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  1. Peter Monfort

    Ring final circuit question

    When you do the continuity test on a ring final circuit and you have to connect L1 to N2 and vice versa, this assumes you know which L cable is the incoming or outgoing. I understand that if you connect L1 to N1 and vice versa the ohm readings rise then fall as you go round the ring circuit...
  2. W

    Switch Polarity Question.

    During fault finding I came across a switch wire and a perm wire connected the wrong way would this still be known as reversed polarity ? As the connections are reversed?
  3. Hilldog

    AM2 help

    I've sat my am2 today and got to finish it off tomorrow morning. There's a couple of things niggling me so i was hoping someone might be able to help. 1) 2 way and intermediate lighting: I've put brown tape round the strappers (black & grey) but do I need to put brown tape round the common...
  4. G

    broken core work round, help please

    Hi gents, advice please new conversion, in bedroom newly decorated hi wiring was carried out about 4 years ago but this part of the house has just been finished. we have two 5A sockets for table lamps either side of where the bed will be. also have to wire in/connect the wiring for 2-way...
  5. H

    Customers not paying in full!!!

    I've had some trouble receiving full payment from a customer. I'm guessing many of you may have had issues like this before, if so, what's the best way to approach the situation? Feel like going round there and removing cables! Any help would be appreciated.
  6. HappyHippyDad

    Wheres the little round green tick gone?

    As in the title! Anyone know where it's gone? I'm talking about the small green tick that was next to a thread if you had written a post on it. I found it really useful to quickly see where the thread was that I had been writing on..
  7. F

    Unable to access any (but can see) of the round type screw terminal joint boxes EICR

    Unable to access any(but can see most) of the round type screw terminal joint boxes. Hello, I carried out anEICR last week, and the entire house is filled with SELV recessed downlighting. All of the (78fittings) have been skimmed around/over at some point, and the(dangeling) round type...
  8. D

    Hello from an all round newbie

    Hi. I was browsing for some information about ring mains when I came across this forum. I then spent the next hour (in an open office) giggling away to myself while reading some of the hilarity posted on this excellent forum. I am from a forces background and was delighted to find a sense of...
  9. telectrix

    a fault for trainees to get their heads round

    this is a real life fault i came up against. without over-complicating the issue of the site, i'll try to explain just the electrical side. OK. 10mm SWA 3 core feed to a wiska box. no RCD protection. from the wiska box there are 2 6mm 3 core SWA branches.lets call them 1 and 2. with minimal...
  10. S

    How Do I Get Round This?

    1960's bungalow, cavity wall insulation, 8" loft insulation, good boiler controls, 87% efficiency rating for boiler, low energy lighting - walk in the park for EPC ..... NOT. It's lpg and no matter what our EPC guy does we can't get it up to a D rating, without replacing the boiler for oil...
  11. M

    multiple round pin sockets on single light switch

    Hi, Just about to start refiiting kitchen. Going to install interlinked plinth lights in three areas. Is it acceptable to effectively create a radial circuit of 5a round pin sockets from the switched live feed of a light switch? Thanks Matthew
  12. stef

    Safety Circuits Round two

    Afternoon Ladies and Gents, Due to another accident overseas all ongoing and planned projects on site need to have failsafe tamperproof safety contactors in the safety circuit. Great.:bulb2: Probably retrofit as well, knowing my luck. I have come across Allen Bradley, they also do the safety...
  13. HappyHippyDad

    2 core flex.. round or flat?

    I know this is a ridiculous thread but I cant find out the difference between round and flat 2 core flex! They both have exactly the same spec and I need to know these things!! I'm using it to extend the circuit for some bell chimes as volt drop is too great for bell wire but..... flat or...
  14. T

    Fluorescent light = tv flicker = sad faces all round.

    Hi gang! I have a customer who has asked me why his TV flickers on and off when the bathroom fluorescent light is turn off or on. Any ideas? and no I didn't install it lol Thanks in advance, Ty.
  15. B

    How to get round stud wall insulation so its not ref method 103???

    Hi people. ... New extension install, and the studs will be packed with 140mm of celotex! How would it stand if a 50mm gap was chased in the celotex all round the cable so as not to de-rate it ridiculously. (2.5mm ring circuits). Whats the standard procedure here...upsize the cable? Thanks in...
  16. D

    Garage installation

    Hi I was
  17. B

    Replacement small round transformer

    Anyone know where I can find really small round transformers to fit in the back of wall lights. To power 3x 12v 10w capsule halogens Can't find them anywhere!
  18. L

    Whtie Round Pin 5A Trailing Sockets - do they exist?!?!

    Afternoon Folks, I wonder If somebody could help me trace a product I had assumed would have been easy enough to source.... As the title suggests, it is basically a white version of this -...
  19. sythai

    LED lighting layout... colour varaitions

    Evening All.... Just planning the next stage on a job I have on the go at present. Bungalow with a lot of the internal walls being removed to open plan it all. The area I'm getting my head round at the mo is the downlight plan.... they want the bliming things everywhere :sad_smile: Will be...
  20. M

    Rcd testing main board supply tripping befroe the sub board how do i get round it ?

    was testing portakabin DB today but when dong the RCD trip it keeps taking the RCD supplying the portakabin how do i get around thanks before hand

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