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it has a communal doorway at the back, the upstairs flat has its own single phase supply and meter in the corridor, the shop has its own 3phase supply with the meter also in the corridor. They are totally independant of each other. So can i do this work myself if i get myself some insurance?

Hi just wondering if anyone can help me. I am a time served qualified electrician, however i dont do any domestic work anymore. However my sister is buying a shop and it needs a full re-wire and i was going to do it for her, it has a flat attached to it but it has a seperate electricity supply...

Thanks people very helpful, much appreciated. Sparks, no there is no 3 phase equiptment in the shop. didnt actually even need the 3phase but it was already in so just left it. Thanks again.

yeh it has been a bit of a hassle going through this process but what can you do when your strangled by red tape. So is it ok to use three lengths of brown for the 3 phases or must i get black and grey lenths for other 2 phases? If its not ok to use 3 brown lenghts could i get away with...

Ho can anyone give me advice please. I've recently been renovating my shop which required major electrical changes (full re-wire, incoming suply and meter being moved etc) The electrician i used has re-wired the entire building, and wired back into a 3phase isolator ready for nedl to come and...

not worth the hassle, just get a replacement for what they cost

Another reason live & neutral pins are insulated is that a 1p peice wedges nicely between the pins and a few years back there was a spate of incidents when some kids thought it would be funny to wedge pennys into the pins and watch people plug them in and go pop! Just a little useless...

Fitting the cooker circuit with RCD can be a bit of a pain in the wotsits, the element in your oven with be susceptable to earth leakage and may trip the rcd on a regular basis. Then if you've got your lights on rcd protection you'll be left in darkness.

I bought it on ebay, just had a look for you and the seller i bought it from is still selling them. It cost me less than a tenner including postage. Have a look on ebay at Item number: 120158861271. This is the one i use. There is also a few bonus items included in the sale Hope this helps.

Although i dont believe you are required to by law, i keep copies anyway. I invested in a cheap programme so it all can be logged on my laptop rather than have stupid amounts of paper work (I do this with all my test result). One benifit of this is that if you ever go back to test appliances...

Did the kitchen fitter actually rewire the kitchen fully or just move/add a few sockets then test it? If he only added then the bulk of the wiring may still need attention. Even if it was tested and verified as ok, seeing as the rest of the house is about goosed, then how long before this goes also?

Nothing to stop you using this cable my friend

Fair do's bob, if i am wrong then i apologise.

I think you'll find your wrong

and to be deemed competant i think you'll find you must register with a competant body organisation.

2 words mate...............................full re-wire!

How did you gain creditation for competant person sceme if you cannot fill in a minor works form!!

How did you gain creditation for competant person sceme if you cannot fill in a minor works form!!

ok, thanks for the advice.

Yes i am aware of it i was just going to buy the relevent equiptment to have someone else do it. I'm not sure which is best way to do it, its only a small bathroom, 4 downlighters will be more than enough.