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  1. N

    Kitchen Grid or individual switched sockets

    Hi everyone, I'm new here and just signing up on a domestic elec course. Can someone tell me, when you wire a kitchen, do you have to have a switched grid for all the appliances, or can you plug them in to individual switched sockets on a ring or on a radial ? without a bank of grid switches...
    • newspark
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    • grid kitchen sockets switched
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  2. K

    Where to source 1/8" 40tps faceplate screws for old style MK grid switch banks?

    Hi All, I'm doing a job at the moment where there is an old style MK metalclad grid 12 switch bank which has the cover held with one screw and duct tape(!). It needs three more screws for the faceplate but they're imperial and I can't find any. The dimensions are: -1/8" diameter -5/16" long...
    • Kitchen10
    • Thread
    • faceplate grid old screws source style switch where
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  3. C

    Crabtree Grid Switch new vs old

    Hi I have checked other threads cant seem to find the answer I'm looking for. I need to change a 2way switch module on an old crabtree grid yoke. If I was to buy a new crabtree 2way switch would it fit the old yoke. The customer doesn't want to change the whole thing as his whole house...
    • conradj100
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    • attach crabtree grid new old switch switches
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  4. J

    Off Grid

    Im going to give NAPIT tech support a call later today but thought id try to get some other expert opinions too. Ive just carried out a EICR on a remote property in the Welsh borders. Its a new installation and new build ECO friendly house which has been built over 4 years with the electrical...
  5. B

    Off grid earthing system

    What earthing system should be used on an off grid install with a solar inverter, wind inverter, battery backup inverter and a 4.5kW floating earth generator?
  6. O

    The age old Grid switch topic

    From what I can gather, these grid switches can be crap. Burnt out, poor quality etc. is a common topic I'm picking up here. So, which companies to avoid etc.? My fixer-upper house falls under the regs of new build and thus I need to isolate hidden appliances. In the kitchen, I was going to...
  7. S

    [HELP] Grid fault / 601 display error

    Hi guys , i have a SMA STP25000TL-30 just have been newly commissioned about 15 days and just recently encountering this error ( Grid fault / 601). did any one from these group encountered this ? ty
  8. Energetic

    VAT rating on batteries and off grid.

    Been out of the loop for a bit, am I right in assuming that batteries for a domestic self consumption situation are 5%? Also for off grid systems? Cheers E
  9. C

    Review and Critique My Off Grid House Plans Please

    Hi All New here...just discovered forum after posting this elsewhere but probably better advise here Please be kind.....Ive done as much reading as I can and I although I find most of the calculations and formulas impossible, I've ran through most online calculators and now have the following...
  10. B

    Hybrid without batteries or grid tied with Auto transfer switch? Will it work?

    I am in the process of designing a system for deployment in Southern Africa and looking for some help/input from fellow solar installers and enthusiasts. Their grid is somewhat hopeless and is often turned off due to lack of supply - load shedding. I am looking at the possibilities I have ahead...
  11. BigSim

    Crabtree 12 gang metal surface grid face plate.

    Went to fit one today and noticed that there were no middle screw holes to secure the middle yoke (normally use MK where there are 3 rows of screw holes)? Spoke to other guys who said that they either pack the middle row out with washers, or drill a middle set of screw holes. Spoke to Crabtree...
  12. C

    Newbie Substations/National Grid

    Hi guys new to the forum, 26 years old, Apprentice trained from 16, worked in Australia and France, in domestic, commercial and light industrial. Just recently I have been pondering to try get into something new and advance on to working on substations/national grid. Been trying to source...
  13. S

    Earthing for solar off grid system

    Hi All Planning an off-grid solar system and I’m pretty confident about most of it except for one thing - earthing. I believe the inverter I will use, a Victron Phoenix 12/350, has a floating earth - so there will be 230V L-’N’, 115V L-E and 115V ’N’-E. The system will power an existing (old)...
  14. G

    Grid Switches for Outside Light

    Hi, I've recently moved house and having some work done to the existing utility room. In the process of removing tiles a sfcu (part of the ring main) has been damaged and needs replaced (it's cracked), this switch is connected to an outside security light. I was just going to buy a replacement...
  15. J

    Off Grid Challenges and Issues

    Hello everyone, I live and work in Costa Rica and am the founder of Rancho Margot a completely off the grid resort/community. Power source: Hydro (inverted Canyon Pump); Gen. Marathon 60kwh; 3 phase. equipped with velocity controller. Power enters the "main panel" 3 Hot and 1 Neutral...
  16. sythai

    Grid dimmer for Aurora M series LEDs?

    Hi All Just seeing if anyone can recommend from experience a grid dimmer (MK or Hager grid compatible) that works well with the following LED downlight: Aurora M10 range : AU-FRLD811 Aurora M7 range : AU-FRLD711 Cheers Sy
  17. S

    Battery Storage System For Pv(charging From The Grid Off Peak)

    Looking at getting a system that can charge off peak and then discharge when I need the energy to feed my household loads. Really with the FIT so low, id be using the solar as a trickle charge rather than income. So would be a small system but a large battery bank. Anyone any ideas of best and...
  18. spark-ticus

    LED dimmer mod for grid switch

    Good evening one and all Does anyone know where i can get my hands on a LED dimmer mod that will fit into the yoke of a grid switch.? I can find any number of standard mods for such an application but none for dimming LED's Thanks in advance everyone :waving:
  19. J

    quick Q re kitchen grid switch

    Evening chaps just quick one looking at a job to do some bits- and rewire kitchen is on the to do list... clients got me doubting myself now- even though I know I am right (well 99.98% now lol) he wants the under unit points- isolation above at a central grid switch which is fair enough so...
    • J.C.E
    • Thread
    • appliance grid kitchen quick right socket switch switches
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  20. Midwest

    Grid switches in Kitchens

    I know this has been asked before, but was a while ago, so just wondered what members views are now. Over the weekend, me and the missus had an exciting time looking at some show houses. Yep we live right on the raggedy edge. Any hows, I noticed all the developers, used one bank of grid...

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