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Hello all I have recently started working for myself and allwas ok until one of my customers called Basically I upgraded an old Consumer unit to a...
I have just been handed a kitchen drawing where the dishwasher is sited next to a cooker with only a 20mm decor end separating them.Does anyone...
Hi, I'm new to the forum, Im going to start off with advice wanted. I have a 10 year old cold water 230 volt 15 amp round pin Mist-Air power...
I think have a faulty pump on the dishwasher , its the pump that pumps the water round while washing as opposed to the one that pumps the water...
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I'm wondering in anyone can enlighten me please. I did the PAT testing course a few years ago and have never really used it since the...
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I would like to know if I can connect socket to radial circuit to power diswasher and washing machine (double socket) with fused spur. I know...
During a PIR last week I found that the flat has its washing machine in an alcove/old airing cupboard with no door, in the bathroom. (I am going...
Hi chaps, am in need of some advice. I have a garage that is fed from our main consumer unit with an RCB. The cable is 2.5mm and supplies sockets...
After returning from Greece after a two week break I found my Kitchen RCBO had tripped.:icon9:
However as I had the forsight to provide a...
Anyone know who sells these, I need a replacement and a quick search on the Internet has not helped.
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A customer of mine has a small kitchen and wants me to fit a dishwasher in the unit below the hob.I am trying to think of a reason why not as its...
Is there a requlation relating to distances between equipment,? im testing a job where there are 4 hair dryers in a changing area all situated...
i changed two tubes in a shop freezer , they didnt light completely just at the ends, so i swaped them with other two in other half of freezer and...
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Have a 13A neon fused spur for a dishwasher put in by a spark in 2.5mm.
The dishwasher is an...
Hello all, I am currently planning a job for q ne kitchen extension. Just want some guidance on the best practice for wiring an American style...
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I have a Comenda dishwasher and its 415 volts. Can I wire this up at home? Does it have to have a special power supply?
Sorry not an...
Anyone help me with this one please? It's my own washing machine, last night the cycle just went on and on and on and didn't stop on slow spin...
Anybodys thoughts on this hand dryer ive come across?
Came across the hand dryer doing some PAT in some offices. The hand dryer has been put onto...
when pat testing my dishwasher on insulation res i get low reading of 1M ohm does this comply?
While testing an installation the client asked me to remove a 30ma rcd which protects a power washer as it trips quite often.
The powerwasher has...
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Before I ask my question I would like to Thank each and everyone who contributed to this forum so people like me can read and learn...
Got a bit of a problem working this one out, maybe someone can help - I have to install 3x washers & 3x Dryers (single phase) in the same...
Hi all, I have had this dishwasher for just over 5 years now. I put it on last night and this morning found out that the wash cycle didn't finish...
Hi i'm quoting for a job that involves:
The moving of a cooker isolation switch
The installation of extra single socket's for dishwasher...
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It's my first post so apologies if this has been covered before.
I have a Hotpoint vented tumble dryer that keeps tripping all my...
I have traced the nuisance tripping down to the fridge freezer and im wondering how best to go about rectifying the problem and staying within the...
Been asked to take 2 fcu's off a ring main at the same point to supply a combi-boiler and a washing machine. Customer wants to have the washing...
In summary: every time I turn on my electric fan oven it trips the RCD in my consumer unit. Although it is already on it's own RCD switch...
ok, got a call from a customer, when they open dishwasher, touch the metal casing inside, and touch the sink they get a tingling go up the arm...
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tumble dryer is tripping the rcd ,tested the rcd 0.5, x1 and x5 all worked out ok, even ran a extension lead from the house to the...
Hi does anyone know how I identify a washer size??
A few years ago I got given about 500 washers and they have been brilliant for using when...
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Just wondered when trying to find a good place to put the earthing test lead what is the best place.
I presume most dishwashers like...
When the dish washer is switched on the rcd trips after 5 mins could it be the heating element broken down in the dishwsher hence going to earth...
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I have a TT system at the moment and a freezer trips the rcd on start up. I am rewiring and the old 100m/a rcd board is still on, it...
Hi I am in the UK. Bosch dishwasher model Logic xx Exprees not working. Found when disconnecting the wall hotwired flex box that the Live cables...
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I am just about to change a CU at my mum's house. Apart from the fact that there is no bonding to any pipework, which I will rectify when...
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I've been asked to wire a washing machine into a bathroom/showeroom. Whats the new regulations for that nowadays with all the changes...
Again, I'm hoping this is in the right forum. If not, please don't hesitate to say so...
That said, the back story is that I just bought a new...
Been to a house today for a few things. The owners are making structural changes, including adding a shower room and an extension to the back...
Does a dishwasher have to be on its own dedicated circuit?
The dishwasher in queston has a moulded 13amp plug top.
I cant find anything in the...
Hi, Im not sure if im actually supposed to be posting on here as im not an electrician myself??! But I wonder if anyone would be kind enough to...
Hi, I was just wondering if any expert can offer me advice on the following.
After a manual defrost of an integrated freezer (CDA CW783) I put...
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I am going to install a 7kw commercial dishwasher.This will be a new circuit,does the following installation method sound...
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Commercial tumble dryer spec is elec heating 3.1kW, and motor rating of 246W.
This works out to be about 14.5A - would you say this is...
Hey up, friend of mine has a 4575 W dryer, big american thing. Now it says in the manual that it needs its own 30A supply with an isolating...
had a call today that a tumble dryer had stopped working, as it was for a friend said i would pop along.
anyway got there, this is what they...
Could somebody provide some advice to a non-electrician. My tumble dryer has for some reason started tripping the RCD switch on my fuse box when...
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