Hi Chaps
The wife's just had a call offering solar on the green deal scheme now I know nothing about the solar game. Question is is it still worth having with the low fit tariff ?
Hello,
I was changing the light fitting for the upstairs hall way, I firstly wired it up wrong and no other lights would work upstairs, when turned on it seemed to make a pop noise.
I then got some advice and wired it as recommend in the picture attached, the light is still not working, all...
So i was just looking at the jib rates, and i saw this
london rate for third stage apprentice with own transport is at
£10.93
So If you work a 45 hour week the money you would get is £491.85!!! weekly!! thats £23,000 a year
then in your final year its
£11.53
45 hour week = £518
yearly =...
I was called to an office in a field today (tt system)
The led lights and sockets (separate circuits ) still have power when switched off at the switches ( lights on dim and socket neon half bright)
I did a ze test at the board and had to replace the earth rod.
The reading at the board is...
With ammendment 3 upon us, there are a lot of plastic cu's still out there.
Basically these can still be fitted up to the implementation date of 1st Jan 2016 regarding steel or non cumbustable enclosures.
So on the new AMD 3 certs that you now have to use, along with a plastic c/u.
How are you...
When do the new rules regarding bonding frame work and using the same model and manufacture of connectors when connecting the strings to the panel
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thanks
Hi all i have a customer who has a problem that when they have a power cut and the power is restored the rcd trips i have done full test on the system a ramp test on rcd and even disconnected everything except the incoming tails and when i replicate the power cut it still trips. It is a...
steve1999uk
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after
earth
neutral
power
rcd
rcd tripping
still
tripping
Hi All,
While carrying out a commercial EICR today, I was doing IR testing on one of the ring mains an was getting 0.00M ohms between L/N - and the earth bar at 250V & 500V (cant distinguish what 2 earth wires belongs to the other 4 cores)
I have continuity on both L & N legs which are...
1. Hi can you please tell me when rewirable fuses in consumer units were phased out.
2. A spotlight bar is fitted to ceiling with original ceiling rose base pushed up into void between ceiling and floor boards. Code C2?
Thank you
midgetman
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ceiling
code
current
floor
fuse
fuses
installed
still
why do people use a ring circuit? i understand that the cable for example 2.5mm twin and earth can carry more current in theory another reason i can think of dont know if its why is the circuit may require a heavy use of socket outlets e.g an office using computers etc... but what other reasons...
Hi can anyone help.
I have installed some LED's in my bathroom and a fan which has a time delay on it. When I turn the LED's off I noticed they still have a Glow to them, so I put my Multi accross one of them and there are 103v present when switched off. If I disconnect the switch wire to the...
I have a brand new Seaward PV150 for sale. It is unused and still in the box, I am selling it because I have now finished doing PV installations. I had two of these and have already sold the used one. The kit comes with all test leads and Seaward software worth £150! The calibration certificate...
i recentley carried out an ecr to a domestic dwelling and found the main earth was sparking when touched to the earth bar, all test result were ok , all ir's to all ccts were +299Mohm , main protective bonding conductors all verified , split board installed (16th) split with 30 mA additional...
sparky351355
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circuits
current
earth
fault
induced
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voltage
volts
Why is it always sparks who get down graded. It's radiclous, train for so many years to work to a strict regulations and in the end we get asked can you change 1 double socket for me? I live 20 miles away. Can you do it for £10. Yeh sure darling I will definatly leave my missus and kids at home...
Do people have fixed prices for EICR's and second consumer unit prices?
I am asking from the point of view of Rental agencies who want to simplify it for their LL
I have always put it as a approx price of £20-£25 per circuit and not a fixed price per building and or additional consumer units...
I have a big place to work on here. Have come across a long lighting circuit where I need to repair/extend damaged end of the circuit. There are 8 PL type Florescent loads distributed evenly.
Due to the (measured & validated) R1+R2, since the circuit is probably ~>60M long in 1.5 T&E, I need...
Further to my recent thread:
Will a Solar PV install payback sufficiently for pensioners when bought with a loan?
I know without a loan the payback could be within 10 years (i.e before customer reaches age of 76). If a loan is factored in though this will push payback to sometime in their...
Trimglafix
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bought
loan
other
panels
solar
still
system
using
worth
Hi all,
I have install a RCD fused spur on the end of line feed to a bathroom lighting circuit. Thus protecting the bathroom with rcd.
I tested the rcd (manually via the push 'test' button) and it killed the lights and fan as expected.
I used my volt stick to confirm that the cables were...
I've been let loose today to do a PIR, EICR, E, I,E,I, O what ever they wanna call them these days in an empty flat and have an annoying CPC broken in RFC.
2 bed flat
3 way CU - Cooker (30), Lights (6) and RFC(30)
End to end of r1 and rn fine but r2 is broken.
This is what I did-
connected...
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