Manual Cutting Method for socket/outlets in middle of ceramic tiles?
Beginner DIY Tiler, I'm contemplating drilling (with ceramic tile carbide tipped drill bits) then using a hand saw with tungsten blade to cut the required piece out.
Would this work okay?
I don't think using a wet saw, which...
They are all connected to the same live "hot" wire, but only the outlet connected to the red wire will work.
Here is a image and a drawing of the wiring. [Yellow = Hot], tested using multimeter.
If anyone has any idea, I would be eternally grateful. Thank you.
Last week I took the opportunity of having the mains power off to test the RCBOs in a Wylex Consumer Unit, fitted nearly 5 years ago, which has the following:
1 off NHXS1B40, 4 off NHXS1B32, 2 off NHXS1B16, 3 off NHXS1B06 and 1 off NHXS1B25
Now on Test, the B40 switch went to the mid position...
Hello there,
The job I'm on at the moment will be coming to an end shortly and the company won't have any work close to my home afterwards.
I quite like the idea of going to the Middle East but i can't see very many jobs, a few for hotel maintainence. Has anyone worked in this part of the...
Hi I’m getting very frustrated have a 4 slice swan Nordic toaster the elements in the middle will not heat have done a continuity test and would appear the there are no breaks in the elements help anyone?
Ps I know it’s not worth a fortune but the thought of chucking it seems really wasteful
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I have a light fitting with 3 lights on it in a row. The middle one burnt out right away when I connected it.
Then I started another thread prior to this one which solved some wiring questions. It's now all connected ok. When I replaced the middle light after all of this was done and I...
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I've been asked to quote for a rewire and at the moment the CU is at the side of the house. Because the house is being reconfigured the client wants the CU moving to the middle of the house in a what will be a services cupboard.
I've not had to do...
We have a lighting circuit on a dimmer and with 5A round pin sockets for standard lamps and table lamps (ie: no ceiling roses)
After about 7 years of reliable use it started to take our trip out (and the dimmer!) Mostly intermittent but almost instantaneous now.
Fault-finding showed that if...
Hello fellow electricians,
I am currently in the midst of wiring 3 lighting fixture at my friends garage. I'm just wondering if there's an easier way to do it or if the way I'm going to do it is going to break the sensor switch.
So the situation is this: I'm going to name the lighting fixtures...
I want to set up a simple plugged in to socket cable with dimmer switch box in the middle and a straight batten with bulb in for some bulb photography i need to do. I have a plug, two core wire, dimmer switch with box to encase it and a straight batten. Want to be able to dim bulb low. Can...
I carried out an EICR for a charity music school, the building is a small brick building with a few ring circuits and lighting circuits.
I am going to be upgrading a few consumer units.
I asked them where their meter was and they said they currently do not have one and do not intend to have...
Hi, we are installing a roller shutter door, and need to move 6 armoured cables up about 3 ft, so they will need chopping, a junction installing each side and some fresh cable in the middle.
Two questions.
1. Is there any kind of junction box that can cope with this or will I need 6...
First post. I've installed a 6mm SWA cable to a summer house in the garden from the house. Summer house has a cu with a ring and light. I've installed an outside socket in the middle of the distribution circuit. Between the house and summer house.
Question. How do I inspect and test this socket...
After signing up with checkatrade i am averaging an extra 4 jobs a week which is brilliant.
What other online middlemen are great as some i know are a waste of time?
hi
went round a customers house for cctv quote. they want 4 cameras, 2 in front and 2 in the back.
the issue is that the house has just recently been refurbished (all work has now finished) and they want all cables hidden and for the nvr (camera recording box) to be in a room in the middle of...
Customer wants a number of sockets to work benches in the middle of a 'largish' shop floor. Walkways all the way around, high ceilings.
I'm sure others would have come across this sort of problem, would appreciate some ideas!
Hi all,
a customer has bought some new sofa's where the reclining mechanism is electric and has asked me to sort a supply.
easy except the sofas are sat slap bang in the middle of a large square carpeted lounge! Floor is concrete with hot water UFH.
the house is also ultra minimalist and...
I have a job coming up installing 3 compartment Dado trunking. Is there a standard or spec for which cables go in which compartment. I would assume that power goes in the centre compartment and data etc in the outer compartments?
Hi i am installing 6 2x70w light fittings in a factory, as its a long run I have wired six kliks outlets in 2.5mm singles, I am now deciding if the 3 core 1.5mm flex I have is suitable for the klik plug ends that will supply each light. I am putting on a 10amp breaker so that should be...
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