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Assuming they are all visible and the collective cable capacity deosn't exceed that allowed in the space is there any restriction on where you can or can't trunk cables around a building?

Guys Does anyone know if I can put in downlights into a void with Kingspan foam insulation? The void can't be accessed from above and so can't have fire hoods installed. Cheers

Thanks for all your replies guys. Now I'll tell you the dilema. The situation is that they have done the refurb a*** about face. The re-wire has been done and then they wanted to build the extension. Hence a re-wire of what is there is impractical and expensive due to the fact that the main...

Guys from one pro to another I would like a second opinion on the solution to this. I am trying to get a picture and will post later but it doesn't take much imagining. A customer called me the other day to have a look ata rented property she owns. As we walked through the house out through...

I need work in a property with no power currently. I can't get power on for the first couple of days and it is going to be a pain having to keep plugging my power lead into next door to get light. Does anyone know of anywhere I can get rechargeable work lights that will work for a reasonable...

Thank B What about the bonding? With it beinga communal set up the mains incomers are downstairs in the cellar which is quite a way from the CU. Is it within regs to eq bond to the main incoming earth rather than the CU? I've never come across this type of set up before. Most of my work...

Any thoughts guys?

I am ina 200 year old building split into 4 flats. The mains services come in through the communal cellar. The incoming electric supply has a large cable split into 4 fuses which then feed the four flats individually. Qestion 1 - The earth from this area goes into a large henley block. Is...

No access to the cables due to them being buried therefore the only other alternative would be an RCBO?

The new jacuzzi bath a friend is fiitng has asked for an RCD understandably. In the absence of an RCD in the CU a stand alone RCD is being fitted. Can this be fitted inside a fitted vanity unit inside the bathroom?

No sorry. I think you have misunderstood. Switch 1 is the one that has been disconnected and attempted re-connect again - it has 3 cables black - permanent live The only reason this is black is that some numpty has used a neutral single strand cable to feed a live from a switch on the other...

The permananet live is in switch 2. There is then acommon connection to switch 1. When switch 1 is then in the 'on' poition this returns a live feed to switch 2 in a second wire. i..e there are then two live wires in switch 2. Asusming connectors are marked L1,2,3 Are you saying that from...

In a TN-S system is the earth connection to the sheath the responsibility of the service provider? Is it possible for an electrician to perform this without waiting weeks for the provider to come out?

Guys, I have come across an unusual wiring pattern for two way switching. Can you help? One switch has been moved and we can not figure out where the various cables should go. Switch 1 - Black cable carrying live feed Two red cables neither live Switch 2 - this switch has been...

What about Morris Dancers and Trainspotters?

Is it compliant with BS7671 to have bonding that goes from the consumer unit to the water supplya nd then loops to the gas supply or do they have to be separate cables?

I seem to remember someone on here saying that supplementary bonding of pipes in a property where the main incoming and much of the water installation is in plastic. Could someone please explain the reasoning behind this. Scenario - Plastic incomer, metal stop tap into plastic supply...

BAS you're such a cynic........... :-) Where do you get the time to....... ............................................... What I mean Red is I'm an electrician and have been asked to fit smoke detectors and emergency lighting. Now I can rip my customer off or I an fit what HMO says is...

DD Are you absolutely sure of this. I have been told by a landlord that the LBA have told him that a shared house has to have emergency exits. I can't find any evidence of this. Does anyone know of a particular government web site that clarifies it?

Hey Qed I'm Yoprkshireman what do you expect? Same question...... how do I secure capping to crumbling mortar?