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    11-12 volts reading across line and earth

    trying to trace an earth fault in a friends home today after the RCD in the single ring main suddenly and persistently started tripping why might I see 11 to 12 volts across line and earth on some sockets? are there any tips regarding finding the earth fault? have broken the ring and...
    • Sting Ray
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    • across and earth circuit earth fault reading sockets tester volts
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  2. S

    High reading on grey phase, all across a large site

    Ive come across an issue on a large site i work on. May be something simple, but im struggling to figure out what the problem could be. The site has a HV ring and 6 HV-LV sub stations. This is usually split. I have noticed in the last few months that when testing for an earth loop reading on the...
  3. O

    Cables across public footpaths

    Just a quick question when taking cables across a public footpath I know the depth is 24 inch and all the relevant gravel and tape. But I can't get any deeper than 24 inch but there is a gas main and mains LV crossing my path. So essentially my ducting will be crossing there's do I need to...
    • onions1066
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    • across cables pat pat testing public
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Resistors in Parallel Help

    Hi All first post. I'm currently doing a Pre Entry in Electrical Engineering and really enjoying it so far. My question is i'm finding the Resistors in Parallel a bit tricky see below. The question asks me to determine the values of V,I2,I3 and R Suppose i'm more confused in whats best to...
  5. K

    Came across this beauty

    Came across this on the interweb.... Wanted to share it
  6. D

    Replacing main isolator with RCD across whole board

    I'm doing pir's at the moment and often come across CU's with MCB's but no RCD protection. I'm wondering what views people have on removing the main isolators and fitting RCD's in their place to protect all circuits. I understand the inconvenience implications but is it ok to simply replace?
    • Diode
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    • across board isolator main rcd replacing whole
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  7. S

    Indicator lamp connected across contactor coils

    Someone once told me this is bad practice but I cant remember why. Could anyone remind me? Thanks
  8. O

    Supply across a patio

    Asked to install 2 lights on a patio (minature vintage street lamp style jobs) max draw 0.5amp between the 2 (120watts total) and a small fountain. Ideally cabling to be discreetly run with minimal upheaval. Can't bury SWA as the patio is laid on top of the "substantial" concrete floor of what...
    • overskilled
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    • across pat pat testing patio supply
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    First time I've come across this fault

    Had a call, the lady had no power in her property. Turn main switch off remove cover and test at incoming side of switch 230V. Turn main switch on and at the other side of the main switch 50V. Faulty main switch I thought. Turn off all RCD's and MCB's and have 230V where I found 50V...
    • Harryb
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    • across fault first incoming neutral supply switch time under
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    my bottom immersion nay heating the water during the night

    if anyone knows about immersion heaters ? got economy 7, but my bottom immersion nay heating the water during the night, its getting 240v when the off peak supply comes on but does not heat up! I took a resisitance reading getting 35 ohms off the live to neutral,! just to check I tested the top...
    • rabbroon
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    • across bottom during element heating immersion neutral night water
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Central Heating Systems
  11. S

    Substation right across the road - PSC

    Hello Testing for PSCC and PEFC with the substation in view from underneath the staircase, I got one reading testing PSCC on 2000A but overload on PEFC. But on 20ka I got tests results on both PEFC and PSCC. Can I use these results on my certificate for PFC? Cheers, as ever.
  12. D

    What i come across quite often ( As promised Tony i took a few pics)

    This is a control panel for a cutter machine apparently its been like this years with no cover and runs 4 x 400v motors ... the mechanical side is just as bad but believe this give the state of the machine the best reflection on this forum. . Now does that untidy domestic board look that bad...
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    PIR Sensor Problems

    I fitted a PIR sensor light to a detached garage sitting at the top of the drive, then changed to a seperate Sensor feeding the light. I am having/had problems with them detecting correctly. The garage is on the left of the house looking from the front, 1M away from side of house, and about 1 M...
    • Spikenaylor
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    • across garage house pir problems sensor
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    anyone come across this before....

    Has anyone come across this one. situation new build bungalow, external timber framed walls are covered with a metallic damp proof membrane, metal boxes attached through DPM to dwangs then walls have been framed and drywalled. the problem is the earth continuity between any circuit that has...
    • brucyboy
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    • across anyone before
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Electrician Forum
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    Telephone Slave help

    Good evening chaps, ran a slave socket off the master telephone point using contacts 3 and 5 as i always do, the slave socket will ring from an incoming call and has dial tone but will not make or answer a call. I am thinking maybe i need to connect terminal 2 as well but just after some...
    • RyanCheetham
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    • across broadband client connect phone slave telephone
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  16. S

    Stuff i have come across

    Just been through my phone and found some pics of things I have found on a few jobs.... This was found in a bugalow stuffed in a wall, but to be fair it did have tape around the joints. This is a classic, but they did use brown sleeve. Found in a loft, same place as the switch above. Needed a...
  17. D

    Flickering switch light

    Hi all, Please have a look at this video and see if you might know what could be causing the flickering.. A brief description of the supply layout of the property are outlined in this thread...
    • dancematic66
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    • across don't flickering light switch video voltage
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  18. a-z electrics

    Illuminated light switches

    Hi, I have broached this subject before out of interest but have lost the thread - i now have a requirement to replace a normal light switch with some sort of neon or illumination to indicate its on.. there is no neutral at the switch so a DP indicated switch etc is not on. It will be a big...
  19. B

    learning books

    Hi everyone I'm a young budding electrical engineer working a lot with 3 phase panels contactors, relays,motors, and various switching equipment. Was just wondering if any if you guys would happen to no any decent books out there on the fundamentals of the panels and fault finding. Thanks for...
  20. M

    4 pole RCD

    Hi chaps Having quite a heated discussion with a colleague about a 4 pole RCD. He originally installed a 30mA RCD which now needs to be changed to a 100mA, however the N is on the opposite side. He seems to think that putting L1 into N of the RCD, L2 into L1, L3 into L2 and Neutral into L3...

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