I looked into stuff relating to south africa pertaining to codes. It's really up to the jurisdiction where you live about what's permitted and what's not. I checked out the electrical and it is 220 but at 50 cycle? how primitive. why 50 cycle?
the color coding for wires is hot is brown, earth...
Well, then, I was unaware that the dwelling was in Africa. That changes the entire scope of things. We can't apply the US codes to this building. I'd have to go searching for African building requirements. For instance, what is the common voltage for dwellings? Is it 220 volts like in the UK...
Is the structure basically a steel framed building with purlins along the walls? Because I don't see any studs as in a conventional building. AND the floor looks like crumbling osb siding. Is there a concrete slab underneath all that osb? What do you have for a waste system? And what about...
How can new users be super moderators so fast? Must be relatives or good friends. I got more points than the moderators I've seen. They beat my join date by a month.
what's with all these abbreviations? I have no idea what yer talking about. if you start wanting assistance on problems and hit us with abbreviations for items yer gonna be outta luck!
Since the only reason you have to go up into the crawl space will be to fish wires, the splices can be accomplished before the lights themselves are shoved into the holes. see fixture picture
Well, my only hopes are that I can help you all. I started a thread in another forum dealing with Monitor Heaters and response has been over whelming. I got people from Alaska asking how to service Monitors. Many of the responses have been most positive with regards to repairs.
I'm working on using microsoft "paint" to draw up several illustrations to aid your users doing electrical work. As time progresses I will add new stuff - i.e. plumbing drain fittings, shark bite connectors, copper sweating fittings and so on. I'll try to recruit a few guys from my other forum...
Many of you know how confusing a water heater's wiring seems to be. After all you have two elements, each capable of 4500 watts when operating drawing about 27 amps of power. The thing is they don't operate at the same time!
Check out this diagram.....
I am a retired Master Electrician having worked in an industrial setting for a good portion of my life in Massachusetts. I have done work with HVAC systems, home heating. I enjoy trouble shooting your electrical problems. I can supply illustrations of common electrical fittings and fixture...