design

  1. S

    Level 3 Design assignment question

    Hi guys I’m studying from home for level 3 and it’s very hard. Could someone please help me pick which wiring system I should use in the main workshop for the luminairee- and why that system would be best. I have attached the pictures of the information you may need below.
  2. C

    How to become an Electrical Design Engineer?

    Hi Everyone, I am currently an Electrician and have been for 10 years now. Going to cut straight to the point... I am wanting to look down the route of becoming an Electrical Design Engineer. I am aware of the City & Guilds 2396 Course but I am not naïve enough to know that once I get this...
  3. M

    Circuit design for this water heater?

    Hi all I'm doing a kitchen rewire and in kitchen client has also had a new water cylinder installed. It is a Main unvented direct 170L. I have been trying to get through to customer support but is non existent. I have not wired many new circuits for water heaters and am a bit confused with the...
  4. Mark42

    Ceiling design for 600x600mm LED drop-in panels please.

    Good morning and a very happy lockdown to all :) I'm using this tedious 'holiday' to fit a new suspended grid ceiling in my large open workshop. Here's the provisional lighting plan, using drop-in 600 square LED panels from TLC. I have three existing circuits available (currently feeding 5 x...
  5. R

    Inductive Charging Circuit Design Help

    In Short: I need help designing a circuit between a receiving induction coil and a battery load. Longer Explanation: I am entering a science fair project this year which requires wireless charging of a drone. So far, a have a transmitting coil that takes 12V at 2 amperes and the receiver coil...
  6. C

    Is This Schematic a good design/application ?

    Good Morning, I am a licensed electrician, old school, and I am just now getting actively involved with batteries, inverters etc. Would anyone like to take a look at this schematic? Is there a better way to connect the charging unit? I am operating the batteries separate from each other, when...
  7. B

    615 hotel design

    Anybody want to show their whole projects?
  8. 0

    Commercial garage design

    I'm looking at fitting a commercial garage out. I plan to put a 4 pole 300MA S TYPE rcd as main switch on a 12 way 3 phase board providing I can get the Ra down low enough, should be fine though, otherwise it'll be a 100ma s type. Socket circuits and maybe lighting circuits will go on 30ma DP...
  9. R

    New circuit design question

    Hi guys, Have a job on next week for a friend, my usual industry is maintenance so want to be sure I am checking all the boxes here. He intially measured the run out at 122m, which would require a 70mm cable due to volt drop, however its changed slightly and I have other queries... He now...
  10. J

    Courses for electrical design

    Hi, I am after some advice . I am an approved electrician . Nvq3, 2391 etc. Just looking in to doing a course in electrical design . I have looked at the level 4 design course , would this be a good place to start. Or, is there a better course ? Even if it takes a few years etc . Has anyone...
  11. C

    how to work out what size commando plug I need.

    Hello. It has been a long time since circuit designing for me as I am a simple maintenance person. How do I work out commando plug sizing, for example a machine rated at 32A, plus I have several machine that need moving onto one board, I have there rated current how do I work out board size...
  12. Ashley-Joseph

    Electrical 2365 unit 615 design

    Could someone pm me with symbols and the drawings to help me out or anything that would help. thanks
  13. L

    a shove in the right direction please ! 2365 design project Q3

    Hi guys , hoping someone can help I was due to finish the 2365 course in April this year but with 2 weeks to go some virus came along ( you might have heard about it ? ) just back into the training centre and got the last science exam finished off with merit so quite a relief . unfortunately...
  14. Midwest

    Flooring design & construction

    Apologies mods, feel free to move my thread elsewhere, couldn't seem to find anywhere suitable Wondering if there's any knowledgeable carpenters here. I'm converting my integral garage to a habitable room. Unfortunately I only have 80mm finish floor level, to match with existing ground floor...
  15. M

    Moving from design into domestic install

    Hi everyone! I am just looking for some advice if you could please, Ill give you a quick run down. For the past few years I have been working in electrical design as a CAD Technician. Mainly doing lighting calculations, layouts, SLD's and cable calcs etc. Well i have come to a point where my...
  16. N

    Design current?

    Hey new to the forum And learning to be an electrician. I have a few questions about voltage drop. I understand the formula and all that for example if I had 25 led lights at 24w each spaced evenly over a distance of 65m fed off a type c 10 amp mcb would the design current (lb) used in...
  17. U

    Hi all I am on level 3 and have not yet started my design project

    Anybody got any pictures of there drawings please help me thanks
  18. S

    Design task question6

    Hi lads stuck on this question this project is due in a week and I have been offered little guidance through the coronavirus Circuit= DB 151L2 Calculated demand=0.375A Diversity Factor= Lighting circuit 75% Table used for diversity factor= A2 Demand following diversity=0.281A Found this on...
  19. J

    Circuit Design...

    Hi there, Just hoping something can clear another small item up for me at all. When designing a circuit and looking at cable length for a Ring Final, would you consider the length used in the R1+R2 formula to be the length of the full ring or just half the ring? For example, if I have a ring...
  20. timbobelfast

    Cable Design Software

    Can anyone recommend a decent Cable Design Software package? I have worked out a recent calculation on paper, now I would like to confirm my findings with software. Its an existing run of 2X 120mm 3C Al SWA to feed a 185 Kw motor......…. My calcs tell me disconnection time in 5 seconds will...

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