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  1. M

    Underground Cable Route to device which needs TT-ing

    Hi guys, I have a bit of a quandary about an installation I have coming up; I need to install a 100kW rated Electric Vehicle charging station in the middle of a car park. The supply (PME) will be in a toilet block building approximately 45m from the final location of the charger. There will be...
    • Matt_M
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    • cable device needs route underground
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  2. P

    Pyro Underground!?

    Hi Guys. Doing a CU change. Found a supply to the swimming pool pump shed done in orange Pyro. The cable is clipped along the outside of the house and then disappears underground reappearing in the shed. I know nothing about Pyro. 1. Is it allowable to use it this way (instead of armoured)...
  3. M

    Repeated underground cable fault

    Having worked in America with their weird systems,thought I'd seen it all,but this has got me puzzled,a rep[eated failure of a cable at 33kV supplying a house and dairy,the cable of a type used by Country Energy,is rated for 132kV,400A per phase,supplying a 433-250 400kvA transformer.The cable...
    • militar veteran
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    • cable cable fault fault roman times underground
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  4. R

    Installation of recessed uplighter in driveway

    Anyone every installed uplighters in tarmaced driveway ,great idea but terrible to install ...iv been presented with some uplighters but the design is rubbish ! They have 40mm space before it hits the ground .... Meaning that an underground joint must be made if useing swa cabling ,im driven...
    • racerboy
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    • driveway ground installation recessed underground
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  5. J

    Underground SWA Advice

    Hi All, I'd like some thoughts on the cable size to an outbuilding on a large-ish domestic dwelling, pls. Scenario: Three outbuildings to this property all have separate cu's running t+e socket and lighting circuits. Building 1 has SWA from an MCB on its cu to feed building 2's cu and then...
  6. HappyHippyDad

    Which conduit and which cable for underground?

    I am going out to view/quote for a job tomorrow which entails putting up some lights along a long driveway (earth). I have only had a brief chat with the lady so until tomorrow have very little information. She did say that her husband has already dug the trench and laid some conduit for the...
  7. S

    underground lighting cables

    hi just some quick advice please guys, im working on a lampost circuit and the lamposts have been half buried so the inspection cover is underground, ive dug around one removed the cover and there is no fuse for the light, can I terminate the SWA cables in a steel box and put a IP68 plastic box...
    • sonobit
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    • cables lighting underground
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  8. T

    eicr buried cables

    doing an eicr and have swa going into outside enclosure into terminal block into 10mm twin and earth then into plastic trunking going underground to outbuilding located about 15 meters away. outbuildings electrics are then split using fcu's for lighting electric door an alarm etc. i am...
  9. S

    Cost of 200m Wavcon 95 underground? DNO needed?

    Hi, We are planning to put a small house on our smallholding. We will need a power feed from the transformer/pole on our land next to the road. It has been suggested that 'Wavcon 95' cable might be used ... whatever that is! If we put a distribution box & meters next to the transformer, will...
    • Smallholder
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    • cable cost dno needed supplier supply transformer underground
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. N

    London Underground advice!?

    I recently passed my Lucas assessment and I'm a newly qualified electrician. What is the best way to find work on London Underground? Or which agencies should I join? I'm looking for work as an electricians mate because I come from an domestic installation background...any advice given...
    • NoTrip
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    • advice electricians london london these track underground working
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Business Related
  11. O

    Underground joint kits

    Hi, just wondering if anyone can clarify the situation regarding underground resin joint kits. I'm in the process of connecting an existing 3 core (R,Y,B) 16mm armoured cable which (unbelievably fed a garden shed?), to a new B,B,G 3 core 16mm armoured. Iv'e just bought the house and built a...
  12. D

    Underground cable and consumer unit

    I have a burning q's that my friend wants to know as he is just showing interest in electrical stuff. 16mm2 2 core SWA is running between 10-15 m and is connected at one of the phase of the 3 phase supply (which has metal 3 phase distribution board) to other end at the plastic 1 phase...
    • domapegitashi
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    • cable consumer consumer unit underground unit
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  13. S

    Underground cable to workshop

    Hi I am planning to put a cable out to a shed to setup a workshop in there. I use a lot of wood working tools (band saw, lathe, planer thicknesser), plus welder and grinders. Ill also want a lighting circuit. All single phase. The cable has to go about 10 m underground and will go under a...
    • skinny
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    • cable electrical work electrician track underground workshop
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  14. Rockingit

    cheap underground joint for different cables

    I need to joint a 2.5/3 SWA to a 1.5mm HO7 then bury it. Don't need to worry about glanding the armour as it's good the other end (I suppose I could bond it to the cpc if we're being picky). A 'proper' expensive IPX7+ box is a bit OTT for the job, and a SWA joint kit might not like the twiddly...
  15. T

    Can you use SY cable outside\ underground?

    Hello Guys, I've got 50m of 6mm SY multiflex cable, left over from a job. I've recently built an outbuilding for tool storage and office use and was thinking I would use this, instead of forking money out for armoured. The cable run is approx 30m and I planned on clipping the first 5m to the...
    • tombrooker84
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    • cable outside sy cable underground
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  16. E

    Underground SWA (does this have to be in a duct?)

    I have a installation to carry out in a new building and the hotel maintenance and office staff have agreed that the supply (SWA) to this building (the hotels responsibility) needs to be in a pvc ducting as secondary mechanical protection. Along with 2 fire alarm cables. I aint fussed but is...
  17. M

    Underground Cable Joints - Location?

    Morning gents (and ladies) I have a job the now at a hydro power station where the client is experiencing a loss in production and believes this is due to moisture ingress into underound electrical joints along the 3km route of the 10core 5 pair BS5308 Type 2 Part 2 hill instrumentation cable...
    • mjmarkey1967
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    • cable location underground
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  18. I

    132KV Underground Buried Cable

    Dear Friends, I have am using a high voltage cable 132KV and is buried underground. I want to run a Differential protection pilot wire beside this. What the regulations to be looked for the burial of this pilot wire beside the high voltage cable. Please provide your valuable suggestions...
  19. F

    522.8.10 Does all concentric cable satisfy BS7671 for underground use?

    Following a query in another post with a respected member about the suitability of pvc concentric cable for underground wiring, I wrote yesterday to the respected author John Whitfield, who has written widely on the subject of the IEE Wiring regulations, his most notable work probably The...
  20. baldelectrician

    New method of jointing cables underground?

    Was on a job this week and found a novel way of joining 2 armours and buirying them Was at a unit one of my customers are taking over lease on, more stuff like this but this was the only thing worth photographing Like a bit of quality work

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