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  1. T

    UK Is this ok to extend a ring main?

    I have had a new boiler fitted yesterday but the supply to the boiler has moved. The boiler is currently on a normal 3 pin plug plugged into a socket. What I want to do is have it wired into a fused spur. But in the future I want to run armoured cable to my shed off another fused spur on the...
  2. A

    Help tracing ring main in singles

    Hi I’m after some advice please. I’m on a job where there’s a junction box with ring main wired in singles through 50x50 galv trunking. I need to break into this ring for my additional sockets but need to identify which of the cables are incoming and outgoing ones!? I can’t follow cable in...
  3. timhoward

    Main Bonding csa when earthing csa calculated

    Just double checking please - in situations where the main earthing conductor csa is calculated, and in a TNS installation, the 50% bonding conductor csa rule still applies to your final calculated and rounded up earthing conductor size? (As opposed to the tabulated size) I'm doing remedials and...
  4. V

    Faulty main 100A Fuse

    For some reason I'm getting the strange and unusual faults at the moment. Got called a day or so ago to a tripping RCD. House is quite old and has a modern extension, so there were two consumer units. The fault appeared to be in the older board (I say older it was a board from 2015ish). Anyway...
  5. B

    Old 3 phase Lucy Oxford main cut out- removing fuses

    THIS IS FOR ELECTRICAL NEWS ONLY
  6. R

    Hi. New to DIY Forum. Home built '83. Main bath has a 1-gang receptacle

    Do I secure an additional 1-gang pvc box to this original 1-gang box or do I have to somehow remove the 1-gang box from the stud and install a new 2-gang box. I'm trying not to destroy the drywall and if I can secure a new 1-gang to the old 1-gang, will the 2-gang wall plate fit ok or will there...
  7. G

    Meter and Service Disconnect at Road - What Wires to use underground to connect main panel in house?

    I have 200amp connection, with the meter and service disconnect at the road (see pictures). House panel is about 75 feet from the service disconnect at the road. 1) Assuming I need 4/0-4/0-4/0-2/0 AL wire sizes (considered a sub panel), exactly what type of wires are required to run from the...
    • gz068z
    • Thread
    • connect disconnect house main meter panel road screwfix service underground wires
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  8. T

    32 amp cooker switch on ring main?

    Hi everyone, so ive got a new oven to install this one is rated at 16 amps, old one was 13 amps on a plug and socket to ring main. My question is can i install a 32amp double pole switch on the ring main then feed 4mm flex to the oven? Is there anything in the regs that prevents this? Thanks for...
  9. K

    Which board is subDB in this situation and which one is main

    Hi everyone quite new into the Inspection and testing world and still a learner and always strive to learn new things. I noticed in one property that tails coming from Meter into henley block which then feeds two consumer units. My question is when you guys do EICR do you produce two separate...
  10. S

    RCBO neutral fly leads to bottom of main switch?

    Hi, first post here! Just wondering on your thoughts on RCBO neutral fly leads being connected to the bottom of a main switch? Went to replace a cracked double pole switch for the storage heater, went to give it a quick test and came across this. Dual RCD board with an extra main switch added...
  11. N

    Switching on Main Switch in Meter Box after new/replacement installations

    Hi Everyone, My name is nathan. I am a newbie, just completed my bachelor degree in electrical engineering which has quite a broad scope. I recently taken up attachment works which possibly deals house wiring and minute equipment repairs which I am begining to like. A question I woukd like to...
  12. B

    Blank before Main Switch

    Hi all just a question regarding a consumer unit that I noticed on a job while carrying out a light fitting change. Would this be acceptable. It’s a proteus consumer unit. The tails come In from the bottom of the consumer unit and bend up to the right HS of the surge protection and into the...
  13. M

    Main trips

    Ive just moved into a small house with a small out building without power. In the crawl space there was 8/3 12 meters and 20 meters 10/3 outbuilding is 26m. I purchased PVC 1” conduit and ran it to a sub pnl put a 2 pole 20a breaker in main pnl and 15a in sub with plug nippled to pnl. Here’s...
  14. D

    UK Commercial Ring Main

    Hi All Need some advice please I have a site meeting this week on an installation on a site that I am responsible for routine maintenace An installation was carried out by a company hired by our client without any input from the company I am employed by I am seeking advice from forum members...
  15. D

    Shorted a cord (cut i didnt know about) thought i blew a fuse, (tl3

    Shorted cord (unknown cut) thought it was a fuse. All fuses, TL30 and main fuses test ok on multimeter. What else could it be?
    • Dano379
    • Thread
    • cord didnt fuse fuses knowledge main multimeter screwfix test thought
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  16. D

    Can a new electronic meter go bad and cause no electricity to 200 amp main?

    I ran upon a problem today that is weird and it will be next week sometime before the electric company makes a check of the meter and meter base, By what the owner of the apartment told me. Problem is meter is showing digital read out as if it is getting electricity from transformer. But I have...
  17. P

    Does this main isolator switch require a separate enclosure ?

    Hi Everyone, Thank you in advance for your assistance, I"m assuming that having an unenclosed main switch is against the rules ? Should it be sited within the same Consumer Unit or a separate enclosure ? The Consumer Unit, meter and main switch are housed within a wooden formica cupboard (2nd...
  18. dokkan1080

    Main earth run outside?

    Can the main earth be run on the outside of a building from the MET to the consumer unit clipped direct? Would it not need some form of protection
  19. S

    how to Refer Main RCD in test results

    Hi, if I have a DB that has a main switch and then a seperate 63A RCD that protects number of single circuits . how do i include that RCD in the schedule of test results? and should i include its test results for each circuit test results ? Many thanks
  20. cliffed

    The Main protective bonding conductors

    We have tables for the correct sizing of earth conductors & MPBC. We can also size cpc’s by calculation,can we actually calculate for MPBC.

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