overhead

  1. K

    Overhead cranes and other stuff

    Not a question but I was having a rummage around my PC and found these pictures of some of the fun gear I got to play with. Anyone else got photo’s of things they’ve worked on?
  2. S

    overhead crane problem

    hi guys, 1st time posting something on here, i have a small problem with a customers overhead crane, basicly the cross travel on the crane has 2 speeds fast and slow, the fast works fine, but the slow speed will not work. when the button on the hand control is pressed the contactor in the...
  3. D

    Supply companies overhead cable

    The overhead supply cable from a pole to my property is over my garage. The cable is a single phase concentric type. Is there any regulation as to the distance that the cable should be above any property?, at present it is less than 1 meter above the ridge and is inconvenient when doing work on...
  4. P

    Claiming course fee's back as an overhead

    Evening all, I'm looking to become an electrician and a via a sparky mate he mentioned that if I want to startup it's best to create a maintinance company and then do the electrician course and claim the course fee or vat back as and when. could someone who has a better understanding of this...
  5. R

    overhead 3 wire

    Hi My house 1947 has a 3wire overhead 200 amp main as far as ground is concerned should there be a visable ground wire to a rod in the ground and to a gas or water main visable because i dont see one and just want to know if i should call a electrician for safety . i do see a ground wire in my...
  6. G

    Overhead Linesman Work UK

    Hi, I'm currently a Cert 3 Distribution Overhead Power Linesman in Australia and am travelling over to Edinburgh in the UK on a Tier 5 Youth Mobility Visa. I'm curious to find out if it would be possible to use this qualification in anyway while I am there? Any help would be very much...
  7. A

    overhead lines between buildings and structures

    Overhead Lines : ( some good Reading ) Between Buildings & Structures . Requirement’s of the ( ESQCR ) 2002 ( Electricity Safety , Quality & Continuity Regulations 2002 . as Amended ) Appendix 2 – ( Informative ) p/240 / 241 Phil where do you want me to drop this One ?? - 4 Pages A4
  8. kevyn

    Overhead submain connection

    Hi all, I have been asked to wire a small 2 bay cow shed in time for the dark nights coming in. Supply comes from a 2 wire overhead which is supplying the adjacent shed in a 2.5mm 6242Y (overhaed on bracket on my cow shed). No chance of connecting to the other shed as it is too far away. In my...
  9. A

    moving an overhead supply

    hello chaps anyone got any rough ideas on how much a dno would charge to swing an overhead supply from one side of a house to the other. probably going to be moved over approx 10m towards the pole so the cable will be getting shorter not longer :) i intend on keeping the consumer unit in...
  10. La Poste

    Overhead supplies??

    Greetings. I am helping to re-wire a bungalow that has an earth rod. The supply cable is overhead, it's the same for the whole street. I took a walk up the road and noticed all the overhead cables converged on one single pole. On the pole was written PME and three cables ran down the pole into...
  11. K

    Overhead line distances

    I m trying to find some info or a picture would be even better, of what the maximum height is for a building below over head power lines. thanks in advance.
  12. S

    Minimum height for overhead cable

    Hi all, bit of a dilemma regarding how to route the supply cable to a garage. Just wondering what you'd do in this situation.. unfortunately I didn't get a photo but the garage is at the end of the drive beside a bungalow. The corner of the garage roof is about 2 feet away from the corner of the...
  13. L

    Overhead Supply TNC-S?

    Hi I am about to test a rewire of a bungalow and have started by taking readings at the CU, the problem is that testing for Psc i get a measurement but when i test Pfc i get open circuit >200Mohms suggesting no earth. I have an overhead supply but the suppliers head shows what looks to me as...
  14. W

    Earth electrode on TT System - can it run overhead on catenary wire ?

    Hi All , After looking at installation in an old cottage with TT Supply I have found that i need to install a new earth electrode and wire back to the consumer unit . However physically the only way to get the earth electrode in the ground would mean cabling the earth electrode overhead for a...
  15. C

    Overhead PME

    Hi I have recently come accross a couple of instances where the feed to the house is via Overhead cable, but is labled up at the service head as PME. In these instances should the supply be treated as a standard TNCS system - even though the supply is fed from overhead?:rolleyes:
  16. sparks1234

    Marina overhead cables

    we need to get a cable from one end of a boating marina to the other, buried is not possible and there are no walls to fix to, So the choice left would be to go overhead, Confusion reigns, reg no 709.521.1.5 says cables in free air suspended from or incorporateing a suport wire shall not be...
  17. D

    Overhead line question

    Hi all, Training to be a sparky, chap at work asked if its okay to run a feed cable overhead from his garage to his summerhouse, a distance of about 3 feet, he doesn't want to run it underground if he can help it because it means lifting the patio. I have found a bit in wiring regs '417.3...
  18. J

    Overhead PME

    Is it common to see overhead pme systems? I went to a job the other day which had an overhead supply. The main earthing terminal has the cable coming out of the enclosure and down the wall into the ground. The external earth loop was 0.26....I phoned the supply authority and apparently they...
  19. T

    Help needed - overhead wiring

    Hi all, I am new to all this forum stuff, so apologies if this is in the wrong place. I am doing a rewire and need to get to an outbuilding. The easiest way is to use a cetenary wire (concrete everywhere). I am going to use arctic flex but notice the regs say that PVC must be protected in...
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