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  1. S

    Generator earth

    Hi all, first post for some time! Currently installing power and lighting into a small cabin. Supply will be from a permanently connected generator and using a rod for earthing purposes. Carrying out testing today and only getting 197v between live and rod. Guessing I may need another rod which...
  2. A

    13A Oven Install Query

    Hi, I have just purchased a new oven which is 13A. The old oven was connected to a MK 45A DP Cooker Control Unit with Neon. Can I just connect the 13A to teh same socket? The previous oven was a Bosch which was rated at 16A. Thank you.
    • AnonzI
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    • connected install oven previous query
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  3. P

    Ring main tripped struggling to find cause

    32amp ring main tripped mcb and rcd overnight. Rcd will reset but not all the time, mcb will not reset. Unplugged everything in house and mcb still trips, but rcd ok now. 32amp ring main covers whole house and struggling to locate fault. I'm newly qualified and probably missing something obvious...
    • Paddington
    • Thread
    • cause circuit connected fault first main reset ring ring main tripped
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  4. A

    EICR question

    Hi chaps, This may have been asked before but i cant seem to find it when searching so im sorry if someone easily finds it. Im currently carrying out a EICR at a commercial premises and the water is bonded from a sub DB and not the MET, its something that i understand needs to be noted but is...
    • akwoody2
    • Thread
    • bonding conductors connected eicr profile question water
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  5. W

    3 lights off one lighting spur? any issues

    have this arrangement in loft: 3 lights going to a 3 gang switch, each live going to each L1 terminal, neutrals connected together in wago block, each com terminal linked with small link cable. supply comes from junction box which is spurred off lighting circuit, live from supply goes to com...
  6. K

    Moving switch.

    Hi. Hope someone can advise. Moving a light switch from an outside shed, through the wall and into my utility room. Have drilled through and re-connected switch but now have no lights in shed but do have in the utility room. Is all connected up exactly the same. Seems to be where we position it...
    • kaybee38486
    • Thread
    • connected lights moving switch utility
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  7. T

    Star Delta motor into DOL starter?

    Hello everyone. I have a new star delta pump (7 core flying lead) that has to be made off into a DOL single contactor starter. Is this possible and does anyone know how?
    • TomS
    • Thread
    • connect connected delta dol motor star delta starter together
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Electrician Forum
  8. T

    Shower tripping sockets rcbo

    On call and the socket rcbo is tripping when the shower gets turned on.i have traced the shower cable and it goes from db to switch to shower.there is nothing connected into the sockets it is on a 40 a rcbo the sockets are 32a The socket rcbo trips but the shower one doesnt. Any thoughts?
  9. mrloy99

    Insulation test

    Hi All.Bracing myself here for torrents of abuse. Is there any reason why an I.R. test can't be done at a socket rather than at consumer unit.
  10. westward10

    Clipsal rcbo.

    Tested a Crabtree Polestar board today full of Sector rcbos, tested many of these boards and never seen this. The only Crabtree devices were two mcbs but the Sector devices are identical to Crabtree devices. Out of the nineteen four failed which is something you don't get with Crabtree rcbos...
  11. N

    Alba car radio

    A very strange problem..replaced my stolen car radio with a new Alba car radio , connected the universal ISO connectors with no problem. Engine OFF radio works perfectly, however Volume control does not work when the engine is RUNNING...(obviously voltage exceeding the 12 volts with the...
  12. V

    Dangerous Work Exposed!

    Hi Guys, Have i been to a hum dinger of an installation today! Are we sitting comfortably then i'll begin. An electrician i was talking to in the wholesalers mentioned that he was having trouble tracing a fault where there was 60 volts on the pipework and he was having trouble tracing it.I...
  13. captaincaveman

    Ring Main Tripping Rcd And Connected With Main Earth

    Hi you beautiful people. Just been looking at a rather confusing and disgusting job in a two floor ex-council house and wondering if anyone could give me any ideas (apart from walking away from it). The ring has been tripping the RCD (main switch) Live and Neutral have both failed IR test to...
  14. E

    20 Kva Magnetek Jefferson 60Hz 3 Phase, 460y/260 Dry type transformer

    Hi. Have back fed this transformer trying to achieve 400 volts from a 250 volt 50Hz 3 phase 20Kva diesel powered generator. Have linked the high voltage Delta connected side to include all the windings, and connected the generator to the star connected low voltage windings, leaving the neutral...
    • emlyn
    • Thread
    • 3 phase connected delta kva phase transformer type voltage
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  15. S

    No Neutral at 3 phase step down autotransformer?

    Hi all, Been a few years since i've posted but here goes! At the factory I work in we have an old Spanish line from the mid-eighties that is fed from uk 400v 3 phase via a 3ph step down autotransformer to give 380v output. The spanish panels Do not use a neutral, just 3 phases and further 380v...
    • somersetsparks
    • Thread
    • 3 phase connected drive neutral phase step down supply transformer
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Commercial Electrical Advice
  16. S

    switched live is also neutral?

    Replacing a ceiling rose that was taken off some time ago and not replaced in an old house. 2 reds and 2 blacks, I have identified which one of the blacks is switched live using a multimeter. But it appears the 2 blacks also are connected when tested with the meter, indicating it is both a...
    • skuller19
    • Thread
    • before circuit connected going live neutral switch switched
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. J

    Led strip

    Can these RGB multicolour led strips easily be dimmed by a wall dimmer rather than with the remote they come with. customers now does not want all the colours and the fact that they have to use remote to dim- although thats whats I quoted for prior to doing the work!!! currently have a 2gang...
    • J.C.E
    • Thread
    • connected dimmer driver led led strip remote strip switch
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Electrician Talk
  18. Y

    Light Switch changes

    Hi Everyone I am extremely stuck. I have got an old plastic switch that I am replacing to a polished one but I have come across a difficulty after I have changed them over. The switch is for the kitchen lights. I currently have one Tube light connected to them and on 3 switches there are...
    • yusufg
    • Thread
    • changes connected light light switch lights other switch
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  19. B

    2 gang socket with usb watch for them

    Horrible 2 gang switched socket with usb. Its very flimsey and has 2 earth terminals on the back for each socket that ARE NOT CONNECTED (by not connected I mean to each other each individual connection goes to one earth pin only) so watch for them. No suprise its from china on Ebay. White...
    • Barry White
    • Thread
    • 2 gang connected electric outlets regular socket sockets usb watch
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  20. J

    V tac led driver tx's issues

    Hi all hope someone can aid me in this issue I've got why would a tx give out more output voltage on DC side than stated 30-42v Dc ( getting 57vdc) we have swopped tx over to other led on different circuit and all is ok 38v dc lights work put the other tx back which works in office onto...
    • jon jordan
    • Thread
    • circuit connected disconnected driver issues led led driver other
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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