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Some of the building I have been testing have both SWA supply earth and an earth electrode. What would you call this arrangement?
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Why on a caravan site or some other outbuilding does the earth have to be an earth electrode and not the earthing on the supplying TN-C-S ???
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Hi guys. A client wants me to fit a fan in her bathroom. She wants it to be operated with bathroom light. So far so good. It is a low voltage...
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It is great previllage to online at the same time as the Master. Hi Shakey, we know there is so much importance given to earthing in this...
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Hi, To calculate the voltage drop of a cable from Appendix 4 of the IEE Regulations we use the following formula: actual voltage drop = factor...
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I am trying to save myself a bit of money here. Does any body know if I can hang on to my Brown book (16th Edition) and just get hold of a copy of...
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Hi all, Quick question with regards to adding new sockets to a circuit under the new regs, Am i right in thinking that if you go to a house...
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hi folks ive bought a semi detached house, and i need to install a couple of sockets. the house is timber framed, and on the shared wall i cut a...
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I have a copy of pages 136 & 137 of the 13th edition regs (defo from 1966, so I think it's 13th or 14th ed). These pages have the tabulated...
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Your help please A friend is selling his house and has had a survey done by the buyer on the wiring, in the report its states that his old fuse...
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Can someone confirm longest legth for a ring main using 4mm singles P,N & E that can be run without exceeding max voltage drop or Ze ? I have a...
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well it made me laugh anyway:)
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Let me rattle your brains and if you can you give us a brief desciption on how they actually work with the windings n that? why we use them...
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Electrical Installation Revision Page On the 2330 level 2 & 3 have a look at this site plenty of practice topics
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Hello all, A bit or a lot of advice would not go a miss on this little nugget. I have recently become self employed as an electrician. The...
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Hello, with regard to underfloor heating mats, the new regs 753.411.3.2 state, "in the case of heating units delivered without exposed conductive...
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Was wiring a kitchen yesterday and the guy is having an electric range cooker installed and I needed to get a feed to it. The councils ask us to...
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heres something which is interesting and what we can talk about, read it on a website today. "Singapore smartphone company, MWg, has reportedly...
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my mate has just built a large extention on his house, and i was wondering does his new sockets and switches in the extention have to comply with...
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Hi gents, so someone has finally asked it - well i have to fit rcd's/RCBO's to existing circuits when the 17th kicks in??? Well here is my view...
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