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I've just bought my first house, a Victorian terrace and it's well overdue an electrical upgrade. I plan to do this myself with the guidance of a friend who is a qualified electrician (though I am an industrial electrical and electronic design engineer, so am competent in some aspects, but...
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We are selling used Standard 1600A Mains Distribution Assembly
In order to maximise the flexibility of standard high current MDAs, the incoming and outgoing
MCCBs incorporate electronic trips, which can be easily adjusted on site from 40% to 100% of the nominal
rating. The...
Hello, I am new to the forum and I hope someone could help me with the following please
I have a family member who lives at a very large property with an indoor swimming pool and hot tub. This however uses a lot of power
its an old house so the original main incoming board is still intact...
Does anyone know where you can buy clips for the incoming tails like the DNO use (figure of eight design)? If not, what do you use to hold them back (SWA glads)?
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I have recently come across a situation whereby instead of running a main equipotential bonding conductor from the MET to the incoming water someone had instead ran a short bond from the MET to some copper pipe in the mains cupboard and clamped it and then placed a bond on the pipe near the...
Doing a CU change in a flat, concrete floors and ceilings, just been decorated in hallways and bedrooms. Basically kitchen fitters ripped units out today and the bonding to the main gas has been cross bonded to the water behind units. Water is bonded back to the MET. However incoming water is...
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I own a flat, and the electric supplier want to replace the meter as its really old. They have sent round two different guys to swap the meter but couldn't proceed as they say they cant isolate the power.
Ive attached some pictures of the board. Indeed there is no main fuse not that's...
Was carrying out an eicr on a 2 bed flat. Unfortunately i was unable to gain access to the meter cupboard. What should i put down on the certificate? My gut says put it in the limitations but is this correct, or do i need to gain access ?
Thanks
Dave
I Have been to look at a job today. It is a flat roof garage which has been built on to the side of the house at some point and now it is being converted into a living space. The issue is that the main incoming cable for the house comes in overhead and then down the old outside skin of the...
I am checking an install and noticed the voltage between line and earth is 190 volts. I checked incoming supply voltage with the main consumer unit isolated and am getting 220v l-n and l-e when I switch cu on voltage l-n is 220 volts l-e drops to 190 volts I have disconnected all circuits and...
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So i have been doing a rewire on a 1600s property. Lovely customers but the job is dragging on abit as they are also having building work done.
Text of the builder asking if he can cut a redundant telephone cable in a bedroom to which i said yes.
Text of the customer that night saying...
I recently came across an installation, very rough in practically all areas, however one thing caught my eye.
The TNS earthing arrangement was via a BS951 clamp onto the armour of the incoming supply cable. This wasn't a lead supply cable (as I have seen before with BS951 clamps) it was SWA...
Recently carried out an eicr on a property. whilst looking around the property i couldnt see any earth connection to the incoming water or gas. But carrying out a continuity test with my r2 lead it proved there was continuity to the incoming gas pipe and incoming water from an outing going 10mm...
Hi,
I recently had earth bonding to my water and gas supply (see attached pic).
As I understand it, the bonding should be 10mm and the main incoming earth bonding should be 16mm.
The contractor has explained to me that he used 10mm on the main incoming earth, because there was already a 6mm...
Can someone keep me straight here. I am involved in a building conversion where seven small 0.9kw systems are going on the roof, one for each flat. One thought just struck me. Will they all work? The building has a common supply which then feeds each flat which has its own incomer, meter and CU...
Evening guys.
I am sorry if this has been asked or if it is stupid.
I understand the logic of not fusing the neutral, but what was the logic for fusing it in the first place?
Kind regards,
Chris
Looking at a job where shower is required, and amongst all the other requirements, contacted the DNO to enquire what the incoming supply capacity is. The cut out fuse has no marking that states its rating, existing meter>CU tails are 16mm but will be using separate CU for shower circuit via...
Please can someone confirm which side is the incoming side to the gas meter and which is the outgoing side. I am confident which it is, however someone keeps telling me differently and its annoying me. Cheers
Hi guys, I'm trying to find out what type of main fuse a friend has coming into his property, there is no BS number on it, it has 2 stickers, one that says 60A and one that says 100A. I have rang The local distributor but they couldn't tell me, has anyone got any ideas on how I can find out for...
Hi, Does anyone know how much it costs to get the local authority to come and isolate the supply to a domestic house. While we fit a DP isolator. As part of the contract we are not aloud to cut any seals. Thanks
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