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  1. R

    Motor ID & VFD Selection

    I bought a fairly antique 20" Monarch bandsaw. It came with a gigantic (~16" diameter) 5HP electric motor. I'm not sure a bandsaw of this size needs this much motor, but since I have it, I'll try to use it. The motor appears to be 5HP 3Phase, and probably 1730RPM. It is old enough that I can't...
    • Rod Ango
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    • antique motor very old vfd
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: USA
  2. S

    installation advice very old property

    Hi All, I need some advice........please don’t rip me to bits!!!. I’m a newly qualified domestic installer, been in the electrical game for 30 years as an appliance engineer so have some background knowledge. I want to register with one of the schemes, probably nic or Stroma however, I haven’t...
  3. S

    Shower upgrade on a very old consumer unit

    Hi all Came across a situation today where somebody was enquiring about upgrading their shower from an 7.5kw to a 9.5. Apparently he had a very old consumer unit with only 4 circuits. lights up and down, sockets up and down. cooker and existing shower. I wanted to know how you guys would...
    • sparky in training
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    • consumer consumer unit old shower unit upgrade very old
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  4. kropaske

    Very old cut out info

    Came across this recently. Looks like 30s, 40s maybe. Does anybody have any info, Bs number, kA values...
  5. W

    Wall Thermostat in a flat with very old Dimplex Storage Heaters, what does it do?

    Hello everyone, This is my first post. We have just bought a new flat, which was built in the 60s. It has some really old brown Dimplex Storage Heater units (probably made in the 80s, if not even earlier), which we would want to replace. There is also what appears to be a bimetallic...
    • wtlh
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    • dimplex heaters heating old storage termostat thermostat underfloor very old wall
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Central Heating Systems
  6. J

    fit shower in very old consumer unit

    hiya folks i have been to look at a job of installing a shower theres no rcd protection apart from a all in one dual breaker with rcd , it says CORMACRUM on the cu front i have looked around and cant find a all in one and no one has ever heard of them , its a bsen 60439-3 breakers inside any...
    • jaythegooner
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    • consumer consumer unit fit old shower unit very old
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Business Related
  7. L

    eldaly custumer with a very old installation

    Hi all, i hope someone is able to give some advice or thoughts on this subject, i have come across a request to install a double socket within a very old property. the owner is over 90 years of age and needs this outlet for a security system as dementia is setting in. the installation is over...
    • Lemmor
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    • installation old owner protection socket very old
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  8. B

    Very old ring main, sockets with separate switches

    Hello fellow Sparkys I started a job to add 4 double sockets to an old, existing ring final circuit. But first I needed to sort out the rest of the sockets in the front of the room. Half of these were not working. The cable is old multi-stranded stuff but appears to be OK. Some of the sockets...
    • BathSparks
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    • aus main old ring ring main separate socket sockets switch switches very old
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Australia
  9. S

    Replacing Wiring Under a Very Old Church

    The return leg of a Ring Circuit in MICC, under the floorboards of an ancient Church built c.1841, is faulty as it continually blows fuses.Has been tested and its Insulation Test fails. As it is a very old foundation there is not a great deal of headroom under the floorboard and the original...
    • shimoldaman
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    • aus church old replacing under very old wiring
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Australia
  10. B

    replace a very old heat detector!

    hi, first i must confess that i am not good at the alarms really, yesterday i called by a small hotel, it has a very old fire alarm system, there is a heat alarm missing in the kitchen, i had a look of other heat or smoke alarms they all looked very big and old--the owner said at least 20 years...
    • bluesky
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    • aus detector heat old replace very old
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Australia
  11. M

    Very old fuseboard change

    Ok then, Got a 15 way 3phase board (re-wirable) to re-locate and change to a new one. It's a really old BILL one from years back. Its a weekends work for 2 blokes. Just a couple of things I wanna clear up.... :- 1. Im going to put RCBO's in for anything that has a socket outlet on it, 3phase...
    • moosey86
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    • canada change fuse fuseboard old very old
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada

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