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rcd tripping
i got call today saying rcd tripping one side of the board, he called when i was passing , so i popped in and tuned all switches off and turned on one by one and leads me to the fused spur for the gas heating... anyway left to monday now ...... what would you logical approcah be to this, i... -
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Lights blowing when switch is turned on
Hi all, Got a problem at my mum and dads house the house is a 1991 build its a PME system with a crabtree consumer unit with rccb. The problem they have which just happened today is they have a fan light in kitchen which holds 3 bulbs and the switch does this fan light and the fluorescent in...- voltage
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RCD trips on kitchen ring main when supply is turned on ???
Hi guys,,, I was installing a new socket today for a client in her bedroom when halfway through working she asks if she could turn the power on and make an important phone call. So I turn the supply back on after i put everything back in place and then all of a sudden the rcd trips and wont...- nick182
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- after circuit kitchen main power rcd ring ring main supply trips turned when working
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Motor Keeps going after it's turned off.
Newman 3 phase induction motor (Bradbury liftmaster MK1) on a four post ramp - . When the ramp is raised it sometimes keeps going - bloke says he can't switch it off by regular switch - has to do it at the main isolator. I haven't been there yet, any ideas?- eddybs23
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- after canada going keeps motor off turned turned off
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I turned a job down - have I done the right thing?
Potential customer is having a domestic gas boiler changed. Their installer does not do his own wiring. They asked me to wire up their new boiler system but I realised that it does not comply with part L about conservation of energy (as they do not have separate control of heating in the...- RoyWorcester
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- boiler building controls electrical work job right thing turned wiring
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Help please!! Problem when shower is turned on and lights flicker
Hi, Im having a bit of a problem with a job i recently went to look at for a friend. The problem was that when the shower was turned on the lights through out the house started to flicker. The shower is also very old and im nt sure what kW the shower is or the cable size due to only having a...- Stuart McNeice
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- flicker lighting lights please problem shower turned when
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- Forum: Australia
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Help with circuit finding
Hi anyone shed any light on a problem i am having at the moment please :) I am trying to find the reason why i cannot isolate a light in my mums garage, it is a 3 storey house which used to be 3 flats and was rewired 30 years ago, i have found out there are 2 feeds still in the house i have...- lady electric
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- circuit finding garage isolate light turned
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- Forum: Australia
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switch protection
Hi all i have seen in the passed a cover that the 3 pins of a 13A plug are pushed throught in to a socket and has a flap of plasting which covers the switch (manly used when a fridge is pluged in so cant be turned off) does any one know were i can get one been looking for the last hour...- beaver74
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- protection socket switch turned
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- Forum: Australia
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NICEIC Inspecter turned up at my house with out appointament.
Hi I had my Niceic inspector turn up at my house last Febuary for my anual inspection but they had not informed me of the appointment. I was away on a 17th edition course so he put it down as a failed visit they have been trying to charge me for the failed visit. Despite several letters we keep...- Poshspark
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Don't you like when customers blame you for something
Upgraded a CU on the 8th November, no fault testing fine before energised and all working correctly until........tonight. Get a call at 12:30am (I do offer 24hour emergency callout). "Hi, my electric has tripped and I cannot reset it. I have friends around and they have said it has got to be...- BluSparx
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- before customer customers don't something thing turned when
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doorbell wiring
a client asks me to put on a new doorbell, he bought a new one and has taken down the old one already. i had a look, the cable is 6 core cable like telephone cable. but he doorbell only has live and neutral, does anyone know how to wire it? cheers- bluesky
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- bell cable doorbell tranny turned wired wiring
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- Forum: Electrical Wiring, Theories and Regulations
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I turned off stats - how do I turn them back on?
Think it's called stats -at bottom of main forum page, shows top posters, latest posts etc. I only turned it off to see what would happen - a message flashed up telling me how to turn it back on, but the message only lasted for about 1 second so I couldn't read the complete instruction! Help...- ringer
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- off stats turned turned off
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Blown fuse and sparks
Question: when a traditional fuse blows would you expect sparks?- N2ETC
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- blown fuse power socket sparks turned
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lights dim when turned off
Hi, I have been called back to a job where a 3-halogen lamp fitting with 2 way switching keeps blowing a bulb. When this happens and the switch is turned off the remaining 2 lamps stay on but very dim. When the blown lamp is replaced, all is well again. I have tried everything. Isolated it...- ngoodson1969
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- lighting lights off turned turned off when
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turned off lights circuit now kitchen lights won't work
just turned off light circuit to undo some lights in lounge turned circuit back on now we have no lights in kitchen have two light switches one for ceiling haogen lights and one for cupboard lights none will work help needed also 3 bedrooms won't work now checked whole house so all that are...- joan1950
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- circuit electrical work kitchen lighting lights off turned turned off won't work
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- Forum: Australia
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dimmers
i bought a 1000 watt dimmer for an installation and when i came to test i was getting a rediculously high r1+r2 (about 8ohms). after checking all connections i changed the dimmer for a normal switch test readng was fine 0.3ohms. does anyone else have probs like this with dimmers. before any one...- opm electrical
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- dimmer dimmers normal switch turned
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- Forum: Periodic Inspection Reporting & Certification
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WARNING old Style Wylex Breakers (not Plug ins)
Hi Guys Just a word of warning to you all. I have been working on an industrial site that has the old style wylex 3-phase DB's (nothing wrong with them). Whilst isolating circuits I have noticed that some MCBS are NOT disconnecting the supply when in the off position :eek:. Out of the 20...- jellen
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- breaker breakers circuits isolated old plug style turned warning wylex years
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- Forum: Australia
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