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    Wahl Home Pro Basic hair clippers not working

    Hi, My Wahl Home Pro corded hair clipper has stopped working......3A fuse is still good. No sound, no movement , no nothing.......i took the blade off and cleaned some hair out but still no good. I cant take the back off as the screw is a "triangle head" one......like a Tork but its triangle. I...
  2. ETradesmen

    Pulling my hair out with this boiler!

    Hi guys, My parents have just moved into a new build with an ideal S24 boiler. They were complaining that the boiler was firing up randomly so I took a look. I have completely re wired everything correctly (20 years experience, approved contractor) yet it still runs almost all the time. It’s...
  3. M

    pulling my hair out trying to fit smart relay.

    hi im trying to fit a smart relay thing on my stairs light there is i switch at the top and bottom. smart relay has 6 connections for no neutral switch have it working on bench as follows. L live L1 L1 from bulb COM to switch com S1 to downstairs com S1 works great on bench . when i try on my...
  4. J

    Drilling downlights in horse hair plaster

    Just wondering if anyone has any experience in putting downlights in a 70 year old plaster ceiling?
  5. T

    Nova NS2218 Hair cutting tool

    Hi, I just bought a Nova 2218 hair cutting tool from Amazon. https://shopee.com.my/NOVA-NS-2218-Rechargeable-Hair-Trimmer-Clipper-Men-Grooming-Haircut-i.8158763.5808464387 It has a charger cable with a "~110V" 2 pin plug for the mains. The device seemed very light to me, so i doubted there was...
  6. C

    230v hair dryer swimming pool.

    Standard 230 v hairdryers wired into rcbo protected spurs poolside, id say zone 2 but didnt measure. Hair dryer cable is 2 core, the cable had been damaged leaving the neutral snapped and exposed at the hairdryer end, floating neutral... Someone apparently grabbed the cable and received a shock...
  7. R

    Hair clippers refuse to run properly.

    I live off grid with only solar and generator power, I've been using hair clippers for years but now I have 3 sets of Wahl mains clippers none of which will run properly in any of my 3 inverters, nor a ( non inverter ) Honda generator. The motors / solonoids in the clippers run weakly and can't...
  8. buzzlightyear

    Now i am pulling my hair out

    Just put a new cu in started testing .so here it goes start doing rfc line 0.33 nn 0.32 cpc 0.55 Ins all good now this a split load Dis the cpc what i was working on and now showing earths in and are out so theor is no parallall paths has far that i can see the main earth is out but showing...
  9. J

    Hair dryer in bathroom uk

    evening Anyone fitted a bathroom hair dryer before? Clients wife really wants one! Valara Action Wall Mounted Hair Dryer in Black and Chrome | Direct365 - https://www.direct365.co.uk/supplies/valara-action-wall-mounted-hair-dryer-in-black-and-chrome#description Just a case of coming off of a...
  10. S

    Intermittently-working Hair Dryer

    I'm really scratching my head. My wife's hair dryer has been working intermittently. Very frustrating. At first I thought maybe the main cord was loose somewhere, but it shows continuity in both wires with all sorts of contortions. I then expected maybe the bimetallic strip was open, but not so...
  11. P

    My new hair cut????????

    What do you think lads?
  12. D

    Recessed Kitchen Lights, one not working...pulling my hair out!

    Hi All, New to the forum but thought it looked like a friendly place to ask about a lighting issue I have. I'm by no means an electrician but know my way around well enough to not shock myself through stupidity. Anyway, I live in a new build apartment complex and in the kitchen there are two...
  13. J

    new man doing his best not to die with hair like jedward

    Just saying hi... already getting replies to me thread, very helpful and very fast :D
  14. O

    Hair dryers

    Don't laugh!!! Client wants a socket in a small bathroom so they can use a hairdryer. Bathroom is too small so its a no, no. So the alternative is a class 2 unit using the shaver point for the supply - so as I know absolutely nothing about hair dryers are there products on the market for this...
  15. C

    Tearing hair (and RCD) out

    Hi have a problem which I hope that somebody can shed some light on. New install on existing TT supply, with two DBs fed from an SWA sub main with 100mA S type RCD and 100A switchfuse at the origin (no other loads on supply). DB 1 is for a new install and all circuits are protected with 30mA...
  16. W

    Lighting in a hair salon

    hey, im after some recomendations, currently got 12 gu10 50w spots in a hair salon, there a warm white and not really bright enough, how much difference would cool white lamps make? also what about LED's any recomendations?
  17. I

    Hair salon project

    Hi Been asked to quote for a hair salon, brand new fit in an empty building, was just wondering as the customer intends on dry lining all walls and ceilings i was going to run basket above ceiling with T&E cabling as only 11Mx 9M, i was gong to drop cables with pvc conduit, into drylining...
  18. O

    Hair Salon Lighting

    As above, got a client asking if I can improve his lighting (yes I know its a bit like nailing down jelly). Anyone got any recommendations? ideas? experience with such lighting schemes. Thanks.
  19. W

    CU upgrade and other bits in a hair salon

    hey guys, my fiance is opening her own hair salon, now the CU is an old rewirable fuse type, so shes after a new one and also some lights changing etc n a new circuit pulled in for a sign light that shes having fitted. so im just wondering where i stand carrying out the work myself, how do i go...
  20. S

    Hair dryers across 400 volts

    Is there a requlation relating to distances between equipment,? im testing a job where there are 4 hair dryers in a changing area all situated along a wall at a distance of about 1 metre from one to the next, all on individual circuits spread across three phases. So im thinking 400 volts between...

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