changing a fuse board today, house wired in the 60s with the landing light on the ground floor lighting circuit.
Tested at 250v ins res between the neutral of the 1st floor lights and the neutral of the ground floor lights. Result was 0.04meg ohm. Flick switch for landing light and the reading...
hi all I've got a man cave to get a supply to the earthing at the house is TNS, the man cave is steel frame, no spare ways in the house cu, it's a 30m run from meter to man cave, would you suggest a tt install or can I use the TNS, tt would be a pain to get the rods in ground as walls are...
Quick one.
Tails are 10mm. Earthing cable from rod to earthing block inside the CU is 16mm.
Where i am, we have the tails in, everything RCB protected and then the earthing cables from the circuits/appliances etc into the earthing block. On my CU, the earthing block is a bank of 'quick...
Anyone ever put in any of their lights such as the GL016's they look like they're wired in series through the joint boxes but just trying to work out if any old adaptable IP rated boxes could be used rather than buying collingwood own made JB2's or JB4's at a higher cost. Customer had some...
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I am very confuaed trying to fix my horn
I have an omp aftermarket wheel which has a red connector attached to the Hub metal bit and available as spade connector to connet to the horn button
Then the horn has two tabs for spade connectors which are ground and positive
Ground is making...
Morning Lads
Hope everyones having a nice break over the hols, i have been caught relaxing too much and strong armed into completing the endless list of already active jobs. After replacing the abortion of a CU under the stairs to a fancy, hager-high integrity 17th ed to accommodate an rcbo for...
Hi guy,
I have a project to do and I am a little bit stuck.
So, the problem sounds like this:
I need to connect a cable with 4 wires (power, data+, data-, gnd) with a 6 output pins to get pwr, smclk, smb, 2 more pins and the ground.
Could someone advice me with his, a little bit? I would...
Hi Everyone
Looking for you knowledgeable people to help me out with question about the routing of sub-mains.
UKPowerNetworks are soon to install a new 3-phase supply to an external meter box. This will supply two separately owned maisonettes (shared Freehold) - one on ground floor and the...
Hi, I've put some under ground lights in a restaurant with outside seating. The lights are in the ground but there is a kirb all the way around then some shale then a wall. I have come from armoured cable into a weather proof box. into a light sensor. then into a galvonised t box. this first t...
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New here...just discovered forum after posting this elsewhere but probably better advise here
Please be kind.....Ive done as much reading as I can and I although I find most of the calculations and formulas impossible, I've ran through most online calculators and now have the following...
I'm not an electrician, but I am looking for some advise on the best way to drain a shielded CAT6A ethernet network in a UK house built in 1989.
I need to drain the RF energy at one end. I have finished installing in excess of 500m of CAT6A and every cable save for one goes to two CAT6A patch...
Hi all,
been to a house today and the owner is complaining that the cinema room and office is stuffy and would like ventilation
the rooms are below ground and there is vent pipes in the rooms that go to a central point.
i wondering whats best to put in, heat recovery one or just inline fans...
What advice can you give concerning running a 3 metre run of mains tails under ground from the meter head to a new CU in a newbuild property (barn conversion)? and what size would you say?
I'm assuming at this stage the earthing will be tncs.
The requirement is 100A and I see in the TLC...
I get really fed up posting questions on forums and having people "answer" me who have no clue what they're talking about, so I came here to ask the pros!!!.................
After having great success a few years ago wiring my girlfriend's storage shed for 220, I now have my own house and ran...
Hi there.
Interested to know what anyone thinks about these plug-in solar power stations which are coming onto the market. These things are wired (via a Switched Fused Connection Unit) into the mains power supply. This system dispenses with the feed-in tariff and can apparently be installed...
I have the above 3.0 kVA generator to power a caravan and I am unsure about the earthing requirements. After reading the manual and the HSE guidance I am of the opinion that it is a floating earth and an external earth rod is not necessary. If anyone knows any different or has any advice, it...
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