Hi got a call last week maybe the week before about an rcd tripping, turns out it was a tumble dryer in a shed at the back of the garden. I stayed with him for about an hour talking him through how the rcd works and reassuring the device was doing its job etc, didnt charge him.
now got a call...
I put a new alternator and battery on my 99 f150 and something is still killing my battery.i just bought this truck so i decided to pull radio to check wires,there was alot of loose bare wires back there.can that cause a short and drian a battery over night?
Someone please help,i have a 99 f150 4.6 v8 and my guages went crazy one day,my lights
Went dim and then my truck died.so i thought is was alternator,i was wrong but i put a new alternator and new battery
On it anyways.(thank god for warrantys)something is still drianing my battery.i pulled...
Hi everyone,
As you know each surface mount box for a lighting switch has two threaded metal tabs for the screws to attach the front switch plate. On one of our boxes the threads have been wrung off and as a result the screws no longer tighten.
Is there a solution to this problem, without...
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Evening all, could anyone suggest a starting point for me in which I could start to read up and gain some underpinning knowledge on PLC programming as it's something I am interested in diversifying into, as I prefer the industrial side of work and it interests me. I've realised that if I'm...
So my mum is currently giving the old man gyp about the extractor fan in their en suite (WC and sink) 4" manrose or something currently (tbh its average noise at most...)
She wants something quieter (and the old man wants something non wallet breaking..)
So had a shufti...toolstation do one...
I have a strange RCD tripping problem, we have a dual RCD consumer unit, when the main switch is turned off both RCD s activate, they have activated individually but not at the same time. There is no continuity between the neutrals and both sides have an insulation resistance of >25 meg, we have...
Hi all,
I am having a bit of a headache trying to get my Accenta Gen4 mini to talk to my newly installed Honeywell Informa.
The panel has been fitted for a couple of years and works fine. I connected the Informa up as per the instructions, using the following wiring
Panel Informa
INT =...
Hi all
I have recently completed my apprenticeship(NVQ,am2 etc) and have been in the trade for around 6 years now and thinking of looking into taking the above courses. Is this something I should wait and gain more experience before starting or jump straight in?
thanks
Hi,
i cant really go into it to much as a bit top secret, but am going into something with someone who has developed something where it needs an Inveryer connecting up that's grid tied a G83 etc so it cuts off and what not etc and so on la de da, anyway, so he wants me took hook this Inverter...
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Hi,
You fitted a consumer unit for us about 10 months ago.
You
Yes that's right, how can I help ?
Customer
Well the thing is I have just been browsing websites, and I have found the consumer unit you fitted is no longer compliant.
You
Yes there are new regulations concerning the...
Hey there folks, just to let you know I am only a trainee, not actually started my NVQ yet but been working with most aspects of the trade for about 6 months now.
Today I was working on the roof of a cinema replacing some emergency lights. Whilst up there the spark I am working under...
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I want to pre-fix this post with a disclaimer: I am not an electrician, I have no clue about such things which is why I come on here looking for advice. What I am asking may be completely ridiculous, so please if it is, say so. I do not intend to carry out any of this work myself, but...
Hi everone,I am new to the forum and think its brilliant,I am currently
studying for my 2394&2395 and am testing everything in sight with a
fluke 1651 multi functional tester.When i try to do a loop test on a lighting
circuit,I follow all the instuctions,but i keep getting >2000 ohms,i am...
Guys, a bit of a pickle..
I'm after small led spots, I mean no gu10 size, literally an led on a small stand, like the radio mics of old? We're trying to light a display and I'm stumped!
Have a great week everybody!
i have no experience with HV equipment so i dont know what he was doing but possibly switching something for it to arc like that.. his mate must have been busy on facebook or something LiveLeak.com - High voltage shock caught on dashcam.
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I've got a Fluke 1652 which has the old style "Robin SL" test leads with the clip on fused croc clips/probe.
Unfortunately one of my leads has recently become damaged giving me some wildly inaccurate readings (refuses to zero and if you hold test button down on continuity test and waggle...
Hi again. I've installed several Ovia Inceptor LED down lighters to house which is fine. Holes required 65mm (standard I suppose) What I'm looking for now is something similar for an alcove but a lot smaller. Customer has 2 x alcoves sited either side of double bed. Looking for something to...
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I'd just like a quick bit of advice, we have two fused switches in our airing cupboard for the hot water cylinder, one main switch which comes on during the off-peak of our economy 7. The other which is for the immersion. We've stopped getting any hot water from the main off-peak part of...
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