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I am planning to put a cable out to a shed to setup a workshop in there. I use a lot of wood working tools (band saw, lathe, planer thicknesser), plus welder and grinders. Ill also want a lighting circuit. All single phase. The cable has to go about 10 m underground and will go under a...
skinny
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Hi guys,
My first post on this forum, I am a regular at the Tiler forum.
I was hoping you guys may be able to give me an idea as to what I should expect to pay to have a dedicated ring main installed to supply my workshop outside.
The workshop is approx 500mm away from external wall and is no...
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I've got a job to wire in 6 single phase sockets into a mesh cage room.
Problem is its not a full square room one section is missing, making it a U shape. it also has no roof.
Considering this instead of running a ring I now want to run two radials contains 3 sockets down either side of...
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Hi There,
I am currently wiring a car body repair workshop.
The owner doesnt want transformers everywhere and has asked me to lookinto 10 x 110v twin points around the workshop running from one transformer.
I have looked into it and was just checking whether to wire the circuit in 4.00m...
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Hi, I got asked to do a job recently to install some lighting in a booth in a car workshop, where they are going to be taking photos of cars for magazine shoots and for customers to get good shots of their cars. <br>I have had a few ideas using daylight tubes, track lighting or hps lamps like...
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Hi,
I'm looking for some help / guidance, so please be gentle as I do not normally get involved with this type of work.
I have been asked by my cousin (freebie job) to connect up his newly built horse stables and workshop.
He has run a supply cable from his TN-C-S incomer to the workshop, which...
ruu
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hi im new to this and just started a course with train for trade skills
i was hoping someone can help in my situation at home,
ive just built a workshop and fitted a consumer unit with a 63 amp rcd a 32 amp mcb a 16amp mcb and a 6 amp mcb at the moment only the 32 for sockets and 6 for lights...
I'm running conduit over some work benches in a workshop. Usual hand tools are to be used such as drills and hand saws etc. Would it be within the regs to run the singles in PVC conduit rather than steel galv? I woul then rcd protect circuit.?i suppose there is a risk of medium severity damage...
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Got a customer who has 3 phase but only one connected. He's going to build a workshop to host 8kwp of pv and is going to re-connect another of the phases with a different meter.
Have I got this right, the first 4kwp can go back to the house, that should achieve a D rating, the second one...
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Hello All.
When I started building my own house in 1985 the idea was to have one electric board supply cable feed our main house with a second supply fed to our garage/flat .
The electric board supplied the 200Amp single al core swa cable, I laid it to the house then another cable from the house...
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I've just got back from looking at a job. He requires 6 3-phase machines installed throughout a workshop to supplement the 4 other machines. Very straightforward, until I saw the internal structure. Steel framed building with, what looks like, asbestos panels on the walls and ceiling / roof...
Hi, my names Rob, been working for company's in the Birmingham area for the last few years but have now gone on my own and have my part p in jan. I Have a problem with a job i am going to have a look at soon.The customer has a small garage/workshop that was recently wired and contains basic...
Hello everyone,
Thank-you for reading me!
Im having a few troubles getting correct information on adding a seconday consumer unit into a tiny workshop!
A bit of background information:
I have my main consumer unit at the front of my house, and i have a tiny workshop in the rear of my garden...
Cosha
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Hi guys,
I have got a circuit breaker in my workshop and i want to use it to run lights, sockets for tools and some outdoor lighting and water feature ect.
I have already connected the end to the new circuit board in the shed and run the armoured cable underground to the circuit board in the...
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Hi guys and gals, just been called by a customer. They currently have three phase to there workshop. They are wanting that supply to feed two seperate buildings, however they only require single phase. Now my question is, aslong as i do my calculations correctly and are able to balance the loads...
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Hi good people i have to run a supply to a workshop from a tt supply can you export the earth to the new fuse board or do you supply its own earth rod the cable to be installed is a 16mm s/w/a 3 core advice please or point me in the right direction many thanks
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