've got a Fluke 1652 which has the old style "Robin SL" test leads with the clip on fused croc clips/probe. Unfortunately one of my leads has recently become damaged giving me some wildly inaccurate readings (refuses to zero and if you hold test button down on continuity test and waggle...
  10. K

    Fused spurs

    Hi all. Can anyone give me advise on fused spurs? I would like to know if it is ok to wire a FCU adjacent to a ring socket. Then run 2.5 t&e to say 5 double sockts and then add another FCU with a 3 amp fuse to run a 6ft fluresent fitting?Is this classed as a spur off a spur as i am aware that...
  11. I

    Fused industrial plugs

    Hi, Am wanting to remove all bs1363 plugs from the factory, they are not suitable for the oompa loompas we employ. The problem is I can't find an alternative. I need a heavy duty plug, that has a fuse built in. Something like a Harting Han-E but fused. The alternative is an in-line fuse in...
  12. J

    Adding to current garage setup via fused spurs

    Hi guys, I'm trying to extend what lighting/sockets I have in my garage. Currently I have a 2.5 t&e coming through the brick to what feeds 1 double socket and 3 tubelights. I'm not sure wether this is spurred off a ring main or is part of a radial circuit from the house. Anyway I want to...
  13. S

    Security light to a fused switch

    hi there i hve a security light tht ive put up on my house but i dnt wont to put a plug on it can i just wire it up to this Crabtree Switched Fused Connection Unit 13A the cable im using is a 3core white cable thnks all
  14. I

    Fused spur from ring final for exterior lighting

    Trying to calculate the voltage drop for a run on external lights supplied via 5Amp Fused/rcd spur from local ring final circuit. for a quotation and have got a bit confused re Voltage drop. 27m run in 1.5mm cable total load on lighting radial 420w. (no diversity as all lights either on or...
  15. K

    Regulations on Fused Spurs

    Hello! I've had a look in BS7671 in the appendicies for regulations on fused spurs etc and I have a question. Another electrician has gone to the house I have been asked to go to and he said that you can spur of a fused spur but I'm sure that you can only spur off a socket for 1 13a fused...
  16. G

    Adding Fused Spur

    Situation. Garage being converted into office. No spare ways in CU. RCD protected circuits, 2 x Radial 32A in 4mm T+E, 2 x Ring 32A in 2.5mm. The garage currently has 1 x 2 gang socket spured from one of the Rings. The customer requires 3 x 2 Gang sockets in the new office. My question is...
  17. S

    Switched fused spur off ring main for electric fire and LED strip

    Hi Ive been searching everywhere to confirm with regulations that you are able to install a fused spur outlet off the downstairs ring for an electric fire (which is only to be used for the flame effect it provides not for heating as have central heating) and a LED Driver for a strip light...
  18. S

    Fused wired CU.

    Hello All I recently visited a house with a fused wired CU with a problem with the lights. Upon re-wiring the 5A fuse with a 5A fuse wire, the lights did not work. But when I wired it with a 15A fuse wire the lights worked! Upon closer inspection of the fuse I could see that there were some...
  19. uksparks

    16A Fused Connection Unit

    Hi, General question here... does anyone know of any particular reason that there's no such thing as a 16A FCU.
  20. R

    Switched fused spur used as throughway for control wiring

    Ive carried out an Electrical condition report recently and found that the main switched fuse isolator for the installation has control wires running through it from a control unit mounted above the isolator to contactors mounted below the isolator. The control wires are 230V. Im sure ive read...

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