Recent content by benny

Thanks Mathew, I based the calcs on the draw from the equipment, it includes quite a few power supplies and battery chargers (its all battery backed up 24 volt gear). Kev

Hi, I work for a company who supply pa systems for commercial sites, sometimes these are 5 or 6 large racks. We supply them with a flying lead, and thats where we leave it. On the last system we supplied there was 6 racks that had a total load of 10.5 kW's. evenly distributed. Can a...

Hi, I've got an rccb protected CU and it trips out occasionally when one or the lighting circuits is switched on. The whole board is protected by the rccb, but its a pain when it trips and takes out all the power in the house. What would you suggest be a plan of action to give to a...

Sorry my bad! I didn't read the post thoroughly, i thought I read that you had disconnected the cables. You can't just tile over unless the cables are mechanically protected. If you can dig out the cable lower down the wall and disconnect behind the units then you can tile over the box...

There's nothing wrong with tiling over them, fill with bonding or sand/cement then crack on! benny

Hi, When I terminate cable and make joints in ceiling voids I usually crimp, self amalgamating tape and sometimes use chocbox to secure the cables. All I ever find in ceilings is junction boxes, and I'd like to know how other people terminate e.t.c. in voids. Can I just crimp and s/a tape...

Probably missed something very simple out but I'm fitting a new switch to a fan (its a pull cord switch) and I wanted to add an led so bought a mk led holder. When I pull the cord the fan goes on and the led goes out.... pull again and the led goes on and the fan turns off... Its a simple...

they are made of bakerlite, not wood. the same stuff they used to make old telephones from.

Hi i've just bought a flat and the consumer unit was replaced just before the old landlord sold up. When i turn off the tube light in the kitchen it seems to flicker and there is a heating cupboard and the light flickers when its turned off. I don't know how long this has been happening for...