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    Finding a cable break twin and earth lighting if possible in a wall.

    Hi all, just thought i would try and find a solution on how to find where a cable could be broken in a wall? The break as i am putting it together with insulation test shows cable broken in the wall in the switch wire (so flashing disco lights) not good. A few years ago the house...
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    10mm Twin and Earth

    100 Metres for sale .. open to sensible offers :-)
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    Old Twin and earth conductors and cpc?

    Hello, This is the first time iv came across anything like this and i went to quote this fuseboard for a upgrade yesterday and had a look inside and did all the required testing and inspecting and said id get back to them with a date when i can do the installation but came across one slight...
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    Flat twin and earth in mini trunking - which installation method?

    Greetings, Is this allowed? It would appear from BS7671(17th) that the installation reference number is 8 or 9 with a reference method 'B' for determining the current carrying capacity of the cable. However, the anomaly is that table 4D5 doesn't include a column for method 'B'. Can anyone...
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    Twin and Earth with Twin Earth?

    My parents appear to have a twin and earth cable connecting the main switch to the CCU, it has two earths both of stranded copper, but twisted together separately. I think the Lines are 10mm2. Anyone seen this before?
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    old colors twin and earth - two red

    Hi was it common practice to use twin and earth on light switches with two red cores and one sleeved earth?
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    twin and earth on steel beam

    I am working in a small industrial unit which is being converted into a kids go kart track the lighting is currently wired in twin and earth pvc cables clipped along the steel beams. The place needs to be tested and certificated is there any issues with wiring in twin and earth along steel beams...
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    Warm Twin and Earth

    I don't normally install twin and earth so need some advice. If a 10mm twin and earth is correctly sized and installed to the correct methods should it get warm. Thanks
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    For Sale twin and earth cable and crabtree db nr glasgow

    small joblot all new drums unused t/e is aei basec app cable 150m 6.omm t+e 50m 10.omm t+e 100m 1.0mm t+e 100m 3pair phone 100m12core alarm 100m ct100 coax crabtree starbreaker 18way (12spare) fitted main sw 2x rcds new boxed worth over 430 quid great bargin to be had £260 call text...
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    3 core twin and earth cable what colour should you use as the neutral

    3 core twin and earth cable what colour should you use as the neutral. Or can u use any. As long as u label it with blue sleve
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    4mm twin and earth supplying garage cu

    Hi all, just doing an inspection in a house and noticed that the garage consumer unit is supplied by 4mm twin and earth run from the main consumer unit of a 32amp breaker. Garage consumer unit 100amp main switch and has 32amp- ring(4 sockets), 20amp -radial (1 socket) and 6amp lights(6...
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    Twin and earth

    Sorry, But im a newbie to domestics. Can Twin and earth be clipped to the brick work of a wall and then be plastered over? Or does it always have to be in capping? Using ordinary cable clips.....
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    price of 2.5 twin and earth

    where is the cheapest place to buy 200m of2.5 twin and earth at the momment 100m drums are fine
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    stranded ally earths in old pvc twin and earth

    A property is was looking at needs rewiring but as usual the client wants minimal amount of work needed just to bring the instalation up to current regs the lighting, bonding, defenatley need to be replaced but the sockets do have double insulated twin and earth but with stranded ally cpc not...
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    how to wire fulrescent lights in twin and earth

    As above how to go about wiring a flurecent light in t+e wih one way switch? Thanks in advance
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    Twin and earth

    Just like to know is the white sheathed twin and earth cable with red and black stranded conductors still allowed to be used, if the old fuse box was replaced with a new consumer unit or will the cables need to be changed.
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    Crimping 240v Twin and Earth - Safe??

    Hello, I would like to know what the regs say on crimping 240v 1.5mm twin and earth (single core) using red straight through crimps... Is it legal/safe/can it be done and pass inspection etc etc? What can I do/use instead of using a chockblock (connnector block) to join 1.5mm twin and...
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    stripping twin and earth

    anyone know of a tool for stripping twin and earth? apprentices are forever telling me your not supposed to pull the earth (what do they know) and i hate running the knife down it especially when im doing a db

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