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I have recently moved in to a house where there is a switch outside the bathroom that controls the power to the shaver socket.
Never seen this before and every other shaver socket I have seen is permanently on.
Can I safely remove this switch so the power to the shaver socket is always...
I'm moving a socket installed on a lighting circuit (installed by previous owner who was a professional electrician so I assume he knew what he was doing). The socket is used only used for a lamp which is controlled by a wall switch.
I've installed new/moved sockets previously and always check...
I’m planning a 240V welder circuit in a detached garage with a 100A sub panel. For the 160A or 180A output welders I’m looking at, the conductor can be #10, and a 30A breaker is probably OK, but a 40 would help the duty cycle. Conductor must handle welder's 1eff rating, breaker can be up to...
Without running new wire or at least ground, next best is GFCI receptacles for limited protection. I know about a bootleg ground to fool a tester. I am not going there! Does each receptacle need a costly GFCI or can standard receptacles be used down stream on the load side of the first GFCI and...
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I know I have to do more testing but I just want to see if there is something I’m missing.
Customer said light fitting in the loft was crushed causing the breaker to trip. I thought easy fault to rectify which was very naive of me.
I arrived disconnected the damaged switch which was in...
Forgive me if this is easy to search - I was not able to find anything obvious here or on YouTube. I've got an outdoor circuit that has failed. Specifically, one outlet failed and then the second one went about a year later, with no trip of the breaker. How do I test the wiring to make sure it...
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I've a 50A circuit (looks like 6 gauge wire - see image) that used to service an old hot tub and I want to convert it to 20A 12/2 to service a garden shed instead. Add a light and outlet. I'm not an electrician. I've a panel outside where the hot tub was with 2x 50A fuses. Wondering how to...
Hi Gurus, I found a capacitor/condensor in the wiring loom of a motorcycle. It's connected between the switched power circuit and earth. It has a broken connection that looks like it broke many years ago (rusty) but the bike runs perfectly well. I was wondering if anyone knew the purpose of such...
Hello, in preparation for renting out our home we have requested an Electrical Certificate and our electrician is doing a few minor tidy up jobs before the inspection takes place. He has just advised that we should get our circuit board replaced as it is in a plastic casing. The board is on...
an overload current is classified as an overcurrent occuring in a circuit which
is electrically sound
has a fault between phase conductors
has a fault between Neutral and Earth
has a fault between line and earth
I live in Australia; you can use a socket tester to test the RCD for the power outlet circuit. Plug device to a 3-pin wall socket, set testing mA to 30 on the device and press test button.
What is the best way to test RCD on the lighting circuit – from an existing B22 or E27 lamp holder? (Not...
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There is a lighting circuit fault in a property with the downstairs lighting circuit. I have tested the voltage and there is 230v on both line and neutral conductors going to the light pendnat although the pendant (any pendant) isnt showing light . no changes have been made to the lighting...
Here is my situation
We have a dedicated oven circuit in our house with a 40A RCBO
We have bought a dual fuel range cooker which states it has a nominal power of 4800W
By my calculations this means it will draw max 20A
The power cord of the oven is rated to 25A
My question:
Are we permitted...
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Just interested in learning what others do when faced with an old lighting installation where there is no earth and you’re installing a metal class 1 light fitting.
I would assume you would have to run an earth in?
Also, with class 2 fittings, is it the box where the cables are terminated...
Summary (TL;DR)
Several lightbulbs in my home supplied by one circuit breaker dim over time and go out in about a year. Right now, the ceiling light in my living room won't turn on at all. It will turn on, go dim for 1-10 seconds, and then shut off completely. There are a host of other...
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Can anyone clear up or explain in a bit more detail what could potentially be causing the results I have. I have just tested a 32a ring main wired in 2.5mm twin on B32 Rcbo. There are 8 sockets on the ring and all are in plastic dado trunking in 2 offices. The readings I have are:
L-L= 0.76...
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I'm struggling to find an answer to this question online. I'm new here btw - I'm a DIYer with a physics degree
Currently when my fridge motor turns off, I get a transient voltage spike on other devices plugged into the same circuit (i.e. an internal surge)
If I upgraded my circuit...
A client wants an outdoor socket installing on a new circuit. The current installation doesn't have any RCDs for the other circuits. I would put the new circuit on an RCBO but I'm concerned about signing off the installation with the other circuits not protected by RCD. Anyone know what the...
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Last year I had some electrical work completed in my house (New CU, SWA for garage, downlights)
I informed the electrician that I will be renovating the kitching at some point so he ran a new kitchen radial circuit for sockets and hob and oven circuit. These are on seperate RCBOs, which...
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