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  1. MattGSW

    Specification of cable to carry power over about 600 metres

    I want to run power to an endpoint about 600 metres away to power some security cameras and some power points. I'll be using a qualified electrician to hook everything up but I'm happy to dig/refill the trench and supply cable and piping as necessary. What kind of thickness of cable would be...
  2. C

    interesting question regarding two flats two metres one consumer unit

    interesting question regarding two flats one consumer unit hi a quick question. there is a property which is split in two flats. at the moment they share the electricity bill. there is one meter and one consumer unit. thinking ahead if we want to add two submeters. for example two coin metres...
  3. A

    Meter tails >3 metres in length

    Hi Has anybody ever found where this "rule has come from"? In the NAPIT codebreakers book it quotes "ESQCR regs" but it is not actually written in there. If it is a DNO rule then it comes under their regs (ESQCR), but as I said, it is not in there....
  4. K

    Taking 25mm tails over 3 metres

    Hi all, This week while wiring a very old farmhouse for heaters I noticed the incoming cu tails were very long, around 20 metres from the fuse and meter which is located in an adjacent farm building to the house.25mm tails (double insulated) leave the meter and go into a kmf switch (sorry I...
  5. R

    Meter tails over 3 metres???

    Good morning Looking for some advice on a domestic job. The consumer unit is being moved from kitchen to cupboard in hallway. The meter is staying in same place but the distance between meter and board is around 7 metres. I have been advised to fit a 100amp isolator at meter and run tails from...
  6. T

    Consumer's Tails > 3 metres - RCD or not RCD

    I have been going over this for some time, and every time I think I have it sorted I read something else which sows doubt in my mind again! TT system. CU to be replaced and moved to new location as not enough room where currently sited. New location will result in tails being approx 5m in...
  7. W

    3 x 100 metres of 16mm earth cable for sale

    hello im selling 3 x 100 metres of 16mm earth cable for £100 each if anyone is interested please message me. for collection only near gatwick.
  8. N

    Supply Location 60 metres away.

    Hi, I was called out to a customers house recently to price for a new consumer unit. When checking the earthing arrangements i discovered the meter cabinet was being supplied by a 6mm (2 core black and red) swa cable. This cable was fed from a 60amp double pole isolater that was in turn fed by a...
  9. R

    50 metres of 6.0 mm twin and earth Essex

    I'm selling a 50 metre drum of 6mm unopened for £40 collection only
  10. G

    6mm twin and earth, 100 metres new

    Brand new 100 metre drum of 6mm twin and earth. £80
  11. K

    10 metres between the meter and the CU?

    I'm looking at a situation where the overhead supply arrives at one corner of the house and the meter/cu are in the exact opposite corner. Because of the location that can't be changed, Western Power have confirmed. So at the moment there are two cables that run all round two walls of the...
  12. R

    New supply from transformer mast for 9 separate metres property connections?

    Hello, We purchased a plot of land a while ago and we are trying to establish how we can actually connect into the mains transformer mast which is available on site. Originally we had 3 options. There was a Scottish power owned cable that we could tap into this would cost £4500.00 to link to...
  13. S

    Fuse box?

    Hi My oma (grandma) rang me earlier and she is looking at moving from lincs to here. She likes the house/apartment she viewed today, whichever it is, but the fuse box is up a ladder in a small cupboard. Shes 76ish and theres no way im letting her climb up there if it trips. Can this be moved...
  14. Z

    300 metres siemes barduct bd2 available sensible offers please 160-1200 Amps

    300 metres siemes barduct bd2 available sensible offers please 160-1200 Amps ,complete with around 50 or more bus plugs with mcb,s... and all bar rail and fittings to hang if required. Also ring main fused islator and two switches and voltage conditioner transient protector ,with bus bar...
  15. E

    9kw Shower and cable size

    Im well aware that I'm being blind and not finding whats in front of me in the BGB but anyway! Was at a property today, haven't finished the test there yet but they have a 9kw shower being fed with 6mm. Run of 2-3 metres into the isolator in mt4 and then chased another 2 metres behind tiles to...
  16. the pict

    Nailed through SWA

    As an experiment I asked my joiner mate to see if his paslode frame nailer would go through SWA yep it did, so we tried a bit of 4x2 on top of the cable same result, we played around with other stuff too,3mm ( i think) galvy trunking put up a fight, so we changed nails, he is going to bring his...
  17. G

    length of pvc conduit run

    Its been a while since I last worked with PVC conduit but I seem to remember you had to have an access box every so often. Can anyone remind me of the regs regarding this.
  18. F

    Square metres

    Having brain freeze at mo after few beers so just a quick one a 20a radial your allowed no more than 50 square metres how do I calculate this to metres if it was a straight run for my radial
  19. P

    Summer house power supply 50 metres away

    Hi there just wanting a bit of advice here, been asked to put a power supply to summer hoiuse down bottom of the garden which is approx 50 metres away i was thinking of using 6 mm armour cable from a mini rcd fuse board beside old consumer unit as this is a old wired wylex board althiough...
  20. R

    Protection for cables suppling Consumer Unit, due to distance greater than 3 Metres.

    Hi Folks, I'm currently doing a full re-wire to the Mother-in-Law's bungalow which she has just bought. The bungalow was built around 1960's so needs a complete over-haul with both electrics and other building works. The earthing system is TT. Currently, the supply meter is indoors in the same...

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