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    Metal framed garage......

    EICR on an empty property this morning, potential buyer has instructed, few bad points but overall not to bad, and then this.....16a wylex plug in mcb-2.5 t&e- 32a 10ma Crabtree rccb then runs 8 metres in conduit (broken in places) then goes underground for another 20 metres to feed a db in a...
  2. I

    Swapping plastic faceplates to metal

    I’m looking to swap the plastic switches & sockets in our house to metal. Ive removed the plastic faceplate, and can see that there are a couple of earth wires in the back box, which terminate into a choc box. I assume the builders left them like this in the event people swapped to metal like...
    • ilovelamp888
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    • earth metal plastic switch
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  3. G

    "sorry love, you need a new metal cu, it'll make everything so much safer"

    I can't get my boards as artistic as some of the YouTube sparks but came across this absolute shambles today... I know there's cowboys in all walks of life but do any other trades suffer so much with unskilled people charging money to do skilled work? (and getting away with it)
  4. Gavin John Hyde

    Recommendations for metal cable fixings

    I am planning a job in Bath for an EV Charger on a Grade 1 listed building. Have a long cable run at height, planning dept have raised issues with cable cleats! feel they are a bit chunky and would prefer something with a less chunky profile!! given they are nearly 2 and half stories up from...
  5. D

    Metal Back Box -rewire

    Hi, had a rewire done, sparky didn't replace some of the metal back boxes, just run new cables into them, I don't have a problem, taking them out would have caused the plasterboard to get damaged, but mrs thinks they should have been done. Seems pointless, they are metal, new rubber grommet...
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    Metal consumer only option now?

    Following on from this saga: SWA questions, doubting electrician - https://www.electriciansforums.net/threads/swa-questions-doubting-electrician.180536/page-2 I had an electrician out to quote to rectify the problems yesterday after dealing with the tripping issue myself. I have now been told...
  7. N

    Metal Halide still not working after control gear replacement

    So I've got incoming mains splitting (forking) off into 3 light fittings. They are HID metal halide lamps. The middle one (thats not working) is 70W, and the other 2 are 150W. I've replaced the control gear and bulb. It still just flickers blue and doesnt actaully start. It also buzzes at the...
    • Nekonixx
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    • after control gear metal not working replace replacement still working
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  8. H

    120v 400w Metal Hallide HID Light running on 100v line?

    So I'm trying to run this 400w HID light in Japan (which has 100v output) but the ballast for the light is rated for 120v-240v. I want to know if the light will still operate, albeit at lower output, or if there is risk of damaging the light.
    • hippyskitz
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    • ballast light metal running voltage
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  9. U

    wiring metal light holder to old ceiling rose

    Hello there I bought a vintage smoked glass shade chandelier pendant ceiling light and wired it up ok (well the bulb didn't blow) but took it back down because the brass thingy wouldn't do all the way up on my existing ceiling rose.Can i just wire up the metal ceiling light holder...
    • unright3ous
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    • ceiling holder light metal old rose wiring
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  10. N

    Questions regarding metal gang boxes

    Hi everyone! I am an industrial designer working from Israel, currently working on a product that will be installed in american homes and needs to fit into a one-gang box. I'm having trouble figuring out how common are the metal boxes out of all the home-installed electricity box...
    • NekudaDM
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    • boxes metal questions regarding screwfix usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  11. HappyHippyDad

    Does this metal post need to be earthed or bonded or neither?

    I have 5 x 6m metal posts sticking out of the ground used for 200w floodlights to light up a manege. This is a domestic stables. The posts test as 35ohms to earth. The installation is TNCS and has 30mA RCD protection on all circuits. The floodlight will be earthed and in doing so the post will...
  12. S

    Technical advice required - metal socket or plastic? / Trunking?

    Hi all Recently my company (I'm just an employee) moved into a new unit and have installed some shelving, the BigDug kind. We've had plug sockets located above (2) each unit to provide power. This was done by the electrician so that's all good. I need a plug socket on each shelf (5 in total)...
    • schui1024
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    • advice commercial metal plastic required socket technical trunking
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Commercial Electrical Advice
  13. Pete999

    1st fix metal back box fixing, how do you do it?

    Like the title says, I think it may have been posted before many moons ago. 1st fixing bac, boxes I used to bed all my boxes in with bricklayers compo ( the stuff they lay bricks with) wait until it sets, if you have time, and then drill and fix with rawlplugs and screws, how or what method is...
  14. R

    25mm Knockout Metal Clad Boxes.

    I’m looking for some metal clad sockets. But I need 25mm knockouts. Does anyone know any surface mounted metal clad sockets that have them? MK do some nice ones but they are only 20mm knockouts.
  15. D

    Why? Is metal conduit so thick

    I have been given a short length of Emt tube from America , which is basically their ‘go to’ produce for surface wiring. It is thinner than our version and much easier to bend than our version. I would say it’s not much thicker than copper plumbers pipe. But imo offers good mechanical strength...
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    WATER CHEMICAL FOR METAL AND STAINLESS PIPE

    We have some CHILLER SYSTEM event start for first time use water 700 TDS and than stoped for few month leter, we worry at the isntalation piping and chiller tube will be rust and cholride in stainless the tube, so, how to we keeping for and chemical should be used for that. thanks
  17. S

    Fixing light fitting to metal cladding

    Hi guys Got a job to replace some external lights to an industrial unit.(mostly 150w LED floodlights around 12kg) All lights are currently fixed via nut and bolt with no access from inside as they have now converted to offices so unable utilise existing fixings. What do you guys recommend using...
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    Refused to install metal light fitting

    Today I had a quick job on the way home which was swap a pendant for. Fancy light fitting , but when I removed the pendant there was a pre 1966 2core twin cable And a separate 2.5 single earth cable fairly new , it looks like someone has gone around every light with the earth from the board to...
  19. H

    Please don’t shoot me. Static caravan and a metal shed.

    Ok. Static caravan....... The site supply arrangement is apparently TNS and the static caravan uses this for its earth. (I will check with the DNO that it is aTNS arrangement.) There are three MCBs in the static caravan CU, one of which directly supplies to a solitary double socket inside a...
    • HandyMann
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    • caravan electricians vans metal please shed static van vehicle
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  20. C

    Arc damage metal socket front

    over the years I see this on a few occasions in kitchen where an arc strike is on the front face place in kitchens. Is there some strange science behind why this may be?

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