Hi everyone. I live in an older home that still has a few circuits with aluminum wiring. One of these is a lights-only circuit that contains 6 switches. All connections appear to be fine. Proper connectors and antioxidant were used for joining aluminum wires and pig-tailing copper to some of the...
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I am new to wiring and could use some help getting this circuit wired in the kitchen . I am trying to get the source power to the GFCI and then through a switch to have the garbage disposal protected by the GFCI. I also have a switch that I would like in for the above sink light. Lastly...
Hi Im an apprentice and just wanted to clarify domestic style wiring since i work industrial and don't deal with conventional wiring. in college and the AM2 the only exposure to testing lighting is of a single point that may be switched either one way 2 way or intermediate. that doesn't worry me...
Came into work today with a fairly urgent requirement to install an instant hot water handwash unit in a small commercial kitchenette/servery - circa 2.8kw. Of course, it's in a right difficult area.
As the handwash is over 2kW, I'd ideally like to follow OSG advice and give it it's own...
Hi, I`m looking for an advice.
I have an electric shower that I`m not using due to boiler changed to combi and added shower over bath feed by a 6mm cable and 40 amps fuse. The cable is quite newish (blue & brown) compared with the rest of the house (red & black).
I want to create a new radial...
Can someone sanity check my thinking please....
An 80 amp PME service head, tails to meter, 25 sq mm tails into an enclosed fused isolator with 60 amp fuse in it.
16 sq mm from cut out into a MET. Gas and Water bonding connected to the MET.
16 sq mm main earth from MET to the fused isolator...
I have a 4-wire well pump (red, yellow, black, and green) which just quit. Cycling normally, then shut off and never came back on. I've gathered that yellow is the common, red is the leg for the start winding and black is the run winding. I've got a couple ohms (4-ish on my trusty Harbor...
I've purchased a horizontal unvented cylinder that has come with 2 immersion heaters.
I was hoping to use the same circuit the my existing tank used.
What's the best way to wire in for 2 immersions? Upgrade the 2.5mm radial?
Any suggestions welcome
Just bought an old house (about 30-40 years old) with a separate shop building. I am in the process of replacing old fluorescent fixtures with new LED fixtures. The lighting is controlled by 2 switches, one at the back door and the other at the front. The wiring appears to run from one switch...
Hi, asking for a friend in Australia.
She wants to install two Pendant lights over a kitchen island and four downlights all on the same switch.
The current wiring to the single light in the kitchen is earthed.
The 2 new pendant lights have earth connectors but the 4 new LED downlights have...
Long shot but thought I’d try, have a lighting circuit that trips the RCD as soon as the neutral touches the neutral bar for said RCD. Bypass that and it works fine just on an MCB so would think earth-neutral fault, but doing an IR test between N and E shows as a pass (>99M ohm). So unsure of...
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I've been getting into electrical work these last few months, and have gone from doing rudimentary battery-switch-bulb diagrams to increasingly complex circuit diagrams as a hobby seeing as how I've just retired and need something to do. I've been trying to explain AC-DC converting to...
Cooker circuit has B40 MCB in the CU for the cooker, confirmed wired to the cooker outlet throughout, via a cooker switch & socket with a 10mm cable.
Issue is new cooker has a 1.5mm cable (fitted by manufacturer see image). It is 3.22KW rated load, and 16A fuse rating. The cooker connection too...
I've tried to research and form a plan without asking on here, but I'm just going around in circles.
Just completed an EICR. The wiring ranges from new metric colours to old imperial cable.
There are 2 lighting circuits, both containing class 1 fittings. Most of the fittings have a CPC, but...
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Flat recently gutted and rewired from scratch.
Livingroom has two switches, one controls the main light, one controls a 5 amp circuit with 3 sockets (3 round pins).
Only just got round to testing it (a year later...) and 1 socket is working, 2 aren't. Any ideas what could be the issue?
Not...
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I am looking for the name of this type of circuit and how it gets wired. If it isn't too complicated it may become a DIY project but want to be able to know what I am looking at if I hire a pro. I have two 120 volt single medium lamp socket wall sconces. I want them on either side of my...
I have a chance to pick up 50ft of 8/3 for $100. What's the risk of using this for my RV, 50 amp circuit? Here's the deal though. I have no plans to live in this RV. I just want to run the refrigerator and keep the batteries charged. Maybe run one A/C if I'm working in it. Never use a hair...
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