Hi, I'm presently building a new house. Im installing a water filled underfloor heating system. The system has 12 zones split into three manifolds, each zone has its own thermostat and actuator. I need to run cables before I put up plasterboard. Can anyone tell what type of cable I need and run...
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a client is getting the keys to there house on thursday not been to the job yet but they want a cooker cable installed asap. He said about mini trunking down the wall (the stuff I hate) I take it's ok to use this in a kitchen as long as it's outside the zones
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ive been asked a few times lately to sort burglar alarms but ive always knocked them back as feel they are a dark art and have never taken interest in them.
could any one tell me if its worth doing a course on them or is it just a case of buying the dummies guide and having a crack as ive...
Hi all.
Just been looking through the OSG and Regs book at bathroom zones.
Can anyone tell me if downlights above, but outside zones 1 and 2 need to be IPx4/5????
Common sense says that would be a good idea for all in the bathroom to be IPx4/5, but not clear in the regs. Lets say they do have...
Hi All,
I'm at the start of my 2330, so please forgive the question.
I've got 4 x 12V 50W downlights in my bathroom ceiling at home, they are all fire rated, but are IP20.
I know that lighting with IPX4 has to be used in Zones 1 and 2, but the downlighter is 1.3m off the floor level, so...
Evenin all.
Was just watching CSI New York on fiveUSA, and there was a scene where one of the CSI's had to turn the circuit breakers back on after an overeload, when she found the DB she had to stand in the BATH to switch them back on!!!
God bless the Americans and their electrical...
Hi all, started wiring an alarm today. its my first hardwired one, usually use the easy wirefree jobbies. Anyway is there common way that the conductors should be wired. IE, should the red be +ve and black -ve and the blue common etc. Its all working fine just worried about if anyone else was to...
Hi Done a pir with a unswitched fused spur feeding a towel rail located outside the zones.I cannot find the isolator for it anywhere and susspect that when the bathroom was refurbed was lost or switched on and left under floorboards !! The customer can only isolate by removing fuse.The question...
Evening guys .
Just wondering i have to install a fan in a bathroom there has already been a hole cored out for a 4 inch fan.
This is 2.70m from the plug hole to the bottom of the cored hole but they are installing a shower which the shower head will be closer to the fan not sure on dimensions...
must start by sayin am not too familiar with th forum...is there anythin in 17th that mentions the need to use steel conduit when the socket is at the other side of a wall of a classroom say...unless it is within 150mm from corner of a room, cornice or boxed in steel column etc
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Just started new job for a housing association. I noticed in a property the other day that there is a 230v fan + switched fusespur in zone 1. If a tenant leaves we have to do a NIC test for change of ocupancy.There are about 200 of these houses all the same. My experiance is in new build so i...
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