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  1. Last plumber

    Energy Spikes causing a nuisance ! Modern equipment too sensitive?

    A property I am working in suffers from regular power cuts and energy spikes. The property is the last on an overland supply, ( up on the hills). I suspect that this supply problem is the cause of certain electronically controlled items being damaged beyond repair. Is there something that...
  2. D

    LED MR16s causing interference with DAB radio

    I have spoken to a chap this morning that's has recently had his kitchen lights replaced with LED mr16s by utility warehouse. Since the change if the lights are turned on whilst the DAB radio is on it completely stops any signal. Has anyone come across this before. I was wondering if changing...
  3. B

    Immersuns causing faults???

    I have had x3 faults appear recently on plumbing/electrical systems to which I have fitted Immersun: - A Cotherm immersion on a Megaflow cylinder went open circuit after about 2 years of Immersun use. Needed to be drained and new immersion fitted. - A Cotherm immersion on an Albion cylinder...
    • BruceB
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    • after causing circuit fault faults immersion immersun thermostat
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Green Lounge (Access Only)
  4. U

    EU causing fall outs

    Hi, overvthis is last week I have lost a few friends, all over the EU issue. the conversation doesn't even get going and people just fall out with me, tonight I was told to f... Off and our friendship was over, he asked who I voted for so i told him. I have known him 7 years. every day I...
  5. I

    Flashing orange LEDs turn on and off randomly.

    Hello all. I work at a rescue boat and we use a converted Thwaites 5 ton dumper truck as our launch vehicle. It has orange flashing LEDs on the front but sometime they will just turn off. Obliviously theI sea water has its effects on the tractor but it seems at low rpms the lights turn on and...
    • isaacdyer
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    • alternator causing check flashing led leds off orange output problem
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Auto Electrician Forum
  6. B

    whats causing volt drop?

    hi i havint worked as an electrician for a good few years and a problem im having is wrecking my head. I came home last night and my lights seemed dim and where flicking (just put it down to bad weather) but when i turned my cooker on all my lights went out. after pulling the house apart i...
    • buill
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    • causing house problem switch volt volt drop voltage volts whats
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Car Radio Causing Speedometer Problems

    Hi, I'm sorry if this seems a bit of a mess. I've got a 2005 Rover 25 that I bought a couple of years ago. It came with a Blaupunkt Freestyler Travepilot E CD-Player which I quickly replaced but at the time I noticed that there was an extra ISO plug that I couldn't plug into the new player as...
  8. cprfenom

    Earth leakage and EICR's

    I have an installation that has an inherent earth leakage of about 15mA. The issue I have is that when I go to do an RCD test it trips due to the the additional current created by my MFT. Question is, if this was an EICR what would you code it as and why? My take on this is that 15mA is still...
  9. Q

    Transformer causing mcbs to trip

    Hi. Could someone confirm weather you think I'm right or not. Today I installed a ceiling mounted suspension wire lighting track in a domestic kitchen. It's fed via a fairly chunky wire wound transformer (I don't know the kva of hand). The mcb supplying the circuit is a type b 6 amp rcbo...
    • Quantum dan
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    • causing mcbs transformer trip
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. B

    What's causing this?

    Hi guys, I'm a gas fitter, not an electrician lol anyway, mum has had her house replace termed a few months ago but she wanted a light move more centrally in the ceiling, plaster'ers moved light fixing and just left 1.5mm twin and earth hanging out of ceiling connected to a chocblock anyway...
  11. S

    LED FLOODLIGHTS Causing flickering when switched off

    Can any one help and give me some advise please :) I have a lighting circuit which as a pir sensor on, a porch light, an led outside light and a halogen outside light. I wanted to replace the oitside halogen light for another led outside light. So I did and now all the lights flicker when...
    • scotthayes14
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    • causing flickering led lighting lights off switch switched when
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  12. S

    12v Downlights causing other lights to turn on/off

    I've just noticed an odd problem. I have 2x 12v downlighters in a small room. On the same circuit, in my living room there are 12x 12v downlighters connected to two dimmable transformers. The attached load is well within the limits of both the transformers and the dimmer switches that control...
    • scania164
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    • 12v causing downlights lighting lights other
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  13. S

    Problem with LED GU10

    Hi, I've installed two LED GU10 lamps in a customers bathroom. They're on the same circuit as two fluorescent energy saving lamps already installed in the bathroom. So far, three LED lamps have blow (I replaced the first one, and now two have blown). Could the motors in the fluorescent lamps...
  14. J

    test rig with fault causing fault elsewhere

    :confused5: I have been asked to wire up a couple of CU on plug tops on a display for tenants to show how to go about basic fault finding before they send for a call out . I used 2 wylex boards , one with dual rcd and one with none . I put a neutral earth fault but that resulted in the plug...
  15. B

    New Induction Hob causing oven to trip

    Hi My ceramic hob became cracked (only 18 months old since kitchen re-fitted) so purchased an induction hob to replace it. I took out the old one and replaced it with the new hob Since then the electric oven (at the other side of the kitchen) seems to want to trip the fuse board. I have...
    • boris
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    • causing hob induction induction hob new oven trip
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Cooker circuit issues!

    Evening all, had a nightmare day with a stupid cooker circuit. I've just joined a new firm and they sent me to a job they have done recently- kitchen refurb. Cooker circuit (40A) mcb keeps tripping every now and then, no structure to tripping. 6mm T&E coming from board extended in kitchen...
    • harryharman
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    • cable causing circuit cooker issues tripping
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. D

    PV causing RCCB to trip

    Hi all, To keep it short and to the point, my neighbour has a PV array on a shed which goes to an inverter, then to a 20A RCBO (I think) in a small CU and then back to the main CU in the house where it goes to a Hager 40A RCCB (30mA). The 40A Hager in the house trips periodically for no reason...
  18. flukey

    LED lighting problem

    hi all after a bit of advice really :wink5: on a job today to connect up a sign full of leds. feed had already been run to sign via photocell. once connected all worked fine until photocell was reset and then activated again causing the mcb to trip spoke to another spark who thought there was a...
  19. L

    Pir sensors blowing bulbs

    I do work for this big house what's been turned into apartments all the communal lights are on pir sensors For some reason I end up changing the lamps on the lights every couple of months the lamps aren't the cheapest you can get so I have sort of ruled that outI was also thinking is it because...
    • lockhes
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    • blowing bulbs causing lamps lights pir sensors switching
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Australia
  20. D

    PAT testing causing computer failures ??

    Last year in one particular client company- after the PAT tester had done their stuff, a couple of computers had fatal errors - is this normal and this must of happened teh year before but we never made the connection at that time. I have now insisted that no further tests be done especially on...

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