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    Metal look light switches

    Hi guys I had to quote a job to play around adding a new lighting point and switch yesterday. As I was walking through the house I notices a few metal switches dotted around the place in the extention. I had a look in the cu and noticed that there was no earth for the lighting circuit, I then...
  2. U

    Lighting circuit with no cpc

    If on a EICR you were to come across lighting with no cpcs. Is this acceptable. Presumably if it's all plastic ad class II products and fittings then maybe it could be but I'm think really it will need cpcs to be run with it. Even at light switch withe tak backbones as in the event of a fault...
  3. R

    main bonding with plastic pipes

    I have got a refurb to rewire, the incoming water supply is in plastic pipe as is all pipework in the premises run in walls and underfloor.Copper is only used to connect to radiators and taps where they exit the wall or come up from floor boards. I can therefore omit the main bonding as long as...
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    Bonding water services when plastic pipes are present

    Hi All, ive been working in a old 50's/60's property which has a black pvc/almost rubber water pipe incoming to the stopcock, then it leaves the sc in the same type of pipe then disappears into a box section going upstairs under the floor . Now the other end could be anywhere but i can't find...
  5. M

    Bad reading on bonding, plastic fittings?

    Hello all I'm looking for some advice please. I been out today to change a CU and when testing the 10mm water bonding I am getting a reading of 0.25. The stop tap is in the bathroom with all tiles around it, I can't see the bonding clamp so I tested to the nearest pipe. I noticed that the pipe...
  6. D

    Conduit Support

    Looking for some advice if anyone can help. I've been asked to install sockets in a new build business unit. The company deals with software imaging - lots of computing power but no machinery, tools, etc. The place is pretty much a standard build with a number of heavyweight vertical RSJ's...
  7. L

    Job

    Ive been asked if I can do the a very simple job for someone, all it is is to change the faceplates from plastic to chrome on the following 8 x double sockets 1 x single 5 x dimmer switches 1 x normal switch 5 x switched fused spurs 1 x aerial socket 1 x telephone how much would you charge...
  8. T

    Removing Plastic Screw Covers

    Has anyone got any good tips/ methods for removing plastic screw covers from face plates without damaging the caps, or is it best to destroy them and fit new ones? Thanks
  9. C

    how am i supposed to bond the main water when it comes into the house in plastic

    hi people, How/ why am i supposed to bond the main water when it comes into the house in plastic. i thought it would be a deviation but ive now been told by a guy who said that the niceic said to bond the plastic pipe as the power supliers recomend it.
  10. H

    Plastic ceiling downlights

    Does a normal hole saw go through these without cracking? Got some spots to put in and don't want to wreck ceiling
  11. SolarCity

    Health and Safety and plastic roof lights

    I'm curious to hear how people deal with plastic roof lights when they are working on industrial style trapezoidal roofs. Do you barrier them off? Leave them and net below? Board over them? Any feedback would be appreciated.
  12. T

    electric shock through plastic switch

    I attended a call out the other day to check the electric after a water leak. I checked it, went to turn lights on and had tingle through the an all plastic switch. i scratched my head in disbelief and touched it again, i had another tingle. My guess is that the rocker has worn down so much that...
  13. G

    Green plastic cover 'box' inside meter box?!

    Hi Guys, although I've been reading and coming to this site for a while now for excellent advice, this is my first thread so be gentle! I've been a self employed sparks for over 5 years now, and in total 9 years in the trade so why is I've just seen for the first time today a greenish see...
  14. N

    Bonding and Plastic pipe

    Hi The situation is this; PME supply Dual consumer unit with 30mA RCDs Incoming water pipe is MDPE into house where it is teed off copper to kitchen sink etc and copper to oil fired boiler in utility room Boiler incoming in plastic Tails to all taps and rads are in copper and remaining...
  15. C

    Over sized plastic light switches

    Anywhere i can get over sized plastic light switches? Someones replaced the switches on this job with metal decorative ones, since the lights dont have an earth im changing them back to plastic but because the metal ones are 10mm bigger and the papers have just papered round them i'd have a ugly...
  16. D

    Plastic water incomer-

    Hi lads. Doin a new build log holiday home. Water main is plastic into the cabin then goes Into a bit of surface copper round the tank then back to plastic for all hidden pipe work. Do I need a main bond?
  17. kingeri

    Supplementary bonding across plastic section of pipe

    8.5kw shower supplied by copper pipe......with plastic T where water supply branches to serve it, then back to copper. Any need to bond across the plastic T? Similar story with water supply to bath on hot and cold. All circuits RCD protected, shower itself earthed no problem.

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