too

Recent contents Top users
  1. Spoon

    Doing a "Search" on the foum and what I put down in the search.... Tell me now my title is too short

    Very silly question. I want to search for a whole phrase.... e.g. Welcome to the forum When typing that into the search it searches for each individual word. I have tried putting the search in speech marks "Welcome to the forum". but with still the same result. What am I doing wrong...
  2. L

    Is oven socket too close to back of oven?

    Hi I'm looking for a bit of advice regarding my oven plug socket. I thought my oven had packed in as it cut out, no heat, no fan, no clock display basically no power at all. I decided to replace it and had it removed to find the plug had melted. Can any one tell me if it's because the socket is...
    • laukakell
    • Thread
    • close oven plug socket too
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  3. Spoon

    Motorists could face £100 fine for driving too close to cyclists

    Just seen this. Motorists could face £100 fine for driving too close to cyclists - https://www.lep.co.uk/cars/car-car-news/motorists-100-fine-driving-close-cyclists-cycle-space-law_7ac8e3ef844482ff1496c7546a33e6d6 I see this as a good thing and also a bag thing. The problem we have is, we have...
  4. C

    Swa sheath size too small

    an outbuilding is supplied by a 50mm twin SWA cable from a PME supply The assessor has told me to convert to a TT as the steel csa is too small, is there a way I can prove that surely a 50mm twin swa sheath is suitable to be a 16mm earth?
  5. HappyHippyDad

    Battery Leisure battery discharging too quickly when fully charged?

    Hello all.. 2 years ago I fitted a solar panel to my shed, charge controller and battery. It has all been working fine, but recently it has been losing it's charge very quickly and the charge controller kicks in and turns the lights off. The battery charges up to 13.7V but drops to 12.1V very...
  6. S

    Inverter reporting DC voltage too high

    My system has had an intermittent problem for the last few months. The inverter has occasionally been reporting PV Voltage Too High, then it would recover after a few minutes. It also didn't do it every day. Now In the last few days it has started to do it more frequently and it appears to give...
  7. J

    ct clamps too close together?

    Hi, I have a 16kW array fed to my cu via 3 - 5kW solis inverters. I have a 4kW export limit so each inverter has a ct clamp. The 3 clamps are together on my main incoming cable. Is it ok to have these 3 clamps touching each other? How is it decided which inverter to shut down? We have a lot...
  8. N

    Problem with too much wattage.

    Hi everyone, Starting off; i'm new here, because I have a problem with a light sign I made. The sign has 15 25Watt lights, and burns very bright. I was looking to put a dimmer on there, but i cant seem to find a dimmer which can handle 375Watt. Also it burns way too bright on its own. So I was...
  9. L

    Electric boiler taking too long to heat water

    Hi, I’ve just moved into a new flat with an Electrastream boiler, and when I first moved in it seemed to get to around 45 degrees in around 45 minutes. Now, (about two weeks later) I’m luck if it gets to 40 degrees in an hour. This seemed to happen after a new shower was fitted. Can anyone...
    • Luke Killick
    • Thread
    • boiler electric heat long taking too water
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Central Heating Systems
  10. 1Justin

    Use of FP200. Will it get messed up by too much flexing?

    I have electrics to add in a listed barn. It's a unlined shell of a building, grubby cobwebby beams and timbers with external claddding. Customer must have all black wiring so as to hide it as much as possible. Everything will be clipped with metal accessories. Trunking/conduits are too big and...
  11. S

    45, Am I too old to be Electrician?!

    Hi everyone, After having long conversation with my wife, I decided to take on C&G 2365 level 2 evening course, really want to be an electrician, already have HND in electrical engineering back in 2011, but due to family reason gave up to higher education. But I am very dedicated and with strong...
  12. R

    Am I too old at 29 to start an apprenticeship

    So I am living in London at the moment, from Ireland originally, and have worked as a chef for the past 8 years, but always wanted to work as an electrician..I left school and started training but the recession hit Ireland bad around that time and everyone lost work..I moved to Oz and started...
  13. E

    CU change, submitted EIC but landlord wants eicr too?

    i was under the impression that a board change requires a eic as that is all that was altered and to be taken responsibility for? im thinking the landlord is trying for a free eicr out of my boss, i certainly dont want the liability of the existing installation.
    • elsparko
    • Thread
    • change eic eicr landlord too wants
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  14. A

    Forum theme/font size too large

    Is there a way to change the font size on this forum? Thread text seems unnecessarily large - Something more like the browser default text would be better
  15. DeanoRN

    earth sleeving too short?

    Hi i was just after a bit of advice, when wiring sockets how much of a problem is it when the earth sleeves are too short and don't cover all the conductor? will it affect testing etc?
  16. J

    Probably really easy too...

    Apologies in advance if I sound a bit stupid but my head is gone with working out the answer above. OHM's law I thought I was getting the hang of but for the life of me for the last hr where they got the calculation 0.83 ohm from. Thanks
  17. Gavin John Hyde

    Quooker - Some people have too much money!

    Installed a new socket on a ring today under the worktop to plug one of them Quooker hot water taps in for a customer. She felt at £70 i was a bit expensive!! Says they used to use another electrician at there previous house and he rewired it all for £2500!!! I don't know what you can say to...
  18. A

    HELP! Too many wires than I know what to deal with L!

    I went to attach my new metal light fitting with the obvious earth, neutral live attachments on it, upon taking the old one off I came across all these wires as seen in the picture, what the hell do I do with these!? Help please!
  19. marconi

    IT'S TOO HOT - A QUICK SOLUTION

    My wife has been complaining about the hot weather so I put together this 'evaporative air cooler' for her using a plastic storage box. Along the broad front side is a kitchen extractor fan and along the broad back side is a grid of 50 x 6mm holes. The 3 plastic containers contain ice bought...
  20. O

    Hi all I'm new too this, thanks

    Hi all I'm new too this, just out off my time! Thanks

OFFICIAL SPONSORS

Electrical Goods - Electrical Tools - Brand Names Electrician Courses Green Electrical Goods PCB Way Electric Underfloor Heating Electrician Courses Heating 2 Go Electrician Workwear Supplier
These Official Forum Sponsors May Provide Discounts to Regular Forum Members - If you would like to sponsor us then CLICK HERE and post a thread with who you are, and we'll send you some stats etc

Advert

YOUR Unread Posts

Daily, weekly or monthly email

Receive a daily, weekly, or monthly email containing a digest of new and recently updated threads.

Advert

Tilers | UK Tiling Forum | Tilers Forums | Find a Tiler
UK Tiling Forum by Tilers Forums UK
Plumbers Forums | Plumbing Advice | Gas Forum
Gas Forum | Unofficial Gas Safe Register Forum
Top Bottom
Back