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    Power from garage to outdoor heaters

    Hi all, I have 2x 2kw electric heaters I need to run power to - ~17a total. My plan is to use 2.5mm SWA (might be a bit light normally, but it's only ever going to be used when it's cold, being that it's there to supply heaters), I'll protect this with a 20a mcb I need to run this from my...
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    EV chargers installed direct to meter box - is it really wrong?

    On another forum for general EV chat this question comes up all the time. It's very common to install a charger taking the supply direct from the meter box via a secondary box and suitable protection installed within the meter box. Reasons to do this appear quite sensible: 1) Often far easier...
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    Two ovens on single cooker switch?

    Hi all, I'm about to replace our kitchen and one of the upgrades is to install two full size ovens to replace the original twin over under counter unit. The existing 45a cooker switch is in the right place but no convenient space for a second... Is there a reason I can't or should not connect...
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    Temp hooking up a pair of 16a ovens for Christmas day..

    Hi all, Our kitchen is going to be ripped out and replaced in the new year, and currently has just one small oven in it - I have 10 guests for Christmas dinner and it ain't going to be up to the job! However, I already have two new built in single ovens delivered but uninstalled and a carcass...
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    twin and earth between block wall and dot dab - cable channels needed?

    Hi all, Our sparky has carried out first fix, twin and earth cables clipped to the block walls of our extension routed to each back box. His leaving instruction was to dot n dab the plasterboard over the cables - but he has laid them without plastic or steel cable channels and in such a manner...
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    Disconnecting circuit in CU - best practice?

    Hi all, I'm in the process of renovating the bathroom. There is an electric shower I have removed and won't replace. The cable is not practical to remove. To make this redundant circuit safe, what is the best way to cap off in the CU? I plan to label it too, both in the CU and at the other end...
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    Someone replaced a light switch with a timer..

    Bit of a first for me. Looking around a house to tidy up as a buy to let and couldn't find the light switch in one of the bedrooms. Some searching later revealed the previous owners had replaced the switch with an analogue timer o_O It was the front bedroom so best guess is they had it to give...
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    AV cables in solid wall - what the regs say?

    Hi all, Just being cheeky and asking for some advice really.. In my new house, we have solid walls throughout - great, but not so great for my home cinema kit. My issue is that whilst I would can chase the AV cables to wherever they need to be, I would prefer to do it in such a way that leaves...
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    Battery Shock from Dyson handheld battery vac...

    So, here is one to debate. Wifey bought one of the cordless V8 dyson vacs, on the basis that all her friends have one. It's pretty handy. But today I discovered an unusual feature. If it detects the motor is working too hard (in this case as the filter was blocked with dust), it will switch...
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    Anyone use the Hylec DOC contactors and overload relays?

    Type: Hylec-APL | Motor Control Gear | Contactors - https://www.hylec-apl.com/contactors & Hylec-APL | Motor Control Gear | Thermal Overload Relays - https://www.hylec-apl.com/thermal-overload-relays Got a project coming up where I need to remotely start about 20 pumps so looking at Hylec as...
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    Should a giant steel framed human aquarium be earth bonded?

    I have a large, portable steel framed tank. approx 6m x 2m x 2m. It is used for actors/models to perform in for a variety of productions. For many years now, I have had conflicting advice about whether or not it should be earth bonded. The initial response is "it's a giant steel structure, bond...
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    Inline switch on pendant light instead of wall switch?

    My lovely wife has requested I fit these as bedside lamps: Circular Pendant Light - https://luxeology.co.uk/products/gold-pendant-lamp-1 Sounds simple enough.. But the walls are solid and the room recently decorated, so chasing cables to install a new light switch on either side isn't really an...
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    Do you Wago? (222 lever type)

    In testing and developing automated, reconfigurable control boxes/panels we often use the wago lever connectors here - they're ideal for rapidly swapping components and in general for quick assembly. I'm curious as to whether in domestic situations you chaps are making use of them these days? I...
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    Sparks vs Plumbers... What's the score?

    What's the beef? Unusually, I'm a member of both electricians forums and plumbers forums, I work across both areas, in fact I frequently combine water and electricity in many varied and fun ways! This leads me to ask why sparks and plumbers are forever complaining about each other in their own...
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    New cooker dp switch, existing wires won't reach terminals..

    Evening all, Not a qualified spark so I thought it better to ask than make assumptions. Swapping all switches/sockets in our house to screwless ones, all going fine until I went to swap the cooker isolator switch. The old one has feed top, load bottom. The new one has load top, feed bottom. As...
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    CE mark for self designed/assembled Special FX triggers/relays...

    Hi all, A question about regulation... I design and assemble fairly basic mobile kit used to trigger SFX, which is part of my work. The devices are fairly straight-forward, typically an 8 way IP enclosure with a 12vdc transformer and a timer relay to respond to signal input from the FX trigger...
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    Protection and earthing of 24v ac circuit to energise solenoid valves

    Hi, I am tasked with switching some special FX kit we have over to 24v ac, from 12v dc. Purely to achieve longer cable runs with lesser volt drop. We have these transformers: link Which are bonded to earth and powered via a MCB and RCD (we work with water) protected feed, as with all our kit...

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