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    dsb jobs in norway

    anyone in norway working at the min.im looking work there.just recently got my dsb
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    I need some help! Please!

    For the past few years I have been brewing beer at home. About 6 months ago I decided to upgrade my brewery with electric heating elements. I designed the system to be supplied with standard US 220v power, which is really two 110v lines, a neutral, and a ground. However, as I was almost done...
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    Netherlands \ Amsterdam work

    ive been desperate to leave the UK for a while now, I felt at home on my holiday to Amsterdam, loved the people and the electrical systems from what ive seen seem quite similar. Does anybody have relevant experience of moving and working there? Im primarily fire\security\life safety systems but...
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    How surge protectors work

    I'm moving to France and I've been reading up on putting French plugs on UK appliances and I noted that it is not uncommon for the live and neutrals to be switched on sockets. I also read that power surges are more frequent here and surge protectors are a good idea for sensitive equipment...
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    LED tube light, a couple of questions

    Hello everyone! I'm new, so if I make any faux pas, please excuse me. I am working as an architectural intern in Amsterdam at the moment and have been given the task of making some new light fittings for our new office. My boss found some very beautiful lights made by a dutch company called...
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    Pump float switch

    Diagram attached shows what I believe could work for a well pump used on a farm. Basically the pump has been burning out and I have found the cause, its because they turn the pump on then forget and the water runs out in the well thus its dry pumping. So i was thinking of introducing this sort...
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    Portugal wiring regulations

    Can anyone tell me how to find a regs book for Portugal
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    New house in Portugal

    Hi, my friend has got a new house in Portugal, it has no mains to it yet but will do shortly. They are supplying a 15A supply. Can the instillation be wired in twin+earth etc. I can't seem to find the regulations on Google. And can you just fit a 17th edition DB over there. Changing the main...
  9. edexlab

    Japan's electrical supply

    I was talking today to a colleague who went to Japan to do an install and he mentioned something which he said he'd never got round to researching. ... He said the supply there was 200 volts 3 phase ,100v 1 phase, 50 or 60 Hz depending on region in the country Yet when he tested the...
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    Costa del sol replacement switches/sockets

    Hey everyone. Im new on here but have taken plenty of advice before coming a member from the forums here on electrical issues I had in the UK. My new problem is simple....maybe?! basically ive bought an apartment and want to change the sockets and switches from cream/white to brushed steel...
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    120volt plug from 240 volt wire

    i HAVE 240 volt wire feeding a submers water pump going down long hill.at bottom of hill is a junction box with 4 wire for pump on a dryer plug.rest of 4 wire feed plugs into it.for pump.i want to hook a 120 volt plug in at this point using the existing 240 volt 4 wire with 2 hots.can i do this...
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    New Zealand

    New Zealand's calling...Please send Electricians! | CV-Library | 201981121
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    JIB registered electrician in South Africa

    Hi all I am a UK JIB registered electrician who has just moved to Cape Town with my SA wife on a spousal visa. I am some what confused by the different answers I get concerning working here as an electrician as follows, As a UK JIB registered electrician with relevant City & Guilds...
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    A guide for an English sparky in New zealand.

    Thought I’d write a little on changing from being a UK spark to a NZ spark, after seeing the Australian thread. Kiwi licencing is ran by the EWRB (Electrical workers registration board) out of wellington. In order for them to assess your qualifications, you have to send them all copies of your...
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    metal halide flood light wiring

    i have 16 nos 2000 watt metal halide flood lights installed in a 30M mast. All controlgears are installed in a separate box at the bottom of the mast. please help me with the wiring for these lights from the controlgear with minimum number and size of wire.
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    Demand of Solar Irrigation Pump is increasing in Bangladesh

    Irrigation is one of the major part of Bangladesh economy. In most of the area Farmers don’t have the access to grid electricity for well pump so demand of solar powered well pump is increasing. Currently, there are almost 1.61 million irrigation pumps running in the country, of which 1.34...
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    Socket and switch for electric water heater

    Hi I am in Spain just now at a friends flat and the cover from the switch of the water heater is broken and keeps falling off when you turn it on so I am going to change it. It comprises of one 2 pin socket which the boiler plug fits into and next to that the switch which activates the 2 pin...
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    Cable end box

    Hi Sorry I don't know if this is the right section but I have a question. I need to know how to terminate PVC cables (up to 1200volts insulation) for entry into cable end box using mechanical and compression methods? Thank you
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    Well pump burning out

    Hey folks just wondering if any of you could give a possibility in what is happening. basically i have some family in the middle east they moved their for quite some time now. The power in this country isnt really stable for example it keeps turning off maybe twice a month thne when it comes...
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    Do RCCD's work in two phase systems

    Hi, I'm a newby hear and wonder if anyone can help me with this question. I work on a ship and our sockets are 2 phase 220volt instead of Live and Neutral 220volt, i.e we do not have a star point at our transformer. Our network voltage is 11KV / 440v Delta / Delta and then transformed down to...

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