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  1. B

    overhead lines

    hey all just been doing a test on a property out in the sticks an i am struggling with it please help... 1. first main problem, was unable to 100% identify the main incomong earth due to the house being fed with overhead supply L&N the only definitive earth reading was from a 6mm twin and earth...
  2. D

    3 phase overhead power supply

    Hi folks I need some guidence on this. There's a 3phase overhead power supply feeding exterior accommadation at a hotel. What it seems they've done is taken the cable out at the chimney area at either end and then split the phases like you see on an electricity pole (wish I'd taken a pic). The...
    • donnysparks
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    • 3 phase aus cable either overhead phase power running space supply support
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Australia
  3. K

    Overhead cranes and other stuff

    Not a question but I was having a rummage around my PC and found these pictures of some of the fun gear I got to play with. Anyone else got photo’s of things they’ve worked on?
    • Knobhead
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    • canada other overhead stuff
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Canada
  4. S

    overhead crane problem

    hi guys, 1st time posting something on here, i have a small problem with a customers overhead crane, basicly the cross travel on the crane has 2 speeds fast and slow, the fast works fine, but the slow speed will not work. when the button on the hand control is pressed the contactor in the...
    • spiders803
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    • aus overhead problem
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Australia
  5. D

    Supply companies overhead cable

    The overhead supply cable from a pole to my property is over my garage. The cable is a single phase concentric type. Is there any regulation as to the distance that the cable should be above any property?, at present it is less than 1 meter above the ridge and is inconvenient when doing work on...
    • Darkone
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    • aus cable companies overhead supply
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Australia
  6. P

    Claiming course fee's back as an overhead

    Evening all, I'm looking to become an electrician and a via a sparky mate he mentioned that if I want to startup it's best to create a maintinance company and then do the electrician course and claim the course fee or vat back as and when. could someone who has a better understanding of this...
    • peehead
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    • course overhead
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Business Related
  7. R

    overhead 3 wire

    Hi My house 1947 has a 3wire overhead 200 amp main as far as ground is concerned should there be a visable ground wire to a rod in the ground and to a gas or water main visable because i dont see one and just want to know if i should call a electrician for safety . i do see a ground wire in my...
    • restez
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    • aus overhead wire
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Australia
  8. G

    Overhead Linesman Work UK

    Hi, I'm currently a Cert 3 Distribution Overhead Power Linesman in Australia and am travelling over to Edinburgh in the UK on a Tier 5 Youth Mobility Visa. I'm curious to find out if it would be possible to use this qualification in anyway while I am there? Any help would be very much...
    • Goodale
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    • aus electrical work linesman overhead work
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Australia
  9. A

    overhead lines between buildings and structures

    Overhead Lines : ( some good Reading ) Between Buildings & Structures . Requirement’s of the ( ESQCR ) 2002 ( Electricity Safety , Quality & Continuity Regulations 2002 . as Amended ) Appendix 2 – ( Informative ) p/240 / 241 Phil where do you want me to drop this One ?? - 4 Pages A4
  10. O

    Overhead cable repair

    chaps, I live in a TT area. Tonight, 4 houses over the road had no electric due to a damaged cable. 3 DNO chaps responded very quickly 2 lads up ladders either side of road and a bloke at bottom helping out. I didnt see any isolation so assume they were working live. They dropped the faulty...
    • One_of_them
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    • aus cable overhead repair
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Australia
  11. kevyn

    Overhead submain connection

    Hi all, I have been asked to wire a small 2 bay cow shed in time for the dark nights coming in. Supply comes from a 2 wire overhead which is supplying the adjacent shed in a 2.5mm 6242Y (overhaed on bracket on my cow shed). No chance of connecting to the other shed as it is too far away. In my...
    • kevyn
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    • aus connection overhead submain
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Australia
  12. A

    moving an overhead supply

    hello chaps anyone got any rough ideas on how much a dno would charge to swing an overhead supply from one side of a house to the other. probably going to be moved over approx 10m towards the pole so the cable will be getting shorter not longer :) i intend on keeping the consumer unit in...
    • A-Non-eMouse
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    • aus moving overhead supply
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Australia
  13. La Poste

    Overhead supplies??

    Greetings. I am helping to re-wire a bungalow that has an earth rod. The supply cable is overhead, it's the same for the whole street. I took a walk up the road and noticed all the overhead cables converged on one single pole. On the pole was written PME and three cables ran down the pole into...
  14. K

    Overhead line distances

    I m trying to find some info or a picture would be even better, of what the maximum height is for a building below over head power lines. thanks in advance.
    • KNIPEX
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    • aus distances overhead
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Australia
  15. S

    Minimum height for overhead cable

    Hi all, bit of a dilemma regarding how to route the supply cable to a garage. Just wondering what you'd do in this situation.. unfortunately I didn't get a photo but the garage is at the end of the drive beside a bungalow. The corner of the garage roof is about 2 feet away from the corner of the...
  16. L

    Overhead Supply TNC-S?

    Hi I am about to test a rewire of a bungalow and have started by taking readings at the CU, the problem is that testing for Psc i get a measurement but when i test Pfc i get open circuit >200Mohms suggesting no earth. I have an overhead supply but the suppliers head shows what looks to me as...
  17. B

    size and type of cable for overhead supply

    Hello members, can any1 advise me on what size and type of cable i need to supply a garage from an existing house, the run is about 30m long, 15m of run is overhead, the garage consists of 2 lighting circuits on two 6amp breakers, 2 x 32amp breakers for 2ring mains using little power just for...
  18. mechelec

    overhead supply

    I need to replace an ageing overhead supply cable (twin and earth existing!!) to an outbuilding that will be supported on a catenery wire. I was thinking of 4mm^2 h07rnf , Supertough or similar. will this be ok with regard to uv exposure etc. any problems with the above?
  19. W

    Earth electrode on TT System - can it run overhead on catenary wire ?

    Hi All , After looking at installation in an old cottage with TT Supply I have found that i need to install a new earth electrode and wire back to the consumer unit . However physically the only way to get the earth electrode in the ground would mean cabling the earth electrode overhead for a...
  20. C

    Overhead PME

    Hi I have recently come accross a couple of instances where the feed to the house is via Overhead cable, but is labled up at the service head as PME. In these instances should the supply be treated as a standard TNCS system - even though the supply is fed from overhead?:rolleyes:
    • chloebear
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    • aus overhead pme
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Australia

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