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  1. HappyHippyDad

    Metal blanking plate to protect from wood burner stove?

    My customer is having a wood burner installed. The stove installers have said he needs to get the 2 sockets that are directly behind the new stove position removed. They are approx 9-12" away (guess). It would be a right pain and expensive for the customer to have the cable removed from the...
  2. Msitekkie

    Earthing the base of a metal standard lamp

    I have been asked to rewire an antique metal standard lamp. It has been rewired previously, but not earthed..! One of the screws on the base has a short length of uninsulated wire attached, presumably from the original earthing. Unfortunately there is insufficient space to run an extra earth...
  3. Mark Wright

    Light fitting no earth terminal and metal

    Hi, the new lights I have are metal and the earth connection doesn't connect to anything. I noticed the light that was there before someone had connected an earth to one of the bolts of the metal frame using a fork crimp. What would you do?
  4. HappyHippyDad

    Which conduit holders for metal conduit?

    I am going to need to install a small amount of galvanised steel conduit, leading down to perhaps 4 sockets and a light switch. This is in a domestic premise. The customer wants the industrial type look and they want it looking very nice, they are happy to pay the price for this. I have found 2...
  5. snowogu

    Hi just found light without earth connected do I need to do anything with it. The case is metal.

    Hi does the earth need to be connected?
  6. Tim pan

    Metal workshop in shipping container

    Some friends are setting up a metal workshop inside a shipping container, on site at a commercial building that rents out studios, workshop space etc. There is a 16mm SWA providing a three phase supply to a board inside the container, I looked and it’s connected inside the main building to a...
  7. I

    Plastic or metal Enclosure?

    Hi, I've done some work in a house, I used an existing 10mm cable on a B40 MCB to supply a 2 way consumer unit to control a heat pump and immersion heater, I need to fit a Type F RCD for the inverter in the heat pump, I'm thinking I'll fit this at the consumer unit end so the 10mm has additional...
  8. Midwest

    Metal Bed Frame - Exposed Conductive Part or Not

    So to try & keep confidentiality, a broad question without specifics; A manufactured bed, mechanically operated by electrically powered motors. The metal bed frame would raise and lower the bed, and also be able to raise/lower the head of the bed and the foot of the bed. Would the metal bed...
  9. bigspark17

    Solar on a metal roof

    Hi all. Installing some panels on a shed roof (trapezoid) just wondering your thoughts on earthing the roof. The roof sits on the wooden structure of the building. What should i do with earthing? 1- earth bond the roof back to garage cu 2- earth bond to a local earth rod 3- no earthing
  10. bigspark17

    Solar metal roof earthing

    Hi all. Installing some panels on a shed roof (trapezoid) just wondering your thoughts on earthing the roof. The roof sits on the wooden structure of the building. What should i do with earthing? 1- earth bond the roof back to garage cu 2- earth bond to a local earth rod 3- no earthing
  11. Z

    Metal electric wall heaters - no cpc present.

    I all 4 bedrooms in a rented property, there are cheap metal electric wall heaters. By design their cables are made of two wires - no cpc.They are plugged into a socket circuit with 32 A MCB.How would you code that? AThe heaters are not part of the installation, do i need to put that in the report?
  12. J

    BONDING METAL WORKTOPS

    Kitchen in Care home. All metal surfaces. No bonding and no earth on test. RCBOs in DB. Does this still need bonding????
  13. D

    Ceiling light (metal) back to light pendant plastic

    Hi all, I have a metal ceiling light I would like to change back to a light pendant, the cables are in a connection strip so can I use this to attach the new pendant or do I undo the strips and start from scratch and wire all into the new pendant connections. Thank everybody
  14. newfutile

    Class 2 metal case heaters

    During an EICR the heater cases were found not connected to earth and only had 2 core cable, they do have a double insulated label on them, is this acceptable, they are fed by mcb with no rcd.
  15. Highspark24/7

    Looking for metal clad accessory's

    Hi all we are doing a domestic house that is an old log cabin type building and client wants galv conduit throughout we have and I am looking for a supplier of a full range of metal clad accessory's All switching is going to be wireless but will need some sort of grid switch for module
  16. A

    Code Question - Grounding MC Cable and Metal Junction Boxes - Garage Addition

    Hey, question for the group on grounding when using MC cable and metal boxes.... Situation: Enclosed a carport and turned it into a garage. I'm branching off of an existing bedroom outlet circuit to add 1 outlet and 7 LED light fixtures in the garage area (1 exterior, 6 interior LED puck...
    • Aaron-DIY
    • Thread
    • addition boxes cable code garage ground grounding junction metal question screwfix
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    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. W

    HELP! is my metal ceiling light live?

    Recently bought a none contact voltage tester and decided to use it on a few things around the house but a metal bedroom light is lighting up red and beeping to say the light is live. I have tried it on all of the parts of the light and it lights up everywhere. I am too scared to touch the metal...
  18. M

    Why are metal electrical boxes so small (compared to PVC?)

    Hello all. First post. DIYer. Know enough to be dangerous (LOL). It seems "standard" blue PVC boxes here in the US are 2.25" wide and depth can go up to 3" deep. I've got an old house (built in 1955) with old BX armor shielded cable, and the old boxes are extremely difficult to put a dimmer...
  19. J

    130mm 150w metal halide led equivalent

    Have metal halide double ended 150w industrial lights. Is there such thing as led bulbs to swap direct into the units? Or does the startup units or whatevers in them not work for direct replacements? Thanks
  20. M

    Am2s pvc and metal conduit

    Hi, can anyone who as taken the am2s give me some advice on what the pvc conduit specification is?

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