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    Heatmiser heating system issue. Online/on-site(£) help needed. Oscilloscope?

    Hi everyone We have a little problem with a heating system on one of the projects (quite big house in south Kensington) and we are looking for someone who might be able to help. I'll try to make it as short as possible. Heating system is based on heatmiser touch v2 thermostats sitting around...
  2. Viper22mike

    UK Sub main joining niceic advise Needed

    Joining niceic and doing a sub main to a garage off a tns earthing arrangement using 6mm Swa. The question is I have 25mm tails on 100a main fuse to a down rated dp isolator with a 63a fuse from there the swa. I'm filling in the eic for them to view do I put the 100a or 63a main fuse size in and...
  3. S

    Advice needed on customer

    Priced to do kitchen electrics & mains board upgrade for someone a while back, they accepted my price. I explained that the mains needed changed as there was no RCD protection & prior to upgrade I’d carry out an EICR on the installation & if any C1 or C2 observations were made these would need...
  4. K

    under floor heating 32amp final ring advice needed

    Hi all looking for some advice as a non sparky , be gentle :) To be clear I wont be doing the work myself , just want to be better informed. I already had an underfloor heating mat rated at 6.8A installed in my kitchen , this worked off a fused spur (13A) on the kitchens 32amp Ring final...
  5. Tommy10toes

    Downlight ID -- advice needed !

    Hi all, I'm struggling to replace the bulb in this outdoor downlight, it doesn't twist out like i'm accustomed to. It's tiltable. I can pull down the unit a bit but not sure how hard to pull as i'm pulling pretty hard and feel like i'm gonna break something. I really can't seem to access the...
  6. Pat H

    Cable tray supports needed

    I'm looking at fitting some cable trays in a domestic loft. I need them to sit 150mm above the current ceiling joists running across those joists. I'm struggling to find and tray supports that stand up from a wooden joist. Plenty of options to hang trays but that's not practical. Any ideas...
  7. sajeel

    UK Heating for room ugent advice needed

    Hi Question for all those who can help, the dreaded bedbug has appeared from neighboring property infestation, was planning to heat treat each room and purchased 'Master Eko 3' which is 2.8kw with Btu of 11,260 and has air flow of 800m3/h, link below if needed...
  8. N

    House built in 1961 - rewire needed?

    Hi, we are looking at a house but it needs a significant amount of work. The house was built in 1961 and whilst it's been very well cared for it is also very original. We think that it will need to he rewired, given it had double glazing and central heating we didn't give the electrics a...
  9. R

    UPS via generator. Advice needed

    Hi All Had an enquiry about installing a generator fed UPS to a house. I have a minimal amount of experience with UPS but am certainly no expert, the ones I've been involved with were manual changeover and didn't have anything attached (generator was to be hired in the event of a failure)...
  10. C

    Help Needed - Terminating live cable

    Hi there. New to the forum, so apologies if I'm in the wrong place. . I have a wire in the loft, which has been left live. It's spurred off a socket, which I don't have access to, so I can't remove the whole wire. Google searches seem to reveal "just tape it up" style answers... But as Im...
  11. D

    Recessed Can Light Problem - help needed

    I have a recessed can light (Halo H7ICT) that recently stopped working. I checked the breaker, tried a new bulb, and ended up replacing the socket with a new one but none of that worked. I have another light that is on the same circuit I think, same fuse, that is working just fine. I'm wondering...
  12. N

    EICR advice needed!!

    Hi everyone, just learning a bit more about writing up EICRs. I have a situation where I have a 3 phase board with a sub main going to a small office which has a consumer unit in it. The sub main board is supplied by and MCb in the 3 phase board obviously making it into a single phase board in...
  13. D

    twin and earth between block wall and dot dab - cable channels needed?

    Hi all, Our sparky has carried out first fix, twin and earth cables clipped to the block walls of our extension routed to each back box. His leaving instruction was to dot n dab the plasterboard over the cables - but he has laid them without plastic or steel cable channels and in such a manner...
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  14. A

    Urgent boiler and ufh wiring help needed...

    Hi I need some help on how to wire up this nightmare... (They're usual sparky had an argument with customer and left job)...Trying to help a mate out, just not done boilers before... Property has a Greenstar external 18/25. Hot water and heating running off a Honeywell DT9400C and BDR91... Has...
  15. E

    Recent EICR unsatisfactory w/ C2 and FI... advise needed!

    Hi all, new to this forum and am completely clueless with all things electrical - hoping to get some advise! My parents received an unsatisfactory EICR on their home recently (it's quite old) and were quoted £3500 upgrading their distribution board to a new metal one with RCBOs. The electrician...
  16. Pretty Mouth

    Heat alarm needed in kitchen?

    Bungalow, existing property, owner occupied. Front door opens into hallway. Kitchen is separated from the hallway by a door. Kitchen also has a external door leading to garden. If installing to minimum building regs requirements (Grade D2 Category LD3), does the kitchen need a heat alarm...
  17. T

    Help needed trying to trace one of these neutral wires!!

    Hello all. I am in the process of refurbing my kitchen and I have and old redundant T&E cable coming out of the wall above one of the cabinets which I think may still be live, despite recently replacing the kitchen switch cable and chopping out the extra single & earth cable which was once a...
  18. clanky

    Solar Panels Cable Size needed from Ground Mount

    Hello All, Currently building an extension to my barn/workshop and before i pour the foundations i want to run some new cables from my ground mount system which will eventually go through the barn and then into the house. The run comprises of: i) 25m Buried from the array inverter to the...
  19. T

    Floating Earth Generator advice needed

    Hi all, I've got a small catering business out of a converted horse trailer and purchased an inverter generator to power the trailer, mainly just the lights, fridges etc. I bought a P1PE Generator 3800 Watts for this. P1 3800W/3.8kW Portable Petrol Inverter Generator (Powered by Hyundai) |...
  20. T

    help needed with RCD identification/wiring

    Hi I'd like to install an RCD in a shed, I have 2 good units that were removed from a working installation long ago that I'd like to use instead of buying a new one. The problem is that they don't have the 1-2-3-4 indicators on how to wire them and can't find their datasheet online/google Would...
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