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I have a coaxial wall plate that is hanging off the wall and needs replacing. How do I wire the old plate which has an IN and OUT for the two cables to the new plate with only one connection?
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I have had my kitchen rewired ready for a new kitchen. I was originally going to have a gas cooker so a 3 pin 13a socket was left on the end of the 6mm t+e cable. I have changed my mind and now am going to have a freestanding electric cooker. To check if i now have sufficient cable, i have...
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I have a professional coffe machine working at 220 V and it currently drain about 2,5 kW of power. I have made this simple and horrible schematic here just to explain how it works:
Some time ago I changed the fastons on the resistance from brass faston to stainless steel faston and some...
Wiring to new dishwasher causes garbage disposal to stop working.
I just installed a GE dishwasher and came across a problem with the current wiring. I replaced a Maytag dishwasher that was hardwired to the romex comming out of the wall. The video to install a dishwasher shows how...
I have a Epever Bluetooth Adapter connected to my solar controller. It powers up but refuses to connect to my Iphone 12 giving no indication of an attempted bind. Any suggestions on why not ?
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I have recently encountered that my circuit breaker for the upstairs lights keeps tripping. I flick it back on and immediately it trips off again. I think the issue is coming from the bathroom light. So I have had a look at the ceiling rose and the picture shows what is going on. Note...
Hi all. I'm trying to put a light-bar on my (facelifted) Land Rover Freelander 2. I'm wanting to wire it so the light-bar will be energised when I switch from dipped to full beam (I also want to be able to turn it off altogether to avoid dazzling others, when they're about - but that's an easy...
I am getting ready to install a new wall oven that's about 4 ft closer to the panel than the old stove. I have about 4 ft extra cable with the new wall oven location. For code do I need to install a metal box on the wall behind the new oven location or can I run the cable that's coming out of...
Ok. Can you cut a ring in half, add junction box, then run a spur off it? I thought it had to be from a socket?
Mate of mine wanted me to see if "a couple of wires were dead". Looks like old ring main, but they go in the wylex fusebox, so will have to check they are properly removed. Ends...
I'm replacing a fluroescent tube with an LED strip light.
Photo shows the wires which connected to the old tube light (single one way switch).
The new LED light has a short pre wired cable with live and neutral wires only.
How do I connect the new LED light to the old wiring, retaining the same...
I have breaker box at least 40 yrs old, both conduit and romex enter box, only one neutral bar that all white wires and bare ground wires attach to, bar has bond screw to box. Most everything I read and pictures on internet seem to contradict. Nowdays box must have separate neutral and ground...
Need to replace the puddle and turn signal lights on the mirrors. The wir pin on the old light corroded and broke off inside the connector. Is the a way the get the broke off piece out or is the a place I could get replacement connectors? Thanks josh
We had a new supply installed this week. DNO installed new cut out and fuse externally. Meter operator sent his engineer to move the meter in the new position and he refused to after making a big fuss about how my electrician decided to do internally the new installation. He said that the...
Have a bunch of home automation in place, and am considering installation of a Shelly into a light switch to remotely control some lights. Looking at the current switch configuration, it should all be pretty straight forward. Have a two gang switch, one light switch (left in the pic), controls...
I have a compressor to be hard wired into a zone 1 container. The container has a 3 phase + E supply but the compressor requires a 3 phase, N & E. This is not something I have experienced before within an ATEX installation and when researching there is a few discussions on TN-S, IT and TT...
Hi we want to upgrade our single phase power to 3 phase power at our commercial premises. 3 phase is next door just beside our doors. We need 67 kv of power for our sunbed shop. Will electrical supplier need to put new cable or they can connect us to existing one ?
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