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Its always worth using a 3core cpc as a switch wire so you have a live feed in the light. It doesn't need to be used or made live but its handy especially on a upstairs circuit in case a loft light or even for a feed to outside light.
We have a light switch in our bedroom, but we are going to have the door hung the other way, so the door will close over the original switch, so I want to change that switch to a blanking plate and have a switch on the new open side of the door, can this be done with this Quintic switch? I have also seen a video of these switches failing with the spring retainer breaking loose, do you know if this fault has been fixed. Thanks, Bob in the UK, LOVE THE CHANNEL SO JOINED.
Hi, is this one of the tests that you have to take when doing the level 2 diploma in electrical installations? Or is this for the level 3 diploma? Thanks.
Hi, is this one of the tests that you have to take when doing the level 2 diploma in electrical installations? Or is this for the level 3 diploma? Thanks.
Good advice but this new generation won’t listen. Done lots of steel conduit wiring in the 70s. Cables always fed in through the fingers side by side to prevent cable burns. One at at time when pulling last lengths at conduit boxes. Seen many a burn and tangle by the new guys before I retired.
True But metal conduit a different animal Nowdays most wouldn't use it unless specifically required Same with MICC and ive got some of that on sites thats 80 years old and still functioning correctly
lol this. This is the first time I’ve ever heard anyone concerned about the insulation melting from friction. As an electrician, I can confidently say if you’re pulling a cable that small with enough force that the friction somehow melts the insulation you’ve most certainly broken all your strands anyway 😂.
how do I add in an extra double gang switch to an existing circuit. At the moment I have a switch in my kitchen that operates two seperate light systems (double gang). Having turned the door around it now obscures the double switch behind it so I want to add another double switch outside in the corridor (before entering kitchen) how do i do that? It has power coming into switch direct from consumer unit and then goes to the lights.
For me as an older learner who is looking to make a career change this was very unrealistic. You brought in a man who pretty much had this handed to him on a plate who had a bit of background knowledge and worked in a field which helped him. I have pretty much the same commitments as him. But I work in the public sector. I am close to finishing my level 2 and I'm wishing to know where to go from there.
A very important thing to mention (sorry if you did and I missed it) is that the original consumer unit is actually in a dangerous state. This is because the plastic cover for the fuse carriers on the front is missing (it's supposed to attach via the little hole above the fuse carriers. Without this in place to insulate the fuses from the casing a blowing fuse can arc to the casing of the consumer unit.
I notice that a lot of these specifications are ‘should’ not ‘must’. I suppose this is intended to provide flexibility on any installation where these values cannot be achieved. That’s the difference between a guide and an instruction.
How do you wire the feed in if there is a feed out to link to the circuit , this shows you that this is at the end of the circuit, do you join the feed out to the common also
