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    Hotel In Single Phase

    Hello. Ive recently been working in a hotel in N Wales, was asked to look into why a 12kw water heater was tripping the mcb, it was 32 amp run in 6mm. Told him to change to 10mm and 50amp etc. When i looked more closely at the supply intake, discovered that the whole 5 bed hotel is single phase...
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    Power To Shed

    Hello all, any advice on this is appreciated. I want to install power via a cable to a large shed. The intake at the house is 3 phase. The measured run is 115 metres. The load in the shed will be approx 4KW, to inc water heater (2000w) panel heater (1500w)internal lights (72w) external...
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    60amp main fuse

    a friend of mine lives in a large detached house, the main fuse is 60 amp, the fuse has blown and the cut out is not sealed. I know that the electricity provider is responcible for this equipment but is it okay to just replace the fuse? I have bought a 60 amp fuse,( i thought you could only get...
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    woodland lights (again)

    Hi to all and a happy new year, i got some good advice from various badger groups regarding people visiting the sett. I have done some calculations re cable size and wondered if someone would be good enough to check them for me before i buy cable. The sett is approx 550 metres from mains, the...
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    woodland lighting

    Hello, i am new to this site. i am trying to illuminate a small area of woodland 800 mtrs from mains supply, with 2 or 3 500W floodlights. I know that swa cable is expensive, and im thinking that the cable would have to be pretty large to overcome voltage drop? What is the best way to do this...
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