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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

    Yes
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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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    Multiple Virgin telephone points

    Yes they wont connect to the ones i wired. Is that just a lead from the hub into the first telephone point?
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    Multiple Virgin telephone points

    Hi All, I have recently rewired a 4 bedroom house in which i have installed 4 telephone points throughout the house as requested by the client. i have wired 3 slaves from the point Where BT would bring in their cable to the master. The problem i have is that the customer as now went for virgin...
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    Can anyone recommend an inexpensive good earth leakage clamp meter

    Can anyone recommend an inexpensive good earth leakage clamp meter
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    Air con units and it equipment on RCD?

    Hi , I usually do domestic work but i have an office job to price and i was wondering if the following items should be RCD protected, the reason i ask is for nuisance tripping. Air con units 3ph and single Sockets for the office computers Comms/Patch panel Thanks
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    Changing old wound ballast to electronic

    Hi , i have a t5 24 w tube and the old ballast has gone. The new electronic ballast i have to replace it doesn't need a starter. Do i just join through the cable where the old starter is or is there more to it? Thanks
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    raychem heat trace

    Definitely an 18 stone ugly sadsack .
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    raychem heat trace

    Are ye aye? Has ur wee maw got ur toast and tea ready for u and the electric blanket on 1580864084 The reason for the water in the pipe to be 55degrees Celsius is for legionella. The heat trace i have installed is designed for that. I know usually heat trace is to stop pipes freezing.

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