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    Underground Cable Joints

    Hi all Looked at a job today, the customer wants 6 lamp posts and about 15 to 20 70w SON floodlamps installed around the garden. There are some existing lamps which have been badly installed with the SWA terminated into a steel adaptable box some lying above ground, some buried, with a flex...
    • Newpark7
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    • aus cable electricians' talk underground
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Australia
  2. F

    underground joints

    hi guys i have to connect 50 outside lights the wiring will be swa cable and a flex off to each light my idea was to make off the swa in to an adaptable box, bring the flex for the light in to the box joint cores in connector block and fill with cold pour resin. this job has been done before but...
    • fulla
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    • aus electricians' talk underground
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Australia
  3. D

    Emergency Lighting In Underground Car Park?? Help Please!

    Hi there, i'm hoping someone can help...I have a potential job where there is 1 large car park with 2 floors already have many lights out and get damaged by ranger rover aerials and wear and tear, have emergency lights by exits but half don't work due to the power being snipped and the source...
    • Deltron
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    • car electricians' talk emergency emergency lighting help help please lighting please underground
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  4. C

    Sealing underground ducting

    What are the rules/best practice regarding sealing underground electrical ducting? Lets say you have SWA in a 50mm duct from a house to an outbuilding. What happens if you can't bring the duct up inside the building at one end? If you leave the end of the duct underground it's likely the duct...
  5. S

    Trench Depth for underground cable...

    Running a supply from the house to the garage, just about to dig the trench for the ducting but wondered what depth it has to be? The cable will cross underneath a slabbed path before going about 2 metres max across (under!) the garden.
    • SSE
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    • aus cable depth electricians' talk trench underground
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Australia
  6. O

    swa in conduit/pipe underground

    As title says really? Heard people say use in some form of piping to make life easier in future should you need to replace/pull in new cable Others say bury direct? What's your views Cheers
  7. A

    Joining armoured cable underground

    Is there a device which can be used underground for joining either 16 mm2 or 25 mm2 SWA armoured cable (2 or 3 core), or do I have to bring the cables up to an above ground JB?
    • Armourer
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    • armoured aus cable electricians' talk joining underground
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Australia
  8. M

    split concentric installation

    my question is straight forward, can split concentric cable be installed underground, ie say outside buried to a large shed because i was ubder the impression that it was like armoured cable, thanks
    • m4fiaafg
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    • aus cable concentric electricians' talk installation protection split underground
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Australia
  9. jibjob

    Making underground connections

    Hi Guys, Been asked to fit approx 8 decking lights into a patio. The lights in question are like this Welcome to Eterna Lighting The connection boxes are suitable for outdoor use but not for burial. Customer wants all cables etc buried. Thought about dispensing with connection boxes and using...
    • jibjob
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    • aus connections electricians' talk making underground
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Australia
  10. P

    Underground resin joint

    Hi gents I am looking for some help with torrpedo joints. I have done a basic stright through one before but this job they want to install one new lamppost but not dig up the whole car park. So anyway i was thinking of using a Y type which i was sure they made them but i have found them. Any...
  11. T

    Access To TT systems Earth Rod for PIR?

    Hello fellows, Just wanted to get your thoughts on this... I'm working on a property with a TT supply in the hills, I have tested the Ze at 13.5 Ohms, very healthy Earth Rod I thought. Only problem is that its been concreted over through the years so all that now exists is the earth cable...
  12. M

    LONDON UNDERGROUND job

    hi What do you need to work for LU as an electrician apart form being a qualified electrician?I have heard of pink card/entry permit ,Safety Induction and Fire Safety, is there anything elsa? thanks
    • mikex79
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    • aus electrical work electricians london electricians' talk job london underground
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Australia
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    TNS Supply Underground

    Afternoon chaps, Just arrived back after digging to locate an incoming TNS lead sheath cable ready for the DNO to relocate. Now, after a couple of hours going through brick rubble and the usual stuff you find, i came across, what i thought was a water main. Brilliant, i thought, cable...
    • Spudnik
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    • aus electricians' talk supply underground
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Australia
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    London Underground Agencies

    Does anyone know who the main recruitment agencies are for London Underground work... Many Thanks
    • markyarm2
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    • agencies anyone cheers electricians london electricians' talk london underground
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Business Related
  15. mrloy99

    london underground pink pass

    hello, I wonder if any London sparkies can help me out.I nned to find out how to get an entry pass(i think it is called)in order for me to take up some work on LUL. Where do I go to get it and who do I have to see. Many thanks in advance. mrloy99.
    • mrloy99
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    • agency aus called comic electricians london electricians' talk entry london underground
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Australia
  16. D

    Underground cabling to garage.

    Hi, I have a garage in a block just outside my back gate. I wish to supply power to it but am concerned with the regulations regarding cabling across communal ground. My garage isn't attatched to my property. It is about 6 feet from the boundry of my garden. The land that the cabling...
    • DavidIT
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    • cabling electricians' talk garage underground
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Talk Electrician Forum
  17. C

    underground cables

    Hi all, i am an ex-spark living in thailand and i would like some help or direction please. I have been asked to install a 3 phase underground supply up a 170 m dead end street to supply 9 houses with a 20/30/50 amp 3 phase supply each (not sure yet as it depends on transformer...
    • charliedundee
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    • cables electricians' talk underground
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Talk Electrician Forum
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