hi guys and dolls just doing an extension ,new utility and enlargement of kitchen ,plans say ext fan in utility and kitchen ,(kitchen is on a cooker hood fan ) does the utility need to have an overrun fan in it ?I'm thinking not as the cooker hood will not be timed and there is more likely to be...
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Popped round in laws house last night as they were having power loss issues. As I pulled up noticed the utility guys on their road hard at work sorting it out. So out of curiosity I thought I'd check the voltage readings as they had power but you could tell the voltage was low.
I was...
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Just wanted some advice on what is likely to happen this year with large scale solar installs? Solar farms were / are going up all over the place but a change in government funding is going to stop that come April right? However installs under 5 MW are still going to be funded...
Interesting short article on why energy companies in the US/Canada are keen on smart metering.
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can anyione give me a definitive answer to this question please .
does a standby generator in a large building is it required to have a multiple earthing, earth rod + earth supply from main dno connected to one point on generator
Can anyone help?
The house we're installing at today is supplied by Utility Warehouse but the customer (the landlord) is not a customer of Utility Warehouse. British Gas has stopped taking non customers and Utility Warehouse don't seem to accept the Landlord because he isn't a customer. I seem...
I know that a fused spur can have addition sockets, but the garage is currently ( and would appear to have been like this since it was built in '85) fed from a socket in the utility room; spurred off the socket for the washing machine. The detached garage has a DB with a 15A and 6A fuse and I...
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Is it mandatory to have extraction in the kitchen and utility on a new extension? I need a quick answer, otherwise I`d look it up in Part F.
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I have one socket in my utility room, this socket is part of the down stairs ring main. I have taken a fused spur from this socket and ran two sockets of it, room is smaller than 12m squared, so 3 sockets is recommended for this size room, is that correct? I have used 2.5mm cable to run the...
hi, doing some work for client and they have asked for a fan to be 2 way switched, 1 switch in utility room and the other in the bathroom next door
my query - is 2 way switching for a fan the same wiring as 2 way lighting with a permanent feed going to the fan for a run on timer??
thanks
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My flat has nine 13 Amp sockets in the combined dining and living room, and that number is more than enough to power all the devices I would need in that room. In addition, the dining and living rooms have halogen spotlights , and I also have a floor lamp in the living room...
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OK ok, I admit I have been using xpelair 100mm fans for utility - NOT 30 lps. :lipsrsealed2: Can anyone reccomend a reasonable 100mm 30lps please?
Kind Regards, David
ive been pondering if a utility room with a sink & toilet come under the requirements of a special location ,surely it does ?? i just wonder why part 7 of regs doesnt mention anything about risk of shock near water for somewhere like a utility room containing a sink.
Just wondered if anyone had...
I am going to fit 5 MR11 35w downlighters in my downstairs utility room which has a flat plasterboard ceiling which goes onto a slant with a velux skylight. There's no rooms above the ceiling so it's just insulation and then the roof of the extension. The downlights are not for rated so I bought...
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I am new to the trade, having retrained due to redunancy from employer.
I am going to be doing an complete rewire of friends house, big 5 bedroom old style house single bricks walls throughout, with complete new 3rd floor in loft space added, new kitchen extension and rebuild of...
Hi, here are my two XL fusebox rcd: MCB & skt wire autocalc's. :D
FUSEBOX CONSUMER UNIT with 1 RCD: MCB and SKT wire AUTOCALC
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FUSEBOX CONSUMER UNIT with 2+ RCDS: MCB and SKT wire AUTOCALC
Stephan Rands' Website
Edit to suit. Both have examples. The file sizes are a...
Hi can you help? recently rewired a utility room and added some extra sockets all RCD protected on split board. Anyway today I returned to the property to install an extract fan in my absence my client has decided to add a shower in the corner of the utility room (Did not know about this at...
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