Recent content by Themightyimps

I know of an electrician who added £400 to the bill of a near blind 86 yr old because she was living in the property during a rewire that he considered to be 'a pain in the arse', there are some shameful people out there

Yes I do, 25mm won't cut it, I was just giving what the calculator said. The client is in for a shock

Cheers mate, as I thought it's suggesting 25mm giving a 5% drop at 100m to the submain.

You're probably right mate, I'm over -analysing, I'm going to have to get a calculator out and check the furthest supply volt drop and go from there Why can't I say no to these jobs lol

I've been on site before and frankly just wanted to walk away from it, I made safe what was there at the time (increased cable size etc as it had all been done in 2.5). Problem is there are these four hook up supplies basically for sockets and lights in each caravan so not drawing a massive...

It's a bit of a nightmare, current submain @63A is supporting 4 x 16A to individual boards in vans on quite long runs (max approx 50m) plus fence lighting etc

Submain currently has nothing and burnt out neutral bar so would be replacing.

Evening all, just want to run a query past you if I could. A 3 phase supply has been installed on a site and I have been asked to 'just run a cable in'. This proposed supply would initially be to an existing 63A CU that needs replacing and is currently run from a domestic CU on site. It is...