Hi all, I'm looking to shift the wiring of an exceptionally awkwardly placed old fuse board to a shiny new 18th ed compliant board a few metres away. As all the wiring will still have to come to the new board from the old location, literally at the back of a 2m deep cupboard and directly under...
Long story short - I'm moving a light fitting. Previously it was a pendant with the loop-in in it, this new light fitting doesn't have enough blocks inside (common scenario it seems), plus I'm moving it about a foot. So I need to take care of the loop-in before coming off it to the light...
I'm trying to wire up a new Logik oven and it has a non-standard terminal block, much smaller than that on the oven I just replaced and all the YouTube videos I could find. It looks like you just screw the electrical wires in directly. So, I guess I should remove the connectors and screw the...
Does anyone know where I can get an earth terminal block like this in the UK: https://www.leroymerlin.fr/v3/p/produits/repartiteur-de-terre-p-40-mm-michaud-e1401450424
I have a hot SWA Gland on a 11kV cable. The cable has a SWA Gland on each end. I was under the belief that this would create a current circuit. There is 3 trefols running in parallel.
Any suggestions
please help me. i have a denso amplifie 077100-4030 but i can't indentify its terminal(i want to make a/c similator for our students) please help me /thanks
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I'm installing grid module/euro faceplates in my property from the Click Deco range. One of the components I want to put in a 4 module double faceplate is an HDMI port. I've looked at the Click Deco range and the internal connector is the same as the external faceplate - HDMI. I need the...
Customer has this 110KW (converted to 55KW) motor powered via a generator.
They had a problem with the generator cutting out on startup showing overload fault.
Having investigated this issue, along with the motor overload having been bypassed!! (will be rectifying this!)
when I took the...
Here's an old accessory made to BS1363. You can connect it to a ring and plug 13A plugs into it. What is the fourth terminal for?
I've blanked off some text moulded into the bakelite so as not to give too many hints at first. Nothing else is hidden.
Western Power Distribution - Information for electrical installers - https://www.westernpower.co.uk/connections-landing/connections-useful-information/information-for-electrical-installers
I have been contacted today regards policy and methods regarding provision and maintenance of earthing in...
Hoping someone can help me clarify something.
For plastic surface mounted back boxes, why do some have a small metal terminal for connecting the CPC, whereas others don't? Is it just a differemce in quality, or would you generally use the ones with the terminal for sockets, and the ones without...
Hi there, my name is Paul and I'm currently studying towards a city and guilds level 2 electrical installation, we are currently on lighting circuits for our practical, we have been given a task to wire up 2 lighting circuits using a 6 terminal hager junction box, I'm ok with wiring one circuit...
as title. using existing back boxes ( lighting) as original VIR cable in capping and managed to re-use route to save chasing. boxes are tight and nailed in. removal would cause a lot of damage to decor. no earth terminal in box, so my solution was to drill the side of the box and fit screw...
Just to update on my witterings re DNO and unclear direction reponse regards maintaining/providing earthing point;
P.S. this has been taken to committee and the following agreed I am told.
Dear Mr Votigern (Name redacted)
Since our conversation about this topic I’m concerned that you may be...
Quickie - Would you say this is ok?
32A MCB feeding 6mm T&E which is then connected to a 2.5mm T&E & 1.5mm T&E cable via a 30A terminal block in plastic terminal block housing buried in stud wall.
The 2.5mm feeds a 3kW immersion heater with 13A SFU at the heater end.
The 1.5mm feeds gas boiler...
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Firstly, Wishing you everyone a Happy, Healthy & Prosperous New Year.
Can someone please advise me where I can purchase 32mm Black PVC conduit, saddles/clips and round terminal boxes, with rubber gaskets, as opposed to rectangular/square terminal boxes, ideally in the Birmingham/West...
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