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  1. driverman

    extractor fans-time lag-isolation switches

    Touched on this before, unable to find thread. Many thanks for your comments re isolation switches etc. I've now decided to go for 4 x in line extractor fans all sited in the loft. Also that the isolation switch for each fan be sited along side each fan. The isolation switches will be...
  2. L

    help... how much do you guys charge/per hour or point?

    Hi guys iv recently started off on my own and always worry what to charge..wether it will be to mjuch to scare the custumer off or cut my self short... for example iv got to quote for a cooker feed to be installed tomo (not seen the job yet) have you guys got a set price for points/higher...
  3. D

    Star point conductor

    Can any of you designers out there tell me how you go about sizing the conductor from the Star point of the transformer to earth? By this i mean if there was a HV earth electrode around a 1000kVA transformer made up of 2 X 70mm bare copper conductors onto a common earth bare this would give a...
  4. D

    Star point earthing

    Does anyone know how to correctly size the earthing conductor from the star point of a 11kV/433V distribution transformer to ground for its reference. I believe that I can use the maximum single phase to earth fault current and then give it a 1sec/3sec withstand time depending on client, Is this...
  5. HappyHippyDad

    Extra TV sockets/splitters/boosters etc

    I have been asked once or twice if I would fit an extra TV aerial point and I have always declined as this is not something I understand in depth so therefore dont want to do it. I realise its fairly straight forward to just add a splitter/booster in the loft and run the cable to desired...
  6. O

    HDMI from a central point

    I'm off to look at a job this morning where the "outline" spec for an extension and along with the normal sparky bits there is requirements for HDMI cables to run from various points back to a central point. I'm aware that some cables will run up to 15m - anyone got any experiences (good and...
  7. L

    Hob and oven back to the same cooker connection point?

    Hi, I wondered if anyone can help me. I have a 3.5kw oven and am looking to buy a worktop hob. I have one cooker point in the kitchen and wondered if I can double up (wire both the hob and the oven to the same cooker point). It's currently on a 32a mcb. Thanks in advance
  8. SolarCity

    Electric vehicle charging point funding. Government at it again.

    Looks like the government are fiddling again. Funding for domestic EV charging points, which should carry on until March 2015, may be pulled as soon as TWO WEEKS time. These people have absolutely zero idea of how a SME works. The domestic EV charging point scheme has attracted praise and...
  9. C

    Fuse box location for electrical car charger installation point?

    Hello everyone, i have just started up a door to door business arranging appointments to install electric car chargers at domestic properties. I am primarily targeting new build houses as the fuse boxes need to be located on the exterior of the house or on the inside of the exterior wall so that...
  10. B

    Six point method

    Can any one help me answer a question I've come across in the HNC fault finding module. what is the six point fault finding technique.
  11. R

    Achieving descrimination with RCD protection

    Split load main CU in the house, all the ways have RCD protection, we now supply the garage/shed from one of those ways and install a neat little 2 way submain in the garage, is there any real benefit in having an RCD in the submain, because the only way to descrim is by fitting an S type in the...
  12. G

    Eicr earth rod over 200ohm

    Earth rod measures 247 ohm, with water and gas connected 233ohm. All covered by 30maain rcd. C3? Improve the rod reading to below 200?
  13. Z

    twinflex fire alarm call point

    the digs i am staying in has had a problem with 1 of the call points so i have disconnected the call point. what i need to know is can i fit any make point back or would it have to be the same make? thanks and atb zak
  14. R

    PV - Point of Interconnection

    Hi, Quick compliance question regarding the AC aspect of a PV circuit... Imagine a standard domestic <4kWp install on a 3 storey town house. Because of the geography of the house and the internal decoration there's no way to run a dedicated circuit back to the main board. The alternative...
  15. BigSi

    Do you test every RCBO?

    I’m currently doing a job where I have to replace 20 MCB’s with RCBO’s in the main consumer unit of a public building. I was told by another colleague, that you only had to trip test one RCBO and to use this figure for the remaining 19? Surely this isn’t right, and you have to test the...
  16. J

    Price per point?

    I'm an electrical sub contractor, I sub to a larger electrical firm. My work is mainly new build, site work. In the past firms have just given me a price i.e 1st fix, 2nd fix, finals & test. Now the firm I sub for is very inconsistent with pricing jobs, even unrealistic with what the true value...
  17. I

    whats the point

    whats the point of this forum? its getting a bit boring these days , someone asks a question ( some completely stupid ) and all they get is are you competent , are you stupid , what does the regs book say , they are asking a question because they don't know the answer , if guys on here don't...
  18. S

    Spur from designated cooker point

    Hi, I am in need of some advice please. My Wife, Child & I are in rented property & the Landlord has recently installed an extractor hood in the kitchen. There were no local sockets so he has run a spur in 2.5mm directly out of the back of the designated cooker socket which is 6mm. The cooker...
  19. uksparks

    Caravan charging point / 16A Socket

    Hi, Customer wants me to fit him a 16A socket so that he can plug his caravan in, PME supply. I wouldn't call his drive way a caravan site, so not exactly sure if I should be doing this as it could be potentially dangerous as I was just planning on hooking up the earth as well, but then...
  20. Sparky_Steve

    house alarm

    I have just purchased my first house which ive had to totally gut so considering adding a hard wired alarm while im at it, Im currently working in electrical maintenance and although previously completed numerous rewires haven't been asked to fit any alarms as yet. I'm quite lucky in the fact...

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