adaptors

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    PAT Testing 3 phase to 13amp adapter leads

    Hi Hope anyone can help Can someone give me advice on how to connect up a 3 phase to 13amp adaptor lead for carrying out PAT testing on 3 phase equipment but using a 13amp port on the PAT tester. Need to know the connections for 4 pin 3phase & earth plug to 13amp plug 5 pin 3phase &...
  2. N

    Better?: Canadian surge bar with UK Plugs paired wit

    Hi, I hope you are all doing well. I have original UK samsung, apple and Huawei plugs and would like to know which combination of plugging them into my Canadian outlets would be best in terms of Safety, Protection and Efficiency. Please suggest which option from below would be best? 1) Buying...
  3. W

    Using bulb converters/adapters with Philips Hue bulbs but struggling.

    My wife and I bought some Philips hue bulbs for our ceiling lights. They are E27 screw fit bulbs but our lamp holders are gx24q-1 so we bought some converters or adapters so we could use the E27 hue bulbs. I’ve plugged them in though and the bulbs don’t seem to work. Any advice? Do you think I...
  4. J

    Would having upstairs/downstairs rings on same rcd speed up powerline adaptors

    Hi i'm trying to get the best speed i can from powerline adaptors scattered around the house. between the downstairs ones the speed is 784mbps, however to the upstairs ones only get 40mbps. i've eliminated all the interference i can around the house that was affecting the speed. if the upstairs...
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    Melting adaptors in Mauritius

    Hi people, I recently moved to Mauritius which has a UK 3-pin plug system, however the vast majority of appliances on the market are imported from Europe and therefore have European 2 pin plugs on them. As a result everyone here runs all their appliances on block plug adaptors and extension...
  6. multimick

    extension leads with surge adaptors

    don't do much pa testing but noticed a couple of times these show reverse polarity on my megger pat 120 ,but test the pins for continuity and its ok on neutral and earth but no continuity on line,they all work ok ,is the electronics causing problems ?
  7. HappyHippyDad

    E14 to E27 adaptors.... safe?

    Evening... Does anyone know if these adaptors are safe? The adaptor would allow a physically larger and heavier lamp to be used so as long as the fitting can accomadate that that is one possible danger overcome? Also, the fitting may have a max wattage allowed on an E14 with regards max heat...
  8. Gavin John Hyde

    Product recall of remote control plug adaptors

    Had an email pop up in my inbox announcing a product recall of some remote control plug adaptors. They were sold in B and Q until recently. Have attached the email in a pdf below. In all honesty I am surprised not to have more of these emails given the poor quality and cheap tat a lot of the diy...
  9. Pete999

    Stupid Bosses

    Me and another Sparky got sent oversea to do some maintenance, which included replacing some A/C units, we had been there about 2 weeks, anxious to get home, last job was replacing the A/C units, now the bloke in charge was a right pillock, everything by the book, it got so bad that every time...
  10. M

    Powerline adaptors or range extenders?

    Working on a very long property with thick stone walls so when away from the router and phone base station, both phone and wi-fi is poor to non-existent, it is even problematic on rooms adjoining where the router is I have a tplink powerline adaptor which I happily use at home. I have also...
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    Power line adaptors

    Hi guys, not sure if anyone will be able to answer this for me. I have internet in my house but not getting a good signal on wifi. I was thinking about getting some power line adapters that use the wiring to get better signals around the house. As I have not used these before I was wondering if...
  12. davesparks

    Essential PAT adaptors?

    Trawling eBay earlier I have come across these delightful pieces of essential PAT equipment, i don't know how anyone can survive without them! PAT Earth bond TIP (Test In Place) Adapter | eBay PAT Tester Instrument Calibration Check Unit BN | eBay
  13. O

    Cheapest place for 20mm black plastic conduit adaptors?

    Anyone give me some pointers towards somewhere I can get 20mm black plastic conduit adaptors (for joining to metal clad boxed - adaptor male or female) without getting my pants taken down on pricing... got some stuffing glands on ebay from a uk company for a good price for a bag of 100...
  14. E

    Radio adverts about overloading sockets.

    Has anyone else heard the new advert along the lines of 'don't plug in too much into an extension lead it will overload the electrical socket' Surely the 13a fuse in extension lead's plug top is to stop this very occurence?? Ok, a 13a fuse doesn't break at 13a as we all know but surely the...
  15. K

    Contactum RCBO, Old 71 type MCB replacement

    Any one got or know where I can get two 6A Contactum RCBOs (90603SP/B) to replace 71 type MCBs. The new Contactum RCBOs do not fit and and no one I have talked to has the old ones in stock. I am being quoted over £80.00 each + VAT for a wholesaler to order them from Contactum. At that price I...
  16. B

    Power adaptors - using ones from old kit with exisiting kit

    Probably not the normal kind of question asked around here...... Just wondering if anyone can confirm this. I acquired a computer scanner but it didn't have its original power adaptor. Rather than buying a replacement I found an old laptop power adaptor (the laptop has long since been condemned)...
  17. K

    PAT Testing - Powerline Adaptors?

    Hi all Have been approached by my employer to try and determine if a product we use in consumer's homes needs to be PAT tested. Its a Powerline Ethernet adaptor with a mains pass-through (Comtrend Powergrid 9020) -- see link below http://www.comtrend.com/links/114$product.htm It is marked...
  18. O

    New Zealand Powerline adaptor fault

    Hi, I got a phonecall from a client the other day, (replaced the CCU for a split loader) he says that he uses powerline adaptors to network the internet and has noticed that some of them haven't been working since the board change (says the sockets themselves are working fine) does anyone have...
  19. F

    Melting plug socket

    So I hope this is in the right forum area for starters for a first post, sorry if otherwise. I am new here and do not have any electrician background but needed help from people who do. I live in the North West of England and currently have been having a problem with my plug socket and...
  20. H

    testing RCD adaptors

    I'm sure there must be, but what are the regulations covering testing portable RCD. pushing the test button breaks the circuit, but has it broken fast enough to avoid dangerous voltages.

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