Hi all,
A local restaurant has been having problems with intermittent tripping of RCBO supplying a metal shipping container which they use for storing frozen food etc. I've identified the fault which I won't go into as it's not really relevant.
The system is TT, & currently there is 4mm SWA...
hi all today I was asked by a customer to reinstate power to a office unit that was previously disconnected when a new incoming db was fitted (units were vacant and they were unsure if they would be developed or not)..the existing db is an old wylex with rewireables ...no rcd....after a look...
Asked to upgrade a fuse box, which supplies a domestic dwelling in a Pub.
3-phase supply, and one of the phases supplies the flat on its own meter (The other 2 phases supply the pub)
At the moment the meter tails go to an old switched disconnector and then 6mm T&E supplies the consumer unit...
Hi - Newbie here with a technical question. Not looking to perform the work myself unless it's 'cast iron' not notifiable.
Situation: I have a new build property (completed Nov 2012) with an attached double garage. Power to the garage is currently via a modern CU - 2.5mm TE to a double domestic...
Predominantly Commercial spark but started doing domestic for my sins.Can anyone clarify for me.
I have a client that had a garage supply wired in Micc. It was spured from the upstairs ring under the floor in a through box/ (not via a fused spur). To cut a long story short pitchforks and micc...
I've just been testing a block of flats where the main water supply is plastic and goes through the block in plastic pipe, the issue is that all the flats are then fed via a meter and copper pipework. Should there be a main bond to the closest copper pipework to the main water intake and this...
I have been asked to do a consumer unit change on a park home, 2x30amp 1x15amp 1x5amp, the supply form the meter is only 6mm, I am aware there are different regs in regards to theses installation. 6mm seems undersized, Is this acceptable?
I'm carrying out an EICR to a machine shop ( they make machine guns!). One machine is a sciaky P282 hot riveter. This starts out as a 3 phase, neutral & earth set up at the DB; then terminates in a rotary isolator 30 metres away where it changes to what I assumed was a single phase supply. This...
I've been asked to do some minor alterations to an out house which is supplied from CU in main house. Now the new CU in outhouse has RCD protected circuits but the supply from main house is not RCD protected. The cable is a 20m run in hightuf clipped to outside wall clearly visible. Should I put...
Hi just looking for advice, just been asked if i can wire generator to log cabin.The set up is going to be the only power, there is no other power source to the cabin
there will be 3 double sockets and 2 lights they will just start generator up when they need power i have never done one of these...
Hello All,
Just looking for a little bit of advice/ opinion as I am a bit undecided as how to complete a job in my own house. Looking at putting power supply into new garage running 4mm T & E from consumer unit up in a void, under bedroom floor to adaptable box on outside wall then changing to...
Hi, after a bit of advice, i need to install a supply to a shed at the far end of a garden. There is to be a small consumer unit in the shed, feeding a couple of sockets and a 2 lights. The existing system is PME and the existing fuseboard has an upfront 30ma rcd, (use to be TT a few years...
Need to supply a cable for a garage extension,
'Plumber' has proposed 2 x 10mm T+E in 100mm ducting along with a water pipe, with no CU at the garage.
This will eventually be marketed as an annex which will include but no limited to, 1 shower (power unspecified), 1 electric water heater...
Hi Guys,
Looking for a little advise regarding installation of new supply to feed a communal shower block at a local Girl Guides Camp.
The owners have just had the supply upgraded from single phase to 3 phase on my advise as their new power requirements are now much greater with the arrival of...
Hello all
Hopefully someone somewhere out there can offer me some help with an electrical headache! I am setting up a new campsite and need a new electrical connection. The site is approx 150m from the highway and next to a barn which has power to it.
It has been stated that the barn's power...
what is the best way to set up a generator to run a small number of appliances (freezer, till, light) on a temporary basis during a power outage.
generator is 2*16amp output, 240v.
thx
I have a job comming up where I need to run power from the house to an outbuilding into a new consumer unit and then from this building to another where there will be a smaller consumer unit. I have completed my calculations and the cable leaving the house will need to be 25mm and then 16mm on...
Ok, now before i get flamed this is proposed, i haven`t done this, i know its notifiable, etc etc. I am merely asking if this would be correct under the regulations which to my knowledge looking through them and into any de-rating factors, volt drop and any special consideration etc, And I can`t...
Would appreciate any advice taking power to a greenhouse. Greenhouse about 10 metres from house. Intended loads are lighting and sockets for 3 kw heater and propagator. Supply is TN-S. Run 3 core SWA from FCU off downstairs ring main (on RCD board) inside house with armour tied to earth at house...
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