Hi I’ve been asked to quote and install a ev car charger on a domestic property as I haven’t quoted for one before and I usually do price work not day rate what would your recommend I charge it’s a fairly simple job as the main fuse is in the garage where the charger will be installed on the...
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Up until now I've steared clear of installing EV Chargers, mainly because as a Self Employed Sparky I've not been able to compete with the national companies. However I'm getting enquiries from my client base asking to install EV Chargers, so I'm going...
I've finally found a customer rich enough to want a Zappi, and by heck it's so much nicer to install than the budget brands!
But I wonder if anyone has installed one with recent firmware?
All of the documentation and training videos talk about Device Limit and Grid Limit which make sense.
The...
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I have an electrician over and he took over from an incompetent builder. The builder already installed the wiring but the electrician told me that he will need to test the electrical wiring that was done in my extension, which I thought was fair.
I wanted to know how long would it take to...
See this time after time - poor installation:
new split load board on a re-wire tt installation. The main switch is not a time delay rcd. The board is metal and there are split load single insulated conductors before the 30mA rcd's.
If these conductors touch the metal work the board may...
hi guys / girls , any advice would be appreciated, So the situation is a domestic property has a 3 phase supply , from the service head we have 3 phase supply to henley blocks , from here there is a 3 phase supply to remote outbuilding and a single phase supply to the house consumer unit ,the...
Can the wiring go from the fuse box to a certain distance in the roof space, then exit the roof space via the eaves, then travel in conduit along the outside wall, to an EV charger?
Or does the wiring need to go from roof space to wall cavity?
It's an odd arrangement, and traveling outside will...
I am interested in having a home generator that would provide power to my home when the power is out during hurricane season, etc.
I have 2 electrical panels in my garage that are 200 amps each. I purchased a 13,000/10,000 watt predator generator. I would like to use an interlock rather than a...
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Just want to ask is this legal for an electric car charging point? Is it safe? Its just that this is my driveway the neighbours wall, they have to walk up my driveway to access the point
I installed a transformer for 5 smart thermostats, 1 of the thermostats trips the transformer fuse button right when I turn on the power. There is no call for heat, the c wire isn't connected at the thermostat, just the white and red and the c wire and red to the transformer. It is a 150VA...
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There are a total of 4 cables entering the junction box at the top of the staircase.
Two 12/2 cables are coming in through the top of the box.
One 12/2 cable is coming through the bottom of the box, with a 12/3 cable coming through beside it.
The three 12/2 cables have...
Hi everyone, I am new to photovoltaic system installation, can you guys give me some advice.
Currently I plan to purchase a Maysun Solar 800W balcony photovoltaic system. By understanding the accessories information, I found that there is currently a lack of special input sockets matching the...
I have a client who wants an EV charger installed, charger TBC, but about 7KW, installed about 20m away from this installation.
I've not done one before, but I understand I need to split the tails and main earth and add blocks so I can add an EV CU.
CU is in a cupboard and the tails and earth...
Hi wondering if you could help with some advice
Been running an Essex/suffolk based electrical firm for last 20 years, mainly light commercial, new build sites.
due to a lot of sites needed renewables I recently did my solar courses but not MCS registered to date.
One of my other customer owns a...
Hi, plumber here so please be gentle (or take the p-ss ;) ),
I am supposed to be installing a UV water steriliser for a customer. I have some concerns about the suitability of the product that the filter company (a UK manufacturer) has supplied me with.
Essentially it's a UV tube inside a...
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Merry Christmas to everyone, and apologies for talking work during the holidays😅
I have my first EV charger install job early in the New Year, and I might be able to enjoy the holidays a bit better if I could ask your advice please.
I'm going to install a 7kw Zappi charger with built...
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