My electrician had been filling in an installation certificate in a house and finished it. It was for a complete installation . He left it in the house which was still a bit of a building site. When we returned, the certificate had been lost by the customer. Does anyone have any suggestions...
Hi guys,
On a job in a flat today i found all the sockets in the kitchen above worktop have no earth whatsoever. Basically they are new metal backboxes and all they have is 2.5mm singles in plastic conduit running to the new positions. Now I'm guessing the line and neutral are coming from one...
Hi All,
Apologies in advance if this is in the wrong place or isn't quite the done thing.
One of my kitchen sockets has given up the ghost; it's showing a neutral fault when I connect my (bog-basic) socket tester into it.
After knocking off the power at the mains, I've dropped the socket off...
Just spent another £20 on another on site guide which seemed to deteriorate at the first hint of a drop of water. I've been looking for an alternative reference guide to keep in the van to protect the more expensive books. Found one at www.dottweb.co.uk which has a decent amount of info in it...
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I've just put some downlighters in a bathroom,as a replacement for a single fitting,fitted a 6A RCBO, & tested. Ze 35 ohms on a tt system but the existing board was 16th ed type fitted when the house was extended about 7 years ago.Fault current is'nt going to be high enough to...
I was asked today by a customer in a block of flats to comment on a refusal by edf to deal with a fault on her meter because of an apparently dangerous condition in the distribution board for the block.
edf's comment on the 'Energisation refused' form is 'Phase barriers missing from...
I have been asked to wire a thermostat to and underfloor heating system on an extension I am wiring, the builder installed it and tiled the floor and threw the box and instructions away!!!! There is only L-N-E in the box to connect so obviously I cannot wire a thermostat. Is this correct or...
hi guys some months ago i did eicr test prior to a new ccu and bonding upgrade prior to a new kitchen the ccu was 50 yrs old i discovered no cpc in the lighting circuit i explained that for me to fit a new ccu this have to fixed by rewiring the lights which went down like a fart in a sub as the...
Hi,
Looking for help with this.
I am renting a house from DB Roberts and I sent the attached image to the landlord (who is an Electrician) and he said it was fine as he had done it.
But I am not so sure? would appreciate your comments.
Thanks
hi folks,
i've just had a look at the electrical installation in my new house and it seems to me that there is no connection to earth.
i've taken the cover off the consumer unit and i can see an earth cable bonded to gas and water supplies and an incoming line and neutral from the supply meter...
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This will be my first post for a bit of direction sincejoining the forum a while ago, and this issue has us a bit baffled. It is possible me and my mate have overlooked something really daft & obvious! Anyway here it is..
Yesterday we were doing a periodic on my mates flat which is...
Just a quick question
I have recieved 2 certificates from college, i handed these in to my employer, one was a list of the units i've covered. and the other one was one with jtl and city and guilds on top. But my employer is saying i should have a 3rd to state that ive completed my...
PIR done by an electrician from SELECT on 12 January 2012. Appears to have missed this as there was no mention of it in his report, nor numerous other defects I saw within 2 minutes of being in the property. Client tells me they watched him put the electrical tape over it to cover the fuse and I...
Shower / RCD problem... random tripping when shower is off (shower on it's own CU and RCD - Mira unit only a few months old)
Put my clamp meter on the CPC with shower running 80mA !! RCD not tripping though !! (not fully experienced with my clamp meter just yet only had it a couple of months)...
Just finished level 2 of my 2330 qualification. Looking at the notes for level 3 it looks like it is mainly just repetition of level 2 stuff in a bit more detail?!
This makes life a whole lot easier because i learnt it in loads of detail when i was doing it for the level 2.
In fact, even in...
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