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    Shunt trip in a domestic CU? Looking for a complaint way of remotely switching off power

    Hi. A thought of a domestic fire in my house terrifies me, so I installed a really sophisticated fire alarm in my house. This system optionally can even turn off the gas valve (it has a motorized arm which is installed on the main valve) and switch off electricity in case if the fire is detected...
  2. J

    Hand dryer off ring final

    HI everyone, Is it acceptable to wire a hand dryer from a ring final in to a 13 amp FCU. The ring main in question has 30MA RCD protection. Or, is it best to wire a new radial circuit for it?? There is a socket I can spur off that is easy to get to. Thanks
  3. Nick Willder

    Mains domestic LED lamps on 3-way switch glow faintly in one 'off' arrangement

    On my landing are three connected lights. They have 230v LED bulbs. There are three switches - one obviously an intermediate switch. In one of the four 'off' arrangements of the switches, the LEDs glow faintly. Does anyone have a theory on where this current might be leaking to? Thanks.
  4. Msitekkie

    OK to T consumer unit for garage off existing SWA to workshop?

    I currently have a 10mm T&E SWA cable (which passes through my garage) serving a small CU in my workshop at the bottom of my garden (200ft). The garage is currently connected to a FCU on the downstairs ring, but I would like to T off the SWA and add another consumer unit in the garage. First...
  5. D

    Ultra bright LED off a battery supply.

    Hello. Can anyone tell me how to run an ultra bright, even car headlamp if possible, off a battery source? Battery supply needs to be as small as possible, small enough to fit inside an item about the size of a cigar tube and the bulb needs to be no wider than about 10mm. Any ideas?
  6. T

    Some of my plug sockets remain active when turning off electrics.

    Hi I've bought a new face plate for the plug socket in the bedroom. I went to install it so i turned the electrics off and all the lights go off fine but the plug sockets in the bedrooms upstairs and the living room at the front of the house remain active. Does anyone have any ideas as to why...
  7. W

    Fused spur off ring main regulations

    hello I've seen the page at the back of the regs book but nothing explains can you - Have a spured socket off the ring using one cable and then put a fused spur after the spur and then feed additional sockets after the spir
  8. C

    Off Peak heating arrangements

    hi... I've been sent the attached image and arranged to visit the property to assess numerous issues. The system seems to have an off peak switched supply that feeds straight into the current board and through a separate main switch and breaker. The board defiantly needs replacing and I...
  9. DeanoRN

    tools required to start off.

    Hello again ladies and gentlemen, Right so i've started on my level 3 course and i've started looking for some work experience, i'm just wondering what tools i would be required to have as a mate or improver with someone, i know i need VDE tools screwdrivers etc what other stuff will be needed...
  10. nyb

    Multiple spurs off double socket

    Hi I recently purchased a house (built and wired in the 80s). I removed one of the sockets to do some wallpapering and I noticed that it has 4 hot+neutral (+earth) wires connected to the double socket (and I'm assuming it's all solid core 2.5mm wiring??). I'm not sure if it's connected in a...
  11. O

    Hi all, I need some advice on a course I'm thinking off doing!

    Hi I've recently just came out off my time I'm 20 years old and was thinking off doing a HND in Electrical Engineering, I would have too take a day off work each week for 2 years, and was just looking advice on the job opportunities or if someone regretted not doing it or something lol, thanks!
  12. P

    Security lights ,can't switch off. On 2 circuits?

    Hi I have two security lights controlled by three PIRs. Recently the lights have been coming on at random throughout the night, I suspect the PIRs to be faulty. I tried (at 3am) to switch them off.There is a fused switch in a bedroom which is fed from an adjacent socket which will switch them on...
  13. T

    32volts present at light fitting when it's switched off!

    i have a light fitting that 32volts across it when it is switched off. I have changed the switch, the rose, I've done insulation resistance on the cable to the switch, which is fine. Not sure where the voltage is coming from and why only 32volts. I assuming that it must be cable insulation...
  14. G

    2 dis boards off one cable?

    hi there. Starting a job soon to install 2 6 way dis boards in outside cabinets. At the bottom of the hill there is a Scottish power main switch installed. I was wanting to run a swa from there to first cabinet then run another swa from cabinet to other cabinet. From SP to first cabinet the...
  15. H

    Material Take Off Sheet

    Design module at college, I need to prepare a take-off sheet for materials. Anyone got a template or the information that should be on there. So far I have Description, Model, Quantity. Thanks,
  16. leep82

    Testing/signing off commercial and industrial work

    Hi all looking for some guidance or info if anyone can help. My situation is that i have recently come out of employment with a company that i served the best part of 15 years with, to set up on my own. Ive registered with HMRC as a sole trader and aswell as finding my own work am looking to go...
  17. J

    Off Grid

    Im going to give NAPIT tech support a call later today but thought id try to get some other expert opinions too. Ive just carried out a EICR on a remote property in the Welsh borders. Its a new installation and new build ECO friendly house which has been built over 4 years with the electrical...
  18. W

    3 lights off one lighting spur? any issues

    have this arrangement in loft: 3 lights going to a 3 gang switch, each live going to each L1 terminal, neutrals connected together in wago block, each com terminal linked with small link cable. supply comes from junction box which is spurred off lighting circuit, live from supply goes to com...
  19. S

    Two, yes two 13A cookers off 6mm

    Hello All The wife wants not one, but two, yes, two of those NEFF slide n hide ovens you see on Great British Bake-Off. Not cheap at well over £500 each. Anyway...can I run two off the 6mm cable coming from the consumer unit currently with a 16A breaker. I was thinking of changing breaker to a...
  20. J

    I Need Work - Apprentice - training - north west - looking off a break.

    Hi My name is Johnathan, I am desperately looking for an apprenticeship for my self. I completed my C&G PEO and my C&G 2330 level 2. I am a worker. I have worked from the age of 16. I am self motivated and I have done many things, including running a small business...

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