Good morning ,
My name is Martin and I hope someone can help.
I am planning to install domestic roller shutter onto our home.
At first , I was going to appoint an electrician to run the wiring from the shutter motors to the lighting circuit, but then I realized that I need an emergency power...
Hi all; could anybody please advise me where I might obtain a "Bill" 100 amp fuse carrier? (basically a 100A version of the carrier below). Any help would be very much appreciated!
Hey electricians forum,
my grandparents are knocking on 90 and the main light in their living room has packed up... by packed up i mean that when they switch on the light it does nothing but fire up (try to light but keeps flashing and never catches... you know what i mean right every...
Hello,
absolute noob in LEDs and plugs/connectors.
I need to buy a single, small LED that connects to the connector shown in the picture below. A 3.3V battery powers that plug.
I'm looking for the brightest LED available that can be connected to this connector, or maybe two small LEDs if they...
Hi all, it is some time since I visited this site,
but here I am looking for some guidance.
When I last worked seriously on electronics
they were all glass valves, so I know nothing.
I tried to convert a LED work light to infra-red
by removing the bright white lights and fitting
IR lights at...
I have just bought a new cooker hob which has 4 wires however my connection points only has 3 connectors do I connect 2 of these wires together in order for it to function properly or would I need to buy a new connection point with 4 pins on. I will more than likely have to get an electrician in...
Hi, long time lurker, first time poster.
Friend has asked me to help him upgrade his garden outhouse wiring to make it safer. Without seeing the job I said that an 18th ed-complaint RCD garage consumer unit should do the trick.
However, I went round to the house tonight and had a quick look at...
Here is a pic of a sign at my local reservoir, front thereof:
Probably won't be flashing anytime soon...
And here is a pic of the back of that sign, and I would like to know what you call the gland where the big cable exits from the metal post supporting the sign
Thanks in advance!
Hi all first post so please go easy on me. Just to give a bit of background on myself I have been qualified for 12 years and have recently completed my 18th edition and 2391.
I’ve recently been carrying out an EICR on a MOD industrial waste water treatment site.
The question I have is about a...
Hi, I am 34 and wanting to train as an electrician. I am looking to do an apprenticeship but finding it difficult to gain employment. Would anyone have any recommendations? Thanks
Good afternoon fellow engineers.
Just wanted to see if someone could advise me on a certain time clock.
I installed a particular one a while ago in a house which had 4 pins / built in contactor which fitted inside a single PVC box. A photocell was also incorporated in the circuit.
I haven’t...
Having replaced a single socket with a double and added a second double in the same room by extending the ring, by chance I found that there was no continuity in what I assumed was a ring final circuit. Checked my connections and all were good.
Just in case I was looking at a spur on spur...
Hi guys & girls, I have a client who wants a new cctv system on his business, He sells cars so has a lot of ground to cover. Doesn’t need any fancy extras just a dvr that can take around 30 cameras, and the cameras image to be clear enough to recognise faces and number plates at a distance of...
Hello,
I’m a DIYer and am adding some fire rated spot lights to my kitchen ceiling amongst some other alterations to the various electrical sockets and switches. I’m also installing the kitchen myself to keep costs down.
Before I carry on I know that the kitchen is a safe zone and so building...
hi
I’m after some advise... I’m a qualified electrician & have 15 years experience.
I’m currently employed & work nights as a sparks & would like to start my own thing during the day.
Is there anything I should & shouldn’t do?
I’m a bit confused on where to start & what to do.
I want to be...
Hello Everyone,
Need some advise. My fuse meter switch tripped . Upon inspection I realized that it trips the 'wall sockets' part only as the ceiling lights work fine on their own. I removed all the plugs from the appliance and reset the fuse box but after a minute or so it trips the socket...
Hi all.
New to the site and hoping you can help.
I've been asked to fit some outside lights (x3).
Having trouble getting a supply without chasing cables etc.
Is it possible to use an existing fused spur for the supply?
I'm thinking fused spur to new switch then out to lights!
Do I need an rcd or...
Hi
I finished my 2365 level 2 and 3 recently and I´m trying to find a work/trainee program as a Mate or improver. However, and after applying dozens of jobs (part time, full time, Temp, in my area, all country), I´m getting not even an answer.
Can anyone give me any advise ?
Tia
Nuno Gomes
Evening all... Looking for some advice buying my first MFT - got my inspect amd test after Xmas.
Looking at the usual 2nd hand auction sites (cant afford new) and looking at under 300.
Think i have narrowed it down to-
Kewtech KT64.
Fluke 1653
Metrel MI3000.
Not really looked at megger.
Any...
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