Hi fellow sparks, i've recently been given the heads up about a job, a customer has bought the house next door and wants to join the two together (1xCCU).
I have no details as yet, nor have i seen the job, but just wondered weather anyone has had any experience in this.
my main concern is the...
Please could someone enlighten me on how grouping factors apply to ring final circuits run together, e.g. sharing holes through joists and walls, in a domestic situation?
For one RFC run in 2.5mm T&E under first floor boards (ref method B) the cable rating is 23A.
If you group two RFCs...
Hello everybody, I have been looking at getting some more tickets under the old belt and got an idea into my head that I wondered if a group of us were to get together and book different short (day) courses would we get a discount.....I went in and asked if there would be a better rate like...
I have just installed a new wylex dual rcd board replacing an old memera 2000 single rcd. Whilst wiring in I noticed what was purporting to be a ring main was in fact two radials in the same breaker, no problem I thought, I will split them up, one on each rcd, however, having done that it will...
I'm planning on installing the mechanical side of a PV array before I install the electrical components and I've heard that you can connect the positive and negative leads of each module together to short-circuit each module separately until you string them together. Is this true or would it...
After waiting nearly four months for my FIT contract from EDF they have surprised me !!
I gave them a reading on March 27th (by post), informed me last week I would be paid soon, TODAY ITS IN THE BANK.
Yep 33 days from reading to bank. Keep it up!
Just need the sun to come back now ! Good job we...
Doing a EICR on a takeaway today....waste of a whole day,within 5 minutes I'd come to the conclusion the place should be shut down,but there's a form to fill in so you have to play the game and gather all the info.
One of the first things I noticed was a sangamo timeswitch in the passage between...
Hello,should be a simple question i think, my purpose is to elongate the running time of lets say a phone, it runs on 3.7v li.ion battery but it currently only gives it 5 hours running time max. my question is, is it possible to connect multiple 3.7v batteries together to achieve a longer...
quick question can u cut the neutral and earth fly leads of a rcbo when installing them into a distibuton board so you can make them look somthing? the curly neutral lead is a pain i want to straghten it and cut it to fit is this allowed?:banghead:
Im scratching my head here at this, its probably because of the time off night but i cant get my head round this at all, here in the picture is a contactor for the outside lights, now this is one of many contactors throughout the building. there is contactors at each consumer but there is 1...
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I live in Swindon and am trying to get my own business on its feet - done some local ads \ name on van and got some work mainly smaller jobs - I am having a couple of people ask me for full rewires in the coming months - don't have to tell you that for a lived in house being on...
Domestic CU change, TN-C-S. Lighting circuit has an Extractor Fan with Electronic timer installed. When performing IR test on the lighting, should i just test the whole lighting cct between L & N (connected together) and the CPC - I do not want to remove the cover of the extractor to disconnect...
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Can anyone point me in the right direction in the regs book where it says you can not run AC and DC cables next to each other unless a dividing screen is put in place. I know in my head the cables must be at least 150mm apart, or a screen in place but my boss says they can go together...
I'm slated to finish my lvl 3 at the end of November and am thinking of doing my 2391 before it changes straight after (can probably get a December course/exam)
Is this doable? I'm thinking it possibly is as the final written exams for 2330 are on Inspection, Testing and Commissioning then...
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I am yet to do my first install and was wondering how do you get the Voc, Isc and irradiance readings.
Is the Voc just a reading of the total voltage of the panels connected together. i.e putting probes on the male and female connectors and obtaining a reading or can a clamp meter be...
Hi all, any of you out there working self-employed care to comment on this? I've been doing occasional work with a plumber. He takes on bathroom renovations and gets me in for a few days for the electrical bits. Up until now I have invoiced the homeowner directly, so in effect the only business...
Being doing a PIR today and came across this beauty - can somebody help me with its model/age etc?
I particularly liked the fact that there wasn't an earth bar and the earths had been twisted together, outside the CU and pushed into a choc block! Its a TNS system without an earth too, plus a...
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Not sure if this is the correct forum, but can anyone help me with the following connundrum.
Need to be able to run a 230v spur and some cat 5 in surface trunking. Now clearly they can't go in the same run but are there any "nice" looking ones around with the ability to carry the 2 cables...
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I need to complete the wiring on a 2 boiler system with several heating zones, UFH, secondary return loop etc. Each circuit has a 2 port motorised valve controlled by timers/ prog room stats and the relay side of these valves all return back to fire the boiler once opened. I have wired it...
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