Home generator removal advice. My daughter purchased a house. It has a Honeywell generator. As part of the contract, she agreed to let the current owner remove the generator.
They have not finalized the contract, What should she require the current owner to do to properly remove and disconnect...
He was in the middle of decorating his new house, I only met him a couple of months ago and he seems like a really nice chap.
Anyway in the lounge one of the electrical socket face plates had been unscrewed from the wall for decorating. The house is 1920's and the wiring looked brand new in...
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I've recently had an EICR done on my 2 bed house which is a residential let. This house is about 25 years old built by Charles Church.
The EICR has not been issued due do C2's, there were no C1's
Email with C2s ratings for 1) Not all circuits RCD protected, 2) Bathroom light is a bare...
I have what I think is old cable TV wires on the exterior of my house. I am hoping that someone from this forum can confirm from these photos that that is what I am looking at. I know for sure that they are not my Verizon Fios wires. Thank you in advance :)
I have a very small circuit in my house. Probably 8 outlets 6 lights. The breaker for this circuit has a direct short somewhere. It didn't start this way. At first it would stay energized for a couple of minutes then trip. The more I reset it the shorter it would last. Now it trips immediately...
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These pics were taken because of a electrical fire. 8 flats on one phase
Cowboy electrical guys caused this
What do you think should happen to the landlord he knew about this and did nothing.
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Please could you help my friend, who is having electrical work done at his house?
…The ground wires in his house all go to the consumer unit (main fuse box) and there they connect to the Neutral of the incoming mains power supply. In other words his "earth" is the neutral of the mains...
So I am getting a house rewired and I have been unsure what is the best way to have some ethernet points in my house. I would probably need it in two rooms downstairs and two upstairs. It's something I would like but it's no way a dealbreaker. Sure I can use homeplug and wifi but nothing beats...
I am in the process of getting my house rewired and I forget to think about adding smoke alarms and a burglar alarm. As the house is getting a total redecoration then it would be worthwhile to do it now.
I have been on the Aico website but it all seems a bit confusing - radio linked, audo...
So I am going to get some quotes for a house re-wire, The consumer unit is 6 Ways.
I am a but confused with the following:
Now who informs the council after the work is done? The electrician or myself?
Also what standards should I ask for? NICEIC or NAPIT
A lean to with a metal clad box and a plastic double switched socket fitted to it adjacent to a water drain for a washing machine. Obviously I am not happy with it so thought I would fit a BG weatherproof IP66 as a direct replacement; thinking I had to remove the flex I pulled some 2.5mm T&E...
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customers are building a small house and im coming off thier PME supply to the new build, 25mm 3 core SWA, small two bed house about 40mtrs away
builders have put another MEB box next to the existing one and im fitting a metal clad switch in with 100amp 100ma time delayd RCD to RCBO...
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i would like to know maximum zs at the sub board !
i used the house otside socket feed to summer house!
i connected one outdoor fused spur under the socket ,with 13a fuse!and that feed small fuseboard in the summer house!
1-6a lighting
1-10a socket circuit!
i took the zs reading at the...
Hello I have a 200 amp service that I want to turn off to install a mini split that’s located outdoors. What would be the correct steps to do this??
Indoors I know all I’d have to do is pull down the 200 amp breaker. Is it the same as outdoor or do I have to turn it off by the meter?
My house only has red and black wiring (old house). So I'm kinda lost on ceiling fan install. Is my red neutral? Do I connect white from fan to red from ceiling? Pig tail red from ceiling and switch with white from fan? I've spent a couple of hours rewording all this many different ways into...
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New to electrical but I was wondering how to feed off a jacuzzi to supply lighting and sockets for a summer house, has a outside rotary isolator switch
thanks
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I would like to know if i install summer house ,then i would put earth spike next to the house!
in this case can i use the main supply earthing (tn-s or tncs) to connected to summer house fuseboard?
if i put earth rod then can i connect that earth tail to the summer house fuseboard aslo...
....TN-S appears outside, butt TT employed inside.
Good Evening Everybody (This is my first post)
Overview:
The supply to my parent's cottage consist of an overhead line of three individual cables. Originally, the supply drop from the final pole to the house also consisted of three cables...
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