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  1. R

    Twin PIR on 1 lighting circuit with cut off switch

    Hi, Trying to plan for my single outside lighting circuit to be controlled by two PIR's. I've tried to draw it out (image below). My plan is that if the PIR switch is on and light switch is off, the lights will run with PIR. If the PIR switch is off, and the light switch is on, then lights...
  2. littlespark

    Employment. Taking a day off AFTER giving notice.

    Does anyone know about employment rules, other than electrician/construction? My wife works for local council as an early years practitioner…. old title, nursery teacher. Now, due to various reasons, she has given 4 weeks notice to leave. She has a new job starting, but they have asked if she...
  3. Sparked Out

    Spur off a spur.... make safe with 16A MCB from ring?

    Just recently has some work done on a conservatory, and in the process discovered that the 2 double sockets are not part of a ring main... looks like one is a spur off the back of a ring socket in the main house, and the second is a spur off of that :eek: So, question is, if I replace the ring...
  4. Stevie g

    4c10 micc feeding off peak and domestic DBs

    Hi all Got 4c10mm micc supplies to off peak DB and domestic DB Backed up by individual 80A Kmf s, what are your thoughts on two feeds in same micc. Put appropriate warning labels on both ends Down rated fuses to 63A
  5. M

    Washing Machine and Dishwasher turning off and on when both switched on at the same time

    I have a Dishwasher and Washing Machine (both several years old) both plugged into a 4 way gang. They are on a 16Amp RCD with other appliances also on the same circuit. When both are turned on at about the same time, about 5 mins after turning on they will both turn off completely, as if they...
  6. Richard Cook

    Dishwasher needing switched off at wall to ‘reset’ before each cycle?

    I’ve got a dishwasher from IKEA (integrated into unit) and it’s under 2 years old. For the best part of since I’ve had it... when I go to turn it on it will beep (as if it’s picking up on the pressing) but it won’t show anything on the display etc. I have to switch it off at the wall and wait...
  7. C

    How to certify a lighting spur off a socket?

    I've just finished a small job replacing a bathroom light and adding an extractor fan. Since it is a very old installation there was no earth to the lighting circuit. Part of the job was to remove a fan heater that had been supplied by a socket radial. To overcome the lack of earth situation...
  8. King Mustard

    Method to make LED strips fade on and off?

    I have some LED strips (they have a red and black wire coming out of them) that I want to mount in my Peugeot 308 (2012)'s footwells. I intend to get them hooked up (I wouldn't know how to do it) to the interior light, so that when the car door opens, the LED strips come on with it. However...
  9. D

    On off car battery switch - cable length?

    Hi, My car is Mitsubishi Colt 1.3 (1998), and I'd like to install a battery on / off switch in the interior of the car. My question is: would it be ok to use around 1.5 meter length of normal battery cable? The idea is to connect it to the battery negative terminal and to the existing...
  10. gazdkw82

    NVQ - 20% off the job training

    This NVQ just keeps getting more and more frustrating. I've just found out that we are now expected to document 20% of our working hours as off the job training. This is part of our portfolio. We have not been told this before, we have all finished all the units and we're told that we would be...
  11. D

    3 way gang switch Led bulb still lights when switched off.

    Hope someone can help, went to replace sensor bulbs (incandescent) with leds when the bulbs went off or switched off they stayed on but with a small glow. I disconnected feed to utility light and lights went off no problem reconnected problem started. Is there a way to fix this problem, thanks...
  12. 1

    How many sockets off a fused spur

    really simple one how many sockets can I run off a 13amp fused spur, I know I could look it up in the book, but I'm trying to win an argument in a pub?
  13. D

    Consumer Unit "off" bathroom?

    Hi all, hope this is the correct section...? We're buying a bungalow shortly and intend to do some alterations. One of those converts the utility room (photo below) into a bathroom. In the photo the consumer unit is in a short passageway to a larder. The door at the back will be replaced by a...
  14. R

    Use of 20AX switches in spurs off ring main

    I bought a number of 20AX grid switches with printed labels on them e.g. washing machine. These were to put an isolator above the work top for a 13A switched socket under the work top in the utility room. Electrician says no as the spur will be off a 32A ring the switch must be capable of the...
  15. curly

    Can i sign off myself..............?

    Hi guys iv have a quick question, My mum has bought a new house that she plans to move into soon, its empty at the moment and i have access to the floorboards, she has a new mk metal split load consumer unit with two 30ma RCD's, however there is no bonding to gas or water. :mad: Anyways i will...
  16. A

    Washing machine off boiler circuit?

    Bonjour I'm a level 3 apprentice at the moment and have a side job to fit a double socket for a washing machine, only power is off a fuse spur supplying a gas boiler, which is also protected by a 13a, is this okay?
  17. N

    EICR - 2 boards, 1 with an off peak split and one with regular supply

    Hi there, im looking some general advice related to this eicr. im a bit lossed here, so would it be 2 eicr? or do i just splice two sheets together with the relevant information? on a seperate not i also noticed today when i had a wee look that his main water bond cannot be verified, is this a...
  18. DeanoRN

    getting work signed off by a QS

    Hi all. I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction, i am doing some work under a Qualified electrician as i was hoping he would sign it off for me to get the ball rolling to get registered on a competent bodies scheme, I've been working with the electrician for over a year off and...
  19. P

    Humidistat problem it just won’t knock the extractor fan off

    hi everyone, my first post I’ve got a s&p HIG2 humidistat in my bathroom which has worked brilliantly for the last 14 months. Last weekend the fan just won’t stop it’s running constantly, I’ve ajusted both settings to low and still no joy Ended up turning off the isolator switch but that also...
  20. Steve_bcs

    Advice sought on spurs off spurs

    I am refurbishing a house i bought last year & looking for thoughts on whether the following existing wiring is right/ safe. I dont think it is but would like to check as it looks like spurs of a spur to me. The CU was just replaced by local electrical contractor & all circuits are he says...

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