overhead

  1. JD6400

    DNO safety regulations for overhead supply's ?

    I have a meeting with our local DNO and the estate manager next week on a farm we are currently rewiring section by section for one of our local country estate , clients . The current split phase supply is in to a several hundred year old wooden barn , that has definitely seen better times ...
  2. A

    post for overhead cable

    I'm running a SWA to a shed. I need to run the cable overhead to the shed approx 3m span. I need a pole which I will attach to a concrete post. I was going to buy a kit used for attaching aerials to chimneys but I'm worried the pole won't be strong enough. Can anyone offer advice or know of good...
  3. 5

    Tt overhead cables and surge protection.

    Can someone clarify something for me which to be honest I should know. exporting power to a new outhouse and have noted that the house is TT, on insulated overhead cables. this is the first time in ages I will have worked on TT, but noted that the system is old, and currently have no surge...
  4. joel89

    Overhead Gantry Cranes

    hi i currently work as an industrial maintenance electrician, and we have 15 overhead gantry cranes which are currently worked on by crane electricians/fitters was wondering where the law stands, on me working on them i.e or what courses are good to attend. im qualified to work on the electrical...
  5. A

    Overhead powerlines?

    I am a time served 17th edition electrician with 11 years experience (including apprenticeship). I have a mainly commercial and industrial background. I am considering training in a different area of work to give myself more options should I get laid off. Working on overhead powerlines is...
  6. K

    Proximity to overhead lines?

    I've been asked to install some lighting around an outside menage (horse paddock thing). The client wants metal halide floods on top of scaffold poles. The problem is the supply to the house and small industrial units next door run right across the middle of the menage on telegraph poles (33kv?)...
  7. C

    Overhead poles

    Perhaps slightly OT but I don't know where to ask... Does anyone know what the maximium power is that can be run on overhead poles in the UK? eg How much power can the DNO run on poles before needing pylons or underground? For example could a 6MW wind farm be connected to the grid using poles...
  8. F

    Overhead Linesman Career

    Hi I've been searching the Internet for info regarding a career as a OHL, but I'm not having a great deal of luck extracting the relevant details to enable a swap to such a career. Plenty of information from the jobs available but struggling to find entry requirements, training periods, pay...
    • Fatprawn
    • Thread
    • career electricians' talk linesman overhead
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  9. S

    Overhead lines

    Got a call this evening asking if I could repair overhead lines between house and garage, haven't seen it but think it could be about 20 meters. Shouldn't be a problem but where will I get cable, is it something that the wholesalers normally stock?
  10. B

    Overhead supply cable?

    Whats the best way to fix an overhead concentric to the building its supplying? The property in question has had an extension built on the side and the builder has left the cable hanging unsupported.
    • BillyH
    • Thread
    • cable electricians' talk overhead supply
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  11. D

    alarm cable

    need to run a alarm cable between buildings 20m apart (agricultural), no vehicular access. do i still have to suspend it with catenary 5.8m in heigh buried is out of question due to pipe work etc.
  12. W

    removing & reinstalling tap off box for overhead industrial busbar 400v

    I have to remove a tap off box from a 400v overhead industrial busbar system , just need to know if there is a set procedure for the removal and installation of the tapin box
    • whitespark
    • Thread
    • attach box busbar canada electricians' talk industrial off overhead removing roman times
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Electrician Talk | All Countries
  13. E

    2 wire overhead feed to 3 phase installation

    My mate & I were wondering how the pole-mounted "transformer" is configured on a farm where we've been working. The overhead supply is very clearly just 2 wires mounted on poles across the field. There is a large transformer mounted on the pole and the presentation at the service head is 3 x...
    • EastAnglian
    • Thread
    • 3 phase aus electricians' talk installation overhead phase wire
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Australia
  14. P

    50m+ overhead T&E - Which PIR code?

    Hi everyone, I've carried out a PIR today, and I'm not sure about what code this situation would be/what action is required? There's a house on a private road which is shared with one neighbor, there's a public wooden post there too. They have run a T&E 2.5mm cable over head supported by...
  15. B

    Overhead Pme

    Sorry Jase but I've come across something similar. A cottage is supplied overhead from a local works. Not had chance to take any readings, so cant confirm if its TT or Tncs. My first impression is that its Tncs from the transformer but havnt seen the transformer. Time for a visit to the works...
  16. J

    overhead pme?

    came across this today, was just wondering everyones thoughts, the cable coming in to the cut out comes in from overhead, looks like a single core SWA the live into live and the sheath into neutral, the EFL at the cut out was .20 I suspect an old TT supply has been changed to PME but the DNO...
  17. J

    Overhead cables within fabric of building

    A two storey extension has been built to side of a property. The supply is overhead lines which are clipped to the existing building with clamps on the ends from which the tails run to the meter. The problem is these cables are now going to be above the ceiling of the ground floor extension (if...
    • jasew
    • Thread
    • aus building cables electricians' talk extension floor overhead these within
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Australia
  18. T

    overhead cable problem

    I have my install booked for Friday 11th Problem is, we have very old overhead cables that are un-insulated and need Southern Electric to sleeve them everytime we have work done on the roof. Called them yesterday and they said that unless it was an emergency, they would only do it next time they...
  19. L

    pv installation problem - please help!

    hi everyone, i'm doing a photovoltaic installation this week and i've got a bit of an awkward problem to get around... the pv array is going on the roof of a secondary building that is completely separate from the main house. the problem is that the secondary building has its own supply so if i...
    • LayerSeven
    • Thread
    • building connect electricians' talk help help! house installation overhead please problem secondary
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Solar PV Forum | Solar Panels Forum
  20. D

    3 phase overhead power supply

    Hi folks I need some guidence on this. There's a 3phase overhead power supply feeding exterior accommadation at a hotel. What it seems they've done is taken the cable out at the chimney area at either end and then split the phases like you see on an electricity pole (wish I'd taken a pic). The...
    • donnysparks
    • Thread
    • 3 phase aus cable either electricians' talk overhead phase power power supply running space supply support
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Australia
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