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We've only been asked to quote for the LV side of it, there is a specialist turbine company involved as well as a HV contractor as due to distances involved the 90Kw supply is to be stepped up for transmission back to the switch room then a 2nd transformer to drop back to LV. All it says in the...

Hi, been asked to tender for a hydroelectric project. As part of it have been asked to combine the 2 supplies coming back to the main switch room. 1 supply is from a 30Kw turbine 500m away and the other is a 90Kw turbine 50m away. Both supplies have to join to a 185mm swa that is already in the...

My sister's car set on fire today (they reckon electrical fault) worryingly its the 2nd car she's had that's set on fire! You could always lend it her and the problem will take care of itself!

Been this morning and disconnected the transformer from the house and taken it to the farm. The earth from the transformer was connected to a rod, so looks like im gonna need to find a good place to stick one/several.

Morning everyone. Job this week to install supply to charge a milk float which has been converted to an 8 seater tram (for the purpose of guided tours). Previously the float was kept at the owners house and the charger supply was installed by another company (British Gas). As it was a domestic...

BG engineers are my fave, had 1 come to my grandma's house and decide that after 35 years she needed additional venting in kitchen about 8 feet away from boiler. Couple of days later 2 guys turn up to drill a hole in wall and fit vents. They decided to drill hole directly above a double socket...

Heard this the other week, made me think about it http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23869462

New electricity northwest supply is coming to communal entrance of the flats where it will be split into 4 seperate supplies ( 3flats 1 landlord) each flat will have its own CU in each flat fed from switch fuse. I know I could feed an off peak CU through a time clock and contactor (or timed...

Thanks for the reply, so in case of building with 3 separate flats I need 2 sub mains to each? Im familiar with E7 setups but have never done E10

Hi Just wondering when doing new build with E10 tarrif whether I need 2 consumer units or just 1?

I wrote an email to them last series querying some points that melinda made (that at first fix cables should be in a framework). They emailed back saying my point had been noted and would put more research into the subject of giving the public more information. I would hate to think that the...

its a school we do lots of work for and they are now converting 2 old changing rooms to I.T suites never done one before and have heard conflicting ways to do it from different places

thanks guys would you bother running a seperate earth wire as well?

fancy black and white one here http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/scripts/details.php?cat=Cordless%20Combi%2018v%20Makita&product=94404

Hi all Got job this week to install power for about 60 pc`s in two rooms a school and was wondering bout the best way. Was thinking of 2 rings wired in 2.5mm or 2 rings wired in 4mm or maybe 4x 4mm radials a room with seperate cpc (but unsure on size) Will be using dado trunking to run it all...

We used to do loads of saturdays but stopped last year apart from fire alarm test at a factory, now starting to do them again mainly commercial though. Also we do night work as and when required only the other week did a pharmacy over friday, saturday and sunday days and nights.

Always use Deta from our wholesaler, but they have now stated to stock click (scolmore) stuff which is decent gear.

Tried them and binned them just another thing to have floating round the van getting in the way especially when you already have http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Cable_Accessories_Index/Push_Pull_Rods/index.html :)

Couple of these http://www.screwfix.com/prods/16769/Drill-Bits/Wood-Drill-Bits/Flat-Wood-Drill-Bits/Flat-Bbit-300mm-Ext and one of these http://www.screwfix.com/prods/60118/Drill-Bits/Wood-Drill-Bits/Flat-Wood-Drill-Bits/DeWalt-Long-Flat-Wood-Bit-20mm but cheaper if you can find them

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