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  1. Amateur

    Ring Final Cable Routing Through Bungalow Loft

    Hi all. I know there is a DIY forum but im really after your expert knowledge rather than fellow DIY'ers/amateurs. With regards to replacing a section of a bedroom ring final circuit in a bungalow loft what is your preferred method of cable routing taking into account insulation and not being...
  2. M

    Drilling holes through concrete slabs

    Hi All I have a domestic two storey house to wire with hollow concrete slabs on the first floor and I was considering drilling all the sockets etc down through the slabs to save the wall tracking. Does anyone know if this is permitted with building regs? Thanks
  3. G

    Bizarre Wiring And Readings Through Upstairs Windows

    Hi I don't know if anyone can help, but I'm very grateful to anyone who can provide input. I won't go into the full story, but my windows upstairs appear to have an electrical current running through them. It's only the windows upstairs. They also set off a radio frequency detector. Even if...
    • Gemma
    • Thread
    • readings through upstairs windows wiring
    • Replies: 88
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  4. A

    getting a cable through a conduit

    Hi, I am laying a patio and have a 38mm corrugated conduit going across the ground ready to be covered in scalpings, it's 7-8m long but it doesn't have a pull cord though so I was wondering what's the best way to get cable through it. The cable will only power a small foundation pump. Thanks
  5. T

    How not to run cables through insulation

    Just saw this. Great demonstration of how NOT to install insulation round electrical cables. No consideration of the CCC of the cable. Sorry pete, I know this is your job, really.....:D
  6. S

    Drilled through cable in wall, can I fix? (Photo)

    Drilled through cable in kitchen wall, tripped the fuse box. Switched back on and everything works apart from the cooker hood. I've called electrician and explained, given me a quote of £120 plus VAT. Is that reasonable? Is this something I can fix? If so, how? I have basic electrical skills...
  7. leep82

    remedial work after an EICR was carried out on a residential property

    Today i have been carrying out some remedial work after an EICR was carried out on a residential property. Aswell as the list of remedial works to be carried out i also had draft copies of the EICR which was carried out in November of last year. When i started to read through the list of...
    • leep82
    • Thread
    • after carried eicr electrical work out property remedial residential through
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  8. M

    8 flats that he rented out through an agent so as far as he was led to believe everything was done..

    hiya lads now be gentle as i would like some guidence one of my friends has 8 flats that he rented out through an agent so as far as he was led to believe everything was being done correctly. After a letter from one of his tenants through an organisation called frontine issues were brought to...
  9. B

    Mounting CCTV camera on steel/corrugated cladding

    Hello fellow installers. I have just been to see a potential customer who works out of an industrial unit. Now the external of the building has steel cladding or as some call it corrugated sheet metal. Now I plan on installing some Hikvision bullet cameras on the external, and have never...
  10. S

    Anyone fill the gavity where the tails enter

    Hi all, I had my assessment the other day and shown him a job with a replacement board. The tails ran up in the cavity wall from the meter box below on the outside of the house and in from the back of the cu, he said that I should seal the hole in the wall where the tails come through into the...
    • scooterboy
    • Thread
    • anyone cavity enter meter tails through where
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  11. Connor Mennell

    Pre Attendance Test 1 - Health & Safety Trades Gateway

    Anyone done this exam? I'll be sitting it my second time on the 15/3 and my god it is impossible. So many ambiguous answers and things where i just wasn't sure (even tried referring to my notes!) Can anyone offer help/advice to get me through this stage, due to personal problems im half way...
  12. Soulsurfer

    Zone 1 dual fuel towel rail ?

    So I have a client who requested a towel rail fitted at the end of the bath on wall, opposite end from shower (fixed) and taps and so is right bang in zone 1. Never fitted any before unless in zone 2 at least, OSG seems to okay it but through flex outlet, but I'm thinking it would be really...
  13. Pete999

    Pete's Videos KIN WHAT

    There's something I never knew if you bend a wire it makes it hard for the electricity to get through OMG
  14. T

    Meter tails through Recessed meter box

    Hi all, what are your thoughts on running new tails from an outdoor recessed meter box,straight through the existing hole into the garage where the CU is situated. Should the hole be enlarged to accommodate some sort or trunking for protection and sealed for fire??? The tails are connected to a...
  15. J

    HELP! Lost Regs book and on site guide

    Hello basically had my log book and on site guide with me on site put them somewhere on site and can't seem to find them anywhere, which is a real pain in the arse because both where all marked and tabbed for everything i needed, so ive bought a new set and i cant be arse going through...
  16. Bob Geldoff1234

    17th Edition exam quiz

    For anyone studying their 17th Edition exam here's a quiz to help. Also experienced sparky's can try it and post their scores on here! 17th Edition Bs 7671 Quiz - http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=17th-edition-2382-online-exam-simulator
  17. T

    Sealing holes in coldstores

    Just coming to the end of a job doing a install in a large coldstore, all surface mount conduit. I've been told that where there is a penetration I.e 16mm long self tapper holding a conduit clip on the wall, or holding an isolator on the wall or anything to the 5"-king span composite panels...
  18. gazdkw82

    SWA building entry point

    got myself a new timber workshop. The previous workshop already had supply via SWA from house CU. Iv got new cu for the workshop and appropriate gland kit however I'm unsure what's best practice in terms of getting the SWA into the workshop. Is it just literally a case of drilling...
  19. Loki

    Got me a cheap Megger MFT 1721 off ebay

    im like a kid at Christmas Just got myself a megger 1721 off ebay for £445 & calibrated till end of November Megger MFT1721 Multifunction Tester | eBay - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282352087581 Paid through paypal so im covered if necessary Michael
  20. L

    Plasterboard Back boxes 1st fix or 2nd fix

    Hi all We got an issue with a builder and plaster at the moment, and when the electrician should put the plasterboard back boxes in

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