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    1st vs 2nd point of disconnect in an older house with 3 wire service (2 hot and 1 neutral/ground)

    TLDR: In a 3 wire service are the ground and the neutral always bonded, in all subpanels? House made in 1970 has the meter and a 150 amps breaker outside the house, on the east wall. There are two hot wires and one neutral, which is clearly bonded/grounded with the enclosure. Through the attic...
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    EV charge point ENA form v3.4

    Hi all, just a quick question, does anybody out there know if there is an editable version of the ENA form below. EVCP & HP Connections Form v3.4 Or is it a case of fill in by hand and scan? Thanks.
  3. M

    V2L power supply to house using power point

    Hi guys, Trying to find out if I can supply power to my house by plugging a V2L capable EV like the Hyundai Ionic 5 into a 15A power outlet after the mains power has been shut off?
  4. G

    Car charge point testing

    Hi, To those who are already installing EV charge points, do you test as you would any other radial circuit, or do you have a specific EV point tester or EVSE adaptor for your MFT? what additional testing do these provide, and is using them in order to meet manufacturers instructions as I don't...
  5. SJD

    Armoured Pod Point energy clamp cable?

    I have a customer who is having Pod Point install one of their chargers at a car port, some distance from the house. SWA (10mm2) for the supply will be run to a small consumer unit at the car port, with the Pod Point installed adjacent. A 2-core cable is also required to connect the Pod Point...
  6. Algarve Sparky

    Earthing / zero point question

    Not sure how popular the solar forum is but not getting any answers to a question so having another go here, cheers guys. So despite living working in a country blessed with 300 days of sunshine I have not got my head around this solar thing, there is very few companies here who know what...
  7. L

    UK ProjectEV charge point testing

    Hi All Last week I invested in a new Megger MFT1741+ with the EV charge point adapter as I was installing a ProjectEV charge point on Thursday of last week. Completed the install and just needed to carry out the live testing at the charge point, Zs done no issue, next comes the charge point...
  8. D

    Earth bonding for EV Charging point

    Good morning I’m looking for a bit of help please. We are looking to get an electric vehicle charger installed at our house but the company have requested information and photographs of evidence showing that our pipework is earth bonded. Our house was built in the 1960s and there was no earth...
  9. L

    Low voltage to GU10 cost per point ?

    Customer has leads . SO its test , remove transformers .Hook up fly leads etc . Nothing to high and not bad access etc . What price per point do you think ? (30 in total )
  10. D

    The point of being qualified?

    Hello all. Been a sparky since I left school (which is rather a long time ago). 17th Edition, and currently not planning to bother with the 18th. You get to a point in life where hoop jumping becomes tiresome! My point is this. I occasionally work for a local security company as a sub...
  11. K

    Electrician to install EV charging point.

    Hi, I'm looking to install an electrical vehicle charging point for my house. Can a local electrician do this for me or do a need a more specialist electrician? When I do google search for my area I get a lot of companies come up which seem to specialise at just fitting EV charging points. Thanks
  12. needanotherjob

    Is it worth it or even possible to set up as an EV charge point installer?

    Looking for some candid advice. Covid has left my industry in tatters, I'm an Airline pilot. I still have a job, just, but for how much longer? I'm keen to get ahead of being skint and jobless and retrain/refresh my knowledge etc. Before pilot, I spent some time fitting kitchens and...
  13. B

    Is the EV charge point C&G 2919 easier than C&G 2391 Inspection and testing

    hi is the EV charge point C&G 2919 easier than C&G 2391 Inspection and testing? is it as mathematically complex?
  14. B

    UK Anybody know what a good standard TT connection point should look like? Is this dangerous?

    Would this TT connection point be at the stage where it needs repair? Under UKPN control.
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    EV Charging Point TNCS?

    Hi All Sorry I know this may seem like a tedious question, but I have to install an EV Charger in an underground car park and the supply is TNCS. I know usually this requires an earth rod or a PME fault detection unit but given this application would the same rules apply?
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    Moving Connection point and meter

    Hi Guy, I’ve contacted my DNO Scottish power and they’ve quoted me a price of £760 to move my connection point and meter. I seem to be doing most of the work with them pretty much terminating it. I’ve been looking for someone else to do the work as I’ve believe it’s ‘contestable’ but I’m...
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    Ev point on a new build

    Morning chaps I’m starting two new builds next week and they’ve added a vehicle Charging point to each house, Do I feed this via a 6mm t&e from the main cu or have a separate cu for it on an A type RCD? I’ve not done my Ev course yet as it’s been cancelled 3 times due to corona and plus there...
  18. I

    Charging point

    Hi, only starting my electrical journey, want to buy an EV and yo get the things ready for charger. But my CU is over 6m away from meter switch, solid floor so to bring a cable from CU means to take cable thru ceilling, conduit outside to a socket. I was wondering if I am allowed to install a...
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    UK Zappa charging point on tt install

    Hi everyone, firstly hope you all had a great New Year. Wanted to get everyone’s thoughts on best design for Zappy EV charging point install. Charging point is going to be installed at the bottom of a long driveway approximately 35 m from property meter and consumer unit. The Earthing...
  20. D

    Telephone point and Comms cab

    I have an office with a comms cabinet with Cat6 cable running around the building. Will I be able to connect a landline at the points where there is a Cat6 or would this have to be a separate cable/install

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