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by fridspark
Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:00 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Live Earth in F.C.U
Replies: 2
Views: 2522

you have answered your own question "yes get a qualified electrician in to look at it" No cpc should be live, you show have a reading of 230V between live & Neutral or 230V between Live & Earth you shouldn't have any reading between Earth & Neutral. (note voltage can be between...
by fridspark
Mon Nov 19, 2007 4:54 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Can no-one help???
Replies: 3
Views: 2846

my advice to you would be to get a qualified electrician to sort out your problem. it's all well and good talking about different colours of cables but without standing there with some text equipment to trace cables etc it's hard.
Put your hand in your pocket and swallow some pride.
by fridspark
Mon Nov 19, 2007 4:46 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: lazy re-wiring job
Replies: 2
Views: 3025

First of all you have to ask yourself do you weant to put up with the mess? The best way to tackle this would but to employ the services of a qualified electrician who would chase the cables into the wall, then either use metal capping or conduit for mechanical protection. Then you will require some...
by fridspark
Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:21 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Changing consumer unit
Replies: 11
Views: 7382

Under the current wiring regualtions you can still use BS3036 rewirable fuses, as long as you have an RCD feeding your ground floor socket then you shouldn't have a problem. There appears to mixed feed bak here, and I would like to add the following: Yes the board shouldn't take long than an hour to...
by fridspark
Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:13 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: If you don't know how to do it
Replies: 0
Views: 2736

If you don't know how to do it

I have been on this forum for 10 mins and read some frightening stuff. It's clear to me that 98% of the population in the UK don't know about the regs and Part-P My advice would be simple "if you find yourself asking a question about electrics" and how to install something or you have got ...
by fridspark
Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:08 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Supplementary bonding in bathroom - is this right, please?
Replies: 2
Views: 3254

I'm afraid your wrong!
You will have to have bonding to the radiator from the lights, pull cord and shaver point.......... you won't have to to do the sink or shower.
The regs are changing next year so keep and eye out for the changes.
by fridspark
Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:05 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: 13A Sockets in Kitchen
Replies: 1
Views: 2878

OK, if your appliance can be located less than 2M away from a switched fused spur then YES they can be located behind the appliances, what your electrician has done isn't wrong or right, everyone has there own views on the regs, at the end of the day if you can find a reason in the regs why not to h...
by fridspark
Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:00 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Wiring Multiple Low Voltage Lights
Replies: 3
Views: 8347

You shouldn't be installing lighting in a kitchen unless your are Part P registered! get an expert in who is!
by fridspark
Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:58 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Split Load CU
Replies: 1
Views: 2616

First of all under the Part-P that came in Jan 2005 unless your self certifying then you are not able to under take a fuse board replacement (sorry but's that's the law) There are no advantages or disadvantages of a split load board, you are required under the wiring regulations to have an RCD prote...
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