Had a callout there to a shop. Outside lights tripping the main rcd. One of the son lamps was causing it. Replaced it and seems fine now. Done an ir test between live and neutral to earth and got a reading of >999. Bad set up cause if one circuit has a fault it takes out the whole shop not good...
The present situation. Main Supply service head 3 phase + N 100amp located and terminates within basement of shop premises.
this service presently supplies 1 consumer unit via electric meter serving shop only, mounted in the basement.
The upper three floors presently have no electricity as they...
Hi there, I'm no qualified electrician so if I can get some terms wrong don't shoot me down lol.
I have two sunbeds running onto one seperate box (CGD 7 WAY 100 AMP CONSUMER UNIT - QFS-MB7), each sunbed running on there own breaker in the unit.. RCBO B50 30Ma. I have recently gotten really busy...
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I am looking for an electrician to perform an EICR on a small shop with flat above in Bristol city center. There are also some minor works to be carried out, splitting the submain for the flat from the shop CU and installing check meters. It is a small single phase supply.
Anyone interested...
Was wandering round local hardware shop while Mrs Robo was getting some keys cut and had a look at the electrical section. Looked at the helpful labeling like 2.5mm² T&E "for use on ring mains" etc., when I saw some red & black singles marked "not for mains voltage" had a look at the side of the...
Hi All
have customer that i work for on a regular bassis doing electrical works, last year we got costs to upgrade our supply
to property due to expansion of works. going from 25kva trans to 50kva trans moving our supply to new location.
whilst undertaking this work i am to upgrade the...
need to supply new 8.5kw shower in dog grooming shop. from 4way whylex d/b which has no
spare outlets...any ideas of best way to provide this...maybe off a seperate rcd/switch?:crazy: only didnt want expense of changing board... but may have to if no alternative. regards.
Evening Gents I'm after a bit of information regarding a new pizza chain delivery outlet kitchen area and coldroom supplies I've known about for sometime, but has been delayed and now they want it done at...
Hi guys, I am slightly puzzled about this, if a commercial ground floor shop is to get rewired using a single phase consumer unit and it has a three phase supply but only one phase is supplying the shop and the other 2 phases are supplying different property's upstairs not belonging to the shop...
The fittings operate from a time clock, some work some don't. Am I correct in thinking that these fittings don't have a starter nor a ballast? Does the time clock provide ballast in the circuit?
Does anyone have any experience with these sorts of fittings?
There is 240v going into the fittings...
Hi All,
We had our recent MCS assessment and got a few non-coms for lack of the appropriate documents/current versions despite using most of them for the last three years.
Was wondering if anyone would like to offload any of the following to partially recoup your investment in them? PM me if...
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went to the shops for lunch, ummed and arr'd what to have but went to chip shop, brief conversation ensued and the bloke running the shop said 'I have two switches and I want the swapped, can you do that?'
I had a look and they are the controls for his deep fat fryers.
They look...
Can anyone recommend a digital timer to replace a light switch for a outdoor shop sign. There is L+N+E at the switch and it would be easy to fit a timer directly on the back box. BQ do one, but it does not look too clever.
If not I will replace back box and switch. Most of the timers seem to be...
Hi Guys just after a bit of advice. My first fairly big job. I've got a shop and four flats above to wire. The customer wants no gas at all so everything has to be electric. The supply is single phase on a 100amp 1361 fuse. The shop and all four flats are to have there own consumer units. I'm...
Hey all, new to this so be gentle.
Recently looked at someone's house and flat electrical set up due to them wanting some work done.
The owner said he gets 2 seperate bills (one for house, one for shop) as there are 2 different DBS (again, one for house, one for shop)
However, when looking I...
Hi Guy, I had a call yesterday to a shop being turned into a minimark, they wanted me to relocate the light switch which I did, but after looking at the rest of the property I noticed the ring main and the back of house lights was wired with 2mm bell cable! I told the owner it need to be rewired...
Hi ereryone in advance.
I've been called to a shop in a petrol station on Saturday, it is a job referral from a trades friend, he told me that the council had had the electrical supply cut off, due to no certification and that the power was running on a generator at the moment, as the petrol...
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