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Have dealt with central battery systems in the past, fire rated cable that either loops in and out of the luminaire using ceramic terminal blocks or dropping out from a junction box (again with ceramic terminations/connections) down to the luminaire with standard cable as long as it is kept...
I have a new combo meter box and 200A main shut off installed outside professionally. It has 4/0 service line coming into it and I have confirmation from the electric company that I am good for 200A service supplied to the house. Previously, there had been no main shut off. The new...
I’m on the NTC electrical course which is the most unprofessional thing I’ve seen and unfortunately I’m stuck with until I pay it off, I feel I’m gaining zero knowledge and feel like the tutors don’t give a dam, is anyone else on this stupid course and if so can share any info I’m what they...
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I am adding a couple of sockets to an old industrial installation. I am replacing the existing sockets and adding two more into the ring. The installation is earthed through the metal conduit and an RCB has been retrofitted to the circuit after the old style fuse board. Is it...
Absolute rookie error… renovating the downstairs bathroom and drilled a hole in the wall for a shelf, went straight through the cable for the light switch on the opposite side of the wall.
Kicking myself because I actually have a wire detector and didn’t use it.
Spark came out of the hole...
I have a 4 wire 100 amp service run through 1-1/4" pvc underground to my pool shed. I need to take those wires and some form of conduit through a tuff shed panel wall to an interior sub panel. I will have at least 5 other circuits needing to go through this wall in roughly the same area. 2 20...
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I have an electrician installing new circuit from my existing panel to a new subpanel in my detached garage. The subpanel is in the inside wall of the garage. The installation is underground with 1.5" conduit. Instead of using an LB on the outside wall of the garage, the electrician heated a...
So, my current living room light is one simple light bulb, as shown in the picture.
There is a rose/medallion there and I got a new light that needs two holes in order to get it fixed on the ceiling. Again, see pictures.
I asked an electrician who told me that he can't drill the two holes...
I live in a mid terraced house (ex council)which dates from around 1950. The supply is a TN-S with no loop out (I maybe looped off one of neighbours I don’t know)
The supply cables seem to lie along the bottom of floor void at front of property, with bricks having been removed/left out. This...
Was doing an EICR and came across this issue was unsure how to code it, a couple sockets within the kitchen area you can see the sort of outlining of the T+E cables in the plaster going up to the sockets. It’s RCD protected but it’s just a bit poor
Hi . Im running some conduit , a long horizontal with metal clad boxes , with vertical runs to a term box for light fittings and a couple of smoke alarms . Was going to use 4 way boxes dropping down to the sockets and up to the light s. Is it acceptable to run them through the metal clad boxes...
Anyone got any recommendations on a through crimp tool. A job I have been to look at the client wants the CU moving to a more convenient location, on the same wall but moving 0.5m to facilitate the kitchen design they have in mind.
Tails to the CU is fine its the rest of the wiring as I said I...
Hi, I live in Australia. I have a Crypto mining rig that will soon have 3/1200w power supplies attached to a 10a power board drawing more than 2400w and that will be attached to a 15a wall socket (That usually runs the air con)...Can I run more than 2400w through that system? Is that safe...
Hi guys so I need some advice/help if possible, im a complete noob with electrical stuff so be nice lol, I was putting up a roller blind in my kitchen (drilling the pilot holes) and went through a wire that tripped out all the sockets at the back of the house, I then went to the fuse box and...
Was recently at a job where the dishwasher was getting a voltage through it, checked the spur and the cpc was disconnected. Understand the reason that’s it’s became live is because the cpc was disconnected, what I want to know is why has that caused the dishwasher to have a voltage through it...
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