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    grommets and earth Sleeving are so over rated

    if you are going to put a 'how to' vid on youtube atleast buy a dang grommet and some G/y sleeve
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    Motor FLC, Rated current, running current and nominal current.

    Good evening, 1) Is the motor current on the nameplate always the full load current: the maximum current the motor can draw without there being damage to its winding insulation. 2) Often in motor books, I see the term nominal current? is this the current that the motor draws under normal...
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    FIRE RATED DOWNLIGHTS AND PLASTIC CCU - WHAT SIDE OF THE FENCE?

    Hi all, about to do a condition report on a grade 2 listed 4 bedroom property, the owner is moving and wants to rent it out. The consumer unit is a PLASTIC split board RCD sited in a cupboard under the only set of stairs .The board and installation is neatly installed (even the bonding cables...
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    70mm tri rated

    Hello everyone I need to use 70mm tri rated cabling to supply a 200a isolator which has m10 bolt terminations. I have a standard no hydronic crimper which can do 70mm but was wondering if there is a specific crimp method to use when doing tri rated cabling of this size. Image of my crimper...
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    Induction hob and oven not working properly

    Hi guys here is the situation,switching all 4 heaters in induction hob(7.4kW)and it stops working.Taking out the oven (2.5kW)which is just underneath and find out that hob and oven are both plugged in to double socket.There is no cooker connection unit but there is cooker switch above.From the...
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    240V AC Mains rated CAT6 ethernet cable? Avoids segregation... like CBus pink CAT5 cable?

    Hello I have recently discovered Cbus pink Cat5 / Cat5E cable. My interest started after finding out about EV-Ultra Cable, designed for electric vehicle charge points. They run power and data in the same cable. My understanding is allowed due to the data cable sheathing being rated to same...
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    Tri Rated 35mm Earth - Johns adventures of tin tin - or not...

    Hi. I have some TP supply SPD and JB to re wire in 25mm TRI rated cable this weekend. For the Iine conductors i am using 35mm DIN connectors with manufacturers links between - it is all being housed in a Hager Din Extension box with window. For the earth, I have 5 x terminations at 25mm. But...
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    Non Fire Rated Lights

    We're doing a refurb of a takeaway restaurant. Client has asked us to re-use existing downlights and provided some additional ones of the same type which aren't fire rated. We've advised that these should be changed but he doesn't want to as 'they were fine before'. It's a metal framed suspended...
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    Replacing 12v MR16 (not IP rated) with GU10 IP65 rated downlights

    Hi, I have to replace bath and shower downlights to IP rated. I thought they were GU10 so bought the GU10 fitment and bulbs. I fitted it and it did not work ? I then found out the original fitment is MR16 12v. Please can someone tell me if I need to buy IP rated MR16 downlights and LED MR16...
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    UK Fire rated light fittings??

    Hi Chaps I’m sure this has been asked a thousand times but I can’t find the answer. in a block of flats that is say 10 to 15 years old that was build using steel girders with concrete slab floors between each floor, If each of the flats was originally build with down lighters in (halogen...
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    UK What’s the best way to link 2 BG Outdoor IP66 Rated Enclosures

    Is there an M20 male to M20 male fitting to position the enclosures close to each other, or something neater than Copex?
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    Tri Rated cable

    Hi Guys n Gals, newish to the forum and to the trade as i am still working towards my level 3 C&G. I have a question that i thin i know the answer to but would like clarification if at all possible please. Can i use BS6231 cables in my man cave to run power circuits for sockets and my welders? I...
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    Hi recommendations for best ip rated led light to go in a bathroom niche

    THIS IS FOR ELECTRICAL NEWS ONLY
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    Tri rated meter tails or flexible meter tails

    Hi everyone, Bought some Flexi meter tailes from a supplier today , Am I going crazy or that I marked up incorrect . The Flexi tiles I’m used to has 19 strands of copper or similar, opposed to the normal six or seven. The ones I’ve got today, Looked like finally stranded wire, at least 200...
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    Best value fire rated downlights

    Hi everyone, Been fitting the cosmos eco from Screwfix, but more time-consuming as yiu can't loop in / out. What's you're best push in easy fit alternative...under 72 quid?
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    IP rated led battens - recommendations

    May be looking for some 'throw-away' kind of budget weatherproof battens, length 5-6', preferably LED but no biggee, a quick look around online isn't giving me the feel-goods at costs so wondered if anyone had any secret supplier gems?
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    bathroom extractor fan internal grille - fire rated?

    Good Evening, I'm going to fit a 4 inch inline extractor fan in the loft above the bathroom. I'm guessing the internal grille has to be fire rated just like a down lighter has to be? i only ask because the website i bought it off doesn't sell any fire rated internal grilles even though it...
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    Earliest examples of vde / rated insulated tools

    I have seen some older steadfast screwdrivers possibly from the 1980s with a sleeve over the shaft to achieve some level of insulation from live parts. but what were the first brands to do fully insulated and rated hand tools ?
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    EICR Certificate not issued. Not all circuits RCD protected rated C2

    Hello, 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...
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    Non fire rated downlights and EICR coding&

    Good evening, I am just wondering whether or not non fire rated downlights should be a coded issue (c3 as many electricians have told me) or whether this is false. From memory I believe napit code breakers made it a c3 if there was a room above. P.s I'm still learning and this just seems to...

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