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  1. revjames

    who's seen this!!

    Thats exactly what they use in NZ/AUS same size earth conductor and already insulated. nothing new here.
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    Work trousers

    +1 for scruffs, don't get the worktrousers from Lidl!
  3. revjames

    New, electricians must have tool. A cat.

    I use several of these and have numbered them depending on the task I need them for. When running data I always use cat 5...
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    Suggestions please!

    BG units worth a look, fitted a few recently and pretty sure the 8 way would fit in the dimensions quoted, also their RCBO's are only the size of an MCB and quite nice boards to fit. Have you considered talking the customer into getting a bigger cupboard?
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    New to this

    A landscaper eh? sounds like you are down to earth..... :)
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    I may have gone over board

    BMC, British Motor Company, later to become BL British Leyland, Then Austin morris, jaguar rover triumph, then Austin morris, then Rover now all down the swanee
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    Certification question

    absolutely no way would I do it. Its a special location so its notifiable. Needs to be inspected at every stage of the job so might as well be done by a proper spark.
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    Homeowner reported getting a shock from the taps !!!!

    people have been killed from these kind of mishaps. Most common was instead of using 3 core and earth for a boiler feed so you can have perm L and switched, someone decided to use twin &e and use the E for a L feed. Somewhere along the cable it got cut and bonded to the sink. Someone was killed.
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    Circulating Pump Motors Power Factors

    most places have automatic PF correction in the form of 2 or 3 stages of capacitor banks that come in when the load/ PF requires it
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    Circulating Pump Motors Power Factors

    As John says, the higher the figure, the closer to a unity (ie voltage and current in phase) you get and the greater efficiency. Power in an AC circuit is VIs cos (havent got a symbol for 'fie' the greek symbol for it but the cos is the phase angle and the amount the current is lagging the voltage.
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    Some Electrics Have Stopped Working

    if in doubt turn off the garage unit and then try turning the switches next to the T buttons in the main unit off and on again. Sounds like one of the 2 RCDs has tripped and if the fault remains it will not reset
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    Some Electrics Have Stopped Working

    take a pic of it and post on here asap
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    Some Electrics Have Stopped Working

    if you pressed the T button and its not doing anything then I suggest you flip the switch next to it to the up position which will re set it. Then establish why its tripped (dodgy grinder?)
  14. revjames

    So will the ICE be banned or not?

    still not convinced its £30k well spent
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