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So a customer of mine has just had his fire extinguishers tested and for some reason the guy doing the fire extinguisher check removed this...
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hi guys just bare with me please still learning lol! if i have connected my steel trunking to the metal frame work via bush and cuplin and and the...
Fire alarm panel currently installed in a high street premises signed off by building regs.
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Just trying to get my head round a diversity issue.
Will be a new board fed from a panel board adj transformer
Have to feed 3...
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Hi I little confused now , I learn electrical installation Level 3 , but I never did before very difficult, some people working on trade is very...
I am replacing in ceiling grid lights with LED panels, but the metal tiles drop below the grid rather than inside it, so the LED panels will be...
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I have a block of 9 flats 3 floors ,ground ,1st & 2nd.6" cable tray going from top to bottom x2 .LV and HV.The contracts manager is...
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would be great if you can share your experience on type of protection devices recommended on UPS system feeder/upstream? as you know...
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Advice needed please. Is there a tried and tested combination of manufacturer(s) for reducing the annoying buzz from dimmer...
So, we’re creating office space out of 2 classrooms. Metal stud wall will be put up, grid ceiling everywhere. We’ve had a price by one firm. I...
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I am Faraz, I'm a Mechanical Project Engineer by trade. This is my first post on these forums.
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Recently my company (I'm just an employee) moved into a new unit and have installed some shelving, the BigDug kind.
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Seeking some general advice. I’m planning to split a property in 5 apartments with their own fuseboxes and supply meters.
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So Im doing the groundwork to install a electrical kiosk and lay 250m approx. of cable to live up an off grid property.
I am not an...
Over the summer we had some single phase workshop gear removed, and in it's place was delivered a second-hand 3-phase lathe. At first I was going...
Hi guys just wanted to ask if there are any Irish electricians here that can tell me whether these examples of making off SWA are accepted in...
Next month i will be working on a farm putting a new 3phase board in to supply welders, plasma cutters etc. 3 phase comes into electric shed...
Hello all - I would really appreciate some advice please.
I am conducting the groundworks to install a 6m opening "Hi Motion" sliding cantilever...
I recently bought a welder (picture attached) I was wondering what sort of amp input it will need at 240v
I am going to get an electrician to hook the wire up to my fuse box but I was wondering what cable I will need. I am planning on running the cable...
Just after some thoughts on this. I need to extend a RFC, but the Zs isn't good enough to comply (it doesn't comply currently, but it becomes my...
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Customer:- "can you quote these sites for PA testing"
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i'm currently working on a project where 10 flats are being built on one side of an old silk mill. We are having a new cable put in and the...
As above, place I work at as maintenance, had supply tripped off at the weekend. Not some stuff I’m fully conversant with, so just seeking views...
Was called to a commercial lighting issue on Friday where the circuit had tripped, RCBO protected.
On arrival reset the RCBO and all held, three...
So after what I thought was a productive day yesterday replacing old lights with LED panels, 3 of them weren't working. Turns out the voltage...
Could I use a DOL Starter circuit to create an automatic extraction system? I was thinking that I could replace the start button and simply wire...
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One of my summer jobs is to move a computer room, and it's...
This might be daft but i am currently doing remedial work on a commercial site and there are lights being served from a EXOR lighting box...
Anyone else have to hold one of these cards in order to purchase fluorinated gases?
It would be nice if the ECS/JIB card could incorporate the...
So tomorrow I have managed to find work as a mate installing conduit and cable trays. This is my first time other than collage working as a mate...
Hi can anyone recommend a Glasgow or Scotland company that will price commercial tenders for me. I don't have the time to spend pricing larger...
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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...
We have a strange problem.
We have a wind turbine and obviously when the wind doesnt blow we have to import electricity.
However intermittently...
Has anyone had any history of powering a three phase motor from a single phase supply?
Is there a preferred/best way of doing this? i.e.single...
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