Looks very professional when used for switch drops but...
And I am braced for impact.. :eek:
How do you know which is feed and return?
Installed a 12 gang grid switch and used Brown/Brown and when wiring up the switches was wondering if there is a trick to knowing which is which.
Was a bit...
So i went to a job and i came across this the house is 19yrs old and apparently this is how it was when they moved in from when it was built its the twin and earth that runs to the consumer unit I am looking at there is some 10mm earth to the gas meter that has been fitted at a later date.
IEC 60364-5-54 states that phase conductors 16mm2 and smaller require a CPC of the same size, over 16 to 35mm2 a 16mm2 CPC and over 35mm2 a half size CPC is required.
My questions is why am I seeing catalogs with harmonized twin and earth with reduced size CPCs over 2.5mm2? And why doesn't the...
Hi guys, I had to carry out some alterations to a domestic installation the other day and was pleasantly surprised when having to run a new circuit how neat the CU was. It had 75mm metal trunking installed to the CU with bass bushes installed. A lot of effort had gone in to it to keep it neat...
I have popped this in the video section but thought it might make an interesting debate
Handyman Chris has fitted some nice pvc pipe for his cable but rather than use conventional singles has pulled in twin and earth. Which seems odd when you have gone to the effort of fitting conduit pipe...
I have run 6mm t and e through the house from the db in the garage on a 32 amp mcb which is rcd protected. the 6 mm cable then goes into the back of an ip66 rated JB on the side of the house. i then intend to run 2 core (live and neutral) 6mm swa up to a workshop using the armour as earth.
my...
My daughter has some 7 core armoured cable running to her garage which looks to be 1m2 or possible 1.5m2. It carries a 2-way external light switch connection to switch on 2 external lights ( house and garage) from either the house or the garage, and there is also a single 13amp socket connected...
Been on a quote this morning to provide a new circuit for oven and hob in a kitchen, Customer says Cu changed about 2 years ago, they have been in house just a few months.
Gas, CU and cutout all in recessed cupboards in kitchen; face value looks okay. then I see the wiring is poorly dressed and...
Today I found a free standing cooker connected with T&E cable. Since the cooker is bordered by cupboards it is regularly pulled forward about a metre for cleaning the unit and the floor beneath it.
This forward movement extends the cable to full stretch while pushing it back makes it hang in a...
Wondering about T&E outside, not ideal we are told due to the UV rays overtime breaking down the outer sheath.
Saying that I come across quite a bit when house bashing that has held up well and shown good IR tests.
On a data sheet for some T&E I ordered was this little paragraph:-
"Not suitable...
Did an EICR the other day, the lighting circuits are 1.5mm stranded with a 1mm solid core cpc (not tinned) Green sleeving is fitted some I'm guessing it from the 1970s.
At most of the pendants and switches there's a green oily stuff leaking from the cable where it's stripped, some places it's...
How can you do this method when the cable is buried in plaster entering an accessory box or a CU ? all very well on a workshop table, but in the real word no chance, yes the fist bit is how I was taught, but scouring cable??????
I am about to start a job where the existing wiring from a detached garage is 2x6mm SWA. This runs underground from the garage consumer unit to the house and is connected, via a Junction box, to a ring circuit in the basement.
I plan put the supply to the garage onto it's own circuit (32A) using...
Putting a new CU into a flat. The riser is protected by a fused switch (immediately after the meter). The riser is in 16mm T+E i.e non armoured. I can't see it anywhere so it must be within the fabric of the building Is this a non compliance?
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Could you advise me I wish to join some twin and Earth cable together eh household socket cable. What is the pro way of doing this pls.. I've considered soldering with 40/60 0.8mm flux in core solder and fitting a shrink covering over the joint.. Is this best or can you reccomend a better...
Hi all,
The title says it all really, I am just wondering what method those of you with more experience use to surface mount cable to hard breeze block, the kind where your nails either bend of just fly off lol??????
In my case, I need to mount cable to an unplastered garage (internally) made...
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