Well the end is nigh, and thankfully I have cut my last 3 back boxes ever into engineering bricks today. Tomorrow is a nice steady day helping mate fit a shop out, Thursday off, then Friday Morning finish off what I started today,Friday afternoon golf, then its all over. Its a bit of an ordeal...
Hi. This may sound stupid, but when doing a sub main in the same building can you use one of the cores as an earth.(say 16mm 3core swa) or have to run a separate one? and the best way to terminate? ones before have be out houses had to put an earth rod in.
I have a little job on tomorrow in a small office block to take out a single pendant light and fit two double 58w flourescents.
The lighting circuit has 4 other 58w doubles in a different office which i am not sure if i will have access to.
Circuit is 6a type B 1.5mm twin and cpc clipped...
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I'm looking at doing a pre-application for a 4kWp system to Western Power (playing safe as I hear they are starting to bit a bit more rigid with G83) and am wondering if anyone has got any experience of this and ideas as to how long it is likely to take?
Thanks
Mike
Hello All,
I have won a contract for installing motion sensors in to an office building.
I have to carry out all the works during office hours and I am unable to isolate the supply of the necessary circuits at the consumer unit (there are individual isolators to isolate sections of...
electromonkey
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hi guys do any of you know where i can get an ordinary one way one gang dimmer that is over 1000w .the circuit it is dimming is 1080w and 1000w dimmers wont do. the only other thing i was thinking of trying was using a 2 gang 1000w and paralleling the outputs to split the load to some...
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Right senario I have, Main house is to be demolished on Monday.
There is a new Temp meter and supplyboard (hager 17th board with 1x 63a MCB on one RCD) via a SWA to feed the house for the rest of the week. And 1x 63a MCB on the other RCD to feed the static caravans own C/U Again via...
BillyTheSparks
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This may sound abit dumb, But looking at a small office with new install of dado trunking 7 sockets, only supplying 3 desktop pc's 3 LCD monitors and a 36 inch LCD Monitor, these running might be odd mobile or laptop plugged in now and then. what i was concerned was that is run off a RAdial...
am i ok using 2.5mm twin and earth in trunking in an office? i only ask cos all the existing cables appear to be fire resistant/retardant/low smoke.it's all fitted trunking with the sockets built into the trunking (marshal tuflex).long time since i've done wiring in offices so wasn't sure if the...
Been to look at a job at a mates house today. They are having a two storey extension to side of house and a single storey extension at the rear of the two storey.
Single storey will be an office for 3 employees of his business.
There will be a single door access from rear of house to office...
Hiya,
Ritey, i'm 23 year old (not too old hey!) I've bin an electrician for about 4 years now, on and off, in the kitchen as a chef, back as an electrician, back in the kitchen, you get the picture.
So my experience is about a years worth of industrial rest commericial but mostly domestic...
Been ask by the building firm I sub for to find some regulations about office ventilation and air exchange in habited offices, I told him that would be building regs rather than leccy regs but he asked me to look anyway. Just wondering if anyone know any requirements for fresh air and...
i have a previous testing and inspection disc which works on my last laptop which had microsoft word 2007 installed on it, but i have now got a new laptop which has word 2011 installed on it, and the disc does not work properly, all the columns and box's are all over the place.
does anyone...
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Hi guys,
just looking for some advice really as to what type of fittings I should be putting in an office that is predominently used for computers. The builder running the site is talking about CAT5 lighting, but I can't find anything relating to CAT5 lighting, I'm guessing he means CAT 2...
I need to notify the tax office of my change of address how would i do this? im a sole trader and cant stand talking to an altimated service much prefer human beings to robots. :o
Hi Hope someone can help
I have 50+ of these things to install on 3/4 circuits
Do I need to use marshalling boxes or can I use loop in loop out and jb to keep emergency live?
also is anyone aware of a site that will work out how many lights I need if I type in the figures ie 13.4m x 6.3m so on...
Hello, have a question.
Yesterday in office I work fuse BS1361 45A was blow.
How everything is connect:
From box WYLEY cat nr. 108M (60A) BS 5419, someone take feed to another fuse board, that board is divided to two parts, one of them is strange (for me) protect by 63A RCD. My concern is -...
Hey guys and gals,
I've been asked to do a PIR on an office. There are about 80 circuits, mainly lighting and power. The customers "techy" guys will make sure all the servers for the office equipment are safely powered off and disconnected prior to inspection and testing.
Just looking at a...
I have just had my easiest day of the year. Turned up at job to 1st fix in a kitchen, stud wall and ceilings should have been taken down yesterday but they weren't. Joiner (he is a mate) turned up at 9am full of apologies. Anyway between us we pulled down the wall and ceiling and took the...
Hi guys, getting a little confused with the way i should fill out the certs for a PIR on a office block.
What i have is as follows.
3 Phase head supplying 4 isolators and 1 3P DB
Off the first isolator i have 1 DB
Off the second isolator i have 1 DB
Off the third isolator i have 3 DB's
Off...
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