switching

  1. B

    Rocker Switch Problem.

    I have installed a couple lights on my truck and have a rocker switch set to both there is an inline fuse and a relay in each circuit. For my front light bar I had it working perfectly. i then re routed some wires to clean it up and connected it to the battery. No matter if the switch is on or...
  2. D

    Fault finding query

    Any thoughts on this would be a great help. I've got a 4pole 300mA rcd feeding a DB section through a contactor. The section in question feeds a load of 250/400w hit fittings through SP mcbs (4 per mcb x5 ). There are some other circuits on there but I've ruled them out. The problem being...
  3. J

    switching problem

    Hi all, im wondering if anybody could give me a bit of guidance, im doing a bit of wiring for lights in a new bathroom. this is were im up to. Feed direct to 2 gang switch outside bathroom switch one will feed 6 spots and a fan switch two will feed a light on a large mirror which isn't switched...
  4. S

    relay switching

    I'm wanting to switch a 24v boiler using 240v s plan system. I know I need to pass this through a relay but it's not a regular thing I do. Could anyone post relay type and a drawing please. Boilers 3 grand and don't want to blow it
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    Bathroom lights remote switching .......

    ............... using a hairdryer!! Who needs all this Bluetooth and Infra Red rubbish when you have a hairdryer??? It's the FUTURE and it's HERE and NOW!! Hilarious moment man shows how turns on the lights with a hairdryer | Daily Mail Online
  6. P

    Switching 6kW load with 7 day programmer

    I need to switch 2No 3kW heaters on using a 7 day heating programmer. Presumably I'll need a contactor to switch that load rather than the heating programmer (?). Can anyone recommend a suitable one? Many thanks if anyone can help, Peter
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    lighting circuit required urgently

    Hi Is there any one out there n sparky world can draw me a wiring diagram for the following. You can see the drawing that n entering the main door top of the stairs, on the left will be two double switches one will be able to turn on the main light, with the option to be able to turn on/off...
  8. R

    Switching for Biomass

    Hi I am currently working on a Biomass installation on a farm which will be servicing two houses and a fan blower. I need to be able to run the main pump in the boiler room when demand is called for from any of these 3 systems. 1 house is over 150m away with the other 90m in the opposite...
  9. P

    Rotary isolator as main switch

    Hi, im looking to install a main switch in a commerical premises, so for example board changes, ect can be done without taking out the supply fuse. Would a rotary isolator be suitable?
  10. A

    Computer Monitor Cuts Out When Switching Lamp

    Hi, I have been having issues with my computer monitor and laptop recently where the monitor will cut lose signal or cut out and go to a fuzzy screen and I have to turn off and on, this happens quite randomly every hourish so isn't to bad and I can live with it I am just curious at what might...
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    Switching ideas

    Peps, So, I went to look at a job today at London Waterloo Station. They have a peak hour only link corridor that runs from the underground to the overground concourse. Within this area there are about 250 twin 49w T5 fittings. Half of which are emergency. Now these fittings are wired with...
  12. O

    workshop emergency switching

    So given my workshop is almost finished and with the possibility of my old man using it and doing something stupid (which he has an amazing talent for), I'm trying to reduce the chances of shelling out for a pinebox for him... What I'm considering is an emergency stop switch (supplied by a 6a...
  13. H

    3 Way Switching

    Is there anyway to install 3 way switching with out an intermediate switch? I personally think it is required but if anyone knows different let me know. Thanks Matt
  14. uksparks

    Schneider Dimmers & Two Way Switching

    Hi, I have been at a customers today doing various things, one was to change the switches. The want a dimmer at the bottom of the stairs and a normal switch at the top. I have never fitted these Schneider Ultimate Screwless faceplates before and now wish I hadn't started. Anyway, I have this...
  15. a1guvner

    Radio Link Switching (200mtrs)

    Hi all, I have a need to transmit a switched signal over about 200mtrs, I was looking at Easy switch that TLC do and have been successful with them in the past for garden lighting projects. Has anyone used something a bit more powerful as it is going to be used to send a fault signal to a plant...
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    parallel conductors and neutral switching of through contactors in lighting circuits

    Hi guys, I have come across two problems today well acutely three so I will list them first.. 1st Testing a 4mm radial circuit today or so I thought! I asked the young lad to go to the end of line and take an r1+r2 reading. When he opened up the last point he said that there were four 2.5...
  17. B

    Switching coil and relays

    Hi all a couple of questions will a 24volt dc supply switch in a coil rated for 48volts dc. If so would it be safe. Also how much voltage can a 24volt relay take could it take 48volts or will it blow the relay? Thanks trig
  18. M

    Volt Free Switching

    Can someone offer me some guidance. I am wanting to keep the switching pair on two zone valves aswell as the switching pairs in a time clock volt free. Mainly so that 230V isnt flying around different wiring centres. Is there a way I can have volt free switching to pull a relay of some sort...
  19. R

    course soon hv switching

    hi folks, i am about to go on an HV switching course, as a bit of a warm up, i have been given a HV Switching schedue to write. Does anyone know where i can find some info online for this as i am very new to HV operations? as a headsup?
  20. A

    Individual pir fluorescent pir

    Hi guys Went to see a job today in a block of flats. It has 60 5ft fluorescent double tubes on 24/7. As you can imagine the owner had a heart attack when he got the bill. The stairways and entrances are to be kept on permanently but the lights leading to the flats he wants to be pir...

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