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doing an EICR in a flat that is supplied in 6mm cable, on a 100amp main fuse. C2
is it up to the landlord to contact the electricity supplier to upgrade this?
Hi guys new to this website just a quick question as it has been a while I have a small 6 way distribution board this only becomes live via a time clock supply wired into it I'm going to be testing this board with a IR dead test on each circuit just to make sure according to guidance note 3 & on...
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I'm hoping that someone can help.
I am adapting some circuits which are supplied via an in line ups. At present, the ups supplies a 72 way db and the final circuits are supplied from the DB. This is a laboratory research environment and it is expensive (about £20k a time) when they...
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I recently started PAT testing for a local charity shop,
At the weekend i came across a pair of strainers supplied with a europlug adapter
If the plug had been the type where the euro lead had a screw and the europlug was secure i probably would have though no more...
I have a query. 4 distribution boards, each fed by 25mm2 double insulated tails (approx 30m away) in a roof void. Only 1 16mm2 earthing conductor for all 4 submains. The earthing conductor is then connected at the first board and looped to the other three boards. Is this acceptable? I thought BS...
Hello all, I’ve been asked a question which is puzzling afew people, so I’m trying to get a definitive answer.
An organisation who I do some testing for is fittinginverters in vehicles so that laptops can be used. The inverters are wired intothe vehicles 12v system and a cable is plugged into...
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i was carrying out a small job on a ring main (re-fix a socket to a wall nothing major), and noticed that the ring was being supplied from more than one circuit breaker a long with the other ring main in the flat. Obviously i rectified the job as...
Looking into a site today, just changing an isolator, i found multiple motors are supplied via a 27 core SWA cable.
The motors are only 1-3kw and are supplied as follows...
Main panel ---(27core SWA)----JB----(7core SWA)----Motor
The 7 core includes an isolator signal for control purposes.
I...
Why do manufacturers supply there ground lights with flex, with no way of connecting an armoured gland to the bottom, I'm on about the garden uplights on a spike, and following is running flexible plastic conduit a fair way of protecting the (will get burried) cables also with an RCD
Many...
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We have recently supplied a new installation for a customer of ours in an extended industrial unit. It was gutted and installed from scratch.
There is a transformer in the main sub room that feeds some really old switch-gear with a main incoming switch with 4 outgoing cubicles. We have used...
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Come across some high level lighting that is supplied via 13A plug and sockets on trunking. It's wired in 1.5 singles with a 15A 3036 and each light has a 3A fuse in the plug. Although the protective device is over-rated, is the plug and socket arrangement acceptable? The sockets are...
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had to do an EICR today for a job on which the installer hadn't certified.
Everything was okay but I didn't know what code to give for the following;
the immersion was supplied via off peak supply on its own circuit but the top element was supplied via the ring main? I remember...
I'm working on a property with a tncs supply which has the dno cut out in an outbuilding about 20 metres away from the house. They have had a boiler installed in said outbuilding which is connected from the main house via some swa for electrical controls and insulated pvc pipe for the...
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Where's the best supplier for a bosch l box for my 14.4v li ion that firm just supplied but no case... Or you guys might know of a better solution? First time ever I have had a drill that didn't come with a case
Unbelievable!!! Last week, bathroom refurb, the shower was removed an 8.5kw mira, it had been supplied from the pullcord in 2.5mm t&e, there was no thermal damage to the cable. The customer says it was there when they moved in, 8 years ago. I cannot believe it has not caught fire & there was no...
Hi all, well after passing my 2391 I'm looking at buying a Megger MFT 1720 or 1730. I can't decided which one to get.
I like the idea of downloading results with the 1730 but is it really worth the extra money or should I just go for the 1720.
What's people thoughts or experience with either...
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Noticed on a job today ...
Domestic house which had been converted from two separate dwellings knocked into one.
It still has 2 x CU's and 2 x Meters. about 4 metres apart.
I've got a bad feeling ......
2 x supplies ... 415volts!
I've not come across this before and I'm not sure...
Went to look at a job this morning - additional socket in free standing garage.
The supply is fed from FCU in kitchen via a 2 core Hituff cable. There is a separate earth (10mm) that appears to be
TT'd at the garage, but without digging it up - i can't verify the termination. The Zs is 19.5...
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The normal PME etc query i see on the forum relates to the farm buildings supplied from the house where the house runs on PME and the farm on TT with local earth rods.
In this case, the supply is terminated to the the farm which has a PME supply, should the farm CU & final loads be...
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Went to fit a new oven for a friend of mine where the old one was connected to a cooker connection unit which also supplied to induction electric hob. This is fed by a cooker switch in 6mm on a 40a mcb.
Now the oven is supplied with a kettle lead and says its 1.5mm on the cable, i...
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