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  1. ste mac

    Cut seal or use choc block?

    Found this today, another case for being allowed to cut the meter seals?
  2. ste mac

    EICR retification.

    What do you guys do after rectification of defects listed on an EICR. Reinspect the installation and issue a new EICR? Do you charge for the inspection again? Issue a new EICR? Fill out a MW or EIC for the rectifications and provide with the 1st EICR?
  3. ste mac

    Another waste of paper!

    I have been to test the installation in a Portakabin today, and found this certificate crumpled up under the consumer unit cover. The install consists of a Merlin Gerin 12 way CU with a 100A 100mA 'S' BS61008 RCD, a BS61009 32A 'C' 30mA RCBO for sockets, 2x 16A 'B' BS60898 MCB's for heaters &...
  4. ste mac

    School bell problem.

    I have been asked to look at a school bell system that every now and again the bell will ring & continue to ring until one of the manual bell ring switches is pressed and this then stops the continual ringing. I was shown a timer (Danfoss 841) and there are three override switches dotted about...
  5. ste mac

    RCBO 5In trip times.

    Just installing a new consumer unit for a customer. Split load board with 1 half RCD & the other half RCBO's. RCD & all but 1 RCBO has had good trip times, all sub 40ms at 1In & 5In, but the 6A RCBO for the kitchen lighting circuit is tripping at 40.8ms & 40.7ms at 5In. If I disconnect the...
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    • circuit electricians' talk every lighting outgoing rcbo times trip
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    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  6. ste mac

    PIR occupancy switch problem?

    Can anyone offer a solution to this problem: Male toilets & female toilets in a village hall both have thier own light switches, but are feed from the same MCB. Both toilets share an extract fan with overrun timer. I have replaced the 2 pole light switches with PIR switches but now when either...
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    • aus electricians' talk pir problem switch
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Australia
  7. ste mac

    For Sale Brother P-Touch labelling machine. BNIB.

    Brand new in box, Brother P-Touch 7100VP electricians label printer. Comes complete with 12mm yellow tape, mains power supply and plastic case. Surplus to requirements: £30 ono. Brother P-Touch 7100VP Handheld Electronic Labelling Machine Ref PT7100VPZU1 and other Brother for sale online. PM...
  8. ste mac

    Naughty naughty.

    Found this today during a PIR. This was part of a recent solar PV install. Was it too much to ask to install a banjo washer on the SWA.
  9. ste mac

    Water bond to earth electrode.

    On a domestic job today and came across an unusual bonding setup. The main house is TNC-S, supply to remote home office via SWA cable. The remote building has an oil fired boiler and the copper pipe work has a 10mm bond cable going out through the external wall to an earth electrode. The...
  10. ste mac

    5A round pin sockets

    How do we stand with using the round pin 5A sockets on a lighting circuit with a 6A MCB? Will the sockets be classed as overloaded (probably only under fault conditions) due to being protected by a 6A MCB? Is the only way around this to place a fused spur before each 5A socket or would it be...
  11. ste mac

    Spur problem?

    Spur off a spur in 2.5 T&E off a 32A ring circuit in a utility room running a washing machine & a tumble drier. This was reported on a recent PIR of a rental property and the landlord would like it corrected, The problem I have is if I install a FCU then the customer can only use 1 appliance...
  12. ste mac

    Periodic testing questions.

    I have a few questions about a periodic inspection and report given to me recently by a letting agent. the property was built in the early 1970's original Wylex BS3036 CU. Just wondered what you guys would code these items as: 1. no mains powered interconnected smoke detection to to comply...
  13. ste mac

    Cable system?

    Can anybody tell me what type of cable this is? I came across it in a circa 1970's appartment. This peice has about a 6mm cpc but the 30A socket ring main had about a 1mm cpc. it looks as though the conduit type outer is supplied in different sizes and the installer pulls through their...

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