Hi guys need some help with telephone points.
I currently have 1 main point for the phone, which i have an extension plugged in to connect to the alarm.
I need 3 more points for sky tv, what is the best way to wire these, i am an electrician, but have never had an experience with phone lines...
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I'm installing a 14 way Hager CU with a terminal rail supplied as standard with two neutral terminal bars and a larger earth terminal bar, the housing is helpfully marked with numbering.
As I am installing three MCBs which will not be RCD protected I have an additional 5 way terminal bar...
On a new build property 2nd fixing ,customer has bought everything cable switches light fittings etc with my advise of cable and sockets ,non of this cheap crap cable ill tell you , came to fit a light fitting ceiling light 80 watt halogen with glass diffuser , so why did i refuse to install it...
Im changing my current 13A fused spur with a new one which is spured off the kitchen ring. the fused spur is spured off a double socket. There are 2 2.5mm2 cables with 2 red and 2 black and 2 earth wires. the flex which powers the boiler has 1 blue, 1 brown and 1 earth wires. I took note of the...
I recently telephoned our DNO & asked if the property I'm working on is in a PME area.
They eventually wrote back to say QUOTE: "Further to your recent enquiry I must inform you that PME earthing cannot be provided from the local electricity network in the area at this time.
However I can...
Hello all, just a quick question. I was having a nose around my brothers house he has recently bought and noticed that there was no MET where the main earthing conductor and bonding comes from.
The system is a TNC-S and there are earth clamps on the gas and water pipes also supplementary...
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i have to replace the 30ma rcd fitted to the model listed above , my question is does anybody know if a standard wylex n range 80a 30ma rcd fit?
i have one in stock and hope to used it up rather than buy in the mem version.
im talking physical size.
the phase is on the left the same a...
Hi all,
Ive just bought a box of 50 double skt outlets to BS1363, manafactured by GET England, but they have only one terminal for the CPC.
The on-site guide (page 67) states "socket outlets must have two terminals for protective conductors. One terminal to be used for each protective...
sivoodoo
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Hello,
In my passages there are about 5 of these controlling about 5 bulbs at once.
Until now they were working fine. They used to stay on for 1 or 2 minutes.
Just recently when I switch them on they go off in a couple of seconds and I can't put them on again for a couple of minutes.
Any...
Ispark
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aus
electricians' talk
help
help please
please
switch
terminal
thank
timer
I'm changing my CU for my elecsa assessment and need some pointers on earthing. I have a TN-C-S system that feeds my main CU and a second CU that supplies an extension. My main concerns being there are two earths from the distributors supply (see photo below) one running directly to the CU...
Danielwareham
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earthing
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other
second
terminal
Hi guys i'm looking to run a small conduit from a ceiling rose on a solid concrete ceiling. Does anyone sell a type of loop in that has a conduit outlet which I can fit a standard ceiling rose back onto. Thanks guys.
pburley
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conduit
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rose
terminal
Hey Folks,
I'm a second year apprentice and I'm left on a job and were wiring a large flat, and I've been
left on the job myself. I come from a Industrial background so I'm not all that familiar with domestic
circuits, plus I've just started my second year at college.
So here's my problem the...
nlbhoy
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Hi all,
Advice needed please!
Just moved into a house and having real problems with thekitchen/downstairs toilet lights. 2sets of 3 lights in kitchen running off 2 dimmers. Problem being the wiring seems pretty odd in that:
left dimmer = cable 1, black, common terminal. L2 cable 2 red...
klrogers
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black
cable
dimmer
dimmers
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lights
switch
terminal
Hi everyone was just wondering cus seen these klik plugs connected diff and first time iv really used them on site, but if you have your em feed and ya feed coming in and you have 3 kliks one being pir 2nd being em light and 3rd your non em, does your em feed go into your loop then another go...
Cj24
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canada
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keyswitch
light
lights
pir
plugs
supply
terminal
Hello again....I have one question that is confusing me slightly I think im overthinking it?!)
A mains operated room thermostat requires three conductors to enable it to operate correctly. Can you connect the thermostat to an existing two core and cpc cable and:
a) Use the earth
b) Use the...
J4EY
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aus
brown
earth
electricians' talk
honeywell
supply
terminal
termostat
thermostat
Hi guys,
Quick Q for you this Sunday morning.
Have recently updated CU and also run in bonding to gas and water. Have 2 CU's in house now as shed is being fed from a non RCD protected (garage CU) and house is all on split RCD board.
Anyway...I am going off track....
Here's the Q. With the...
I have always taken the ring cpc to the earth terminal(s) on a plastic socket and a single bond of same csa to the earth terminal of the metal box. The reason I was told necessary to do this was incase a line conductor jumped out of the rear socket terminal or indeed a conductor damaged by...
15amp+radial
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boxes
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