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  1. P

    Newbie trying to run a cable behind dog and dab

    hello all, hoping someone can give me some advice please. I’m trying to add another socket into the corner of my living room on an outside wall. The house was built in 2013 and the wall is dot and dabbed. There is a socket directly above in a bedroom that I thought I could take the fed from...
  2. K

    PILZ PNOZ X3 - Trying to Unerstand

    Dear Members Trying to understand the circuit for this unit. I understand that circuit for S31 to S32 and S11 to S12 etc needs to be complete for relay terminal to energise. My questions are: 1) What are the Y31 and Y32 and S21, S22,S33, and S34 used for at bottom of the unit? 2) What is B1...
  3. J

    Been trying this for hours and had enough

    Please someone make this clearer. I just can’t for the life of me get my head round following the diagram to form a 90 degree bend. I have now gone through nearly 4 metres of 50mm trunking and still no joy. I just can’t get my head where to cut. If someone can point to where to cut I am sure...
  4. sham

    Lost out to allot of work trying to follow new ever changing Regs, Part P etc

    I have been asked on many occasions to add lights and sockets to an existing installation. When I tell the customer that I must change the MCB to an RCBO and then carry out a minor cert which all adds to the cost of the job, I know that he has called someone else who will just extent cables...
    • sham
    • Thread
    • changing electrical work follow new out part part p regs trying work
    • Replies: 47
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  5. Penfold

    Trying to figure out wiring on old light fitting

    I am trying to replace a switched light fitting that is in a cupboard with a new ceiling rose. When I took off the existing fitting, I can't work out which wires are which in the existing fitting and there are no markings on the existing fitting to help. It looks pretty old and the wiring on...
  6. S

    Trying to get in the arms

    i have been trying to get in the arms but just end up at a google ad page Do I qualify ? How do I do it all the links take me to a google add
  7. andysparkfree

    95mm 4core SWA, just trying to go definitive on the steel to copper calculation

    good afternoon guys I have a 95mm 4 core swa to this new office build , thats fed via a new exterior mains panel located next to a new sub station. now all feed cables on this project have been designed by an independent company, and i currently have flagged up that i believe that using just...
  8. Malcolm

    Trying to locate a RTC Dual Breaker

    Hi all. Would anyone be able to tell me where I would be able to locate one of these. It is for a transformer and each mcb is for one double socket. As you can see the one on the left hand side is damaged. Thanks for any help. Malc
  9. S

    Agency trying to screw me over?

    I got offered a job and was told I would be paid £11 an hour PAYE. My contact at the agency has now left and the payroll person is now telling me I have to sign up to their umbrella company where the umbrella will pay me PAYE. Surely they are screwing me over, as now I will have employers NI...
  10. P

    Old fogy trying to stay young(ger)

    Hi all, been on here for a few weeks, now retired, but like to keep in with electricals. Sad really! Served my time with South Wales Electricity Board, I think on 14th edition IEE regs. Did 10 years house bashing, then moved North and Joined Norweb, various jobs appliance delivery electrician...
  11. N

    Trying to understand 3-way switch and smart lighting

    Hello, Total newbie here and as you can tell from my name..... I'm definitely not an electrician. I've done a bit of electrical hackery in the past, mostly in cars and a bit of soldering, but this all feels a bit beyond my ability and I'd rather not be electrocuted and die before my 30th...
    • NotALeccy
    • Thread
    • 3-way 3-way switch lighting smart switch trying understand
    • Replies: 46
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  12. Cadgey123

    Customers trying to be chancers

    How do you guys react when a customer tries to drive you down on price? I am struggling at the moment to deal with that side of things because I take offence a little, when I know they have every reason to barter with me. I just know I am very fair on pricing so maybe should stop being too...
  13. M

    Trying to source coloured LED garden floodlights/similar with a catch

    Plan is to illuminate a bunch of impressive trees (including a few Californian Redwoods!) in a garden. Client wants to be able to change the colour of the lights easily and (here's the catch) independently from each other. I've found lights that look suitable in several places but they're all...
  14. Andy-1960

    Trying to view 18th Edition Draft

    Anyone else having difficulties reading the draft that has been posted on the BSI website? I'm finding it is painfully slow or stops responding.. Very frustrating
  15. N

    Trying to understand why smoke comes out of my monitor.

    So I have been renovating some old Steadicams. These run off V mount batteries on the bottom brackets which feeds power to the camera and accessories on the top stage and the monitor on the bottom bracket. Electrics is not something I know too much about but I’ve tried to do some research and...
  16. D

    VIR or PVI

    Hello Guys This is a right noob question but its really been bugging me. ok so i have a pc which is 500watt (labelled) but runs on 110v and 230v. V/ I X R : 230/38 = 6.05A 110/38 = 3.10A But using the formula P VI i get the following i wanna work our i so p/v 500/230 = 2.17 500/110 = 4.54...
  17. R

    New guy

    Hello, fellow electricians! I need some insight from you guys. My name is Oleg, I am an electrician from Denmark. Had 4 years of school/apprenticeship in electrical firm, and one year in the field after I graduated. I have decent English skills and I am thinking about trying to come work in...
  18. Doomed

    being thick

    16mm 3 core swa single phase clipped direct outside (shaded) on a 63 B type 60898 Do I really mean that the maximum length is 68m, or am I being really thick tonight? Trying to look at a way of providing more power to an outlet pillar that happens to be the furthest point from the supply cabinet...
  19. A

    Trying to break into commercial

    Hi guys I have been running my company for about 2 years now and going steady. We are an NICEIC Approved Contractor. Most of the work has been domestic so far which I don't mind, however I'd like to get more commercial work. Does anyone have any tips on how to get more commercial contracts...
    • Andy3438
    • Thread
    • break commercial companies don't trying
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Business Related
  20. N

    Does a Rewire of Bathroom Have to Have Extractor Fan Installed for Regs?

    Hello, I recently had house re-wired which included bathroom. While the wiring for an extractor fan / isolation switch for one has been installed no actual extractor fan has been. I was wondering whether this is required to for the Electrician to sign-off/for regulations? (My builder...
    • Novice12
    • Thread
    • bathroom builder extractor extractor fan fan first installed regs rewire trying
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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