Recent content by TomDurham2013

I have just installed a Sapphire tank from Elson Pipework was fitted as per the labelling on the new tank Back boiler fired up hot water started to rise on the upfeed pipe and zilch !! Bled it cursed it and kicked it Rotated the hot water riser pipe with the hot water return pipe...

Typo, should have said 4 Calculations done by http://www.pandpelectrical.com/mpm/voltcalc.htm Am off to North of Scotland in the morning, if it turns out to be bullshit I may divert to the SW find a use for the earth rod after all, may come in handy if his backside is struck by...

Sorry The eddy current bit was dropped on me by a fiesty Jock that I used to employ. He has just done his 17th and states "SWA outer sheath only needs to be bonded to earth at one end according to the regs because of possible ringing and eddy currents which may develop if both ends are...

Is that a Cockermouth type of Banjo? or one for the people with stumpy arms?. Yes I take your point and will do a metal termination box inside, just means ripping out more woodwork. No it is a 6mm supply for a couple of lousy sockets and a light in a shed and the same in a garage , neither...

The fixing gland normally goes through a hole in the mounting box (either metal or ABS) and on the other side there is a brass eyelet supplied which in theory you should tighten down between the surfaces and then bolt the earth cable too. If the gland is clamped up on the outer cable there...

Thanks for the thought As there seems to be no easy fix I will get a big bolster out and knock seven shades of sh*t out of the inner wall, that will allow me to unhook the supply and fit a gland which will be plastered back into the wall The other consideration was to put an earth rod on...

As it was drilled in via an 18mm hole through a cavity wall the only way to fit any form of gland would be to withdraw the cable from the wall and then make off a mechanical earth link. It was a cock up on measurement really as the wall was 60mm thicker than the length allowed for the tails...

Earth Clamps for Armoured cable Due to a restriction on the entry point into the supply area it is virtually impossible to fit a standard earthing gland assy Is there a none damaging clamp that can be used to link up the outer sheath to the CU , normal bonding clamps will crush the...