I’ve been asked by a client of my wife to have a look at a bill submitted by their builder. She’s an accountant as I’m a spark. Generally if I price on a per point basis I would charge at £65 - £70 with mid range white accessories per point and then allow £500 for DB, bonding and commissioning...
Hi all. Just a quickly. I've had a charge point fitted and was told my bonding is small to gas and no existing to water. The engineer made a call to his office and informed me that the install can still go ahead but the charge point will be set to out of service until I send photos of the...
I understand that some vehicles do a check on the earthing resistance before they allow themselves to connect to the charging point, so irrespective of whether the earth resistance is in line with the regs, it may not be 'acceptable' to some vehicles.
Does anyone know what value of resistance...
Hi I have an illuminated bathroom cabinet that I want to put into the bathroom. It’s 240v . I only have a 240:110 shaver point, so I wondered if it is possible to connect the cabinet someways?
I have a very ugly and large cooker socket above my gas cooker. It has a single plug point which my cooker is plugged into for the ignition/timer. It is in the way of having a splashback installed. How easy would this be to move a few inches to the right and replaced with something a bit more...
Hi all i am not sure if this is the correct place for this question.
I am to install a phone point down the hall in a mates house but he has virgin media and the phone line comes off the router.
i was thinking of taking a basic 5 meter extension lead and pluging the male end into the router...
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I’m unsure of what wiring I need to run for an EV charging point and have read that there were new requirements launched in January 2019. Please advise. Thanks
At some point I'm going to get asked to fit one of the above and I'd like to know a bit more about it from some people that have already fitted them.
I've had a look through section 722, am I right in thinking the following:
1. Has to be on a dedicated circuit?
2. Has to have Type A RCD...
As the charging point must be outside the DB equipotential zone (separate earthing rod), are people using 2-core SWA for EV points and eathing via the armour?
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On a recent job (electrical) the customer asked if I could add them a point to hard wire his computer to his internet. I put him an ethernet socket at each end, ran a piece of cat 5 in between and terminated with punch tool as per a bt socket. Customer reported not being able to get...
New circuits. Ra of 229 Ohms therefore the rcds are for fault protection by design. Zdb of 0.29 (10mm gas bond) so are the rcds classed as additional protection?
I'm considering a career change or trying to implement a 50/50 split between my current work in IT - largely working in a technical capacity as a 3rd line support analyst and re-training to get into the green sector and do part-time work (or potentially a full career change) either fitting PV...
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I need to add a switch for an outside light. The obvious place is near the back door but that is where the fire call point will go.
Is there a minimum distance in any regualtions between the two?
E.g. to prevent someone from accidentally pressing the call point while trying to press...
I've been working for a firm for a number of years now with jobs on the side, recently gone full time solo. Everything I've done up until now has been either day rate, or price work.
I'm based in Surrey / Middlesex by the way, most of my work is in the areas surrounding Heathrow airport and...
Good morning fellow electricians. Now, as I am sure you have all been enjoying, I have not been on here much lately, as I am jacking in very shortly, or at least not renewing my scam membership. So, with only 20 days left, it has just occurred to me it might be a good idea to install myself a...
Hi, I just have a few questions in regards to testing an RCBO circuit
Is there a requirement to test at either the furthest point or the DB or is it down to the testers discretion.
Do the test results differ?
What tests on a circuit will trip the RCBO when you are away from the DB. Is it...
I have a nice job on in a few weeks which includes wiring up a solo chargepoint EV point. The pod doesn’t have its own RCD like Rolec do.
I am rewiring the house and intended to use either a type A RCD or RCBO.
As they also detect small levels of DC leakage.
I use BG consumer units but I...
I am currently doing an EICR in a warehouse and one of the circuits is for a Fork Lift Charging point (32A) In Light of the 18th Edition and all circuits being protected by and RCD, should I recommend that the MCB that is feeding that circuit at present be changed to an RCBO ??
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