I have a spa bath, with lights, pump and lights are straight plugged into mains with 2C+E for pump, there is an additional ground wire on metal body of pump. Question I have is this ground cable required as pump is installed on plastic feet and onto block wood with no access to the pump. There...
Hi, I am involved in a local charity which is fundraising to restore a local pub into a community hub (and also a pub). The pub which is The Hop Pole in Limpley Stoke is in the middle of the village and it's been closed for about 4 years but the local community have raised enough money to buy it...
Hi, I am after some advice please. I am a bathroom fitter and are in the process of installing a jacuzzi bath. All plumbed in and ready to test but instructions say to connect to a 16A magnetothermic switch with a 30ma differential & earth socket! The bath has a cable with a 2 pin socket on. I...
In one of our bathrooms we have a japanese style toilet with bidet/dryer and a electric motor bath.
The electrician installed it with an isolating transformer Carroll & Meynell 3000VA Intermittent Isolation Transformer 230V/230V - Screwfix -...
I just had a water leak and had to take the side of the bath off and delighted to also find a few cables going into the floor and shoddily into the wall. I can only guess they are for the house alarm, which is located below in the garage. I'm thinking of hiring someone to come and disable the...
Do I secure an additional 1-gang pvc box to this original 1-gang box or do I have to somehow remove the 1-gang box from the stud and install a new 2-gang box. I'm trying not to destroy the drywall and if I can secure a new 1-gang to the old 1-gang, will the 2-gang wall plate fit ok or will there...
Installing a bath fan. Connecting original 4 wire to new 3 wire fixture. What did I do wrong? (Capped red from supply side. Connected 2 grounds from fixture to supply.) Both red and black read hot when switch is on.
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I am hoping one of you kind gentlemen can help. I am having the bathroom turned into a wet room which is being tanked Friday. I am also having a hydrotherapy bath installed. As the wiring up is not being done until after the tanking so the cable or cables need to be laid before the tanking...
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Ive been able to do most things my demanding wife asks of me, but this project is doing my head in. We had made an in-bottle bath pasteuriser and fitted it with 2 X 3kw universal flat heating elements. Now, Ive installed temp sensors and adjusted the...
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I'm new here and I'm not an electrician but I came across this place when searching for answers to my problems.
I have just moved into a house that was re-wired in 2006.
There is a 2 way outside socket that has broken so I am looking to replace it and want to make sure I get the right...
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First post here, I am a plumber and have been asked to change a shower pump which is currently sited under the bath. It is fed from a fused spur screwed to the floor under the bath. I want to know where I stand with the regs in regard to changing the pump and joining onto the fused...
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Need a bit of advise I have been asked to install a bath in a room that was previously a wet room for a disabled person. Now as per usual the customers don't want to spend a lot of money.
At the moment there is an electric shower installed at a height of approximately 750mm to...
a periodic report reports that a water heater is not allowed in zone one. the 2.5 supply cable is clipped direct going into the bottom of the heaters. the heaters store more than 15 litres. regs wise whats the deal. how do i make them comply without moving them. rcd yes but what else? thanks
Just done first fix on a new bathroom and customer has a new whirlpool bath being installed and a steam shower very fancy and both with radio etc etc.
However they have both been purchased on web from abroad.
Both have come with creepage protectors fitted inline with a 13A plug on each.
My...
Hi , just want your thoughts on this , tiled bath panel sealed , with ip44 leds in the tiles, wired from existing switch , switch powering socket in loft lv transformer in plug pluged into skt and wired to leds in bath panel,
psc current of low voltage? because there is no earth in the lv...
Have a customer that would like a spa Bath. Would an IP66 switched fuse spur beneath the bath, fused at 13 amps, off the ring that is protected by RCD be ok? Is there a better way?
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