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  1. R

    electrical plug and wire size

    Hello everyone. I know just enough electrical knowledge to keep me using my electrician. I am a carpenter and just bought a new planer. 220 volt 5 hp motor with 23 amp draw on the motor plate. The unit was sent with a 10 foot plug with 12 awg wire and an L6-30 plug on the end. The...
  2. C

    Office Desks + Sockets Advice

    Hey everybody, how's it going. Just brain storming a few ideas for getting power to some desks in an office that are in the middle of a room. Just seeing if anybody has any thoughts on my solution or any better ideas. Basically 3 sets of 2 desks (possibly 3 sets of 3), in the middle of a room...
  3. S

    Hobby Double up terminations in plug??

    Hey guys Should you double up a stranded cable inside a plug when terminating then ? Using a 1.5mm heavy duty orange rubber flexible cable. And a heavy duty masterplug. Thanks
  4. D

    plug not working

    Hello, I have an extension plug fitted in my conservatory, as the photo shows. It was fitted a few years ago by an electrician, and it is wired to my mains network. Recently, I had some work done in my garden, for which the workers connected heavy equipment to this plug and, shortly afterwards...
  5. A

    Can anyone identify this antique plug type. It is on an old clock

  6. G

    Reverse camera male plug replacement

    Hi All, I have a reverse camera that has stopped working, likely cause is one of the yellow male plugs is corroded and the metal on the male has come off. The wiring is similar to the video cable ones you can buy from Amazon, with the yellow male to yellow male with trigger. My question is, can...
  7. J

    Best solution to minors works certs for over 100 circuits only altered with a 2m cable from an isoltor to a plug?

    I have a situation where we have altered nearly 100 new circuits purely by adding a cable from the supplied isolator to a 3p+n plug to supply pumps. Each isolator is on its own circuit from the local DB and we need to issue certs for all these alterations, I was curious if there was a...
  8. S

    Can I use three pin plug 240V mains to supply DIN rail transformer?

    I recently moved into a new house that had a ring camera hard wired using bell wire. This was also hooked up to the houses old chime. I didn't want the ring camera so switched it for Eufy C31 which I also want to hardwire in the same way. Unfortunately the transformer for the Ring only supplied...
  9. F

    Have a 2 plug socket in bedroom. Want to plug in 4 plugs from hifi stack system and one from electric heater via a 10 plug extension lead.

    Hi. Am new to this forum and i have an urgent question. Have a 2 plug socket in the bedroom and want to plug into one side of it an upright extension lead holding 4 plugs from a hifi stack system and one from an electric heater, making 5 plugs in the lead. Is this safe to do? Can one socket and...
  10. ScotsCP

    EU Plug on Microwave

    New here. DIY enthusiasts. Bought a microwave online BOSCH. Came with a EU plug - can it simply be changed over to a UK 3 pin with 13 AMP fuse. Thanks in advance.
  11. L

    Plug socket disconnected live wire.no power to rest of sockets. Should I reconnect this wire?

    Hello, I’ve recently purchased a house, I noticed none of my plug sockets in one of my rooms are working including a switch for the outside garden light. After some investigating I found one of the sockets to have had the live wire blanked off . Am I right in assuming that this would break the...
  12. I

    Tesla 12v Tesla doesn’t have a permanent 12V to any of the pins on its towing plug

    Evening to all Our Tesla doesn’t have a permanent 12V to any of the pins on its towing plug. Apparently this was done away with when they started installing the new batteries. I’ve zero knowledge in car electrics and Tesla have said they’ve nothing planned for reinstating the 12V supply as it...
  13. P

    Can I Put a house plug on a 120v 60hz 0.55amp microwave fan and motor?

    I have a microwave oven that I tore apart before taking metal to scrap. I safely discharged the capacitor first, then took out the interior parts. The blower fan looks really nice with the above mentioned motor on it. I'd like to use it for another project by attaching a standard U.S. plug to...
  14. S

    The hood kitchen goes into on/standby mode when I plug in the espresso maker!

    Hello, The hood kitchen goes into on/standby mode when I plug in the espresso maker(I don't even turn on the Espresso maker). What is causing this problem?
  15. J

    How do I wire this plug up as the wires are not colour coded

    It's for a electric griddle pan, it had a US two pin plug which I cut off and thought just wire up with a UK plug but the wires are not colour coded so what should I do? Or have I messed up? :)
  16. timhoward

    Misuse of Quickwire plug and socket

    Aside from their intended use on lighting circuits, a while back it occurred to me that they make quick and simple test adapters. I wait for various commando plugs to come up cheap on ebay and then do this to them. My collection now stands at 16A (3,4 and 5 pin) and 32A (3, 4 and 5 pin)...
  17. S

    Replacing fused spur and hard wired kitchen appliance (fridge freezer) with a standard plug socket

    DIY'er here... After my fridge failed (less than 5 years old) I replaced with a new one. The old one was hard wired in a wall socket connected to a fused spur above the fridge. So I replaced the hard wired socket with a normal plug in one. When I switched the electric back on, the fused spur...
  18. G

    Bathroom mirror light (can I cut plug and hardwire?)

    Hi all, I’ve taken down old mirror light from bathroom and replacing with new, problem is new one has plug on it!! Can I cut plug and just wire up?? Original cable is a 1.5 going to fused spur (with 3amp fuse inside) then to lighting circuit on a rcbo board New mirror is Costway 60cm Round...
  19. G

    Air fryer hot plug

    Air fryer plug is getting hot when used..tried 3 other sockets and all the same.! Could it be a dodgy plug? Plugs moulded on. Cable coming out the plug gets hot too but only about an inch. Could it be too much power on the ring mains that does all the downstairs sockets We tried a kettle to...
  20. J

    Is it safe to plug 2 extension leads into a double wall socket?

    Hi am just looking for some expert advice, my little girls room only has 1 double socket, currently have an extension lead with just the camera for her baby monitor plugged in and the other socket has a room thermometer plugged in. We have just got a little clock night light and need to plug...

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