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Hi thanks for a quick reply I'm a spark to trade so not that up on alarms. the battery is faulty 10v so does need replacing. or is it a charging fault? I disconnected the battery and was still getting the same effect as I thought incorrectly? that the battery was a back up and the panel...

Hi would appreciate advice. Accenta 8 with 2 RKPs The power light on both RKPs flashes very fast on/off sort of vibrating effect. I,ve checked the power from the pcb and at RKPs and its near enough 12V When trying to set, with eitherRKP, nothing happens unless buttons pushed very...

Have you checked "neutral link bar" is actually in U clamp under main switch as have seen a few where it is not in the clamp and just touching? Also does main switch feel "gritty" when operated as some times a lack of care during install can lead to crud in switch contacts? sorry if...

Hi Thanks for the replies and the link to the statute. Passed on bad news to Kitchen contractor - let him deal with customer! Had a look at some cable prices on TLC 16mm 3c swa 5.92 +vat/m 10mm t&e 4.25 +vat/m not sugesting using 10mm t&e by the way - just highlighting that...

Thanks very much for your prompt reply - my heart sank when i saw this as i knew it was dodgy and i was only there to price the kitchen for kitchen contractor. Did'nt think of the single insulated neutral issue only the TNC-S bit You know what its like - you go to look at a small job and...

Hi - looked at job today - kitchen which is in extension. There is a sub main feeding a separate consumer unit - this is a concentric cable which the installer has split the outer un insulated copper into 2 with 1/2 for neutral and 1/2 for earth. The incoming supply is TNS Is this...

i am aware that rcd is a generic term that has now entered the lexicon as the term to describe rccbs. sorry for any confusion.

Hi thanks for replies external meter box tails in cavity - 1 way con unit fed garage - no earth in t+e feeding wee cu earth form big cu earth form rcd into wee cu as you can see no over current protection apart from service fuse. I assume that the installer saw 40a on rcd and assumed...

probably seen this done about 6 times. white cable is 6mm t+e feeding shower a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing!

hi all this is one of my favourites 32a mcb-6mm t+e- under floor then along wall into "consumer unit" in garage. 6mm line goes into white mcb/ "isolator" ratings have been rubbed out. From this is a bit of busbar and cable feeding 2 cartridge fuses 1 with 5a fuse 1 with 13a fuse wrong...

Hi all I've been clearing out some pictures from my phone of some poor work I,ve observed over the past couple of years. This will be the first of many. The following was in a recently completed extension which was wired 32a mcb 6mm t+e to 45a dp sw with 2.5 t+e out wired in radial for...

Hi re the link and advice above are the terminals of a single skt suitable for 2x 6mm and also the flc of the oven and the hob? better off incoming cable - outlet - single skt or the double outlet plate with 6mm into single skt. imho :D

Steve re your shopping list how do you propose to connect the 6mm t+e to the cooker outlet and from there to the 13a single? you said before you're not sure if its specced for it ............ cheers :)

Hi all you're right no grommets As kitchen was being gutted was able to/had to physically trace cables mostly not in zones- with a hammer - have had luck before with a voltstick and a cable close to the surface which led me to a buried "jb" - never tried a metrel cable tracer - but it...

some pictures of a kitchen I recently was doing. was driven nuts until discovered JB in pics. Was wired by kitch company 10 years ago and tiled over. looked a good job on the surface with MK and spurs for appliances but was a split ring final with 1 leg feeding this Jb then 2 cables off...