Recent content by thomaspotato

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    NICEIC Test Sheets

    Hi , I have recently joined NICEIC and i am wondering if anyone can help me regarding recording the info on EICRs etc onsite on an ipad. I want my guys to fill out the test sheets onsite, on the app. However some sites you can't get internet and NICEIC say that they need this to fill out the...
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    Cat 6 solid core for rj45 male ends

    Hi , i was told by an IT guy in a place that i was working that solid core cat 6 shouldn't be used with male rj45 ends and the cat 6 solid core ends should be terminated to a female end and pre made patch leads(apparently they are mad with stranded cable) should then be used to connect to...
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    Cable sizing

    Yes you are probably right but can someone recommend a software i can use? 30 year since i was at college and i can remember the time it took to size a cable with all the factors
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    Cable sizing

    Hi all, I am trying to calculate a SWA 4 core that will be protected by a 250 amp switched fuse isolator. It is going to supply a 3 phase electric boiler that pulls 209 amps each phase at most. I'm filling in the parameters to an online cable calculator ,when asked for the voltage i've put 400...
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    Why can we spur unfused from rings?

    if you are going to spur off a ring circuit it's 2.5mm for a single socket and 4 for a twin.
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    RCDs for fault protection in adibatic equasion

    if the circuit is RCD protected ,the maximum ZS is 1667 ohms
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    questions for installation cert

    Hi , Could someone answer the following for me? i don't have reg book handy and when i google i'm getting mixed answers. 1. maximum disconnection time for a type A rcd on a consumer unit at times 1 setting? 2. on a ring continuity test the readings i measured and put on cert were L-L 0.36...
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    size of earth on 16mm mains tails

    so cpc being minimum of half the live conductor size does not apply here then?
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    size of earth on 16mm mains tails

    ye if it was a 100 amp main fuse i would install 25mm double insulated tails with a 16mm earth, so if it is an 80 amp fuse then i know i can use 16mm double insulated tails but is a 10mm earth sufficient or does it have to be a 16mm?
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    size of earth on 16mm mains tails

    Hi I have a domestic installation to rewire and the main incoming fuse is 80 amp so i am using 16mm double insulated tails, is the main earth size with this 16mm or 10mm ? Thanks
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    Voltage N to CPC causing Fan timer to continuously Run

    it is tns. R1 +R2 is fine. I also put a plug on a flex and supplied the 2 bathrooms from the socket circuit and got the same results
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    Voltage N to CPC causing Fan timer to continuously Run

    Hi All, Bit of a tricky number. I have recently installed lights / fans /toothbrush chargers and shaver sockets to a bathroom and En-suite. The house had been rewired a few weeks before(not by me). I tied into the existing lighting circuit and everything works fine apart from both extract fans...
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    Multiple Virgin telephone points

    Is virgin using the BT Fibre? sorry if i'm being daft. What type of lead do i connect from Virgin Hub to first Slave point ? thanks

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