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- Hi guys Is there anyone who can help me with some information to help me get a FKI BRADBURY 20 series 2 post car lift up and running, the model number is 2303 manufactured in December 1989 the lift capacity is 2500kg the serial number if it helps is 1360 the motor that is used […]
- Hi, I've recently done some work for a client who has an Open PEN Monitor which includes a 63A RCD Type B. Fed from the Open PEN monitor is a 32A TP + N commando socket (with RCCB Type A) which is used to charge a forklift truck. The customer is intermittently getting a problem […]
- Hi, to you all, I have a question that is puzzling me and has been for some time. Years ago if you wanted a wind generator, to supply 12v, you got a dynamo and a fan, unfortunately it is not so simple today, this is progress! We do know that wind turbines, are DC Dynamos, […]
- Apologies for the vagueness in the title. You'll have to forgive my ignorance on the below too – I'm only just touching on 'industrial' as my work is generally more ' commercial'. I'm faced with a small pump house – rainwater sumps which takes the site rainfall and pumps it out. As an aside – […]
- Hi guys does anybody please have a template risk assessment for the omission of RCD protection? Or does anyone know where I may locate one? Many thanks in advance.
- Hi there, Just a quick question. I am rectifying many problems on some 3 phase immersion heater circuits in a plant room. There are 4 pole rotary isolators just before the immersion elements and the earthing arrangement is TN-S. I noticed that the neutrals are connected into a dedicated linking terminal to the side, as […]
- Testing a set of offices today and each floor is fed from the switch fuses (?) in the basement. There is a separate set of fuses for each floor in a Ryefield board but I am trying to date the overall installation. The switch fuses are as shown and I suspect contain asbestos – and […]
- Customer has a single phase 7.5kW motor running a blower for a grain lift and the 50 years old soft start is no more. Can someone recommend a replacement?
- Writing up a sizable EICR, one circuit is utilizing FP200 type cable (don't know the exact brand sorry I know they differ) for a 3 phase condenser, but the only ratings I can find for any softskin cables state single phase AC. Is 3ph AC even permissable?
- Hi guys, Just a quick one regarding thermal imaging really. My business has had numerous requests to carry out thermal imaging assessments at various locations throughout the UK. This is not something I am familiar with so have used the excuse of being unavailable due to workload in order that I might have some time […]
- Hi everyone, I am currently working in a new power station where we are terminating all the 20 pair and 10 pair individually screened SWA lsoh cables into the automation cabinets and junction boxes. My question is, why do all the pairs have to have hellerman sleeves over them? Why can't we just use insulation […]
- Hello, Looking for some advice following a botched 3 phase upgrade today. Some background: Commercial unit originally fitted out (4 years ago) with single phase main supply feeding into 3 phase DB. 2nd DB run off breaker to service single phase requirements (small kitchenette, lighting, sockets, shutter door motor) Electrician has prepped site with new […]
- Hi there.We have a Hotpoint electric oven that has started to go wrong.It has a digital display for setting functions,but over the last few months,when we turn the oven on,normally the fan comes on quite strong ,the digital display shows red bars as the heat builds to it required temp.What is happening now is that […]
- Hi all, Just a quick one regarding the need for RCD protection for socket outlets rated up to and including 32A. I have been tasked to install temporary power in the form of a single 16A commando socket outlet for the purpose of feeding a boiler to maintain heating in a building owned by the […]
- Hi there, I should start off by saying I'm in the deep here. I've never done this before and have very little knowledge, so I'm asking here if what I've learned makes any sense and what would be your advice for handling a setup this big ? I'm building a massive light installation with a […]
- I’ve never used a PLC before but have found myself looking at a job which is going to put me onto that particular learning curve. This is for lighting control, nothing to do with machinery or similar applications. I’ve done a bit of research comparing features, price, availability, reviews etc and come to the conclusion […]
- Hi, I have a client with a small caravan site, approx 5 hookups. His old toilet block was nothing much more than an old shed. He's now 'upgraded' to using an old walk-in freezer, no wheels, but was just lifted onto blocks from a trailer. He has kitted it out with 4 toilets and one […]
- Hi there, I was wondering if anyone could advise me on the WT Henley Series 8 house service cutout. I have one of these installed at my house and it has 3 live fuses. I am looking to turn my house into 3 separate flats all with their own electric meter. My current WT Henley […]
- Evening, I've been asked to install a supply to a sprinkler system in a new installation that must be separate to the building electrical services. I.e if you isolate the building to work on the electrical services then the supply to the sprinkler pumps must remain live. The only way I can see of doing […]
- Hi all, got a community center job and the want surge protection, 3ohase in phase for community center and phase for the flat upstairs, question is, do fit surge at the incomming covering both installs or fotfor community center and inenfornflne for the flat ?