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I am converting 2 small old shops with living quarters above into 3 flats but have come up against a bit of a problem in relation to the...
hi my names Sparky major long time reader first time poster......anyway i am currently still an apprentice and a have past my 2330 and now in my...
I think the wordings pretty bad on this first question as i don't understand what the question really wants, so any help to the answer or the...
hes holding a Plug n socket inline "Comando" type
the Plug doesnt have shroud round the pins and its coloured RED with only 3 pins WTF
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Thanks in advance for you help, I hope this is not a problem which has been brough up previously, I have had a look but can't see any...
If i am fitting an extractor fan in a bathroom that has a large window for light do I need a triple pole isolator as all the power will be coming...
I've just watched a "master" electrician from Massachussets install what is essentially a low voltage downlight.
However, like most things US...
Well thats a first for me.
5 amp fuse holder with what can only be described as a nail for fuse wire into
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Looked at a job today where a burst pipe in the loft has soaked a bathroom and bedroom upstairs and most of the kitchen downstairs.
Problems are...
I have tested 18 thermocouples for a loop test. 70% show 290 ohmes and 30% show 230 ohmes. Would this suggest they are different lengths? Also how...
A small b&b called me about light timer problem, the timer keeps blowing, it is for hallway lights, normally after 5 minutes the lights go off...
why would a mains powered smoke alarm just randomly go off??
I dont know the true answer to this to everyone is able to chuck ther opinion in.
When wiring an installation how do you prove Overcurrent...
Hi all, This Im sure is basic and easy to you guys but for some reason its not happening or me.
Have 2 2way switches in hall 1 for hall light and...
I bought a copy of the wiring regs before doing a course. I was given a new copy on the course and so I wanted to sell my original copy. However...
"the electrics are not working will you take a look on christmas eve and sort them please"
umm this does not look like my definition of safe...
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Before I get into it, I'm not an electrician nor do i know anything about electrics, so please bear with my terminology :)
I'm a...
I am a serial destroyer of mobile phones. Over the last couple of years I have broken just about every so called indestructible phone. I am now...
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hi all i am new here and i have been with my company now for 5months
today i was with my boss and we did some testing on a flooded house
we...
there is a tim 30 coin meter in a flat of my mates when you putting in money , your hand is touching the tails going to distribution board.. whats...
Hi, been asked to look at a job because this guy was gonna change a fan yet he's told me that he turned off the lighting breaker yet the fan...
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Just a thought, while many of us are doing end of year's, and paperwork and so on.
For your New Year's Resolution, why don't you make...
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I've got to link a new fire alarm system into a Notifier ID2000 panel.
Can I get a repeater panel to do this or will I have to get a new...
Hi, would just like to say thanks to anyone who answered my last posts about outside light switch and installing key switch. Anyway was replacing...
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Hope you have had a good Xmas.
In my bathroom I would like to install a decent extractor fan on my ceiling ducting it out to the soffit...
hi all,i posted here the other day finidng out about regs about plug positioning
im looking to keep up to date on regs so they are more clear and...
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I am relatively new to electronics. I am building a device which uses a car battery to power a starter motor. The system is remote...
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dose anyone know if you can get a IPX4 Pull cord for zone 2? to switch fan heater 13A
Hope you've had a good Christmas and looking...
Hi guys and girls, I'm quite new to this so sorry if its in the wrong section. I just have a couple of questions one regarding qualifications and...
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new to the forum - be kind.
I've no real experience in fault finding and or testing night storage heaters, but will soon have to start...
As above. I've only been on this forum for 3 months and the single person that has bent over backwards for me and others has been Phil. His help...
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Just moved into a house which has a conservatory and we seem to have a little problem with the electrics. The previous tenants...
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I have recently carried out an electrical installation in a small office unit that will be occupied by the public and around 5-10 office...
Hi all, Can someone please tell what the law is, in regards to taking on a 17 year old apprentice? Or direct me to a relevant post on this forum...
Hi all, saw my brother over Xmas and he has a problem with battery chargers fusing out when he turns them on, now blown 3 different ones. All...
What I have been told to do is test a bunch of thermocouples at work. The equiptment I am using is shown here http://www.hkanswers.com/testing.jpg...
been trawling the internet over xmas trying to see who can help and I found you. hope you can assist with my question.....my shower switch has...
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I have a Suncrest equinox remote controlled electric fire which has ceased to function. Battery ok in remote, frequency of remote set...
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I have been to a job today to have a look. The customer is moving some stud walls in a ground floor flat and wants me to move the...
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I am currently planning to join the nic and as i have been informed they will inspect my work i.e a board change, is there anyway i can not...
Hi men new to this site ill keep it short had a crap 2010 workwise got done out of £5500 by an electrical firm . 36 MEN ALL GOT HIT ******. Any...
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I hired a BT engineer to install a 20A power socket in the garage to run a table saw that needs 16A power supply. After...
seasons greetings to all except the lowlife who broke into my van today at tescos in purley.They managed to cut through the central locking cable...
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We work at a local grain silo company where a LV buried cable supplying one of the sheds has been damaged. We've found the fault and...
My son has just bought a house,but there is no power to the garage,can he come of a socket which is on a ringmain to a socket in garage then onto...
Am trying to find a weatherproof and vandal proof keyswitch. This is for turning on pathway lights up to a church from the gate rather than...
i need a optimal model for calculating arc fault current in low voltage switchboard.
where can i get a sample case of arc fault current ,so that i...
I am fitting a consumer unit and have major prob with ring circuit.at first i was getting a short circuit on insulation test between live and...
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