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  1. S

    garden cabin wiring exposed under floor

    Wiring a large garden cabin and the customer has specified floor sockets. The floor is pine floor boards over osb boarded direct onto joists with no gap and joists and below are actually outside as cabin has no sides below floor level. Does anyone have any tips on how to weather proof the socket...
  2. 0

    New exposed brick wall

    Hi, We are in the middle of building our kitchen extension, we have decided to have an exposed internal brick wall constructed as we have some excellent brick spare. The external block wall is up and before we put up the internal brick wall we were going to install the cables for...
    • 01Pminkk
    • Thread
    • brick cable cavity exposed install new wall
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  3. M

    Exposed T and E's during test.

    Hi, I am new to this forum and can't find an exact match to my search. I am new to testing and inspection and have come across a db mounted in a garage on the wall whereby the t and e's for all circuits are clipped direct to the wall before entering the ceiling approx 1m above. Is this deemed...
  4. J

    Exposed live wire in cooker wall socket

    So I fitted a new metal faceplate switch on the wall socket for my cooker. All went well. As I'm also tiling I took it off a few days later, and noted some of the live wire insulation rubbed off presumably by me screwing the screws in when assembling. I have read of this before, first time hrs...
    • Johnx14
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    • cooker exposed live socket wall wire
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  5. KeenPensioner

    Earth fault - potential on exposed conductive part

    As can be seen from my profile I am not a qualified electrician but I'm studying in my own time just for the sake of it. I understand the principals of earthing and bonding but in this video by GSH Electrical.... .....at 2:10 minutes in he says exposed conductive parts under earth fault...
  6. gazdkw82

    Tv - 75v exposed conductive parts

    mother inlaw says - I keep getting a shock of the back of the tv when I try and move it to turn the plug off. It’s a wall mounted tv in the kitchen. I thought initially it must be just static but told her I’d have a look. As it happens, every screw, or exposed conductive part on the tv is...
  7. L

    Supplementary bonding

    Hello all, Perhaps a few of you could help my understanding of the following query. The situation I am about to describe is purely hypothetical to help my understanding of the issue. Let's assume within a domestic bathroom, I have a combination of exposed conductive parts and suspect...
  8. westward10

    It's the weekend so....

    Do you bond cable trays?
  9. L

    Vaulted ceiling with exposed beams.

    I'm looking for suggestions...Vaulted ceiling with exposed beams and 3 chandeliers in a row hanging from the centre all to be switched separately . The ceiling has been boarded, insulated and tiled from outside so no chance of running cables up to chandelier positions hidden from view. My 1st...
    • Leesparkykent
    • Thread
    • ceiling exposed house option
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. V

    Dangerous Work Exposed!

    Hi Guys, Have i been to a hum dinger of an installation today! Are we sitting comfortably then i'll begin. An electrician i was talking to in the wholesalers mentioned that he was having trouble tracing a fault where there was 60 volts on the pipework and he was having trouble tracing it.I...
  11. V

    Dangerous Work Exposed.

    Hi Guys, Have i been to a hum dinger of an installation today! Are we sitting comfortably then i'll begin. An electrician i was talking to in the wholesalers mentioned that he was having trouble tracing a fault where there was 60 volts on the pipework and he was having trouble tracing it.I...
    • Videodoctor
    • Thread
    • bonding dangerous earth electrical work electrician exposed volts work
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  12. D

    Testing with no exposed metal parts...

    In an office environment... So please tell me I'm a dunce on this one (I'll gladly wear a hat with a 'D' on it) but one thing I've never really got with PA Testing is when testing Class 2 equipment part of the test is one where you need to use the fly lead to clamp to some exposed metal part of...
  13. E

    HELP: Exposed Un-Isolated Buried Armoured Cable Discoved in Garden

    Hi, I've just come across this forum so I hope someone can help me quickly on this. We recently moved into our new build home in April 2015 and have been here for 2 months roughly. I was mowing the rear lawn this evening and kept getting the mower stuck on something in the lawn. Not thinking...
    • exactmax
    • Thread
    • armoured buried cable exposed garden
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  14. L

    exposed copper in meter tails. HELP

    We have been pulled on our work for fitting tails into an electric meter which has copper exposed by about 2mm max. Is there any regulations regarding exposed copper and their maximum length in and out of electric meters which are placed in an securely sealed enclosure. I am asking this because...
    • leemckerrow
    • Thread
    • copper exposed meter meter tails tails
    • Replies: 62
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  15. J

    Exposed electric and gas meter

    Turned up to a job today and the guy complains of his electric meter and gas meter not being hidden away in a cupboard. the fuse board is in the hallway at waist height and the electric meter and gas meter directly below. The guy says his kids keep playing with it. Any rules, law or regs...
    • Jimmythechin
    • Thread
    • electric electrical exposed gas gas meter meter
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  16. M

    Exposed live wire.

    Hi I was asked to remove a hot water heater connected to a un-switched fused spur and a curtain heater connected same way. from a charity shop. I work for the charity. as a handy-person I have electrical qualification BS7671 and qualified up to domestic so far, and I know ho my limits to what...
  17. S

    Exposed area (upper roof) installations power containment advice.

    Dear All, Could someone give me some ideas I would like to capture the Installation methods for the control wiring and ELV (BMS) wiring by means of GI trunking? Is it acceptable or whether I have to install GI conduit for the control wiring and ELV wiring.Please note XLPE cables has been...
    • swamydhas
    • Thread
    • advice area cable containment control exposed installation installations power roof wiring
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  18. M

    Extension exposed floor joists and safe zones

    Hi extension kitchen with exposed beams. Walls to be dot and dabbed. Requested not to drill joists. in theory the bottom of exposed joists would be where plasterboard goes. So the 150 mm safe zone can be taken from the bottom of the joists? If so the cables can be run in oval against wall just...
    • midgetman
    • Thread
    • exposed extension floor joists safe zones
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  19. S

    Exposed element bathroom heater

    Hi, done a periodic on an oldish installation and there was one of those old pull cord operated bathroom heaters above the door with exposed heating element - what is the advice on this?? many thanks in advance......
    • SteveDL
    • Thread
    • bathroom element exposed heater
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  20. D

    Zones and exposed beams...

    Is the 150mm taken from the ceiling, ie floorboards or the bottom of the exposed beam? need to know if I can run a cable horizontally under the beams.

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