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Hello all. I completed a re-wire a few weeks back in an empty house but was unable to carry out the live testing as the supply was disconnected. So I left my tails hanging out of the fuseboard waiting for some juice. The service head was in the basement and the meter (fed by a piro originally)...

evening all. Is there a limit on how long meter tails can be? I have a job coming up where the main fuse is about 5m from the meter. Canee find anything in the big red bible about it cheers!

Hello all. Any one installed 'brick lights' before? I am having a brick wall built tommorow and the missus has decided at the last minute that she wants brick lights incorporated into the wall. I have a few spare ways on RCD side at fuseboard so it will be on its own circuit. I need to run...

I need to make a join in a 10mm t&e shower cable. it's in a cupboard & is accessible. my question is, will the crimps be able to handle the current drawn by the shower? i've only ever used them on a 2.5 ring. cheers for any advice

Hi. Just doing my part P and am OK with all testing except for insulation resistance. I have the Megger 1552 multi tester, can anyone talk me through the test? Weird I know, this is apparantly the easiest test of them all! I have three probes, green red and black but am am a bit unsure what...

Hello all.... Just trying to work out if I can use a 5amp JB on a lighting circuit. It will have 1200w total, So if I'm correct: 1200 / 230 = 5.22 A, so a 6A MCB is ok. My question is this. Is it ok to use 5A junction boxes for the lighting circuit? Or is this a no-no? The 20a ones...

Hello all. Can anyone clarify this for me? I’m using 1.5mm T&E and simply want to daisy chain 4 mains downlighters together without using a junction or choc box. How do I join cpc’s as there are only 2 terminals inside the downlight connector block…? Do I have to use a JB at each point...

Hi... just a quickie After a complete domestic re-wire with all new chases, socket & switch locations etc. Is it ok to leave the old cables in place? or do they all have to be ripped out? Can't find anything in the regs about this. Cheers!

Hello! Can anyone offer some advice on dealing with some damp? I live in a semi and the side of the house is damp (inside & out) from the ground up to about 300mm. The render outside has cracked so I chopped it all away to investigate. I discovered the old damp proof course in bits. (looks a...

Hello all. I'm a novice roofer and have a question. We are flogging our house soon and whilst re-wiring I noticed that the felt in the loft is turning to dust (prob been there since WW2).. all in bits. The roof tiles look in good nick and I want to board over the beams and tidy the loft up...

Hi...all. I am installing a new ring main upstairs and have a couple of questions. Probably a doddle for you qualified sparks! I can't find anything in OSG or part P books: 1/. was wondering if it is ok to have sockets back to back on a dividing wall? The cable will run from a socket in...

My gas meter is in the utility cupboard under the stairs. Is it ok to install my new consumer unit just above it? Or does it have to be in a sparate place altogther? Fankoooo!

Can anyone clarify this for me? When daisy-chaining downlighters, I am aware that the junction box has to be both fixed securely AND accessible. Are both regulations compulsory? I ask because where my lights are positioned, there are no joists and the lights cannot be accessed from above, so is...

Hello again. Have been on the lookout for a decent cable locator. I'm not a qualified spark but am dead keen. All the ones I have bought :) off the shelf seem to be a pile of ****, then I found this: http://www.fluke.co.uk/comx/show_product.aspx?locale=uken&pid=35295 Trouble is its about...

Hello lecky whizz kids. Hope u can help. Am after a bit of advice... apologies if this seems basic, I'm learning the ropes... I have a room and want 9 downlighters in a grid 3/3/3. What's the best way to do this? Do I run the feed (from existing rose) to a JB near to the centre light then...