Doing some work in a commercial restaurant/kitchen the builders had already boarded and plastered the walls meaning my only viable route is to use trunking high level to get cables to the points in need do I need to use metal conduit or trunking or can plastic be used some trunking will be in...
Not the usual per-1966 sort of "no CPC in wiring issue" but plastic light switches in plastic back-boxes in trunking wired in singles. The lights have CPCs and measured Zs, RCBO trip-time, etc, all good. However, the actual switches lack a CPC.
Now I could run in a CPC to meet the last...
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I am planing on building a (not sure what to call it) U shaped storage solution which goes either side and above the headboard of a bed. I want to install a couple of reading lights either side.
A mixture of me not being bothered and running out of money means I cant run cable on the...
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Got a job starting next week for a rewire of a studio flat, currently they have 10 mm T&E as metre tails , So definitely got to be an upgrade.
The existing meter box is situated outside ( under cover ) the bathroom wall , On the right hand side of the...
The use of fire-resistant clips to avoid premature collapse of cables is obviously a good thing, but what about when the cables are in plastic (PVC-U) trunking that offers metal clips for this reason. The reason for asking is I am looking at some options just now (Marshall-Tufflex Mono Plus 20)...
Hi to all. I'm new and this is my first post.
I'm doing an EICR on a 3 story building split into multiple offices to let.
One thing I noticed is t+e cables in plastic trunking almost throughout (switch/socket drops, across ceilings to lights etc).
Would this be a code 2 or 3? Also would same...
I am due to start a house rewiring job in the new year, due to the customer having the house fully decorated it needs to be done using plastic trunking.
They have had a couple of other quotes that have said that the trunking must be run from the ceiling in a straight line to the socket (which...
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Have posted a similiar question elsewhere, not to sure of correct forum, so thought I post in here aswell:)
I am running 3 ring mains into a new joinery shop, can I use plastic surface mounted patreses (sp), sockets and trunking, will it meet standards etc, I have used these in an office...
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I have just come back to the industry after 10yrs and am lucky in getting a contract for my local council which will include a lot of bathroom work and have noticed that a lot of plastic trunking is used when there is no access from above to drop cables
I have a question regarding the...
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