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Hi I have been asked to light up a driveway using lime trees to fix lights to, my dilemma is the distance from supply to end of line. I have a good board to provide a supply and the customer wants it stringing between trees which are 4 mtrs apart. Voltage drop is the obvious consideration, the...

Hi Men and other genders I have had a request to look at a opticians shop which is being changed to a hairdressing salon, The incoming supply all looks relitively new and a 2 way consumer unit feeding sockets and lights. My issues are as follows. The cables start from the CU as nice new ones...

Is the Garage physically attached to the house? I am with Nozsparks here all the way, if you go down the route of a second C/U I think you are making more work there. It doesn't sound like the existing circuits are excessive, ie, only one ring main for the whole down stairs at present?.. Yes...

Its going to be the only kitchen, purely domestic house.

Been back to the customer, he is reluctant to the suggestion of taking a feed from his main DB as a sub main, what would you sugest for a over current protection from the main feed.He says the main ccoker feed will be staying.

The property was built around 10 years ago, it is an TNCS, circuits in the board are, Up Ring with 6 twin sockets down ring with 12 twin sockets up lights x lights down lights x 9 lights shower at 9kw cooker outlet My plan was to put a 100A wylex isolator before the henley block

No the customer does not want me upping floorboards and drilling holes in walls, He is happy with the outside route along his wall and into the Garage at about 40cm height. They are a couple with 2 small people under ten.

Helo again, I have a customer who is converting his garage to a large kitchen, i have a few questions i would like to bounce around. His main incommer is on his house side wall plastic box type about 6 meters from where the kitchen CU will be placed, his main CU is on the internal wall of the...

Many thanks for the advice, It was a neutral fault. I had moved an mcb to the other rcd but didnt do the neutral durrrr. thanks again

you guys are brilliant, i will try all of the above in the morning. i thought i had all the neutrals in the right place but i will double check. many thanks for your replies. watch this space.

No the circuits were all ripped out so didnt test, all cable was lead covered and the board was an old wire fuse type, i might add this is on a farm supply and is 3 phase one of which runs the domestic farm house. I have simply used the tails from the meter ( recently installed by east midlands...

Hi Guru's I am rewiring my first farm house and have a problem with tripping rcd, It is powered from overhead and i have changed the board for a wylex dual rcd one, i have a Ze at board of 7.02 and at sockets of 7.52. my tester is a megger 1730 and if i plug anything in apart from the tester...

Hi just got mine done today first time .ray chivers a real nice knowledgable guy puts at ease from minute one

Just had my first assessment this morning,was a little nervous but the assessor was very good didn't talk jibberish and all went ok.

Many thanks for your time answering this, I really appreciate it. Hopefully all will go well now.

Dear oh dear what have i done!!! firstly let me explain what i am doin, i'm 54 have been a health and safety manager for the last 23 years was made redundant and someone said be a spark.... so i thought ok and went for New career skills course. I have spent the last year doing tutor marked...

Touchy ---------- Post Auto-Merged at 16:06 ---------- Previous post was made at 16:01 ---------- Anyway for the helpfull people out there, one call to British Gas (what do they know about electricity) and at a cost of

Thanks for that, i am in melton mowbray. Pardon my ignorance but whats a DNO

Hi, I have recently done my 2382 and am due to register with ELECSA for my part p. They say i need to complete two jobs one of which must be a consumer unit change. Mine is quite old so i have decided to do that. The problem i have is i have not done one during training. I dont have a problem...

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