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    Armoured cable into building below ground - how should hole have been ducted / sealed

    "Hello All", I am trying to find out some information to give to a Friend who is investigating the cause of Damp in his Home`s wall and has seen that his neighbours have Armoured cables entering their building through just a Hole / `Slot` in the Brickwork under ground level [Not visible at...
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    Installation of recessed uplighter in driveway

    Anyone every installed uplighters in tarmaced driveway ,great idea but terrible to install ...iv been presented with some uplighters but the design is rubbish ! They have 40mm space before it hits the ground .... Meaning that an underground joint must be made if useing swa cabling ,im driven...
    • racerboy
    • Thread
    • driveway ground installation recessed underground
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
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    Hole in the ground

    Got a call out this morning for a power cut, our lad went and found 2 phases were down, went for a wander around the site and found a nice hole in the ground where the cable had shorted. Shocking Tarmac job as well! Man web notified and they were out within the hour.
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    1st Generator install

    I have been installing a 3 phase 60KvA generator connected to a MDU with a 100A 0.1A RCD, when I test the earth electrode resistance (Ra) using the earth fault loop impedance tester I get a reading of 1845 ohms, as this does not meet the Ra x Ia less than or equal to 50v, 1845 * 0.1 = 184.5 , it...
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    EICR on large hotel

    When we have recently undertaken a EICR on a large hotel,we have found that the 13amp sockets within the bedrooms are not protected by an rcd,and obviously can be used for any use by ordinary persons.Should we advise to protect them by rcd's to comply with current regs,although the rest of the...
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    IsolationFault

    Hi can anyone help please. I have installed a 1.75 kW system with a Solar river 1600 TL inverter. It worked fine until a recent SSE cable failure in road. Since then I get an isolation fault on inverter. I have tested each panel which give ICS and voltage as you would expect and carried out...
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    New Zealand New house supply from 3 phase next door

    Hi Everyone, i'm after some input... New house been built and i need to install a mains cable from 100Amp 3 phase in unit next door (unit is part of the plot and just oversized garage) Now.... i've never installed bigger than 6mm square for outbuildings etc. House is to be single phase only...
    • miner69er
    • Thread
    • 3 phase cable door going ground house new phase supply
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Ground mount/flat roof array with adjustable feet / height?

    Can anybody help......I am trying to design a solar install. on a single height ground mount frame.A flat roof array system has been suggested to me which we will mount on concrete.Our problem being the site of install has quite a large run on it and could end up a lot of work to get the...
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    16 mm twin feeding first floor flat from ground floor - no earth - should I spike it?

    Couldn`t get access to flat below but got contact no. for previous spark who done work in the flat below, they spiked theirs.
    • sp4rk13
    • Thread
    • earth feeding first floor ground no earth spike
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Ground mount systems in PV sol

    Hi Folks. trying to design my first ground mount system in PV sol, can it be done? If so how. I can only get it to put stuff on buildings!!cheers in advance Andy oh, and why when I post on here all of a sudden my return button doesn't work so I can't do paragraphs!!!
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    SWA Resin Joints - is it ok to use them above ground?

    Hi Is it ok to use them above ground, cables clipped along a wall? I have not used them before and was wondering if they are UV rated etc and do the armours of the SWA still connect in the resin joint to keep the cpc continuous?? thanks in advance
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    Recommend a Ground Mount system

    Hi Can any one recommend a decent 4Kwp Ground Mount System 2 x Rows of 8 Portrait easy to install look forward to your replies
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    Where can I get more of this ground mount frame ?

    Hi We went to a bankruptcy auction this week and picked up over £3K of solar brackets, rail, inverters, etc etc for £200. ONLY bidder !! :hurray: There were five of these ground mount frames :- Does anyone know who makes them or what they are called or who stocks them . Thanks
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    2.5mm2 T&E under ground floor, floor boards

    Hello, my first post! I've lifted the floor boards in my Bungalow and found that there is a void between the rafters and a solid concorete floor. This area being ventilated by air bricks at both front and rear of the building. Given the depth of the rafters drilling is not really an option ...
  15. HappyHippyDad

    downlighters on ground floor!

    I have been asked to fit downlighters to a hallway and also a kitchen all on the ground floor. The customer would prefer me not to take up the carpet and floor boards above, but I cant see anyway around this? I might be lucky with the hallway and have them all in a straight line running the...
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    New Ground Source Heat Pump Supply

    Hi, We have just purchased a 24Kw ground source heat pump and our existing electric supply to the property is made up of two single phases. One phase used to be used for the heating which consisted of about 12-13 x 3Kw storage heaters and the remaining phase for other items cooking etc...
    • Martin Durant
    • Thread
    • ground heat new pump source supply
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    First 50kW ground mount - help

    Just looking at 50kW (200 panels) ground mount system. Got all the quotes in for the kit (Shuco and Schletter), got provision for planning permission & DNO application is covered (including relay if required). Any advice on whether I need to have a ground survey carried out and if so, can you...
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    where to start to hit the ground running?

    I am taking a five day introduction to domestic electronics in the the next few weeks and would like to do some reading/ research so i can hit the ground running when i get there. I have a limited knowledge of electrics but im sure a lot of you guys at the top of your game had to start from the...
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    Ground mount

    Has anyone got info on ground mounting systems. We have installed plenty of roof mounted stuff (approx 250 sub 4kw and 30 odd larger ones) but no ground mounts. All the manufacturers we have used in the past (Schletter, Renosol K2 etc) offer ground mounting kit but no advice on the footings...
  20. Luminous

    Ground source heat pump

    I'd like some advice on the best way to provide the supply for the above. Back story is i'm rewiring a fairly large farmhouse, the original quote just included for 'boiler', immersion and under floor heating. However the ground source arrived today and i'm like "hello! what's this?". The...

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