whilst watching many a video in the middle of reading the many books on the journey to becoming a qualified sparky, i notice in a setup, that seems to have multiple main switches and fuses before the distribution board, as i am far from being qualified, let alone experienced, i was wondering if...
Hello. I have a Bush fridge freezer that is about 5 years old now. It has an autodefrost feature. About 6 months ago i noticed ice was building up a lot in the bottom of the freezer and a local electrician suspected that the thermostat had gone. He replaced it and it seem to fix the problem for...
What would you code recess lights in bathroom,no Rcd ,no supplementary bonding.
Also correct IP rated lights l one over bath area Zone 1...230v... woulld you be ok with that, it’s below the height require2.25m I think, you could touch it with out stretch arms.
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I am installing an external portable 4KW, 30A generator to my small mountain cabin. I have accounted for an external generator hook point, external 30A fused disconnect leading to the internal 12-way Square-D power distribution board. An external 4ft copper ground rod provides the...
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New to electrical but I was wondering how to feed off a jacuzzi to supply lighting and sockets for a summer house, has a outside rotary isolator switch
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Hi I want too do my AM2 In the future. I want too know the breaker selection for the circuits in the AM2, an acceptable answer (for me.) will be from a recent am2 Passee (successful candidates only.).
The circuits are as Follows:-
D.O.L Starter, with motor.
Carbon Monoxide Detector
Ring Final...
I'm a DIY kind of guy, and was never really fond of household 120V/240V power before, until I had a friend who used to be a journeyman help me understand enough to wire up my house we are completely renovating.
So, after putting some walls and trusses in place, and running conduit all day...
I was speaking to an electrician last year.
He told me he'd gone round to a job where bell wire had been used to power sockets, the consumer unit had no cover on it and the cables showed signs of deteriorating.
He told me because they didn't want to pay to have it all put right he just walked...
I’m going to get a new oven but suspect the current one is wired differently to how the new one will need to be done. Old one is connected as per the pics. I.e it’s on it’s own circuit with a red oven switch, but the actual connection is via a socket behind some drawers. The new oven will be...
I h e been installing emergency lights with Fuseboards that’s are in cupboards, under stairs or just anywhere awkward, on the same lighting circuit as the floor the boards located.
many years now on kitchens I’ve been installing all fused spurs into the back of one kitchen cupboard leaving...
morning all, I've been asked by a land lord to carry out an inspection of a fire alarm system in a block of flats. Just wondering if you need to be accredited by anybody? For example, you can carry out EICR without being a member of a governing body, so was wondering if this was the case.
Any...
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