Recent content by mt29

Afternoon, i have a shop and flat in one building that at the moment has one meter and i get one bill, but i want to get a second meter put in for the flat so i can have seperate bills for the flat tenants and shop tenants. At the moment the flat and shop have there own consumer units...

Thanks for all your replies, very helpful. I may not lose power at all but the electric board said it is fairly likely. I need single phase. It is a small hotel so i cannot just run an extension lead as i need the kitchen / bar to be fully functional. It sounds quite an involved job so i...

Afternoon all, I have been having some problems with electric cuts in my business (fault on the grid). They have informed me that they are again working on the grid this week and i may have loss of supply. The electric board have suggested temporarily hiring and putting in a generator so i...

Thanks holmslaw, think i will give that a try.

Afternoon, I am in the process of replacing my compressor in my garage. I have 3 phase supply and and trying to figure out how to wire it in. At present i have 3 phases and earth going into an isolator and then to the old compressor. My new one (to me but second hand) has turned up and is...

Hi Riveralt, no i don't have an earth rod, my main earth is connected to the supply cable. He was definitely talking about bathroom bonding. I am more confuded now?

Thanks Widdler, i think i will go with this electrician. 333Rocky333 - the new consumer unit will be a split load box with 2 RCD's, so all circuits protected. Thanks

Yes one electrician said he has tested and it falls under 1666 ohms which is the tolerance if RCD protected, but the other electrician said the bathroom still needs bonding?

Evening all, i have had a couple of quotes to update electrics in one of my properties, but i am bit confused with bonding of the bathroom. One quote states i need supplementary bonding to bathroom, but other said there is no need as all circuits will be RCD protected and tested under 1666...

Thanks all for your replies. No i had no load when i was measuring. I will give that a try. Thanks again.

Hi, I am having some problems with low voltage downlights and am trying to check if transformers are working. I have a digital multimeter that is recording 240v input but between 0-2v output, but should this be 12v. I have measured transformers that i know are working and i still get this...

Thanks all for your replies. Firstly the RCD still trips when the shower switch is turned off. I have no outside electrics at all, no shed, external sockets or lights. I have no immersion and have taken the fuse out of the boiler as thought this may have been the source originally. I...

Afternoon, have just moved into a new house about 3 weeks ago and since then the main RDC has been tripping 3 or 4 times a day, so i am losing all my power. I was pretty sure it was the shower as, when i switched the shower isolator on it would trip, often but not always. So i turned the...

Evening, i have 8 radiators in my house, but if i have more than 2 or 3 on the rest do not heat up. Even the 2 that do are not very hot at all? I have bled every radiator and this has made no difference. My hot water is very hot. I have a sabre combi boiler. Any advice would be very...

Looks like a couple more lights then. Thanks for your quick reply