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  1. kesterlester

    Are many potential uses of SWA **UNEQUAL** tee connectors illegal?

    It seems to be easy, these days, to buy fittings (often containing resin) that allow someone to tee into a pre-existing SWA cable. Some of these are equal tees, and some are designed so that the "new" branch cable has a smaller diameter than the main "through" SWA which was broken into. I'm...
  2. S

    Is this set up illegal?

    Hi all, I'm a private renter and been in the property over 5 years, 3 weeks ago I had a message saying the electrician was coming to do a check. He turned up and asked where the trip board is so I showed him ( under the stairs that had been turned into a downstairs toilet with a sink. He first...
  3. D

    UK BS88 fuse board on a new installations

    I was wondering, are BS88 fuse boards still used on some new installations especially industrial and even commercial. And if so would that be ok with the regulations or not because its not retrospective. I know they are quite outdated and its hard to find a electrical wholesaler selling BS88...
  4. D

    UK Are blue through crimps allowed on ring circuit.

    I'm a trainee electrician and I was working with a qualified electrician extending a 32A ring circuit and we were using 2.5mm single conductors (CPC was 2.5mm aswell) going through PVC conduit and then going through steel trucking. And to connect the old ring conductors with the new extended...
  5. bonjovi

    capping is it illegal

    hi everyone I have just visited my besties mums house which he is getting ready for sale after she passed , hes having a fair amount of work done including wiring ,contractor has first fixed and clipped cables to wall no capping , metal or plastic, throughout the property chasers not wide enough...
  6. K

    Advice on old style junction box for cooker - need to replace cooker, told box illegal?

    Hi everyone, there is an electrical cooker already in situ and still connected to this junction box. Have been told box is illegal. I have no idea why, box has been checked inside and is earthed. Can anyone tell me what the issue is please so that I know how to install the new cooker? Big thanks...
  7. F

    How easy would it be to detect illegal power tapping?

    So my landlord has been tapping power illegally for god knows how long, recently he caught wind of a council inspection so he had his own electrician out for 3 days rewiring the system. How easy would it be to get this reported and if it was reported could they ever detect that he had been...
  8. L

    Pulling the main fuse :/

    Hi guys i have been asked to change a consumer unit. I have been told that pulling the fuse is not illegal as the Yorkshire Electricity Board just don't have the men to come out and pull everybody fuses who need it doing anymore. i know this may cause debate and i will get the answer of "it was...
  9. H

    alarm installation illegal..????????

    Hi guys, I've just had an alarm system fitted at home by a local sole trader specialist. He installed a an MCB and a fuse spur to power it. As we chatted afterwards I asked if he could do automatic gate installs as I make the gates and he said he wasn't allowed to do the connection.........but...
  10. J

    RCD Housing?

    Hi, does anyone have a source (legal) for a housing similar to the ones used by the supply provider (Scottish Power) I occasionally need to install a RCD in line with the CU and can only find the Hager 2 module unit which is a pain to fit the 25mm tails?
  11. M

    are cables with 240 volts allowed to be clipped direct in zone 1 of bathroom

    the periodic report reports cables clipped direct in zone 1 illegal. cables supply a water heater and a wall heater. thanks in advance. the cables run lower than the 2.5 meters allowed in zone one
  12. La Poste

    Taxman's 'illegal' war

    This is worth a read: The Government is unlawfully using late-payment penalty fines against tens of thousands of small firms who do not file their tax returns on time as a "cash-generating scheme" for the Exchequer. "To intentionally allow, and target small firms to accrue fines when it is...
  13. J

    Illegal Lights?

    Hi Guys I'm a recently qualified electrician trying to get myself up and running and recently had a small job at a local solicitors office. They wanted me to look at a couple of old, buzzing, 6ft 70W twin flourescent light fixtures which didn't respond to new tubes or starters so I replaced...
  14. 1

    Domestic - Bad practice V's ILLEGAL?

    I was hoping someone wouldn't mind giving me a shove in the right direction regarding something I saw today, Pleeease :). I kept my mouth shut because I didn't want to open a can of worms without having the ammo to back up any explanation required. Cooker radial non RCD protected (No RCD in...
  15. JD6400

    Illegal supply's !

    Just wondering how many others have come across either very dubious looking or just down right bent connections , and what have you done about it afterwards ?
  16. FatallyFlawed

    Counterfeit and Illegal Plugs and Leads

    From time to time the subject of counterfeit plugs and power leads is discussed on this and other forums. Counterfeit plugs are often distinguished by having partially sleeved earth pins in clear contravention of BS 1363, that means that they cannot be legally sold (The Plugs & Sockets etc...
  17. Dean Williams

    Pulling the main fuse?

    Hi following on from another thread is it Illegal to pull the DNO fuse, i always do, after all i am an electrician. ta
  18. Z

    Illegal fuse box!

    Was on site today when the kitchen fitting brigade rocked up..5mins later i gets the call..kitchen fitters/electrician wouldnt do any electrical work in the kitchen..the fuse box was illegal!The consumer unit had been changed just over a year ago,and the guy had fitted a 16th split load board...
  19. I

    suppliers main fuse next door

    been to look at a job today and the main cutout is in next doors property.anyone come across this before,its a semi detatched property,never at any time been one house.surely once customer has informed dno they should be out to inspect and move into customers house.any thoughts?
  20. La Poste

    Illegal gas fitters 'cost customers up to £100m a year'

    The cost of fixing botched work done by illegal gas fitters is costing customers up to £100m a year, according to the Gas Safe Register. It said 250,000 illegal jobs were carried out annually and one in five of those inspected are found to be immediately dangerous. BBC News -...

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