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    UK 3 Phase Smart Meter EDMI ES -30 B Install

    3 Phase Smart Meter EDMI ES -30 B Install I have a question regarding the potential replacement of my existing EON supplied ELSTER A1140 3 phase meter which is currently providing E10 switching times for our all electric home. The house has an old electric storage boiler and the system is...
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    TT Install with Solar - RCD question

    Hello Need to replace a distribution board in the next few weeks to allow for more circuits to be installed in January. Existing is a TT system with a solar installation fitted. Current install has a 100A TP incomer, meter, C63 TP MCB, solar install, 100ma RCD, distribution board fitted with...
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    2 core armoured to lamp posts

    What's peoples thoughts on this? 2 core armoured to lamp posts via Lucy switches
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    G99 GSI-3 4.4 kw Victron inverter install

    G99 GSI-3 4.4 kw Victron inverter install with EES and batteries and installer can set the export lint if required by dno As part G99 GSI-3 you required carry out phase to neutral loop impedance and phase to earth loop impedance test not a problem. but the must be 180 m ohms or less for...
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    EV chargers best for install?

    Hi, sorry if this has already been discussed or is in the wrong place. Im wondering if anyone has come across a domestic EV charger where the ct wires in via a cat 5/6 directly into the charge point. So to avoid addition hardware etc? Seems to be a few installs where they want to install a...
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    UK 1st Fix Install need to install temporary socket

    Hi I have a 1st fix domestic install on the go and need to leave a socket for other trades to use after me. There is no main bonding at the minute as main water & Gas pipes are being removed and repositioned elsewhere in house I understand that I have to certify the socket and will install the...
  7. Tommy10toes

    Best way to install a very tiny light

    Hello, Behind a tiny door in our under stairs cupboard we’d like to build a miniature room in which a little light would come on when the door is opened. The door is about 12cm high No power so needs to be battery operated. I thought about those PIR USB LED lights for cupboards which would...
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    @electricains who install PV

    Hi All im Luke i have my MCS asssesment tuesday has anyone recently done one have anything to look out for please
  9. tbaine01

    Diy Automatic Transfer Switch install, 194 and 23 wires

    All my life red is positive and black negative. I was under expression the 194 was 12v + and 23 was the ground to complete circuit. This switch is tagged 194 wire black and 23 red, Just like an apinion
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    How to install a junction on ring circuit spur?

    Hi everyone, I've got an electrical ring circuit that looks somewhat like the drawing below, where the blue sockets are part of the main ring and the red socket is a spur. I need to create a new socket, but the closest socket and the only one I have easy access to is the spur. Is there any...
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    Splice wire in the breaker panel or install a junction panel/box and splice there?

    Hello, First of all, thank you in advance for any helpful insights posted in response to my question. I have just moved into a new home. With my new home being in Florida, the thought of a hurricane wiping out power to my home for days or weeks is unsettling. So I've opted to purchase a...
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    PEN Fault Detection on Whole Install?

    Hi All, I understand the requirement for PEN fault detection on EV chargers for TN-C-S installs (or to place an earth rod). However, when I was looking for something else entirely I came across this single-phase 100A PEN fault detector. What would be the use case for this? Would you ever need...
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    Led strip install cost

    I have had three led strips installed under wall units as part of a kitchen refit. A new pattress box was fitted in a stud wall next to an existing switch. Cabling was then fed inside the stud and out of the wall at the bottom then along the floor to the next strip and so on. Not connected as no...
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    How do I install this dimmer switch?

    Wrong forum? U.S. here. If yes...my apology. Naively, I thought the number of wires, and the the wire colors, would match. House was built in 1989 in California. Thank you....
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    Car charger Direct install or via ring mains?

    Just a question as I’m waiting for a new electric car to be delivered and they have included installation offer when it arrives free of charge. However, I’m a bit concerned as to whether they will need to get to the main switchboard which is all the way round the house which is going to be...
  16. mjtefc9

    AM2E Advice on the install

    Good morning all, Got my AM2E coming up and wondered if anyone had any advice for the day? Also what order you thought best to do the install.. Conduit 1st ? Thanks all MJ
  17. Yellowhammer

    Garage sub main on existing TT install

    Hi there, long time lurker, first time poster here. Straight down to it.. A friend asked me to add some sockets and additional lights to a small outside office they have tacked onto the side of their attached garage, no problem I thought, apparently the garage already has a DB in it with radial...
  18. flabbagasted

    Single oven and ceramic hob install

    Hello hope you can help I have a single oven 2.4kw max and a ceramic hob 6kw max I would like to put then both on the same circuit so i was thinking 10mm cable from consumer unit to a junction box then 6mm from jb to hob via isolation switch then another 6mm from jb to 13amp fused isolation...
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    Induction/gas hob install

    We have an install where the client has supplied an induction/gas hob combination unit. We have a 6mm cable supplying the hob, the induction part is 7kw max draw which is hard wired. The gas side comes with a 3 pin plug hard wired so it will need a socket. We wouldn't be able to have these on...
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    Generation 2 Ring doorbell install

    Amateur with no experience here - bought a Ring doorbell in the sale assuming I would just switch it out for my doorbell by removing and reattaching - however concerned it may be a bit more too it# Current button goes to a chime housing a transformer (DETA C3500 A/C 220-240 volts 50Hz)...

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