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Gasayi:
I am looking to paint my building, can anyone recommend a good quality paint that can be used.

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ZIKEYBOY11:
Quick one: which of the cables in the market do you consider the best to use for house wiring?

Could you please rank them in ascending order of quality?

Thanks

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Akerewe:
Good day Oga topsy23, thanks for the good job.

Please someone gave me a quote for decking slab conduit materials. He made mentioned of 25mm dignity pipes, 25mm 4 way box, 25mm stop-end, 25mm coupler nd gum.

Pls is there any need for STOP-END because it's rarely mentioned in conduit materials? Then, is 20mm better or 25mm for decking conduit?

Good day sir,

20mm should be used for lighting, fire alarm.

Using 25mm boxes means your electrician is using 25mm pipe would be used for lighting. You spend more using 25mm
Stop end is good, let him use for the last lighting box ion a row

ZIKEYBOY11:
Quick one: which of the cables in the market do you consider the best to use for house wiring?

Could you please rank them in ascending order of quality?

Thanks

Good afternoon

Below are the list of cables

Purechem
Comestar
Coleman
Kabelmetal
Nigerchin

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KolaShangOne:
Variations in building construction can be funny.

My electrician in Port Harcourt is saying they don't use 3x6 knockout boxes. They only use 3x3.

I personally prefer a mix of 3x3 and 3x6.

Better to have both boss

tsiriman:
Is this ABB? How much please?

Yes that ABB
Price 116,000

tsiriman:
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topsy23:
We are ready to give you the best

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tsiriman:
I have a 12way 3phase genuine ABB distribution board. I want to upgrade to 18 way by just changing the internal 3phase busbar to 18way, do you have the internal of the 18way DB available?

Good evening sir, I will get it across

Nadingo:
What's the solution, Sirs. Should we resort to buying individual stabilizers for ACs and other stabilizer-needing appliances?

If you have money to buy the higher rating that can carry all the loads in the house you can go for it. Eaton product is a very good product

Thanks for all yours and enquiry

Thanks for all yours and enquiry

Thanks for all yours and enquiry

Ndyoo:
I have a question for the Engineers in the house. Between surface wiring and conduit which one would be best when building a rented apartment (blocks of flat). Location is southeast (Onitsha to be precise). The engineer mentioned that surface wiring is outdated for modern building and it's not safe. But someone I know mentioned that tenants might want to rewire things when they pack into the house thereby destroying everything. Now I am lost if we should continue the dropping.

Your recommendation and comments is really appreciated.

Conduit is the modern day installation

Rany4all:
Another quick question for our electrical gurus in the house:

In the electrical drawing attached below, please what does the abbreviation "Pabs" stand for? Thanks.

The correct abbreviation is PABX and it is called Private Automatic Branch Exchange. It is for telephone

Rany4all:
Ok...I guess that's when the looping of the 2 DBs comes into play, so the sockets for the inverter appliances can be removed from the heavy loads DB and added to the light loads DB, while the other kitchen sockets remain with the heavy loads DB, right?

Yeah

Rany4all:
Wonderful insight, thanks...but a have a little concern about having all kitchen sockets on heavy loads DB, since this would mean an inverter refrigerator and inverter deep freezer kept in the kitchen cannot be powered by solar or a generator connected only to the light loads DB, if I'm getting you right.

You can have them on solar inverter, It will now depends on the size of Inverter equipment you plan to install and also number of batteries

Rany4all:
Ok, thanks for the explanation, but permit me ask a more direct question...

For an uncompleted residential building that is yet to be plastered but has already been piped with carcass of 2 DB's, one intended for heavy loads and the other for light loads, would you advice the owner to install another DB if he intends to add solar power as one of his home energy sources?

N/B: the house is piped to have 10 ACs, 4 water heaters and 1 cooker unit, amongst many other power and lighting points. Thanks.

You can use the one for lite loads( Lighting and Socket I guess) for solar Inverter, You need not to have another DB for the solar Inverter. But Make sure all the kitchen socket are on the heavy loads DB

Also make sure you loop the two DB's with pipes in case you want remove or add some loads on either of the DB

Rany4all:
Just being curious...

So if someone wants to install solar in an already completed building, the person would have to install a new DB with fresh wiring?

What about a situation where the building already has 2 DB's, one for heavy appliances like AC's, water heaters and cooker unit, and the second DB for sockets and lights...would the person still need a 3rd DB for solar installation?

With the 2 already installed DB you can dedicate the second DB with light and socket for solar inverter . If you use the same DB for solar and raw power, remember they share the same neutral terminal and again if your earthing is not properly done you will definitely have feedback power on your raw if you test with tester because of the common neutral terminal they shared.

We have done a lot of correction on this type of installations before because of the problem they encounter

Godisgreatest1:
Good morning Sir,

Please I will like to be clear about this solar system.

This morning 24/04/2023, a newly built duplex next to mine was 'badly burnt' and we discovered that the fire came from the solar installation.

The man just left to buy wares, his 3 children (including a year old) were locked inside. The neighbors managed to jump through the fence to break the protector locks before it will be a different story.

Please how, and in what scenario can fire start from solar installation.


I would have uploaded the video for you to see but for the sake of privacy.

Just know that the entire top floor where the solar was installed was burnt to the stone coated roofing sheet. The fire spread to the kitchen. That was where the gas exploded that finished the ground floor.

God's grace this morning was the children that were saved.

Thank you.

The cause of the fire outbreak might not be from the solar equipment. Most of the technicians have little or no knowledge of installation especially when it comes to wiring aspect. Most of the solar inverter are hybrid type with sources of charging. Either through sun or through NEPA or Gen. if the Out going of the Solar inverter are not totally separated can lead to this. It is advisable to separate Solar Inverter DB from your raw power DB. if you using single DB for both Solar and raw power hmmmm....

sethtsadopp:
We just moved into our house 3 weeks ago. A 2 Floor 5 Room Terrace in Abuja.
But there is an issue that we have been facing. Serious smell has been coming from different parts of the house, mostly from the toilets but now it's spreading to the lounges and today we started smelling it even in the living room downstairs. I have complained to a plumber sometime ago and he came to cover the opening for the Jacuzzi in the master toilet since we haven't bought it yet and one other place. But it has gotten worse sef. From my own personal observation that smell is coming strongly from the water vents (where you take your bath) and even directly from the WC and some even coming from the other outer vent in the bathroom (the one where water is to go through if you wash the bathroom). Where do we begin to permanently tackle such and issue. It's happening in all 3 floors and I don't think there is any toilet in the house that isn't smelling.

Congrats for moving in to your new apartment.

Now to the issue you have in the house , you need to chambers if the waste and soil pipes are not linked to the same chamber.

Also, you need to change your floor drains to S-Trap floor drain to prevent the odour flowing back to the house. Make you all the toilet have outer Vent .

Introduce magic waste to all the basins in other to retain some water so as to prevent the bad odour as well .