Recent content by DamoZ

Thanks for your help, and good to see that everybody agrees! I definitely won't be getting that electrician back again!

Hi all, I got an EICR done just to check how the electrics were in my house as it hadn't been done for about 5 years by the previous owner and few issues have come up. Some expected and some not expected and that were not considered issues on the previous report. The electrician wants to...

Thanks, yes that does sound a bit ridiculous that overqualified people can't do work in their own kitchen but someone who is potentially a bit useless but has done the right course can do. I guess for every x number of people that aren't qualified that do work themselves but are quite capable...

Ok that video was helpful, so you use a fuse so that the rcds/mcbs further downstream will trigger first if there's a fault on one of the circuits downstream so as to only shut off the faulty area rather than the whole thing. This would make it much easier to locate the source of any fault...

Sorry I really don't understand why you're on about Grenfell or the link between that and homeowner electrics!?! Obviously if all the documentation and certification gets falsified and people are given backhanders to look the other way and nothing is actually checked then you may end up with...

That's very helpful thanks, I'll take a good look at the video. Yes when I thought about how nearly impossible it would be to do that with a SWA I felt I may have answered my own question!

I thought that may cause a bit of controversy ;)

I just had another look at it and I wasn't right on a few of the details. They've got a cable coming down from the inverter in the loft running outside down the drainpipe to an IP67 type junction box. I hadn't looked at it closely before and said it was SWA but it actually looks like it's not...

That may be the case, and probably greed/profit had a fair bit to do with it too but I'm not sure how that relates to my question! As long as everything is checked, certified and signed off properly by building control it shouldn't matter who does the actual work. A spark may have a hungover...

I was looking at the wiring that the solar panel company did and they just have the SWA going directly to an 20amp MCB in the CU. I thought they would also need an isolator switch there because they have about 10 metres of cable but there's nothing

Thanks for the advice, I'll check with building control about the electrical cert type. I'm just curious as to why a fuse would be preferable to an RCD/MCB there? What if the swa cable got damaged in some way that that live conductors were exposed and somebody touched it? I guess it's pretty...

Thanks, I think I'll use a 63amp RCD, 50amp MCB and a 100amp isolator switch so I don't need to change anything if I add a bit more load later, everything will be low power int here anyway. I've already put in a full plans building control application which includes electrics which has been...

I was told it wasn't necessary in the end, I just needed full building control

Yes 40amps will be plenty for now, it's just a home office type building but I may add more loads later so that's why I'm using a bigger cable to future proof it and obviously I'd change the MCB if needed later. I did a course a long time ago to do part P electrics but I haven't done anything...

Hi all, I have a cabin in my back garden that I'd like to supply power to. I'm planning on branching off from a Henley block in my main household meter cupboard and using 15-20 metres of 16mm2 3 core swa cable to go to another consumer unit in the outbuilding. I was planning on putting a...