Whilst carrying out a periodic inspection today I stumbled across something I've not seen before a 2 gang metal back box fixed to a finished wall with a plastic socket on it? Strange I thought hears were I'm unsure! I checked the socket over all was well and the back box was earthed as expected...
i'm connecting a piece of outdoor equipment that is basically a motor bolted onto a frame or skid
i'm using SY from a rotary isolator to the motor
i'm just wondering should i connect from the cpc to the skid as well as there's no tag or anything provided?
thanks
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Has anyone ever installed panels in a south facing wall. A client wants the panels mounted as flat as possible against the wall.
Does anyone know how flat i could get them and any down falls in doing this.
Any recommendations greatly received inc mounting structure.
Thanks.
Is there any problem in fitting a floor mounted socket in a domestic installation? There is currently no RCD protection on the ring circuit to be extended.
hi guys
after a little advice for pricing on an extra flush mounted socket. Property has
concrete floors.
now for a surface mounted double socket i usally quote arround £45.00 which is 1
hours labour plus matirials which i think is a fair price.
now i would estimate 2.5 to 3 hours labour for...
hi guys
after a little advice for pricing on an extra flush mounted socket. Property has
concrete floors.
now for a surface mounted double socket i usally quote arround £45.00 which is 1
hours labour plus matirials which i think is a fair price.
now i would estimate 2.5 to 3 hours labour for...
can any one advice me if there are any issues with regard to installing 10 x panels in portrait and 2 x panels in landscape on the same string.
Many thanks
I just conducted a site survey and got a new question that I didn't know the answer to....
The customer has an open barn conversion and explains that the rain makes a terrible noise and can disturb tv watching for example.
The PV panels will provide a barrier to rainfall hopefully reducing the...
Hi Chaps
I've got a consumer unit change to do and the existing CU is mounted on plywood. I know this is a no no but I can't find a specific reg. Is it in Part B (Fire) of the building regs or BS7671? Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
had my mcs inspection last wk and was pulled on mounting sunny boy inverter on mdf. was told it had to be non combustable material, can anyone recommend what to use and where to get it from.
Anyone found it hard to get your hands on one of these?
A ceiling mounted extractor fan humidity controlled. Thought it be easy but they dont seem too popular.
Hi All,
Just wondering if anybody could share their thoughts on a little job I'm doing, running a single socket to supply a wall mounted TV.
The upstairs ring is running off a 32A mcb, however every socket in the room requiring the TV is a spur it appears (each having only 1 cable running...
Hi all,
If replacing an old metal clad consumer unit with a new Plastic one, where the metal conduit is used as the CPC throughout the installation, is it acceptable to mount the new unit directly over the case of the old unit, linking the two with a length of 16mm earth, in order to keep the...
Hi peeps im about to do a periodic for a client and i noticed the consumer unit was mounted on its side. Its a wylex 16th board. Any problems with this? If so what code would you give?
I have traced the nuisance tripping down to the fridge freezer and im wondering how best to go about rectifying the problem and staying within the 17th edition regs.
Any ideas would be greatly recieved.
Evening All,
I've been out to look at a job which customer is considering a ground mounted array due to limited suitable roof space but a large field instead!
I've not to date installed anything on the ground so wanted to ask whether anybody on here has any experience of this and would be...
Can anyone recognize these old electric heaters:
The small one - some "CHIDLOW" manufacturer name is displayed, but I cant find anything more:
and second one - bigger (storage heater) with no name or any technical info on it:
I wonder if I can put them on the 13A timer so maybe...
Morning Chaps,
Ariston ST80 wall mounted immersion 3kw
I had a call to one of these heaters the other day at a dentists surgery. No hot water.
There is a thermostat which sets the water temp and a over temp stat which is manually resetable.
Anyone know where or how to reset the overtemp?? This...
Hi Guys, I'm pretty new to the electrical scene but I have completed my Part P and 17th Edition but at the same time I really don't want to make any silly mistakes!! Hence my ppossibly silly question.
I've been asked to install a new kitchen ring mains as the previous owner used 1.5mm cable and...
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