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    Outdoor lighting and out house cabling

    Hi guys Garden is around 100ft long and I am looking to build a small out house at the back of it. I would also like landcape lighting throughout the garden. Would you guys run seperate cables from the main house i.e 1)one for outhouse and other for landscape lighting or 2) would you run...
  2. E

    Why do commercial sparks bash house bashers?

    I've just started an apprenticeship with a decent sized firm (I got taken on full time - hooray!) and was thinking this week about how a lot of people, mostly online, turn their nose up at people who do domestic work. I was wondering why, since at my work everybody seems to do the bare minimum...
  3. G

    Replacing a breaker in my house

    I want to replace a 220 breaker from a 15 amp to a 50 amp in my house. Is this possible to do? I will be running 6/3 wire from the breaker.
  4. L

    Electrician Jobs Free House to live in

    I have a large house in Brittany across the channel on the Plymouth-Roscoff ferry, it’s an hours drive once you get to Roscoff and I’m offering free accommodation for a tradesmen who wants to spend one day a week rewiring it or plastering it, it will be quite spartan until it’s plastered., but...
  5. E

    Bought me a lake house and found this.

    Let me explain what we're seeing here. This is an enclosure mounted on a post near the driveway. The source wire coming up from the black pipe is fed from a 30amp double pole breaker in the house panel. Not sure if the white wire coming from the house is neutral or ground. The wire does...
  6. E

    3 bed house rewired in one day including testing

    What you's reckon? ?
  7. S

    Solar panels on shed: What cable requirements are needed to house?

    I am in the process of installing six solar panels on a new-build shed. I had planned on bringing the power from the 2Kw inverter to the main consumer unit in the home over a 4mm² armoured cable. This will be connected through a 25A 30mA SP Type B RCBO to the main rail in the consumer unit...
  8. J

    Super dumb question, but I'm curious. Can a house be wired similar to a fresh water manifold, or a m-unit for motorcycle rewires?

    In other words, can every fixture, switch, appliance, etc go directly to a manifold of sorts so you could program/reprogram the switch to turn on different things? Kind of like using a freshwater manifold system instead of a traditional branch system. I KNOW i'm ignorant and there must be good...
  9. P

    Failed EICR - for a relatively newly re-wired house

    Hi All, Hope someone can help with a sanity check. In mid 2014 we had our house fully re-wired and it received an EIC at that moment in time. As our property has just been rented out, it has had an EICR conducted and the C2 failings were 'IP RATING OF CONSUMER UNIT COMPROMISED' and 'NO RING...
  10. E

    First little job on own house - advice

    Hi, I am currently studying/training to start a career as an electrician and i have recently finished my C&G Level 2 and currently studying for my Level 3. In the meantime i want to do a few minor works to my house to keep my practice my practical knowledge/keep things in my head. My MFT and...
  11. V

    Moving CU to the Middle of house.

    Hope you are all having a good weekend. I've been asked to quote for a rewire and at the moment the CU is at the side of the house. Because the house is being reconfigured the client wants the CU moving to the middle of the house in a what will be a services cupboard. I've not had to do...
  12. D

    New fuseboard fitted badly

    My friend had a new fuseboard fitted I went to test it .unreal
  13. J

    Wiring a garage subpanel with a packed house panel. Simple answer (I think).

    I have charged ahead with a small subpanel installation in a detached garage I am converting to a light-duty shop. The setup is simple, but I have been stymied by a final step. Hoping someone can help. Old setup was a buried 12-2 wire from a 20a breaker in the house panel (100A) connecting to...
  14. S

    Having a house re-wire, are old back boxes within new regs?

    Hi, Glad to have found a good forum to ask my electric related questions. So my property had old vir cables nearly throughout and ceramic fuses. The company doing the rewire is 3/4 of the way through, but I have a few questions. 1. Are the original light switch back boxes still under current...
  15. phoenixfire902

    Beginner House wiring?

    How do I know if i will need a 240 V or a 120 V? Wiring my own home for the first time and i am trying not to overwhelm myself with research but also educate myself. I plan to do 100% of the wiring myself and I wanted to know how i will know if i am using 240 or 120 and if that is based on my...
  16. S

    Need advice on replacing 35 year old flood light on outside of house. I would like to use LED light. Thanks

    I will be using an electrician but I will have to buy the fixtures. The base plate for most new Flood Lights are small 3 - 4 inches and and don't appear to be durable . Old one is about 5 inches and metal . I need a lot of light down my driveway. Will there be any problems using a GE 3000...
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  17. buzzlightyear

    is this a carrot for every house

    I just done some work for a new landlord and ok he has paid me on time , he rang up querying the bill i had sent him ,but i dont often work with some landlords only a selected few, either they dont want to pay or i have to keep chasing me tail to get the money out of them ,new landlord how...
  18. E

    1-phase or 3-phase to house?

    Just been down to the basement to check what I've got. The supply to the (old) house comes from an 18mm cable, is split out to a live and neutral, goes to a 100A fuse and single-phase meter, and on to the consumer unit. So, it's obvious that I've got single phase. But here's the problem: a...
  19. A

    UK Hotel / Guest House EICR

    Hi All Wondering if anyone can clarify / advise on the following situation. Have a friend who is in the process of buying a new hotel / guest house (10x bedrooms) they have asked us if this falls under the new regulations with regards to EICRs being carried out. The bigger picture is ... the...
  20. F

    Summer house

    Hi, looking for suggestions or indeed what you guys do when wiring in SWA to plastic house CUs. gland swa to a Metal JB then connect from JB to CU? Fit sub main like the wylex fused isolator using 25mm meter tails via henley blocks to keep supply out of house CU rcds? fit gland plate/nut to...
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