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  1. Evans Electric

    Calculation required

    If you move it to the Consumer unit , fit a 16A   MCB   /RCBO   .      I can't imagine you needing more than those heaters TBH   Other than a light perhaps.  You could push it to 3KW   but why would you ?  
  2. Evans Electric

    Calculation required

    When you say its connected as a spur from the ring ,    are you saying there is actually a spur unit  with a 13A fuse in it  , at the start of the circuit ?   If thats the case  then you are restricted to 13A    which protects the 1.5 cable  from overload.   You could  certainly go with a...
  3. Evans Electric

    Newbie wanting to train willing to work for free

    We've answered this many times on here Mate   .....it is SO difficult TBH  .    See if you can trawl back & find previous threads on this . The hard bit is getting a start with a contractor / sparks  to gain practical experience  ....when the trade was busy busy  you'd have  probably got a...
  4. Evans Electric

    Extending cables for consumer unit relocation only realistic option joint boxes underfloor boards

    The purists will tell you to rewire all the outgoing circuits  ................I don't think many do that TBH  .     1000 yrs ago as an apprentice  I was told you must'nt have joints anywhere  by a spark ...he had some aversion to them .        Then another sparks points out to me that the whole...
  5. Evans Electric

    You may find this hard to believe but ........

    Next question .     Any recommends for a Freesat box  that records .    The old TV had Freesat  built in .   
  6. Evans Electric

    You may find this hard to believe but ........

    I looked again  ...lo & behold  there are indeed 4 No.  HMDI  sockets  .      The one on the back I plugged the DVD into &  three more hiding up the left  side where I couldn't see .  
  7. Evans Electric

    Multiple RCBO's tripped??

    I can only offer  the following .    Two MK  RCD  sockets  on a stage used for amps etc .      My RCD tester knocked them both off every time .     No idea why .  
  8. Evans Electric

    Hi everyone!

    18th edition is the current regulations .    Are you a design engineer  , consultant engineer  or a working electrician with a tool kit and a van. ?   What does NARIC  mean by the way ?
  9. Evans Electric

    Is this radial or loop in?

    Link not working .  Not sure about your cables to be honest   ...   when you say  two have one strand with no colour  .     You should have grey outer sheath  with  , in your case ,    perhaps  two black  /earth     and one  red/earth  .        ( Or new colours  ...two blue/earth   and  one...
  10. Evans Electric

    Shower confusion .

    I ordered a 9.5KW  Triton  replacement shower  for a customer .  Fitted it today .      The customer looks at the box & says  " I thought you were getting us a 9.5KW   ...that says 8.5KW  "     To confuse matters  the box was  actually  printed with  a large circle saying   8.5KW   on the...
  11. Evans Electric

    Metal Cable tray -

    Fine as long as the glass tube is't broken I guess .    Mercury switches  used in medical theatres  because of the switch arc igniting gasses .      How weird is that stuff ?   
  12. Evans Electric

    16a MCB ring main

    My favourite is always when you open a fuseboard door  to find  ...Ct 1    "  Plugs in  Mr Brown's office "       Which was correct back in 1952  .    I get it at the printers I look after  ,   rooms & areas  have been changing  over the last 25 yrs  .    Machines have moved that often...
  13. Evans Electric

    unused economy 7 spurs?

    Whats a poll switch ?   If its an E7   supply it will only be live for 7 hours ,  midnight to  7am . It could be diverted to your normal consumer unit ,  fit a 3A fuse to it and wire in a light fitting or batten holder.  
  14. Evans Electric

    You think you've seen it all and then .........

    Another case of " You think you've seen it all "...............    How to  connect an SWA to a 13A plug top  .  
  15. Evans Electric

    You think you've seen it all and then .........

    Doing a small job for a neighbour I notice a PVC box fitted above the fuseboard cupboard in the hall .       He says he'd like it gone  ..can I remove it .   It was a typical case of not having all the info  ...I take the front off , theres a couple of relays  with the up & down lighting...
  16. Evans Electric

    16a MCB ring main

    Thats more common than it should be . 
  17. Evans Electric

    Hello Everyone!

    Greetings   , welcome to the Forum  ,  are you  electrical & heating ..... just electrical  ...or just heating  ?  Just so we know . 
  18. Evans Electric

    16a MCB ring main

    This is a long time ago but I distinctly remember him opening  a bench socket  and  commenting  there was only a pair of Red & blacks  passing through  and he expected a ring . He made a note and we moved on .   I wasn't even foreman on that one   but could see nothing wrong with it .  ...
  19. Evans Electric

    You may find this hard to believe but ........

    Thats what I thought  Murdo  .....I need to look again .  
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