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  1. T

    Is my light socket safe for a diy wood kiln?

    Good morning everyone, I need help determining safety / use of my light socket for use in a refridgerator wood bowl kiln. Im a wood turner and I need a quicker turn around time on my pieces so I built two kilns each powered by a 40w incandescent light bulb. The ambience will be humid and the...
  2. T

    Is what I've done any good/safe?

    Hi everyone, I've come here as a DIYer asking for professional advice/opinion. I have an 8.5KW shower on a 6mm cable and a 40amp MCB. The shower works fine........for about 8 minutes! It invariably trips out. Sometimes it lasts 6 minutes, sometimes it lasts 10. I was considering changing the...
  3. E

    UK I can see the internal cables, is this safe?

    Hi. I’m a non-electrician looking for some guidance. I hope you can help. My mum has had two new down lights installed in the bathroom. I’m also putting insulation around and over the lights. I’ve got a down light protector for each light but I have a question about the wiring. Firstly, in...
  4. G

    Safe isolation AM2

    Hi all, Recently carried out my AM2 exam but failed on safe isolation (single circuits) & fault finding. The weird thing is I only failed one out of 3 on the safe isolation so not sure what I done differently. I’ve got my Resit booked and just wanted to ensure that I’d be doing it the correct...
  5. D

    Is This Safe or Dangerous?

    Hello Everyone, New here and know nothing about electrics. Our landlord sent an electrician to do an electrical test and now nobody in the flat dare have a bath! I've grown up knowing that water and electrics do not mix well. We were surprised to find after the electric test had been done, it...
  6. J

    Is this safe / sensible?

    Just had my house rewired. There are a bundle of wires behind the oven, is it safe to have them exposed like this? My worry is that the adjacent socket (used for a fitted fridge) is very difficult to reach and someone might hurt themselves trying to unplug it if the fuse ever goes. This...
  7. Charlie_

    Safe Selection of Devices

    Charlie_ submitted a new resource: Safe Selection of Devices - BEAMA Read more about this resource...
  8. H

    Induction Hob - Safe to use existing cooker circuit

    Hello Forum, I need to replace the hob in the kitchen as it is faulty. I would like to be able to use an induction hob, so I need to make sure that the wiring and mcb on the cooker circuit is the right specification. The combination Oven (1 small / 1 Large ) has a Max load of 4.1Kw. The...
  9. Sparked Out

    Spur off a spur.... make safe with 16A MCB from ring?

    Just recently has some work done on a conservatory, and in the process discovered that the 2 double sockets are not part of a ring main... looks like one is a spur off the back of a ring socket in the main house, and the second is a spur off of that :eek: So, question is, if I replace the ring...
  10. O

    Need some advice on safe wires?

    Can anyone tell me whether these wires are suitable for a non experienced individual to be near or exposed too if they have no knowledge. We were told by our landlord to access the thermostat shown but the wires surrounding it are live and need insulating (nothing about insulating wires was...
  11. A

    House rewired - Is this safe?

    Good morning, Hope this is in the correct place and would really appreciate some advice. I had the house fully rewired in October 2017. No problems since. The electric switch for the cooker started making violent crackling sounds yesterday and the cooker is now unresponsive and I obviously...
  12. M

    Knows my stuff...its safe because it works

    Come across in an eicr today...amongst other destroy it yourself jobs... And when i ripped it out.... " Its safe cause it works mate i know what im doing"..... Ok...
  13. Y

    RCBO on TT earthing is it safe

    Is it safe to use single pole RCBOs on a TT earthing system without an rcd and just a double pole breaker? What would the max allowable earth resistance be to cut out a earth to neutral fault?
  14. Mojo

    Hello! Decorator takes on (all the safe bits of) rewiring his garage

    Hello, I don’t usually introduce myself in forums, but just fancied it here. I’m not a trainee (though I’m considering it), I’m a 45 year old decorator who has a garage without power, so in conjunction with an electrician friend, I’m studying and researching how to wire it. NOT connecting to...
  15. Loki

    Shower Isolator yes or no as safe isolation

    Hi, Just want to get some clarification on something for my NVQ portfolio. I have changed a shower & done the testing etc & have written this up for my portfolio. In my write up, I said I safely isolated the shower supply via the shower isolator switch which was located in the bathroom next to...
  16. D

    Do you think this is safe?

    I am planing on doing the following can anyone confirm if its safe I'm going to install a ring door bell pro. It needs 16-24vac to run and comes with a 16-24vad din rail transformer. This is just no practical for me to use the din transformer souktion because the existing doorbell cable for...
  17. telectrix

    Splitting Load. Is it safe?

    Micro brewery... Brewing Vat has 2 elements, 9kW and 6kW. Done the calcs and each element will be fed with 6.0mm XLPE. no problem.My query is would it be safe and compliant to split the 2 elements across 2 phases in order to balance better. Can't see a reg.preventing this, but something nags...
  18. M

    Are LED Light Bulbs Safe?

    We are steadily replacing old incadescent, CFL and halogen bulbs in our house with LED bulbs. They tend to be the 2700k for the warm colour. We tried the daylight colour ones but they were too bright. From my standard grade physics I know that LEDs are low powered devices that need direct...
  19. Adam_92

    Safe isolation question? For three phase

    hi, I’m wondering if there is a safe isolation sequence obviously first steps are: Ask to isolate Lock off and put up signs keep key safe Then prove leads working on proving unit Do the 10 steps- (do you have to do these in an exact order?) some tell me no and some people say yes Back on...
  20. D

    Is this NICIEC extractor fan installation safe?

    Hi, Quick Q from a newbie. I had a NICIEC registered electrician install an isolation switch and extractor fan in my downstairs bathroom. I’m now replacing one of the down lights and found what is a surprising mess of wires in the false ceiling, all joined together with a terminal block (centre...

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