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Q & A of the Day – For this Scottish hotel, what code for no...

Colin asks this question, which concerns a hotel in Scotland that has no RCD protection for sockets and...

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Q & A of the Day – Are these light switch and socket heights...

John asks this question, which concerns light switch and socket heights, and Scottish Building Standards. It...

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Q & A of the Day – Should there be a separate supply for a...

Andy Mothersele asks this question, which concerns the electrical supply to a newly installed whirlpool...

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Q & A of the Day – For radial / ring circuits are there...

Sinnadurai Sripadmanaban asks this question, which concerns the number of 13A sockets allowed with ring and...

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Q & A of the Day – Should I fit a separate earth to a...

David Symmington asks this question, which concerns the possible installation of a separate earth on the metal...

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Q & A of the Day – What method of protection does the supply...

Richie Webster asks this question, which concerns the electrical supply to a jetty deck and its required...

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Q & A of the Day – In student accommodation, does a borrowed...

Sam English asks this question, which concerns student accommodation, a found borrowed neutral, whether...

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Q & A of the Day - How to help a client with domestic...

This Question of the Day, about a client wanting a new consumer unit to be fitted to a house extension, and...

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Q & A of the Day – Should this street lighting column have a...

Leonard Chichester asks this question, which concerns whether an aluminium street lighting column should...

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Q & A of the Day – Should a community decorative tree’s...

Melvyn Williams asks this question, which concerns whether a community decorative tree’s lights should be...

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Q & A of the Day – Who should carry out the three-hour...

Clark Kelso asks this question, which concerns emergency lighting systems, and which person should carry out...

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Q & A of the Day – Do these external CCTV and lighting...

Pete Brown asks this question, which concerns whether surge protection is needed to protect external CCTV...

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Q & A of the Day – Must every tenant flat be fitted with...

This question concerns whether, for communal residential properties, there is a need for emergency lighting to...

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Q & A of the Day – Is this lighting circuit R1 + R2...

Eddie Platt asks this question, which concerns odd R1 + R2 readings obtained from testing a lighting...

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Q & A of the Day – This office has no socket outlet RCD...

Neil Baird asks this question, which concerns EICR Code departures for an office electrical installation...

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Q & A of the Day - What are protection requirements for...

Robby Davies asks this question, which concerns the protection requirements for the circuit feeding a socket...

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Q & A of the Day – Should I use a data centre’s loading as...

Alex asks a question concerning a data centre’s heat loading and its equivalence to the electrical loading. It...

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Q & A of the Day – For water mist fire suppression, does...

Thomas McKenzie asks a question about the IP ratings of switchboards within water mist (fire suppression)...

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Q & A of the Day – In this office, are there any...

This question concerns whether, in an office block that seems to feature two separate ring mains connected...

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Q & A of the Day – With a shower room, where does the zone...

This question, about shower cubicles, room definitions and zones, has been answered by SELECT (Theme -...

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Q & A of the Day – Can a TNCS supply house RCBO protect a TT...

Sam Stubbington asks about whether a TNCS supply house RCBO can properly protect a TT outbuilding...

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Q & A of the Day – Can cables in polystyrene insulation be...

D. Castle asks about whether cables having polystyrene insulation can safely be run long term inside PVC...

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Q & A of the Day - What is the maximum distance we can run...

This question concerns the maximum distance that an electric flex can be safely run in an AV business...

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Q & A of the Day – Can I place the consumer unit about 20m...

Don Ashley asks about the cable size and protection needed for a consumer unit located 20m from the meter. His...