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    Please Explain Double Insulation

    Hi, Just purchased a new wall light and it has no earth on terminal junction. Instructions say ‘double insulated - no earth required’. Here is a picture: How would this protect you if the wire from wall broke loose from this junction box and touched the casing which is metal? Or is it...
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    Garage Block Supply and EV Charger Install Advice Please!

    Hi All I'm in the process of getting quotes to get an EV Charger installed, and hopefully at the same time power to 14 residents garages. As it stands, the expectation is the majority of use in the garages will simply be for lights as they are too small for modern cars. There will undoubtedly...
    • crispy77
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    • advice block charger ev charger garage garages install please supply
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  3. Rockingit

    Recommendation for an RF tx>rx unit across a relay, please

    I need to find a decent quality ('set and forget') rf switch that can be triggered by a contactor or heating relay, distance is only about 10-15m from one outside pump house to another, standard London brick jobby. I've lost track a bit of what's out on the market these days - any suggestions...
  4. E

    Importing solar street lights from China

    Hello there , please I need your advice that i am importing solar street lights from China and i need some candidates to do the quality inspection test.
  5. J

    Thermal Camera Advice Please

    Hi Looking at getting a basic thermal imagining camera to look for tell tale hot spots on electrical equipment. Anyone know of a better one for the money than this please: -...
  6. F

    UK Advice (please) regarding suppressor / "snubber" for LED lighting

    Hi all Hoping someone might be able to advise. I've got two sets of LED lighting this is affecting. One is the plinth LEDs I originally raised a thread for some months back; one is two LED wall lights. The problem I have is that, when the lights are off, they flash briefly every ten seconds...
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    220v help PLEASE

    Ok I’m not electrician, just trying to save money. And just wanna get some input before I continue. I added a 20a breaker to my circuit box, ran 10/3 to a 220 outlet. Hots to my X and Y, neutral and ground all went to this outlet. 2 hots to the 20a, and my neutral and ground to the spot in the...
  8. J

    Who arethe top 3 SWA manufactures now adays please?

    As above, looking at getting some 70degree 5core 35mm SWA, for a predominantly inductive load with no PF correction - not necessarily after the cheapest. Experience of glanding, pulling in, robustness and performance, and pricing comments too please? Prysmian Nexans ? Will be buying via CEF...
  9. T

    Help with a light fixture!!! Please

    Hey good afternoon guys. I have a question about the wiring of a light fixture in my house. There was an older light here that is controlled by two different switches(one located in the hallway and one located in the bedroom.) I removed the old fixture and this was how the wiring was. Using my...
  10. Dartlec

    Please warn your parents about the common scam calls, however sensible they are

    Off topic, but just a public information alert to talk to your parents/elderly relatives to let them know of the common phone scams. My mother fell for one today, even though she's still very much with it for 82 and usually pretty sensible... "police officer" from the fraud squad rang her...
  11. Dartlec

    "Electricians" working for kitchen fitters - please don't do this...

    Called to a previous client to work out why he doesn't have lights or fan in his downstairs shower room, or outdoor light... Worked out that there was no permanent live to the switch, though there was to the fan isolator above it.... Kitchen was recently done, and "electricians" working for...
  12. sythai

    Strobing lights - after some help please

    Hi Guys.... Just after any pointers if I may have missed anything, bit of a head scratcher ? Got a new kitchen lighting circuit we've run in right back to DB/ new DB installed. Have Megaman GU10 lamps installed (140504) and now and again mid range through dimming they strobe, min level ok no...
  13. T

    Commercial Toaster wiring question. Please help.

    Hello guys, brand new to these forums so I'm not sure that this is where this should go, but I'm looking for some help with fixing the toaster at the restaurant I work at. I'm a cook but I second as a handyman around the place and I've been tasked with seeking a solution to our issue. The...
  14. robd

    Is anyone else having NICEIC cert problems today please

    Hi all, sitting here losing the will to live waiting for pages to load on niceiconline.com just wondering if it is just me, was also so bad thus morning that I had to give up. Thanks
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    Fitting a consumer unit there is a Volex vrcbo06/1c that I am not familiar with. Can someone advise please.

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    Good morning to all, Please i need an advice on how i

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    Please check wiring for Battery backup light

    Hi. Can someone let me know if this is right? I have a Led light which has emergency battery backup. Trying to figure out if what I have worked out is right. Top A in the picture goes to the EM Basic Emergency module which has Lin written on it which says is switched line in the manual. Blue...
    • Frequency99
    • Thread
    • ausie elec backup battery check light lights please wiring
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Australia
  18. P

    Please Identify what kind cable is this from Seiscord

    A family member who used to sea fishing came across this cable, I would like to identify what type of cable is this and how to use it safely. Tried search on google but very limited information and I'm not an electrition to know how to turn this 100 ft safely for extension cord. It's looking...
  19. K

    Thoughts on price please

    Hi all! I have recently priced a job and a couple of friends have said they would have priced higher. I don't do loads of my own work as I work for a company so always struggle trying to price fair but where it's also worth it to me Board change (currently old rewirable board) will test the...
  20. Y

    Words of wisdom please re an installation condition report

    I hope someone on here can help me with this. My 25-year-old daughter is buying a house with her partner, they are just about to exchange and after a long delay, the vendor has finally provided an installation report dated 2015 carried out when they purchased the property. What concerns me...

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