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Evening gents, am currently involved in a large christmas lighting project. I'm renewing lighting harnesses that are attatched to street lighting colums. Sockets are already installed on the top of the colums, but they have european sockets on them?! They were installed around 4 years...

Evening all! I'm a bit of a part time sparky and have been offered a rewire of a 3 bedroom semi, and have taken up the offer! Few questions - anyone got any recomendations for a box sinker? I usually use the hand method, but as i may have a fair few boxes to up from single to double i...

I have just bought an elderly 110v transformer (CTE). It is rated at 2Kva continuous. My question is how much does this mean i can draw? if i rememeber Kva and watts are not directly related, ie its not a 2Kw transformer. What rating of fuse would you recomend i use in the primary side? thanx

Hi there, i was doing some measuring today, and it struck me. How big is the area a ring main can serve? my believe was that it is 100m2 but when i was mesauring today i noticed the ground floor of my house is larger than 100m2!

I think my supply voltage is too low, or at least the voltage drop on the incomming circuit is too low. - joging by the fact that the lights in the house dim when ever anything is turned on! eg hoover, wastedisposal, hot tub. i was thinking of turning everything on and seeing if i can measure...

I am interested in having 3 phase installed into my property. The nearest 3 phase supply is in the foot path 15m infront of my house. Anyone know roughly from experiance how much this would cost? My existing supply is 35mm concentric cable running through civil enginerring duct, would they...

ok, this is part of another problem with my new house :( The list just keeps on growing! I was replacing a lightswitch today, as i turned of the power i noticed it bothered the alarm! The alarm system is wired into the lighting circuit! Are there any regulations that forbid this...

I am about to install one 80watt mercury lamp outside on its own circuit. Its fed by a 10m length of swa and Teed off to a 10m length of 2.5mm swa. The T is so i can add another light later on. My question is as this is a dedicated circuit, what size breaker should i use? i know the lamp in...

Hi, In my existing installation the gas pipe is bonded in 2 places. One bond is in the meter box outside, and another bond is on the otherside of the wall as it comes into the garage. Are both these bonds nescercerry? The second bond is getting in the way of my new consumer unit, so if it...

in my new house we happen to have more spurs than sockets on the kitchen ring main. Is this breach of regulations? Should we have been given any documentation with the house? as we havn't recieved any!

I am about to install a hot tub and other electrical items in my garden, so i will have a CU out in the garden fed by 16mm SWA. I am putting the CU in a large grey IP56 box. The lenght of te SWA to the CU is about 15m. I have it fed by a 50amp breaker in the CU. My question is if i have a RCD...

hi there, I'm in need of a lamp post key so i can get into the lamposts in my road for maintaince. Does anyone know where i can get one from? :?

can i change the RCD in my split load board to 100ma and just have 30ma RCD MK masterseal outdoor sockets around the outside of the house for outdoor equipment? (house is fed by a PME connection) The idea is to stop all 5 ringmains going if someone cuts the floodlight cable outside. thanx

My back garden faces onto the road, and i want a new single phase hook up to the national grid... I will build a small wall and mount 2 of those white boxes you keeep meters in.. how much is it gonna cost for the connection? ie getting the meters installed, and the cable laid to the national...

Our whole house is fitted with heritage brass electrical fittings (chrome finish). Can't help but notice 90% of the light switch frontplates have NOT been earthed! Although in some cases the metal backbox has been earthed, in cases with drylining boxes the earth wires have just been crimped...

in my kitchen i have 4 mk gridmodules controling 4 single unswitched sockets for things like washing machines ect, these modules are rated at 20amps and are wired directly into the ring main. can i have your opinions on this? have just moved into a new house and am begining to rage war with the...

Hi all, I have just found these forums, and wouldn't mind settling in here! I have the job of providing power to a patio a shed and a garge and i shall be working with SWA cable (4mm) The cable needs to be T'd off in 2 places and I've decided to use resin joint kits. Anyone used resin...