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    7.5kW single phase soft start

    Customer has a single phase 7.5kW motor running a blower for a grain lift and the 50 years old soft start is no more. Can someone recommend a replacement?
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    57mm Height single powerpoint

    Hi, We would like to have installed new single powerpoints which are on the skirting boards of our old house. However the existing ones we have are of an odd size, and we were told that if we want them that size we need to source them ourselves. https://Upload the image directly to the thread.com/a/KQ7Nbxr (photo of the old...
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    Wiring a new 2 gang switch from a single two way switch.

    I want to wiring in some new lights in an old shed I have. There’s an existing light switch for the toilet that powers a light, a fan and fan isolator, and it works fine. The shed can be dark in winter and I want to put a couple of lights in it with a switched light for the outside, and a light...
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    Single Phase Puzzle to challenge you

    Hi I have inherited a compressor with a single phase motor but its been stripped and I need to fathom out what's what.. I don't know if it even works as why did they take it apart and if its broken what's wrong! I have a start and a running capacitor A reset switch Simple push button Two...
  5. bing820

    Change single switched fused spur to include a 13A socket?

    DIY'er question: I have a singe switched fused spur above my kitchen counter, providing power to an undercounter fridge socket beneath it. The boss lady wants a socket installed there to move the toaster away from where it currently sits, because 'lady reasons'.. Is there any way I can swap...
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    Adding a new feed from a single light switch

    I have a single wall switch powering 1 light and I want to add a separate light and change to wall switch to a double to power them both separel;y, how do i do this please?
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    Changing, single to double switch and adding a new light

    Hi, I have a single light switch, wired like this.. the 2 wires in com, with a always live wire coming to the switch, and then wire going out to the light. (earth is in choc block at switch and light fixture) I want to add a second switch like this Does this look ok? Thanks, Derek.
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    Wiring for single phase supply

    Looking to use this brooks Compton motor as a replacement in an electric cement mixer. can anyone tell me if it is designed to operate off a domestic single phase 240v supply? It looks to me as though it could run off either a single or threes phase supply but I’d be grateful to hear from...
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    Table Saw 3Ph conversion to Single Phase

    Hello Everyone -- So, I am looking to buy a used 5HP 3PH 208 V 10 inch Table saw --- (Motor Plate Data in Image) I am a DIY'er and in this case I would not attempt to do a 3PH to Single Phase conversion myself -- (I have looked at many videos and read several articles about how to do...
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    Single Pole 50 Amp Circuit Serving for Electrical Dryer, Powers and Many Others

    Hi everyone. The title should sound crazy enough, but it's what happening in my 72-years old home we've purchased 2 years ago. I found the crazy wiring when I was just troubleshooting on a lighting which has been flickering, and finally completely failed recently. I recognized the lighting is...
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    Single Pole Single Throw or Single Pole Double Throw Switch?

    Hi, I want to put downlights in my fire surround - possibly 3 but more likely going to be 2. They are 0.4w LED lights. I have a 12v 8w LED driver with a 6 way TOP connector on the end. I want to add an on/off rocker switch but I'm confused as to whether I need an SPST or an SPDT switch for this...
  12. Aegir01

    Hooking up a bandsaw from single phase

    Hello all, I signed up here for a little help. I bought a 3 phase bandsaw and went down the rabbit hole of VFD’s etc. ‘The motor is 3 phase 400v and I have 1 phase 240v (Australia) . So I bought a VFD that has an input of 240v single and an output 400v three. It’s currently in the post. I...
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    2 supplies to single building

    We are refurbishing an empty commercial building at the minute and I don't do commercial stuff day in day out so not entirely clued up on everything. The building is one property, central entrance hall with two big offices left and right from the hall way, the hallway though has two meter...
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    Single strand 2.5mm for radiators?

    Hello and good morning all. I am putting in a first fix on a small extension. It will have its own fuse board coming from the main house. I plan to put in 5 electrical radiators. (2x1000w, 2 x 600w and a towel heater) I am going to hardwire them on their own ring with a fuse on each . Just...
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    Square D QL 2 board with the lighting circuits from two MCBs replace them with single pole RCBOs?

    Would this be Compliant, safe, on a TT earthing system with an upfront S-type RCD
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    Single phase and 3 phase supply to same equipment

    I have a single phase stainless steel pasteuriser that has two control boxes attached to it. One box houses the control for the electronics and motor for the mixing paddle. The other box houses the supply to the water jacket immersion heater. The immersion heater is 1.5kw single phase and is...
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    Why are single gang boxes still made with 4 fixing lugs?

    Hi all, I am an experienced DIY electrician and I just wanted to ask a quick question about something since I am new to this forum, if it hasn’t really been answered anywhere else. The question I have in mind is how come most electrical manufacturers still make single gang (25, 35mm etc) back...
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    Three phase cable to wire single phase

    Can I use three phase cable to wire single phase
  19. flabbagasted

    Single oven and ceramic hob install

    Hello hope you can help I have a single oven 2.4kw max and a ceramic hob 6kw max I would like to put then both on the same circuit so i was thinking 10mm cable from consumer unit to a junction box then 6mm from jb to hob via isolation switch then another 6mm from jb to 13amp fused isolation...
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    Single plug socket stopped working.

    Have a single plug socket which has been working fine for years. It is behind a unit so nothing has hit it. I looked at the socket and can seen no discolouration or anything on the outside to indicate a problem. Took the socket out of the wall and again nothing to indicate a problem and all the...

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