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  1. Gavin John Hyde

    Image showing effects of consumer unit fire!

    This popper up on my twitter feed tonight, shows a house gutted in Greater London from fire due to a consumer unit fire.... Make sure you double check your terminations and installs and it can almost always be avoided if you do things properly.
  2. captaincaveman

    Water pipes & wooden structure showing voltage

    Hi. Penny for a thought anyone. I'm still in holiday mode from yesterday... Just been to a house after a plumber refused to touch the boiler (not before getting his £200 call out charge) saying there was an electrical fault and showing the customer his voltage pen light up on the water pipes &...
  3. D

    12V DC adaptor showing 19V

    I was checking polarity using multimeter on some 12v DC adaptors I have. Doing this showed me the voltage. Here on my readings: 12V DC 200ma = 19V 12V DC 500ma = 16V 12V DC 1000ma = 14V Question 1): Why are they not showing 12V? Is this because all happen to be unregulated? Question 2): Why...
  4. P

    French wiring book showing Type AC 40a breaker with N and L wired opposite

    Hi all. I've just had my house in France upgraded to single phase. I've bought a consumer unit as i only want a basic set up (minimal electric is used in my house!) and am going to put it in myself. I have a book which teaches you how to wire up. The consumer unit comes pre-packed with one...
  5. kropaske

    Very old cut out info

    Came across this recently. Looks like 30s, 40s maybe. Does anybody have any info, Bs number, kA values...
  6. J

    Disconnected Neutal Still Showing Connection To Neutral (somewhere)

    hi i am replacing a consumer unit over and came across a strange problem with the neutrals when i isolated the old consumer unit. When isolated from supply im still getting 240v between incoming live and out going neutral. I have disconnected all neutrals from block (which clears it from...
    • J.A.J.
    • Thread
    • connection disconnected earth neutral showing somewhere still supply
    • Replies: 61
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  7. Pete999

    Englands dismal showing at the Euros

    Not making excuses, probably a for gone conclusion, as I 'm not a fan of those overpaid Prima Donna's. I was however dismayed at the Welsh Players reaction at England's defeat, all very well showing a bit of pride in your country's achievement, of getting through to the next stage. Considering...
  8. B

    Why would a LAP Voltage Detector be showing live current in this situation?

    Hi, I purchased a LAP non-contact voltage detector to check my sockets. One of them is cracked and needs replacing. So I went to the Consumer unit and isolated the all of my circuits. Then I went back to the broken socket and tested it again. Everything appeared to be fine, and I removed...
    • berks1234
    • Thread
    • again current detector live prove showing situation socket tester voltage volts
    • Replies: 41
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  9. O

    L2, L3 N & E IR test showing dead short, so why is the system working

    Hello All, I've been call to a small chapel as the power goes on and off once or twice a week. Cable is a 50mm 4C fed from a 100A 6kA MCCB 50-60m away. 4pole RCD in Chapel. Load on each phase is about 20-35A when the A/C kicks in so MCCB and cable OK for that. IR at 500V Fluke 1653B. Results...
    • old_sparky_RE
    • Thread
    • cable clamp dead electrical work ir test reading short showing system test using working
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. N

    Plug Socket Showing Up Without An Earth

    Hi guys Have a problem with the tumble dryer that wasn't working and when the technician came out to check the socket with his device it showed up that the plug socket hasn't got an earth. How would an electrician go about fixing the problem? Thanks in advance Nathan
    • NathanMorgan
    • Thread
    • earth electrician plug problem repair showing socket without
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  11. S

    GFI fault showing on Power One Inverter

    I have a nominal 4Kw system comprised of 16 REY solar panels arranged on my roof with 11 facing south east and 5 facing south west. it is now 11.15 am and the Gfi (Ground fault indicator) LED is still illuminated. The total generation (FIT) meter is showing a red light which means that no power...
  12. E

    Reverse polarity on kitchen socket

    Hi Guys Looking to see if anybody can shed a wee bit of light, got a phone call earlier tongiht from a customer stating he was getting a shock from the socket and the sink. went over to have a look he advised he replaced all sockets with stainless steel ones and one kept shocking him so here...
    • electric-tec
    • Thread
    • anything haven't kitchen polarity reverse showing socket sockets switched
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  13. C

    Philips M100 intercom system. Help?

    Hi Folks,Any of you good people had any dealings with one of these systems? It's an old system in a large office type building. I know these are outdated now but been asked to have a look. Working fine until very recently. We have very little information on the system. Can't say sorry we're not...
    • Chrisr6
    • Thread
    • philips showing system these
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  14. G

    Home made HaPanels showing Volts but no s/c amps

    Having made a couple of 150*150 by 36 Panels one is showing volts but no S/C Amps
  15. H

    32a RCBO Failing 5x with >50v showing

    Hi Circuit Info 32a B RCBO Feeding a Combi Boiler through a FCU in the airing cupboard of the bathroom. Tested at 1/2 Passed tested at 1 > passed reading Oo 20.5 and 180o at 21.3 When testing at x5 the RCBO is tripping but my meter (kewtech KT63) is showing fail >50v Im assuming that this...
  16. M

    Megger 1552 faulty symbols showing any ideas.

    my megger 1552 MFT on the continuity tests, when I go to null the leads is showing a fuse and battery cell symbol and wont take a reading and I have to turn it off. I`ve changed the batteries and fuse but its still doing it, can anyone help. thanks mike
    • Miketwinny
    • Thread
    • fault faulty ideas megger showing
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. Energetic

    Germany showing how it's done... again...

    Solar produced 40 percent of Germany
  18. J

    Ring testing

    Hi had some rather strange reading today, that i have never seen. Was carrying out a ring test today on a EICR (r1,rn,r2) and i was getting r1=0.38 r2 = 0.39 and was getting a strange reading of r2=75v??? Any idea why im getting a voltage reading?
  19. J

    Chart showing 0-4kWp PV installs vs number of MCS PV Installers

    Thought I'd post this up here to show that there are obviously many companies that still believe in the UK solar market. The growth of new PV installers isn't as fast as the end of last year but it's still growing at a fair old rate.
  20. S

    drawings showing cable trunking

    Hi all, just a question to see if anybody had drawings or plans off installations where there is cable tray and armoured cable to be installaed i am trying to find out about the industrial side off things have only ever worked on domestic and would like to see what the drawings look like...

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