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  1. J

    Strange ideas...

    What are the most bizarre things you have come across while working around different places? For starters twice I've seen a combi boiler actually fitted in the bath, a low bay light fitting used as an outside light, fitted side on to the wall, glass cover missing and a shared house where the...
  2. D

    Strange euro 16A 24V plug....anyone know where I can get one?

    Hi I need a duplicate plug for a 16A 24V wall socket. Here are pics (upside down!) of the plug (someone else's!) and socket. Anyone ever seen one and know where I might get one? (hours of effort so far and no luck!) Thanks DC
    • donchiquon
    • Thread
    • 24v get knowledge strange where
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  3. B

    Strange one....

    Was in a call today in posh old part of Edinburgh. Old semi detached two and 1/2 storey 100 year old house. Lovely building but really unsuitable for solar. Small roof area and three massive chimneys all the way too the ridge.... Lovely retired couple. Gentle folk. Couple of months back...
  4. D

    Strange voltages

    Evening all, At work today we energised the newley rewired lighting circuit, only to find that from 3 lighting points onwards, the lights didnt work. Thought maybe disconnected neutral or line conductor. This was not the case, all connections sound. Disconnected the neutrals at the 4th light...
    • Davidobaynes
    • Thread
    • circuit light neutral neutrals still strange voltages volts
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  5. R

    Strange lighting fault(?) which involves a child's toy.

    Bear with me. Our toddler has got a toy which is a wooden board with cut-outs to put various shapes of wooden vehicles into. When the correct vehicle is put in the correct slot it makes an imitation noise of the particular vehicle. This toy is battery powered and doesn't connect to the 'mains'...
  6. F

    Strange Meter Readings.....

    A few minutes ago, I looked at my incoming electricity meter (Landis & Gyr E110) and to my surprise, it was displaying "Red". Now displaying "Red" isn't entriely unusual, but at the time I was consuming well in excess of 100W and probably closer to 200W of power - and my inverter was telling...
  7. D

    3 phase on TT?!?

    I'm going to be doing an install on an existing warehouse unit soon, (mez floor offices dado trunking lighting etc) I went and put a supply into the temp office the other week and noticed that the supply is 3 phase and on a TT. Has anybody else come across this? The install is relatively new and...
    • danielson_39
    • Thread
    • 3 phase across other phase strange
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  8. J

    Strange voltage readings

    Been to look at lights today that was not working properly. After investigation I think the problem is in a switch which seems to have a feed from the downstairs lights and what I thought would be the loop to the next lighseems to have a voltage from the upstairs lights. When I put my tester...
    • Jjm
    • Thread
    • lights neutral readings strange thought upstairs voltage volts
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  9. M

    strange memory tricks

    Funny how your memory works. today i left a job and walked the entirely oppisite way looking for the car, yet at 4 pm a friends son asked me about a maths question. 6-1x0+2/2 = i remembered BEDMAR from school straight away and said its 7 it must be 38 years since i heard that saying....strange...
  10. telectrix

    strange want?

    as title. has anyone recently stripped out a wylex rewireable board? i need the ( is it 5419) main switch for one. reason being that this morning i went on a EICR for a client who is selling the house. on or 2 problems with the installation, but my immediate problem is that standing with 1 foof...
  11. D

    Strange RCBO test results??

    I've never come accross this before so was wondering if anyone here can explain it for me! Whilst testing new RCBO trip times, one of the RCBO's was tripping too slowly and somethimes not at all, something at 80ms at x1 and >1999 at x5 compared to all the others which were at around 18ms at x1...
  12. S

    Strange type of cable

    Hi all, Found some strange cable in my house when re-wiring it, the house is a prc built in 1952, just wondered if anyone had seen it before it has tinned copper braiding, pvc??? insulation and stranded cores, most cores are in weird and wonderful colours, the JB used is very nice, paxolin...
  13. H

    Strange Fault

    A little help or a few pointers as my Fault findings not the best like my thinking outside the box Testing a property today TT system ZE 0.50 ohms All curcuits on 30ma side test fine bar one Radial socket curcuit which has a neutral fault as my MFT wont test rcd trip or earth loop, polatiry...
  14. W

    Has Anyone got dead solar panels strange request

    Hi folks, This may sound rather mad, We have made a solar panel table for a talking piece in our reception area we have had an enquiry for a client to purchase some from us (every penny counts). However a functional panel would be to expensive unless someone knows of a...
  15. H

    Strange wiring???any sense from it?

    Just been to call out. Car park lights not working. Fiddled round for 10 minutes got no power at any of the lights but 230v at timer in and out. Switched timer to permanent. Lights come on then 2 mins later off again. Had a good look round and spotted a sensor on side of building. Covered...
  16. C

    Strange Readings......

    Ok , am currently doing dead testing on 150 new build flats. Apart from the usual faults, every so often a strange phenomenon crops up which has me stumped. When doing end to end continuity tests on ring final circuits, I am finding that the cpc has LOWER resistance than the line and neutral...
  17. M

    Strange fault with Drayton programmer

    Weird one this. 3rd UP2 Programmer fitted by BG since January to replace an older version of the same type, which was a pretty basic model..(can't remember the model no). Anyway this one is a Drayton LP722 rebranded as a UP2 which should be a direct match to the existing wall plate..wired as...
    • merlinradioltd
    • Thread
    • boiler fault programmer strange valve
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Central Heating Systems
  18. B

    Strange meter readings

    I started work at my current firm 6 months ago and a customer has just phoned through saying that their IMPORT meter and elec bill has rocketed up since the PV was installed last summer. Can anyone think of a situation where the electrician could have wired the system that would cause these...

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