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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. B

    overhead lines

    hey all just been doing a test on a property out in the sticks an i am struggling with it please help... 1. first main problem, was unable to 100% identify the main incomong earth due to the house being fed with overhead supply L&N the only definitive earth reading was from a 6mm twin and earth...
  5. 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...
  6. 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?
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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
  13. O

    Overhead cable repair

    chaps, I live in a TT area. Tonight, 4 houses over the road had no electric due to a damaged cable. 3 DNO chaps responded very quickly 2 lads up ladders either side of road and a bloke at bottom helping out. I didnt see any isolation so assume they were working live. They dropped the faulty...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...
  16. 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...
  17. 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.
  18. 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...
  19. 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...
  20. B

    size and type of cable for overhead supply

    Hello members, can any1 advise me on what size and type of cable i need to supply a garage from an existing house, the run is about 30m long, 15m of run is overhead, the garage consists of 2 lighting circuits on two 6amp breakers, 2 x 32amp breakers for 2ring mains using little power just for...

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