I have about 50 led spot lights + more light , all together is about 400w if I open them all in one go together, then the MCB [=6 am] trips immediately, but if I open them one by one I have no problems at all !
I tried to replace the MCB with another 6am and it did the same, but when i replace...
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I'm currently restoring a Rockola jukebox from 1964 and I'm very nearly there, there's a problem with one of the florescent lights which I can't seem to get my head around, one of the three florescent lamps the entire house out as soon as you switch the thing on. The...
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This is my first thread, and with English as a second language, I hope I can get you all trough my post without losing anybody.
So, as the title states - my current problem is as follows;
My neighbors just moved into their newly built house. One big house, separated into two...
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This is my first thread here, and I'm writing because I have a problem which I'm not sure how to solve. Since its company money, I just want to make sure that the conclusion to the problem is correct.
We have an autoclave that works at 121 celsius to sterilize with steam. Its...
Our sparky has just installed 2 x Heatstrip THE 3200 strip heaters (13A Max Each) which keep tripping the switches in the power board.
We have checked the cabling (20A Max Each) as well as the Power board (50A) to ensure capacity.
Reading the manual the guide recommends hardwiring the heaters...
I live in rural Italy. You get to chose your max KW here and pay accordingly. Most home have 1.5-3.0 kw, I pay extra for 5kw. I am at the end of the low voltage lines, one of only a few on this circuit. I constantly have voltage problems, according to my fluke multimeter it can go from 190v to...
I've just change a CU and installed RCBO's. There is a 32a SP RCBO suppling a ring final circuit. There is a 6a SP RCBO radial lighting circuit. When the 6a radial circuit is energised the 32a RCBO trips. With the 6a dead the 32a stays in.
I expected to find a shared neutral but there is no...
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I have a lighting circuit which trips the RCD, I’ve got pared back so that if I take one brand new light fitting and wire it directly into the consumer unit with a brand new cable - and still the RCD trips. If I remove that wire from the consumer unit and put a 3 pin plug on it, and plug...
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My first post but straight in with a couple of issues.
I'll start with a 6amp MCB that keeps tripping out relating to ground floor lights.
For your info:
There is 10 x 3w led recessed lights in Kitchen, 8 x 3w led recessed lights ,plus a main central Led light (approx 100watt...
I have an odd situation in that I get random earth leakage trips which happen occasionally when I turn off an outside light. I have a standard split board, half earth leakage protected, half not. Trips happen maybe once every 50 times that outside light is switched off, never when it is...
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Let’s see if anyone can solve this one.
Recently wired a new extension. Today connected up ring circuit to 32amp mcb, all relevant dead testing done ir +999mohms and ring continuity.28 .28 .48. So all good turn mcb on and pop it trips off. Rechecked testing removed sockets just to...
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Thank you all in advance for your help and advice.
I was hoping to get some help and advice on a cooker issue I'm experiencing.
My cooker is "brand new" and I recently had it installed by my father inlaw (competent tradesman although not an electrician)
The cooker is brand new but...
I have two line wires coming out of the top of the 'Sockets' B32 MCB. One of those line wires connects to 3 sockets in the bedroom and the other wire connects to 5 sockets in the living room.
Each socket takes two line wires, one to power the socket and the other to pass the current onto the...
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I've seen a thread on here (which is what brought me to this forum) where someone had an issue much like my daughter has. The shower works fine for a few minutes, but if she's washing her hair and takes a little longer than usual, the shower trips the MCB.
Is there an electrician on here...
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OK..did a cu change yesterday .. old wylex with an external rcd for a new amd3 dual rcd cu.
This morning the customer rings to say the shower has tripped the rcd.
Turn up on site..and the rcd that has tripped is not the one that the shower circuit is on.!
So i check for crossed over...
I have gates with liftmaster sub 300m underground motors. 9 years old and worked like a dream. Now used internal open switch last friday and after 3 hours when I switched to close it TRIPS the RCD. Did some trouble shooting and tracked it to motor 1. Hooked up this motor to power supply, its...
Hi all , i am new to these forums so please bear with me. I am needing some advice on what to replace for this fault.
I have a relatively new garage consumer unit made by MK . 5 way unit.
It has five seperate mcbs and one rcd.
I have six flourecent lights. Each on a separate switch.
But two of...
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I was after a little help as our Zanussi built in oven keeps tripping the fuse for the house. It basically knocks out all the downstairs plugs. I cleaned it the other day and it did the same but I turned it on a low heat and left it and then it seemed to fix it.
Today I cooked bacon...
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Bit of a strange one this, our oven of 8 years is causing the power to shut off when ever you open the grill door. Everything is fine with the Oven and the hobs.
If the oven is still switched on at the wall (Red Switch) and the grill is turned off on the oven, it still trips the electric...
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