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    Battery Button cells/batterys

    Seems they are not as harmless as they look.I realise they contain heavy metals like cadmium and mercury, but unless they leaked I surmised like many others they would if swallowed just pass through the system naturally.HOW WRONG I WAS!!! Seems the battery causes a chemical reaction which can...
  2. S

    MEM MCB 45a Push button fuse needed with horizontal pins - obsolete.

    Hi, I need a replacement push button MEM MCB 45A push button fuse. Can anyone help? Please let me know if you have one for sale or know where to source one. Here are a few pics to help identify it.
    • Simon Penny
    • Thread
    • attach button contact fuse mcb might needed these
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Wiring a 240v motor to a push button on/off switch?

    Hi, I've got a 1950's motor that i would like to wire to a push button on/off switch. Is the a push button switch on the market to do what i want in the diagram or a way of wiring one as i can not find any on ebay? The only ones i can find that is a close match is the 3 phase switches like...
    • Harddisk25
    • Thread
    • 240v button motor switch wiring
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    Wireless Contactor for PV and Standby Generator

    Hi, anyone got any idea on pricing and a supplier for a wireless contactor. Basically I need to disconnect the pv on loss of grid prior to the generator kicking in. Unfortunately i'm unable to connect on the grid side of the generator set without digging up a trench. Thanks.
  5. Lou7

    Intruder alarm

    I know its the wrong forum but does anyone know about intruder alarms, i'm replacing my old knackered panel with a new version but different terminations.
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    Kitchen sockets keep tripping, push to test button keeps making it go to half way

    Hi, I would be very grateful if someone could shed some light on this: My kitchen sockets have been tripping often for quite a few months, usually noticed when we get home from work. I'm not sure what the culprit is so I just go down to my cellar and flick the switch back up. Last night it...
    • LouiseSheffield
    • Thread
    • boiler button keeps kitchen making socket sockets test tripping
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  7. O

    Info from JCC Technical re Dimmers for JCC7 & JCC6

    All I got the attached from JCC today and thought that it may be useful for members on here!
    • Octopus
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    • attach button dimmer dimmers jcc technical thought varilight youtube
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Electrical Tools and Products
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    RCD test button not working

    Hi all, was testing some lighting circuits today(nice easy friday job), over a few different boards, ze, r1+r2, zs coming up normal. putting in the lamps, first one blew the bulb straight away, oh well i though stupid you for leaving the switch on(even though i'd done 4 flats previously with no...
  9. A

    3 phase motor cuts out when button isn't held

    It should run continuously without being held in. Any suggestions?
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    Panic alarm

    Ive been asked to quote for a Panic alarm with an external sounder in a small town centre kiosk for a company i do maintenance for. I was thinking of either a basic alarm panel with just a panic button and ext sounder wired in or a small Din rail enclosure with a 12v power supply then a panic...
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    RCDs

    Where would we be without RCDs ?
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    Pillar drill start stop wiring

    Hello, My workshop pillar drill is currently controlled at the mains socket so not ideal. I have come across the attached start stop box but unfortunately no wiring diagram. Having looked online the only advice I can find is that the live feed should go through the E stop button. I have had...
    • Gtbiyb
    • Thread
    • button drill motor start switch wiring
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    Ignore Button

    Wish there was a bar you Button as well as an Ignore Button....first time I have ever had to use it
  14. O

    Possible to press a button and the lights dim to off?

    I'm not sure if this is the correct place to ask but I'll try anyway. We're building a room in the back garden that we're going to use as a little home cinema. We'd like a button next to the sofa that, once pressed, dims the lights to black (taking around 2 seconds to do it), like how it...
    • Old Tiler 68647
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    • button lighting lights off possible press
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Circuit wiring issue

    Hi all, I need some help on a little project i am doing. I have attached a diagram of the circuit to give a clearer understanding of what i need. The circuit at the bottom is for a Nexus tablet. I have extended the power switch so points A and B on the diagram are the switch. e.g. which i...
    • idi
    • Thread
    • button circuit issue points power switch wiring
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    GE RCD's

    Done a install today fitted 3 off 4 pole 40A 30ma RCDs all tests 1X,5X 180 deg all good figures all triping well within regs also good on Ramps . Test buttons will not trip them ?????? strange. Thoughts. 3 Duffs ?
    • mayfair
    • Thread
    • button neutral phase rcd rcd's strange thoughts
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Relay help

    hi guys just after a bit of help with which relay i need i know what i want it to do but might struggle explaning it lol. basicly i want it to work like a two way switch. i want push a button which will switch it to load 1. then when i push the same button i want it to switch it to load 2. i...
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    D.O.L With Timer Circuit

    Hi. I am new to D.O.L but have sussed them out except I have one scenario I still need help with. There is a single phase pool pump which is set to come on with a honeywell single channel 7 day time clock. I have wired the D.O.L as single phase with a 230V coil. The problem is I need the...
    • owenskinner
    • Thread
    • button circuit clock contacts overload still timer
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Rcd tripping

    Hi,I have been called to my friends house who had lost power to some of his consumer unit,when I got there the rcd side was off (16th edition board) switched all circuits off that side and tried one by one the rcd button wont come up,so got new rcd and is exactly the same keeps tripping with no...
    • gunny
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    • button earth electrician fault neutral rcd rcd tripping tripping
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Emergency stops for LAB sockets

    I have been tasked with installing emergency stop buttons at the doorways to a few labs, so in an emergency they can hit the stop button and it will kill the power to all the sockets in the room. Now the problem is they are all rings with the DB's some distance away. Had they been radials t...
    • infinity
    • Thread
    • button contactor emergency socket sockets where
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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