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    Large 1940s mains upgrade

    upgrade to a 1940s ish installation mains busbar due to soldered joints failing on busbar isolator, 20 ish switched fuses of the same age on it. Large installation(hotel) that never closes and has alot of c1s on existing out of date certs but they want the mains upgrading 1st before the rest of...
  2. J

    Fuse board upgrade price.

    Hi, What would you roughly charge for a fuse board upgrade on a 4 bed house? Thanks
  3. R

    Pricing Kitchen rewire and consumer unit upgrade with bonding and Cert

    Good evening people. I'm about to price up a kitchen we wire for a friend I've done work for mates before and know how it goes. Anyway, was hoping to get some guidance as I'm an improved and steadily taking on larger jobs myself. Job: Kitchen rewire. 3 sockets 3 single sockets chased in 4...
  4. F

    Shower upgrade with slave consumer unit

    I am upgrading my shower room and will be getting a qualified electrician to do the work but I want some advice so I can ask sensible questions! I will be using a previous feed for an electric shower from the consumer board (down graded amps wise, which he has said is acceptable) and want to...
  5. Martyn Fletcher

    Consumer unit upgrade with no slack on existing cables

    Hi all, As the title suggest, I have today replaced an old (1977) Wylex fuse board for a nice shiney 10 way consumer unit. However, when I took the old fuse board off the existing cables gave no slack, not even a smidge. They were solid and with just 200mm of cable left hanging out of the wall...
  6. Dave OCD

    2 day CU upgrade,a bit of a pain.

    Yes it's a chore this one. 30 year old MK unit with main switch and no RCDs in sight. 18 circuits and on every one the original installer thought he'd write the MCB rating and cable size, no other circuit info at all ! There are 5 rings, 2 cooker circuits, 2 immersions, 3 socket radials and 6...
  7. Gavin John Hyde

    testing of coax cable for a system upgrade?

    Just been speaking to a possible customer, she wants CCTV upgrading in her business. Currently has an old system with co-axial cables and seperate leads for power at each camera. She wants as little interruption as possible with the new digital cameras, I am thinking power over coax... I have...
  8. H

    Consumer Unit upgrade and wiring issues

    Hi All Looking for some advice please. We moved into our new property a few months back and we're in the process of decorating downstairs including a new kitchen. We have noticed that the electrics are not great. Firstly it's a old consumer unit with only MCBs and no RCDs. Secondly, by the...
  9. P

    Shower upgrade and mcb size

    Hi there.I am looking to upgrade my daughters shower in her flat.The shower is a 7.5kw at the moment,but is struggling with producing a decent temperature with the weather as it is.I was aanting to put in a 9.5kw instead.I have checked the cable from the mcb to the pull switch,and by posts i...
  10. Pip

    Pub / Restaurant refurb Upgrade Boards or not?

    Hi Guys, Been asked to look at an old rambling pub/restaurant/ hotel by the new tenants. 8 letting bedrooms, bar / restaurant area, couple of conference/function rooms, commercial kitchen, c/w large freezers etc... Some areas are a bit messy, mainly the boiler room which was condemned a while...
  11. M

    Advice Needed: Upgrade of Commercial Supply

    Hi. Brand new member looking for guidance. Am trying to take a lease on a commercial premises but I require a lot of electricity. See attached the photo of whats already in the premises. I'm being told its only a 45 kVa supply. I require (I think) a 300amp supply. I dont really know my watts...
  12. D

    Mains distribution upgrade work, 3 phase,old isolators, steel conduit & trunking providing CPC

    Hello everyone I'm picking up some remedial works from an EICR fail in a commercial property. Its a 3 phase supply with old steel conduits , trunking & coupled metal equipment, that provides the earth to the various locations. At present the earthing is insufficient, every earth in the...
  13. lurch

    Losing power to house post meter upgrade??

    got called back to a rewire I completed 5 years ago. Customer reported intermittent loss of power across the house. I have a swa sub main from a 63amp switch fuse to the CU. I have checked all terminations at CU and switch fuse . . . . all good. Have thrown thenmain switch 4-5 times to see if...
  14. S

    Under cabinet strip lighting, Upgrade to LED

    Hi I have under cabinet strip lighting. The old 2 pin lighting. I want to buy LED. Question . Can I just use the same powere cable that I used before. I have enclosed some photos . If anyone can advise , it would be much appreciated Thanks Steve
  15. S

    Upgrade of old MEM TPN board.

    Looking for a bit of input/advice here but details are short atm. Going to review for quotation an old rewireable BS3036 distribution board. You know the ones with a top, middle and bottom bank of 10 fuse holders in a row. Anyway, all single phase outgoing circuits but may include facility for...
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    PowerOne free warranty upgrade 2011 – info required

    PowerOne free warranty upgrade 2011 – info required When I had my install in November 2011, I was convinced that I had sent off a warranty card from the inverter box to PowerOne for a free extension of the warranty from five to ten years. When I contacted ABB last week, they said my warranty...
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    Electrician Jobs Quote for Solar PV upgrade: Solaredge + optimisers NE of Bristol

    Quote for Solar PV upgrade: Solaredge + optimisers NE of Bristol After consideration of the pros and cons, I have decided to upgrade my current inverter to the Solaredge 3.6kW with x16 power optimisers. Primarily it is because I like the idea of a 20 year warranty on the inverter (19 years...
  18. C

    Three phase upgrade question

    Hello all...hope someone here can help.... currently have three phases coming in to the property (old farm) but only receive single phase with a single phase meter. The overhead cables were upgraded a few years ago so the cabling up to the meter is all fairly recent, I can see the 3x100amp...
  19. O

    This could be tricky to upgrade...

    Been doing a partial EICR today due to a muppet changing a fuseboard, no certs, no invoice, very shoddy installation flagged by a visiting air conditioning engineer! This is a picture of the service head ............. the main earth needs upgrading to 10 or preferably 16mm - but is it possible...
  20. S

    Shower upgrade on a very old consumer unit

    Hi all Came across a situation today where somebody was enquiring about upgrading their shower from an 7.5kw to a 9.5. Apparently he had a very old consumer unit with only 4 circuits. lights up and down, sockets up and down. cooker and existing shower. I wanted to know how you guys would...

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