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  1. E

    Voltage tester

    I got given this last year by a couple I done some work for. I found it in my shed and thought I would share. Euan
    • emacleod
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    • given tapatalk tester voltage voltage tester volts
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Electrician Talk
  2. M

    Circuit design for new extension

    Hi all I've got a training assignment to do which is to design a circuit for a job I will be doing with my boss. He wants to see what I come up with having viewed the job and spoken to the client. Basically the job is supplying lighting and sockets to a new extension comprising of three...
    • Mechie
    • Thread
    • cable circuit circuits consumer current design extension first garage garden given heaters house installed lighting lights machine new outbuilding problem protection query radial right roman socket sockets someone supply times
    • Replies: 127
    • Forum: Circuit Design, Power Systems & Electronics Help
  3. C

    In the middle AM2, SY gland help!

    Hiyaa, Finished day 1 of my AM2 today. Completed all the install apart from the heating systems and the SY cable to the motor. Everything else is done. anyway, I came todo my SY gland and realised the gland we have been given looks more like an SWA gland and this is definitely the one we are...
    • cackfod
    • Thread
    • am2 cable given gland heating help! middle
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  4. G

    Connecting three wires to a socket

    Hi all, I'm in the process of changing the sockets in my house (just the face plates) and I'm having serious trouble fitting the ones with three wires where there's a spur. Can I just crimp the three wires together and then one wire out the other end to connect? If not any advice please to try...
    • Garethb
    • Thread
    • cables connecting given socket three wires
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  5. HappyHippyDad

    Regulation 434.5.2 Fault current!

    Cant quite get my head around how you use this reg? Lets say S =16 I = 657 k = 115 You have to work out t first of all so t = K2S2/I2 so t = 7.843409 (to 6dp) therfore K2S2 = 3385600 The reg says that we need to make sure that K2S2 is greater than the value of the let through energy...
  6. J

    Will a reading higher than given in 7671 for Zs values be okay if protected by RCD

    I might be COMPLETELY wrong.... but I have recently finished my level 3 in college and I'm sure I was told that if a Zs value is higher than the max reading in BS7671 it's okay if it's protected by a 30mA RCD, so it passes. I sort of remember writing 'satisfactory' on the test form next to Zs...
  7. R

    6491 singles. East Manchester.

    I am selling the following. All bought today, I've used just over 6 meters from each roll. £60 the lot collected from East Manchester or Glossop area. I can give you a VAT invoice that I was given when I bought it for £90 inc. Prysmian 6491X PVC Singles, all 98.3 meters: 1.5mm Black 1.5mm...
  8. M

    CCTV SYSTEM WIRING, 2nd hand system client has been given

    Hi There My client has had a load of cctv cameras taken out of the office which he owns and and was wondering whether i could fit some around his house. They are a vista vvrd2v6cm-540 with all the psus, dvr, screen, etc. they look like they are just plug and play. I have attached some photos...
    • mgnelec09
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    • cctv client given hand system wiring
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  9. 8

    Had an electrician around to do an EICR but was given a quote for work instead.

    I've recently had an electrician around to do an EICR on my HMO property. The property consists of four flats (each flat on their own floor but not accessed via one door hence a license able HMO even though they each have separate metering for utilities). The property was completely...
  10. 1

    Finally given up hope!!!

    I've been keeping my fingers crossed all year but I've finally had to accept.... We're NOT getting a Summer this year :( The temperature has dropped, the dark nights are closing in faster and faster and it is currently lashing with rain as I type. It wouldn't be so bad if I had been away on...
  11. D Skelton

    Yet another spark robbing customers!

    Just got back from a customer who has asked me to quote for rectifying some issues brought to light during a recent inspection. The customer came to me because the previous spark had let him down and failed to turn up when supposed to on four different occasions. Turns out this NIC 'approved'...
  12. M

    High ring test results at socket outlets

    Hi, I was wondering if you guys can help with some errant test results. I'm testing a ring and i get L-L = 0.41 N-N = 0.40 E-E = 0.63 Great Figure 8 L-E = 1.0 ohms. Still good Figure 8 at each socket varies from 0.8 ohms to 1.1 ohms (I was expecting much lower)> Oddly Zs = 0.23 (which is...
  13. J

    AM2 - Opinions needed

    Problem solved :D
  14. B

    help for a newbie given a lack of info

    Hi all. Any help with this would be great. have been asked to wire up a garden office for the people who sell them. it is at, and supplied from, the garden centre. was told it was a board 50 meters from the office base so i sent 16mm2 cable for a 63A supply. have since been sent these pics...
  15. A

    Given Up !

    I have been running my own electrical contracting business for 5 years i finished my apprenticeship at 21 and went at it alone. Over the years i employed 2 electricians and took on some very good jobs. I couldnt have wished for more. Then over the last year work started to disappear or not worth...
    • ajpom1
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    • given
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Australia
  16. M

    RF Thermostat communicating with boiler.

    A friend has had their HW system replaced by a Megaflo 250 litre Indirect High Efficiency Unvented Water Heater. In the process a perfectly good Potterton boiler was replaced by a Vaillant EchTech Plus 438. There are plumbing issues I need to raise on the Plumbing Forum, but concerning...
  17. B

    Seeking qualified spark Leicester area to guide me!

    Hi, i am seeking some help from a generous spark in the Leicester area ( how many have stopped reading now I wonder)! i have almost completed the domestic installer scheme and have been given a gift of a job towards my part p registration, but need some guidance and help with it. The job is for...
    • Blimeyme
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    • area given going guide qualified someone spark
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Australia
  18. M

    Mrs Millwall Ken has finally given birth

    Hi all, The missus gave birth to a healthy baby boy weighting in at 8'7 on wednesday 12th. I'd like to say that it went smoothly but it didn't. The missus had a really bad labour and birth. She lost a lot of blood and had to have an emergency blood transfusion. She passed out when she gave...
  19. K

    Max Zs on RCBO

    Just tested property with a HUGE ring circuit and got 1.4 ohms on a type C RCBO. Given the max is .57 there is no chance of getting this close. Has anyone come across this before and what would be the advice given that it is protected by an RCBO and if you consider a TT system it is better than...
  20. C

    Voltage drop calcs

    Hi Could someone kindly put me in the right direction for voltage drop in cables. I have the formula from OSG (mV/A/m) x lbxL divide 1000 but cant get my brain to kick in and piece everything together. There is very little in 7671 unless im looking in the wrong part. Do I require tables for the...

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