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    Wiring lights in singles.

    Hi folks. when wiring lights in singles does your earth and neutral have to take a specific path or does it just need to be at each fitting. For example 1 circuit feeding 3 PIRS and each PIR feeding 5 fittings. Would you A- take a LNE to each PIR then take a separate a SW/L NE to the...
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    sheathed singles and earth

    Anybody use sheathed singles and earth for domestic anymore got given 100m of brand new brown and blue 1.5s both with cpcs. Used it on board change for when you have a borrowed neutral on landing and run a neutral from new cu. Though about using it domesticly for 2 plate wiring for outside...
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    1mm2 singles?!?

    Just a quick question, can you still get 1mm2 singles. Am doing the 2396 project at the moment and my calcs are pointing me to 1mm2, but i can't find a manufacturer's website that says they still make it. Am a little bit in need of help, Cheers!
  4. uksparks

    Double Insulated Singles

    Hi, Does anyone know where I can get double insulated singles by the meter, not drum. Its only to run from a time switch to a contactor to pull it on, but have nothing less than 16mm and struggling to find any, have tried Edmunsons and they only go down to 16mm, CEF cant help, Neweys have a...
  5. uksparks

    Stranded Singles in Consumer Unit

    Hi, Just a quick one, got a board change next week and am going to extend everything using an enclosure and din rail etc, normally i just use twin and earth to extend it all but this one as it buts right up against it I was thinking about using singles. My question is, at what point would you...
  6. kkkkk

    High continuity resistance on ring final circuit

    Hi peeps I have continuity measurements on a ring final circuit of: L/L 1.4, N/N 0.78, E/E 1.7 Loose connections somewhere? There is a new CU with RCD. Insulation resistance measurements are good. There is a boiler added into the circuit as a spur. Any suggestions or comments? THANKS!! :) :) :)
  7. T

    300 mm singles

    My old arthritic hands can't take it today , pint or ten required
  8. SJD

    How to change from conduit to T&E in celing void

    Scenario: In an old house, the main fuse board is next to the supply intake, which feeds sockets, cooker, immersion. For the lighting, there is a separate sub-board in the centre of the house, fed by a 2.5mm T&E distribution circuit from the main board. This 4-way sub-board is antique, cast...
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    1 switch, 2 fluorescent fittings in shed

    Just a quick one. And I right in thinking I would take N/E from CU in shed to first fitting, take L from CU (with an E from fitting) all the way to switch, run switch L back to fitting and then just Dasiy L/N/E to next fitting? not a lot of info on the web and didn't cover fluorescent fittings...
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    pir's, switches in two separate rooms wired in singles

    Wiring in singles! working in a commercial building, I have 2 separate rooms and a corridor to wire, the 2 rooms both have light switches and pir's, the same as the corridor. I know how to wire light switches, feed from d/b down to switch, s/l up to pir, then i can wire my lights. How do i...
  11. R

    6491 singles. East Manchester.

    I am selling the following. All bought today, I've used just over 6 meters from each roll. £60 the lot collected from East Manchester or Glossop area. I can give you a VAT invoice that I was given when I bought it for £90 inc. Prysmian 6491X PVC Singles, all 98.3 meters: 1.5mm Black 1.5mm...
  12. Floody

    Lighting - wiring to switch FIRST

    Hi guys, Tonight in college I was told that part of our end of year assessment will require us to wire 2 independent lights in singles, but wiring to the switch first. I'd like to know how this is done? Firstly if it can be broken down to 1 light first, and then the second light and switch...
  13. the pict

    Tri phase board out singles in

    I am doing commercial refurb at the mo, everything is supplied from an old Memshield 3 phase board, the landlord wants the various spaces metered so he can bill the tenants separatly, at present he is just adding a flat rate to the rent, I have no issues with how to go about it however one unit...
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    t & e in 20mm conduit

    hi all first time i have posted, great site and lots of info cheers putting in for my assesment shortly with elecsa doing a c/u change and putting sockets and lights into attached garage,my preffered method would of been to use 20mm conduit its a pretty big garage but they only want 2 double...
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    Singles in a partition

    Hi Guys, I'm a bit rusty but I've just seen single cables installed in a stud partition used for sockets etc. I've never seen this done before but can someone confirm if this is ok? I seem to remember that they should be double insulated (T&E) or single + mechainical such as conduit/trunking...
  16. Jimmy Boy

    Singles test equipment

    Prior to the 17th and the purchase of the 1553 I was using Kew tech singles all good hardly used mint, problem ? = no soft test on the Zs other gear all good, any interest ? how much should I part them out for ? J
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    Coloured, double insulated singles...

    Has anyone ever come across them? Initially, I was convinced that someone had wired the lighting in this house in SINGLES twisted perfectly together. However on further investigation, it turned out to be coloured, double insulated singles. It looks horendous in the attic, but they tested out...
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    Rewire with no cpc on lighting circuit???????

    Morning all been ask to change some light fittings & switch's in a bungalow as the lady said it had just been rewired by the local council and she would like some nice chrome fittings. But the lighting circuit has been done in d/insulated singles with no cpc. The power circuits are done in t+e...
  19. P

    16mm earth singles, 100 meters. £75 derby.

    As the title says, this was left over from a job so grab a bargain, collection from derby.
  20. B

    T&E in mini trunking

    Iv just been to look at a job in a cafe, the customer needs a cooker circuit and a radial adding the the installation, the 3 phase D-board is in the same room as where the two extra circuits will be. All the circuits tht are already in this room, radial for boiler and radial sockets feeding...

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