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My builder has sprung a job on me.
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The CU has a single 30mA RCD, type AC.
I am still unsure exactly when I should...
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After my post back in 2018, I decided to take the plunge and complete the level 2 electrical installation course from City and Guilds. My...
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I've installed a Lorex doorbell recently, but it is not turning on.
I did some tests using a multimeter and this is what I found...
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A few months ago we had a Triton Martinique 8.5kw shower installed. We've noticed that the temperature seemed quite low. Its what I'd...
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I've installed a Tesla Gen 3 wall charger supplied by my client.
For your information, the place that I installed is in a block of flat...
Need some advice, I have 7 static caravans to connect which need to be connected via TT
1. All the vans have a 30ma RCD main switch internally...
I have a scenario where there is a three phase DB in a commercial property where there are mixture of three phase and single phase washing...
For some Strange reason we have three Circuits running in the Kitchen i think for two OLD Cookers and a Ring Circuit for the house.
Well the...
Doing a lot of EICRs at the moment and have came across what I'm sure is a common enough problem. In an off grid rural cottage I have a TT system...
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I know I have to do more testing but I just want to see if there is something I’m missing.
Customer said light fitting in the loft was...
I have a known working TV and went to set it up in another building for an old chap. He has about 3 TV's already. I connected the TV to 2 seperate...
Helping out a friend and a CU change is really the best option as sockets in kitchen and downstairs room not on RCD protection. Now one of the WTF...
hi. would appreciate advice from any electricians.
am trying to replace a 13amp [35 year old MK] wall socket but the terminal cage in all the...
Hi I recently purchased(aug18) a house built in 1963 and about an hour before bed I smelt a burning smell in the hallway. I looked around and...
We've been upgrading some bits and pieces in a rented house which hasn't had anything done for at least 40 years by the looks of it.
The picture...
So the gateway that comes with the Tesla Powerwall is just a big contactor in which the meter and load tails connect into, there is also an option...
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Beware a little long.
I served an electrical apprenticeship a long time ago, then went back to full time education immediately moving away from...
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What would cause the nylon sheath to delaminate from the
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As I mentioned last night, I was going to be putting the earth rods in for this summer house this morning.
I put 8 rods in, this was one...
I was thinking about getting qualified to do this for a charity. I already do the necessary stuff to put the electrical donations into the shop...
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I'm quoting for some work and would like change the type AC RCBO to a type A.
Consumer unit is a castlec which I have not come...
Whats everyone's take on this, turned up today to start a re-wire and yet again there wasn't any toilet on the job so we ring the builder and he...
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Evening all,
Been to a job on Fri where the customer had a condition report completed. Two of the remedial identified was that there were too...
Please can someone explain if this is a TNCS or a TNS earthing arrangement because it looks like both to me. Old undersized main bonding conductor...
I've purchased a horizontal unvented cylinder that has come with 2 immersion heaters.
I was hoping to use the same circuit the my existing tank...
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I’ve got a job to quote for turning 1 big flat into 2 smaller flats. The DNO are looking at installing new meters in the communal area. I need to...
Afternoon all,
Got a bit of a strange one (by my usual standards anyway).
Job is a large barn conversion, done years ago, there's loads of work to...
In a job today me and my colleague where discussing whether or not we had to earth the incoming water. It comes in blue pipe as you can see from...
Hi all,
Have a relatively simple question. Doing a rewire to make a circuit in a single room. My father is a retired spark, so no worries about a...
Thinking to be an electrical mate, how do I go about it with no commercial experience? Pros and Cons
I have completed Level 2, currently doing the 18th edition course, I wanted to know, what is it like to get myself into the commercial scene, I...
Local funeral place is getting a new mortuary fridge unit, and needs some work done.
The CU, just for the room, is high up in the corner, just...
Hello I have 10 spotlights in a room.
All 10 spotlights are operated by one switch.
I would like to split the spotlights into two sets.
First...
I run a hall , and one of the long term hirers has been using it a lot lately. I popped in there today and was extremely concerned about some...
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Hello,
I am currently working with 2 separate circuits, one for the dust extraction and another for a circular saw.
Both circuits have an...
Bit of a strange one ive been told by everyone ive called
had a triton t70xr 8.5kw
The water started running cold like the tco kicked in
after a...
One house two immersion tanks either end of the building, house has a good size pv array and battery back up, customer wants iboost on both tanks...
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