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hi, The attached images show the issue. This is a popular door design but I don't know where to get a replacement (colour fade will probably not match anyway). Is this fixable? As you can see there is no visible marks on the outside. I'm looking for a repairer in Teesside area. Thanks in...

Hi guys, Google fail. Does anyone know of any mains cable installers in the Bridgend area who can do a job next week? Thanks in advance.

Hi Chaps, I have a few grey areas in my brain regarding the completion of the EIC for two generators we have just installed. Generators 1 and 2 installed to individual changeover panels in a building. Totally separate installations. 1) Supply characteristics: a) Earthing arrangement -...

Hey chaps, Not been on in a while but have now changed jobs from Electrical Trainer/ Assessor, 2391, 2382, 2377, etc to Project Manager for an electical contractor. What I would like to know is does anyone here use a PDA for recording test results? If so, which device and what software...

Hi chaps, It seems my electrical training/ assessing time with my current company is at an end with the announcement of redundancies (73 in total). They are making new jobs (45 in total) but the companies plans have stirred up hornets nests across the board. As such I am looking for work...

My head is sconed and need the assistance of my learned forum members. I had it clear in my head but when I wanted to express it my way, I've got myself confused with all the different interpretations over the net (and I don't have the £150 for BS EN 60529 Once I've written this it will...

My external walls are not build with cavities (built in 1932). Any furniture , curtains or e.g. a toy box placed by the wall starts to collect dark mould patches like the air is not circulating behind them or something. This appears on the curtains and on the wall paper. What shall I do to...

I think this is a bargain and essential for anyone who is a member of one of the national organisations available. http://electrical.theiet.org/wiring-regulations/digital/index.cfm Wiring Regulations BS 7671:2008 (17th Edition) Guidance Note 1: Selection & Erection Guidance Note 2...

Did anyone go to this in Harrogate today? IET did a presentation on the first amendment to the The 17th Edition. The PIR is disappearing as a name and being changed to something to do with installation condition. Heavy focus on SPDs. NICEIC online courses for 2382, 2392 and 2391 (about the...

Reg 612.14 - BS7671:2008 States: Where required to verify compliance with Section 525 the voltage drop may be evaluated by: i) measuring the circuit impedance ii) using calculations using cable length v load current for different cable sizes. Now.. Issue 1 - The regulation does not...

@240v the 3kW load (e.g. immersion heater) calc comes in at 12.5 amps. When calculating with 230v what is the current?

I'm off to to bring the Northern Part of a well known (divided) island in the Mediterranean next week to condense a normally 4 day course into three days. Every word is going to be translated as I speak too :D The Southern Part of the Island are currently working to the 16th, where as the the...

Scenario: Regulation 631.1 states that "Upon completion of an new installation or changes to an existing installation, an Electrical Installation Certificate,.... shall be provided" A consumer unit change is a significant change to an installation so would require an Electrical Installation...

Scenario: A fully competent electrician, 20 years experience, with full C&G apprenticeship, has 2391 and 2382 carries out a board change on a friends property (for free). The friend did not inform the Local Authority of the "notifiable" work. The electrician, in possession of all the necessary...

From the site: and If the light terminations have to be accessible what is the point of using an adaptor? :?

Whilst teaching Electrical Safety in Dubai last year I took the group around a local construction site. Here are a few snaps. An exposed consumer unit on a site. Flexes from here went to supply twin 230v sockets on wooden boards and were dragged around the site by their users. What...

Is there anyone in training who has been affected by the snow this week? We had to close our training centre yesterday losing half a day on the 2391-10. We had late arrivals and only 6 out of eight turned up. One lad turned up today making 7. The course can't be postponed as the exam time is...

So for a 20m cable run where a cable is grouped with 4 circuits for the first 10m and 9 for the second 10m we assume the circuit is grouped with 10 circuits.. but For a 100m run of XLPE armoured that passes through a thermally insulated wall with a thickness of 50mm we have to assume the...

What's the deal with not being permitted to connected caravan pitch sockets' protective conductors, for example, to the PEN supply? Same for fairgrounds, marinas, etc.

What is the logic behind this section of the regs? I know that high protective conductor currents may exist but... Doubling up protective conductors but having them in separate terminals, etc. Min. 10mm2 earth in some instances. baffled.com