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    Ring floodlight

    Hi guys Got a little dilemma. Customer has 3 up and down wall lights in back garden, one either side of the extension and one centre. All three switch on from wall light inside the house. They've asked if I could swap the centre light with a ring floodlight camera. Upon checking...
  2. P

    Ring or Radial?

    Hi, I've recently had a storage heater installed. This was installed in a location that didn't have an off-peak supply. After some investigation, the electrician moved some wires in the fuse box, to make one of the plugs an off-peak supply. However, this has now impacted: 1 x towel heater in...
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    CPC low R2 continuity reading ring final

    Hi, I've just been testing a ring final before installing an outdoor socket and I got an R1 and rn of 0.6, but instead of 1.01 for R2 I got a range of readings from 0.1 to 0.51 and it wouldn't settle down, so I couldn't continue the tests. I know parallel paths could cause a low reading, but...
  4. T

    UK Is this ok to extend a ring main?

    I have had a new boiler fitted yesterday but the supply to the boiler has moved. The boiler is currently on a normal 3 pin plug plugged into a socket. What I want to do is have it wired into a fused spur. But in the future I want to run armoured cable to my shed off another fused spur on the...
  5. M

    LED Recessed Downlight with dim "ring" around the edge

    i walked a model home yesterday and it had been fitted with can lights that had a typical downlight, but the standard downlight trim would also emit a soft glow around the edge as an option as well. Basically the light switch toggled between those options: Downlight on, dim edge glowing only...
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    Extension of ring final circuit

    Hi there all, I have a property and I have noticed the following wiring (please see below) in one of the rooms in the house. It looks like the ring circuit has been extended. A single 2.5mm Twin + Earth cable (in red) is providing power from the consumer unit which feeds a chain of electrical...
  7. K

    Can ring circuit be bigger than 32A with bigger cable size??

    Hi everyone my questions is regarding a ring circuit wired in 2.5mm standard twin n earth with 32A MCB however my question is hypothetical if there are 2 laundry and 2 lets say tumblers so load is not suitable for the circuit and you want to upgrade but there is no space in consumer unit to...
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    Help tracing ring main in singles

    Hi I’m after some advice please. I’m on a job where there’s a junction box with ring main wired in singles through 50x50 galv trunking. I need to break into this ring for my additional sockets but need to identify which of the cables are incoming and outgoing ones!? I can’t follow cable in...
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    UK Ring running from fused socket

    Hi all, Hoping you can help. My house has a ring in the kitchen that is no longer wired direct to the consumer unit as it had a fault and kept blowing. It was believed that it might be an 'open ring' and a socket had been removed from the ring at some time in the past. (I think that was what...
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    Extending Ring

    Hi, Newbie here and DIY homeowner looking for advice. I found a spur in our house with 5 double sockets on. Ideally I would like to keep the sockets, so am thinking about incorporating it into the ring by bringing the cable back from the end of the spur in to the next socket on the ring. It...
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    Ring Doorbell Wired

    Hey guys, I recently bought and installed a Ring Doorbell Wired. I followed the instructions and installed it into my existing doorbell wiring. Just a few days later I realized that it was “Offline”. There haven’t been any power outages, the wifi and pw are unchanged. So I ran through the...
  12. O

    Freezer causes audible clicks on audio amplifier, but only when on same ring

    Hi - my 1 year old table top freezer causes audible clicks on my (good quality) audio equipment every 15-30 minutes as it turns on/off. What is particularly surprising to me is that the clicks only happen when the freezer and audio are on the same mains ring. I have monitored the output of the...
  13. V

    EICR - No Line or CPC Continuity on Ring

    Here's one I wasn't expecting on an EICR. Recently rewired and renovated 2-bed property (2015ish). Having an EICR as a new tenant to move in soon. No reported problems. I expected to be in and out in about 3-4 hours to be honest, and as expected I found nothing wrong until I began my ring final...
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    UK Grid / Minigrid wiring to an unswitched socket for kitchen appliances.

    Okay, so, I’m currently working towards becoming an electrician and was after some guidance for a job that I’m working on. The property (a small flat) has a few circuits on RCBOs. 1 Ring (kitchen) 1 Radial Sockets 1 Internal Lighting 1 External Lighting The owner occupier is replacing their...
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    32 amp cooker switch on ring main?

    Hi everyone, so ive got a new oven to install this one is rated at 16 amps, old one was 13 amps on a plug and socket to ring main. My question is can i install a 32amp double pole switch on the ring main then feed 4mm flex to the oven? Is there anything in the regs that prevents this? Thanks for...
  16. S

    Charging / powering my Ring Pro doorbell with a M&S MC602 intercom

    Hello Need guidance powering / charging a RING Pro video doorbell. Have an old home intercom system M&S MC602 (its powered by TE-5B transformer120v input). I have the exact setup as this thread. https://www.doityourself.com/forum/h...om-system.html My apologies in advance I'm very green when...
  17. M

    Extending ring to outhouse?

    Hi all back again needing more advice. I've included some photos. Basically customer has asked me to supply and wire outhouse. Unfortunately as consumer unit is at front of house there's no real possibility of supplying on own circuit. The outhouse will have about 3 x double sockets and couple...
  18. S

    Moving socket on ring

    Hi all, Moving a socket on a ring 30cm sideways. Depending on how the cables come in, was going to through crimp the t & e, heat shrink over it and put it in some capping/oval conduit, bury in wall and then plaster over. This sound acceptable? Cheers
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    UK Commercial Ring Main

    Hi All Need some advice please I have a site meeting this week on an installation on a site that I am responsible for routine maintenace An installation was carried out by a company hired by our client without any input from the company I am employed by I am seeking advice from forum members...
  20. timhoward

    Insulation resistance difference both ends of ring final cct

    Initial fault was RCD tripping, narrowed down to a ring final cct. IR tests on that cct with all loads removed were showing almost zero between neutral and cpc. So I broke the ring apart and eventually found the nail through a cable, and got that all sorted. Now its testing ok in as much as...

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