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    Builder safety worry

    Moving off topic now, so will end it there, thanks for being patient, listening to my rants and your observations......
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    Builder safety worry

    Just thought I would throw this in for good measure, had an old potterton 20+ year old boiler, contacted a ‘ professional CH “ installer, very nice sign painted van....anyway he installed the new boiler, but once installed he said “ the boiler requires 3 wires, as the new boilers require 3...
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    Builder safety worry

    Don’t know, if it could have gone wrong it did......was the worst experience of my life.....including two divorces.......
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    Builder safety worry

    Wasn’t just the electrics, found almost zero insulation on the 1/2” copper piping, was run so close together I barely managed to squeeze some of the thinner foam insulation as far as I could reach.....when I took out an electrical socket, the piping from the boiler could be seen in the cavity...
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    Builder safety worry

    in 2003 i engaged a builder to extend my property. 1-when I asked for 3 light switches to control 1 light, it took him a week to find out how to do it....he ran multiple cables , just in case, until he found out how it should be done... 2-he fitted a consumer unit, but immediately it kept...
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    installing 1.5 armoured cable, need termination advice please

    Have requested to cancel my subscription to this forum...... thanks to to all the ' helpful' people
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    installing 1.5 armoured cable, need termination advice please

    Your reply is very rude.....thought this would be a good friendly place to get advice, apparently I was wrong. IMO Electricians have generally been highly self opinionated and very reluctant to discuss electrical work....whereas plumbers, carpenters etc are much more friendly and always willing...
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    installing 1.5 armoured cable, need termination advice please

    I can't remember the installers name,but was unhappy with his performance, I had to help him lift the old boiler off the wall..I asked about the permanent live feed ( reading the manual while waiting ) he said he wasn't an electrician and I would have to sort that myself.....the boiler...
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    installing 1.5 armoured cable, need termination advice please

    I came on here for some basic advice. it. seems this forum is for electricians only or for those who can afford an electrician.... Maybe I would have been better off in the DIY section..... Update....I have now fitted the SWA cable to an external wall, with proper clamps, terminated with a gland...
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    installing 1.5 armoured cable, need termination advice please

    the original run on live feed cable is twin & earth....the armoured is three core...a direct replacement...
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    installing 1.5 armoured cable, need termination advice please

    thank you, I have plenty of YouTube and guides for the gland fitting.....I will test everything and I am a perfectionist, so will do everything properly, just can't afford an electrician.....I do my own plumbing also, but as someone ' kindly' pointed out electricity is dangerous and I can...
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    installing 1.5 armoured cable, need termination advice please

    thanks, will go,with the earth nut.....is it ok then to use a connecting strip to join the cables in the enclosure, a 30 amp strip maybe.....manynthanks for the advice

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