Recent content by marcam

i agree with getting the problem solved but volts dont kill people, you can take any number of volts and be okay there is a video on youtube of a guy getting 50k volts and being "treated for minor injury". AMPS are what kill they do the serious damage!!! anyway mate get it sorted and keep us posted!

if you know what your doing then i would better than leaving a cable in a terminal block under the floor, i would rather do it in a juntion box nice strong connection and nice protection for said connection, i would also cap off the other cable properly IE crimps and then tape it up or just use...

Erm as far as i can remember, you have to take those plastic sheilds off which take the old rewirable fuses and replace them with the new ones to take the MCBs. Because the plastic sheilds have different sized holes in. I mean as long as you knock off the main switch you should be alrite.

Right depends how the lights have been wired in your house, either two plate or three plate, most likly to be 3. What you will have to do for your light switch on the outside is, using a 4plate 15A JB you will have to take a switchline from that JB to where the light switch is going to go. I can...

them old boards are extremely dangerous mate live bars etc and you shouldnt really being doing it unless your a competent electrician, and you really shouldnt be working on live stuff with just you on the premises incase you have an accident :cry: your unsure as to what you find and no way of...

ur going to be having a laugh if you think the council will upgrade your supply to 3 phase. You will prob have a 3 phase 11kv supply to the sub station in the block of flats, and becasue the flat is only small, you will never warrent a 3 phase supply, which means you will have to re think ur...

Well if the shower is almost 10000w, then the shower will draw approximently 42A without ur fan, ur MCB is too small, hence why it is blowing out when the shower is on high and draws the most current. Use a 45A MCB instead and it wont trip..

If you check out any electrical books a ring main should be fed from both ways, hence making a "ring" if it is not fed from both ways, and has only 1 cable to it then its classed as a radial cct. However the sparks who done the house should do it according to the regulations as well as the...

i dont think you should carry out this work mate unless you really understand what your doing my understanding of part p was that you could only carry out minor ie just changing sockets and stuff, but correct me if im wrong, and if you do decide to carry out the work remember when you have...

ah i belive its flex outlet spur switched or unswitched is unsure but i would go for non switched as your radiator has a switch on it, you got live red or brown, neutral black or blue, earth green and yellow, be careful and check the power is off if your wanting to DIY

yeah i suppose your right but i couldnt see where he stated what the spurs where for??? and i thought a floor had been laid and that they were unable to be tested etc, but i agree that the customer being notified and okay with the installations is perfectly fine.

normally i would bother as its in a commercial place i would deffinately and it will only take you a about 10minutes to earth it so might aswell especially if your putting your name to the realiability of the install mate, saves anything coming back to bite you in the backside, A&M

i just under fill it with bonding (prefrably old) so it sets quicker, then whack on some pollifilla to smooth finish should take like 2 hours mate, hope this helps

The cable (twin and earth) needs to be 10mm2, above all else i think thats fine,and as long as you can get to the cooker switch fairly easy i thinks its okay, anyone else wanna confirm fire away :D

i agree with securespark mate turn it of at the mains, im guessing your house would be 3plate so there is gonna be live stuff in that JB turn it off and have a sneaky peek, if so replace the cable what comes down (using your old one as a draw wire) and pull new T&E down and terminate it using...