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  1. sleepy

    Termination of twin & earth cable

    I am trying to find the definitive answer to how to correctly terminate twin and earth cable. Should cables be doubled back before termination or left as a single strand? When would you use one method and not the other? Does the size of cable make a difference? Does the number of conductors...
  2. sleepy

    Observations from a non electrically qualified person

    As this is a DIY section could we have a list of abbreviations, sometimes reading some answers is a bit like me using aircraft talk to someone who dose not fully understand aerodynamics i.e.
  3. sleepy

    Supplementary bonding

    I have just replaced the radiator in bathroom and noticed there is no bonding on pipework. Hot and cold water pipes and metal bath are all bonded. As the bathroom is protected by RCD, if the resistance between the radiator and the cpc is less then 1667 ohms then no supplementary bonding is...
  4. sleepy

    rcd triping

    I have recently replaced the fused spur suppling power to my bathroon lights & extracter fa with a saftysure RCD. The rcd tripped when the fan cut in so I disconected fan which fixed the problem. I have now replaced extracter fan and all was well for a week, but RCD has now tripped a couple...
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