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    New consumer unit install issue.

    I'm working with my friend a sparky. He changed the consumer unit. Before hand I checked all circuits for continuity and done quick eicr, everything was OK. Now with the new board on were getting a neutral fault showing on socket ring. Funny thing is the rcd manual test button isn't working...
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    changing consumer unit from plastic one to metal

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    Can you extend meter tails inside a consumer unit ?

    ...and why would I want to do that ? Well, I'm faced with a real botch job of a consumer unit. Essentially this is a "new" consumer unit only put in a couple of years ago by a friend of the clients family who was apparently an electrician. However the unit they bought (a Niglon) had the main...
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    UK Garage consumer unit in an outbuilding swa 2 or 3 core

    Hi all I'm installing an Garage consumer unit in an outbuilding being converted to a studio for a photographer just 1 ring main and lighting circuit. supply cable 50M length SWA 10mm due to volt drop. No room where Consumer unit is to bring SWA in and terminate so was going to put IP65 box on...
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    meter cabinet consumer unit

    Does a consumer unit for garden circuuts in an external meter cabinet need to be ip rated
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    UK Split Load Consumer Unit

    Looking to change the small consumer unit in my garage with a Hager Split Load Consumer Unit Complete with: 2x 100A Type a RCDs x 100A DP main switch. Reason I will have an EV charger fitted later in the year. One side of the split for the garage and the other side for the EV charger at a later...
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    New Consumer Unit - Fussy Customer - PV future proof

    My next job is to install a new Consumer unit for a really fussy customer.........ME! My goto brand is Hager, but will look at others. I also like Wylex, but typically don't fit for customers because of price. I'm not interested in cheap, but full RCBO installation might be over the top. It...
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    UK Second empty meter cabinet for a consumer unit to feed several garden circuits. Can a standard metal csu be fitt

    I have a customer who has installed a second empty meter cabinet for a consumer unit to feed several garden circuits. Can a standard metal csu be fitted in here, does it have to be in an ip65 enclosure also or can a ip65 plastic csu be used. I get csu has to be non combustible within a dwelling...
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    Unit 204 City And Guilds Practical Exam

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    Ceiling fan receiver unit

    Hello, can anyone give me advice on how to connect wiring for ceiling fan in the UK with receiver unit please? Please see attached files. There are stickers on the 4 wires as follows:- Red - L Black - N White - Light Blue - Light I have also attached the wiring diagram which I don’t...
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    Fitting a consumer unit there is a Volex vrcbo06/1c that I am not familiar with. Can someone advise please.

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    Relocating a Consumer Unit

    It's been asked a thousand times I know, but nothing quite matches what I have to work with. Ok, it's a 1950's ish house, 2 bed terrace, so very small. The incoming tails, meter and current consumer board are in a small cupboard in the lounge by the front door. The consumer board is tiny, only...
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    Moving a Consumer Unit

    Hi guys, hoping you can assist with your combined knowledge. So i need to put in a new board, after doing an EICR there was no RCD protection on the sockets and the tenant frequently uses the sockets for outdoor electrical equipment. The board is old anyway. So i was going to put in a new...
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    Consumer unit upgrade

    Just wondering what everyone’s thoughts are with this, quite a regular poster on here now. Changing a consumer unit this weekend, the cables coming in through the ceiling. My plan was to box it out In a wee wooden frame with the cables coming in from behind, but my concerns with that are if...
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    Consumer unit meter wiring

    I've had an electrician out to my house as I wanted him to remove the trunking that went down from the consumer unit down of the inside wall and then across the outside wall where it threaded through to the meter on the outside. The electrician said he could chase out the wall so wiring from...
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    How do you replace a faulty JCC V50 LED Unit?

    Apologies if this seems like a stupid question but one of our JCC V50s has just started flickering and I need to replace it. With other LED lights, you just replace the LED itself but with these it looks like you have to replace the whole unit. Is that correct? If that is correct, and tips for...
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    Rcd unit ct

    Hi, there has been an rcd unit installed on a site. The unit has a ct sensor for the rcd which works along with the mcb. My question is why if you take an earth through the ct with the phase and neutral the unit does not trip at x5 test??
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    C2 on EICR for plastic consumer unit

    Hi, I have just organised an EICR for our house through a national chain of letting agents (we were short of time). The report came back with a C2 for a plastic consumer unit. It is next to the front door (not in a cupboard) and it is not at the only point of exit and was installed in 2012 with...
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    Swapping Cooker Control Unit for 13A Socket?

    I'm interested in powering my hi-fi system from a radial circuit in order to isolate it from other electrical devices and so improve sound quality. Unfortunately installing a new circuit is not feasible due to the age and construction of the property. What I'm thinking of doing is running 6mm...
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    Can i add a socket to my cooker control unit.

    Hi my father has just had a gas cooker installed. A free standing gas oven , gas grill and gas hob. The manufactures say that the ignition for the gas must be a 13amp plug. Is this correct? 13 amp for ignition seems to high . Can i down size the to 3amp and hardwire into 3amp fused spur. I have...

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