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    Singles in conduit.

    I don't usually get involved with singles run in conduit but I'm wiring a workshop and the customer asked for conduit and singles, but he has asked me to do a couple of things which I'm not to sure off. 1. To save cable, instead of running cable down the socket drops and back up, and then...
  2. Doomed

    T&E / Singles

    Doing up a workshop with offices out the back. The supply is in the offices, as far as you can get from the workshop. There is now a change of use in the workshop, and there will be some quite hefty stuff moved around. In the workshop area all the current electrics are in T&E clipped direct...
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    Double Insulated Singles

    I am a qualified spark. I have encountered a scenario and something in my head tells me that it is a no no. I cant find the regulation documented anywhere. I am sure I read it last year and the lacking availability of double insulated 1.5mm singes would support my thoughts. This is a change...
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    100amp 3 Phase isolater blew up in my face today...

    So here's what happened....... Was in a main intake room for a school comprising several outbuildings, and in the process of upgrading the entire switch room. The installation was ancient, and had rows of switch fuses all unlabelled. Had to identify them for the upgrade so turned one off...
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    Volt Drop

    This is a 2391 question DURING THE COURSE OF AN INSPECTION ONE OF THE SINGLE PHASE RADIALS supplying an item of fixed equipment is to be checked for volt drop. 45A full load, 80m length, 10mm singles,70 degree thermo singles, steel conduit, mohms/m at 20 degrees=1.83(p166 OSG)...
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    Lighting circuit earth singles ?

    Priced a job today to fit some lights in a house, which looked about 20-30 yrs old. Noticed on the landing fitting when I pulled the existing fitting down, that there appeared to be 4 solid green coloured conductors terminated at the fitting. One was "twinned" with the switched live, the others...
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    Testing ring main with a spur

    Hi currently at college doing level 3 testing and inspection just a few questions if anyone can help For the Ring circuit it is all wired in 2.5 singles and has one spur off the the ring After doing end to end tests is the calculation r1/2 seen as though the cables are the same size? Also if...
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    3 Phase Motors

    hi i have to wire up a few 3hp 5A 3 phase motors and usually use a 3 core swa but is there an alternative cable to use apart from singles?? Thanks for your help in advance
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    Conduits, singles and concrete floors

    Evening all. Next door neighbours' son has just bought a house and I've just been down for a look at the electrics for him. The house is a 1950's terrace with concrete floors both upstairs and down! Chap wanted, amongst other things, a lot of surface mount switches and sockets sinking into the...
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    Rewiring conduit

    Hi I have been called to an old couples flat and they have metal conduit, they also have storage heating supplied in a radial from a wylex 30A fuse. It looks ike it is only 2.5mm singles, and as they have 3 off 1Kw and want to add a 3Kw to this. It seems to me that the wiring needs to be changed...
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    Pvc/Pvc singles in domestic situation...

    Is it okay to run a pvc/pvc neutral single without an earth, rcd protected in a lighting circuit???
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    p.v.c mini trunking and singles

    Evening all, can someone please settle a discussion i have been having recently with my supervisor. He says that although he would never do it, technically there is nothing wrong with running singles in pvc mini trunking. To me not only does it sound rough as hell, but I thought that because you...
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    Conduit

    Hi, What size and type of conduit would you use in a shop basement for a lighting and a socket outlet circuit. Both would be surface mount. Thanks. Nick
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    conduit singles to T&E

    Hi Folks I have 1.5 conduit singles running vertical from a bend in 20mm conduit to an angle box. the plan was to terminate from the angle box onto 1mm T&E. How can I support the weight of the singles without putting strain on the terminals? It's about two an a half meters from the bend to the...
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    Singles Cables

    I am currently doing some periodic inspection to domestic sheltered accommodations. We have found the lighting to be in singles were the the lives are wired with a combined cpc however the neutrals are wired in singles cable with no cpc. I would imagine this is a deviation from the regulations...
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    what size grips for 240 swa singles?

    Hi all, ive got a job comming up where i will be glanding alot of large swa's, most about 240 singles i think. what size grips do you think i will need? all ive got at the mo is bog standard 10" ones.
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    singles in conduit

    Hi,ALL Doing a conduit job in the week,, havent do one for a bit.. trying to brush up on the wiring of a light ciruits from c.u ... Whith singels i.e ..... wire from c.u to light first or to switch first and so on.. All help and advice welcom.. cheers
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    Singles in conduit

    Hi, Great site you have here guys. I`v being watching for a few months, and now have a question. In colege, they have told us that when wiring in steel conduit, all wiring is done in single core cables, as opposted to Twin+earth. Is there a reason for this? Would seem logical to me to use...

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