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you need to use crimps with a proper crimping tool
still waiting for sensible reply!
You may find that some posters on this forum have deemed your level of competence too low to be doing work on or in consumer units, and therefor will not offer you advice.
Me for example.
this annoys me...I can work on the brakes of my car...which can cause death and injury to myself and others and yet do a sound job to an extremly high standard. and yet people like yourself can through restricting information cause others to guess and endanger themselves. Being intelligent I will go to the library and not create any risk. Arrogance kills...and you could be to blame!
So you think encouraging you to do the work is the best thing?
I could probably have a go at replacing the brakes on my car. I mean, how hard can it be?
The reason I don't is because I don't know for sure I would do it right, so I employ someone to do it for me who does know what they are doing. I wouldn't fancy doing something thinking I was doing it right, but really I'm doing it wrong. Not something that could kill me without warning.
Do you service your own boiler and install gas supplies too?
What you should be doing is trying to find a local competent electrician to do the work safely for you.
I could probably have a go at replacing the brakes on my car. I mean, how hard can it be?
The reason I don't is because I don't know for sure I would do it right, so I employ someone to do it for me who does know what they are doing. I wouldn't fancy doing something thinking I was doing it right, but really I'm doing it wrong. Not something that could kill me without warning.
Do you service your own boiler and install gas supplies too?
What you should be doing is trying to find a local competent electrician to do the work safely for you.
OP:
Either replace the cables with ones that are long enough, move consumer unit so cables don't need extended, or as a last resort, find out how to extend cables (oh that's what you asked).
Don't take this the wrong way but do you have access to a proper crimping tool, the correct size crimps, heat shrink and actually know how to use them?
I would solder and heatshrink, but that's just me. (As I'm confident with my soldering, not suggesting it's a job for a novice)
Either replace the cables with ones that are long enough, move consumer unit so cables don't need extended, or as a last resort, find out how to extend cables (oh that's what you asked).
Don't take this the wrong way but do you have access to a proper crimping tool, the correct size crimps, heat shrink and actually know how to use them?
I would solder and heatshrink, but that's just me. (As I'm confident with my soldering, not suggesting it's a job for a novice)
when you recommend solder and heat shrink, well is there a certain thickness of heat shrink to be used?
Look, you took offence because this is probably one of the most frightening posts we ahve had!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rob, gave you really good advice (get a sparky) and a great example why not to.
BAS, in his own special way, said the same thing
Everyone else will do the same.
The fact is you are messing about in the one area of your house where you really do not have a clue.
Yes you could crimp, me I'd never do it, but the right tools are so important as well!!!!!!!!!!!11
Do you own calibrated crimping tool????? I suspect not.
Me I would be putting in one solid tail (x2) and then complying with the regs re BS7671 and what the supplier and DNO require
Have you the foggiest what this might entail??????
What about your bonding? Is that upto to scratch???
And your Earthing arrangements? Are thet adequate??? Is your Ze within an exceptable tolerance? How do you know? Do you own the appropriate test equipemnt??
Most the answers to these questions will be WHAT????? and obtaining the answers even harder!!!!!!
You know we boys and girls do this day in day out for a living, the vast majority ask for a decent days pay for a decent days work, we are qualified, registered, insured and reliable.
You do this work, potentially get it wrong, burn the house down lose the wife and kids possibly and then your insurance is invalid anyway and you've lost everything just because you would not pay a couple of hundred quid to have it done properly!!!!!
So here is my advice, get 2 coat hangers stick them where you old tails are and hope it works
You have not go the foggiest, the skills or the know how to do this!!!!
Sorry but, attitudes of 'please can you help.......you're advice is not acceptable' really gets my GOAT
Rob, gave you really good advice (get a sparky) and a great example why not to.
BAS, in his own special way, said the same thing
Everyone else will do the same.
The fact is you are messing about in the one area of your house where you really do not have a clue.
Yes you could crimp, me I'd never do it, but the right tools are so important as well!!!!!!!!!!!11
Do you own calibrated crimping tool????? I suspect not.
Me I would be putting in one solid tail (x2) and then complying with the regs re BS7671 and what the supplier and DNO require
Have you the foggiest what this might entail??????
What about your bonding? Is that upto to scratch???
And your Earthing arrangements? Are thet adequate??? Is your Ze within an exceptable tolerance? How do you know? Do you own the appropriate test equipemnt??
Most the answers to these questions will be WHAT????? and obtaining the answers even harder!!!!!!
You know we boys and girls do this day in day out for a living, the vast majority ask for a decent days pay for a decent days work, we are qualified, registered, insured and reliable.
You do this work, potentially get it wrong, burn the house down lose the wife and kids possibly and then your insurance is invalid anyway and you've lost everything just because you would not pay a couple of hundred quid to have it done properly!!!!!
So here is my advice, get 2 coat hangers stick them where you old tails are and hope it works
You have not go the foggiest, the skills or the know how to do this!!!!
Sorry but, attitudes of 'please can you help.......you're advice is not acceptable' really gets my GOAT
None of the information you need is restricted, it's just that you'll have to go about getting it in a structured manner which ensures that you also get all the other information you need which you may not even realise you don't know.
Replacing a CU is a very non-trivial task, and to do it properly requires knowledge and skills which you do not possess and which you cannot adequately acquire just by asking the odd questions which happen to occur to you.
You'll find a reading list here.
Don't be so pathetic.Arrogance kills...and you could be to blame!
If you screw up it will be entirely due to your arrogance in thinking that you know more than the people here who have advised you not to go ahead.
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