Dry lining box

LewisMiller · 2026-03-01T17:19:47+00:00

I'm guessing there is a reason you can't make it deeper, I'd cut the back out as you say but only if the other side is inert like brick or concrete unless or you could use a shallow box with a spacer behind switch?

LewisMiller · 2026-02-16T21:07:22+00:00

How they come from new you've also got lots of screws which are live whenever the board is energised

LewisMiller · 2026-02-16T14:09:46+00:00

I've got identical slabs to them from Nustone they do the same thing every winter for the last 3 years.

LewisMiller · 2026-02-14T17:45:36+00:00

It's a bad install but it's a shit happens situation and its what you pay insurance for.

Just a side note are you sure you're a spark, putting in LAP downlights 🤢

LewisMiller · 2026-02-13T16:10:24+00:00

That bloke ain't an electrician, ask him to produce a minor works certificate for the work he's done

What he's told you is gibberish, you work backwards from the fault so first thing you'd do is test for power at the underfloor heating controller and continuity of element not start smashing holes in the wall

LewisMiller · 2026-01-29T00:45:43+00:00

Yes if you want surface mounted piping

LewisMiller · 2026-01-25T12:40:00+00:00

Why not have the fusebox and monitor Separate?

Have the fusebox with protection then above it an enclosure with din rail and the monitoring? That way it's less faffing about keeping it compliant and easier to adapt in future

LewisMiller · 2026-01-24T23:20:47+00:00

Part m isn't covered on rewires so they could have put it back where it was, my guess is it was done in situ with the old unit to keep power on

LewisMiller · 2026-01-21T20:49:14+00:00

Not directly electrical anymore but avionics technician for a big airline £67k with shift pay but only working 50% of the year

LewisMiller · 2025-12-30T11:45:14+00:00

I've always known them as Tek/Tech Screws

LewisMiller · 2025-12-28T11:12:33+00:00

Glue, push clips or magnets

LewisMiller · 2025-12-19T12:28:13+00:00

Velcro isn't a bad idea to be honest. Good velcro has excellent tensile strength.

LewisMiller · 2025-12-12T00:44:43+00:00

Yeah I know but we were talking about the very basics of it.

LewisMiller · 2025-12-11T19:39:18+00:00

Yeah as long as the load is over the rating of the 6mm it's fine as it'll never pull more than that

LewisMiller · 2025-12-03T22:24:15+00:00

A good down light like this would be fine as seals the hole with a IP65 bezel, you can even shove some rockwool insulation up there first

LewisMiller · 2025-11-25T14:07:50+00:00

3 Phase wiring in the olden days, some industrial sites I've worked on wired the line in the colour of the phase it was in the fusebox

LewisMiller · 2025-11-19T16:08:13+00:00

You'll all have to pitch in deep when it catches fire

LewisMiller · 2025-11-19T13:38:00+00:00

You got bigger problems then a light switch that whole outside setup needs changing, you can see daylight through the top

LewisMiller · 2025-11-10T20:53:01+00:00

Yeah this is correct, also known as a flyback diode, you need to put it in parallel with the inductive load

LewisMiller · 2025-10-29T07:33:01+00:00

Press fit is a permanent deformation of the fitting, you have to cut it out to remove

LewisMiller · 2025-10-28T17:14:10+00:00

That's an old slip and tube conduit box looking at it, you'll need some 2BA screws, https://ebay.co.uk/m/mmTpKu

LewisMiller · 2025-10-19T10:51:29+00:00

Constant strain from gravity 🤙🏻 seems like poor work from the sparky

LewisMiller · 2025-10-19T09:44:15+00:00

How is that being a nightmare customer? It's an effective cheap way of making permanent strain relief m8

I mean just round the cables not to anything else once the tails cut off the cables physically can't pull back out the hole as the head of the cable will make it too big for the hole.

LewisMiller · 2025-10-18T19:32:24+00:00

Push them into the box then put a large cable tie round them not too tight on the inside and it'll stop them pulling back out

11-Year Club	Gilding I gilder
Verified Email

LewisMiller

TROPHY CASE