Hi to all
My plug sockets upstairs are supposed to be on a ring main, I have continuity from the fuse board to all seven sockets but the final leg back to the fuse board has no continuity on the live wire. It's possible that it has been like this for years and that the circuit has always been...
Hi all have a job to quote to sort out kitchen is wired in a radial circuit spured of a ring spur of a spur can acess the 2 legs in a loft abov ekitchen but the only way back to the board is outside was going to clip 1 swa 10mm 3 core along wall back to board with 32 rcbo and conect both legs of...
Hi There,
I am currently wiring a car body repair workshop.
The owner doesnt want transformers everywhere and has asked me to lookinto 10 x 110v twin points around the workshop running from one transformer.
I have looked into it and was just checking whether to wire the circuit in 4.00m...
Hi, I wonder if anybody can help me please.
Years ago I passes my city & guilds in 16th edition and have re wired many properties before I passed and since i passed, but none since part P regs was introduced.
Im very competent and know exactly what im doing so there is no issue there and im not...
First of all i would like to say Hi to you all.
Im doing some research for a course and need to understand about ring main in insulation.
I understand that because of the insulation it degrades the rating of the cable, so how do you overcome this ? i keep seeing about regulations and things...
hi all i want to know if its possible to obtain r1 and rn and r2 results by calculation by only having the R2 reading and zs reading
i am unsure if this is possible any pointers would be great for a ring main circuit, i can judge the approximate length if this is a required factor
What readings would expect for the wandering lead method whilst testing from the consumer unit to the sockets, would you expect in the region of less than 0.10 ohm?
Called to a ring main fault. Customer has had some work done about 3/4 months ago. Have not yet found the fault but noticed on inspection 3 of these ring main extensions. What do you think. 15amp thru crimps!!
Just some advice needed with regards to a few items permanently connected in a kitchen circuit.
Ring main circuit in a kitchen so will include a few double sockets, plus the following:
Extractor hood, Washing machine, Tumble dryer and Dishwasher.
Whats the best way to have the above items...
I don`t do any EICR reports in my normal working days activities but i have recently had a look at a friends property as he is selling it and i have found that his integrated oven is supplied from his kitchen ring main from a FCU.
It has been like this for many years and there is no signs of...
Hello everyone, I'm just looking for advice on a ring main fault, I'll try and keep the scenario short so as not to bore you al....
I was asked to attend this fault at an on going job our firm our firm is doing (I wasn't involved from the start) The existing kitchen ring had been broken into to...
OK all heres the scenario fitting new cu in a house its on old 3036 type no rcds in sight . anyway testing reveles no ring curcuit one 2.5 supplys all sockets the other 2.5 in the same fuse holder supplys one socket upstairs in corner bedroom ? took socket off has 2 live & 2 neutral black/red...
It's obviously not good practice, but is there a specific reg prohibiting a 4mm from the board to a remote rcd a few metres away, & then a 2.5mm ring from the rcd, round the sockets then back to the rcd. I've come across it on a PIR, and unsure whether to pull it up or not.
Thanks
Andy
Now then, oh beautiful people who know more about electricity than me.
Here's my problem.
The mains for the down stairs sockets is tripping the mains earth trip. The consumer unit isn't tripping. On the dwnsocks ring (which has tripped a million times in it's life) there are 5 double outlets...
Hi, i have a fault on my lounge ring main, it works fine but failed the tests, i have discovered a cable passing through the back of one of the sockets has been cut which was part of the ring, what i need to know is how should this be correctly reconnected, there is enough cable to crimp or run...
I have been asked to carry out intial testing and inspection of a large, new commercial project and have came across a ring main wired in twin + cpc 1.5mm cable, which serves two 2kW panel heaters. The cables are clipped direct for part of the run and for the remainder they are within an...
Evening all I was just wondering if anyone can tell me the procedure or a good method for extending a ring main wire in singles the trunking the conduit comes from is innaccessible due to height so I need to thru crimp at outlet one set L,N AND E and connect the other only problem is how can i...
Hello,
This is the start of the silly questions that I will be asking!
I'll be starting my domestic installers course in february and have lots of questions. Some will sound silly but at least I will learn.
Why does the ring main run from and back to the consumer unit, whereas the lighting...
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