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This post is about my concerns with medical IT socket outlets and want to alert you all if you are fitting them in a hospital. The current...
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Does anyone has conversion chart for MICC cables Imperial to metric , I have to admit I am not an authority...
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I am a homeowner and have a solar project coming up. I intend to install a 9kw solar system but I am not sure if I have to upgrade my main...
I have a client with a Memora 2000 CU, and he wants additional sockets.
Are the MEM field fit RCBO’s type A or AC?
Quick question to electricians - I want to add metal-plated sockets to newly plastered walls.
The electrical wholesaler advised that newly...
Megger X1 - anyone getting a vastly higher PEFC reading (2ka more) on 2 wire no trip, than PEFC on 3 wire
On this commercial building we are refurbishing it has the above fire alarm panel which I think is pretty much brand new, I'm not even sure it was...
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I'm wondering if anyone might be able to help. We have a fused switch that controls 4 LED lights next to a power socket which have both...
I just finished a garden room supply. The customer already had a CPN garage consumer unit that the last sparks left there, brand new in box, and...
Any ideas on the Max Zs on a 3871 Type 3 13 amp MCB
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This might be a bit of an odd question, I would really appreciate your thoughts. I am trying to up-date my mum's home, before putting it...
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Here's a sand pit.
Knock yourselves out.
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Hi, I have received conflicting advice about Main Isolator Switches and would appreciate forum member's help to plan a way ahead. Looking to the...
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Happy Friday!
Could someone please point me in the right direction, I’m after the Max Zs for a Bill Talisman TLF633 63A MCCB, I’ve...
Steel columns for building into concrete… no inter- connection of Beams … Wooden beams used for interlinked supports … would MBPC be required to...
I was called in a block of office saying they have a problem with the main incomer. During the night nit all nights randomly the main switch in...
Not sure on this one.
Mains water is coming up from the ground in lead pipe in bathroom. 2 inches of copper pipe before the stop tap. All...
I replaced the Thermal cut out on the shower and all's good then 3 days later I receive a call that its only pushing out cold water again, any...
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I am potentially going to be starting an apprenticeship in September and wanted to know if anybody can tell me what specific maths I will...
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I have a Mira Digital shower which has been fine.
On Friday night I had to cut the electrics to the whole house and since I put them back...
my son has recently had an ev charger installed for his car (last week) cost was £900, simple run ,consumer unit on outside wall ,drill through to...
See picture below the Main Earthing Conductor is some kind of Fabric?
Last week I was working in a house changing a socket. When I turned the main switch back on and the MCB on the socket didn't energise. I went and...
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Was looking at installing yet another dedicated consumer box for my EV charger off the henley blocks and i noticed that a meter...
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I've recently bought a megger mft1720 second hand but when I have it to the ohms setting the reading continuously bounces up and down even with...
EICR for a property with some nasty C1's (Really Burnt sockets etc etc ). Nothing listed as been a issue .Full "pass" .But filled in and recorded...
100 volts on a metal ceiling grid when measuring from the Met to the ceiling grid
Only when lighting circuit (led panels ) is on it goes away if...
Cascaded Distribution Units.
Given how cheap populated distribution boards are; i've started to use them for almost every major junction in my...
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Hey guys I really need urgent help understanding this
Basically I'm trying to calculate what the diversity factor/percentages would be for the...
I'm delighted to announce that some time in the next few days / weeks, BBC Breakfast will be airing a short piece about MEET (The Museum of...
We're pushing ahead with MEET - the Museum of Electrical and Electronic Technology. Come and say hello on Facebook, follow us for developments...
My ceiling fan does not have light. couple of weeks the light started blinking then it went off. I did my search and everyone says that I need to...
What’s your take on this….If the Gas pipe entering a property is plastic then no MPBC required.
This seems to contradict this with the gas pipe to...
I have a pressure washer that I got as part of "a good deal", actually an exceedingly good deal as I later found out. I've had it a while, I guess...
What’s you thinking guys… I’m feeling no MBPC required, at this stage realistically cabling a 10mm Earth could be a nightmare
Trying to upload...
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Does a RCBO protecting a single circuit mean it can have a maximum Zs of 1667 Ohms since it's being used as fault protection?
I was working on a small door entry system today (4 flats ). It got me thinking , that say it was 16+ flats system , how would you go about...
My customer is having a wood burner installed.
The stove installers have said he needs to get the 2 sockets that are directly behind the new...
Special location a Static caravan TT System, CU fitted Main Switch then RCBO’s any comments
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Hi everyone,
I’m brand new to the site and hope everyone is doing well.
My question is this:
I have a 2365 level 2 diploma and have been doing...
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With respect to the cooker switch only. If I moved it 400mm to the left by extending the T&E from its original position using crimps, then...
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I am replacing my 10.8kW electric shower and I am trying to decide Mira Sport Max air boost and the MIra Decor dual. Ideally, I'd like...
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First time post to the forums, I hope you all go easy on me!
We are undertaking an electrical install as apart of a solar PV...
Will any MK RCBO's fit this board? It's Sentry range with LN5920 mcb's
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I'm having issues with finding our Maglocks in the released position every morning (7 am). This was happening for a few weeks and they would be...
Some friends are setting up a metal workshop inside a shipping container, on site at a commercial building that rents out studios, workshop space...
Morning all, does anyone know what make of downlight this is .
Cool white 330lm
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