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Surge in houses ? Protection what

hello I’ve been to a house where the lady is complaining her lamps keep blowing (yes they are cheap filament and halogen lamps that I’d normally...

Thread by: Wilson12, Feb 14, 2018, 3 replies, in forum: Electrical Courses & Electrical NVQ's
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Surge protection devices (SPD)

Hi guys, hopefully someones going to be able to point me in the right direction here. We do a lot of work for a small retirement home locally...

Thread by: mattg4321, Nov 21, 2017, 39 replies, in forum: Electrical Forum
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Surge Protection Devices (SPDs)

I used to fit these as a matter of course on my of the installations I did overseas, and understand that you can now get them to fit into a C/U if...

Thread by: Pete999, Aug 14, 2017, 10 replies, in forum: Electrical Forum
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Need help regarding surge protection

Hi there, I have recently had an issue where there was a power cut in the village we found out that a pylon had blown. When the power came back...

Thread by: Jay_1985, Jul 30, 2017, 7 replies, in forum: Electrical Forum
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2013 Grenfell Power Surge

Just been doing a bit of reading about the Grenfell tragedy. There are a few articles that mention an series of "Power Surges" in 2013 and briefly...

Thread by: lumenmachine, Jul 15, 2017, 26 replies, in forum: New Member Introductions
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4 blown LED GU10s

My daughter switched her bathroom lights on yesterday and the bathroom remained in darkness. I went over to have a look just now, assuming a...

Thread by: TopDMC, Mar 1, 2017, 5 replies, in forum: Electrical Forum
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Furse Surge Protection

GMES submitted a new resource: Furse surge protection - Installation diagrams for various earthing systems This is a guide on which surge...

Thread by: GMES, Aug 29, 2016, 1 replies, in forum: Electrical Wiring, Theories and Regulations
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PA Testing surge protection extension lead

Try not to do PA Testing but had to do it today! Was doing the above today after a cottage got flooded. Lead didn't appear to be wet, but failed...

Thread by: yellowvanman, Feb 8, 2016, 3 replies, in forum: PAT Testing Forum
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Domestic Callout Today on a TT Install tripping RCD

I got called out this evening to a tripping RCD on a TT install after a lightening strike in the area. Its quite an old CU with mcb's and a...

Thread by: Vitesse, Jan 11, 2016, 22 replies, in forum: Electrical Forum
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How surge protectors work

I'm moving to France and I've been reading up on putting French plugs on UK appliances and I noted that it is not uncommon for the live and...

Thread by: paul_uk, Dec 23, 2015, 4 replies, in forum: Non UK Electrical Works
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Automatic transfer switch surge protector blown!

Hi all I installed an 80kVa diesel generator set with automatic transfer switch awhile ago. All supplied by customer. Generator is second hand...

Thread by: mrrkspark, Dec 22, 2014, 10 replies, in forum: Electrical Forum
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3 phase surge protection

I have a job coming up regarding the title, installing a surge protection unit to a main mccb panel, as far as I'm aware currently is that I will...

Thread by: Guest112, Apr 17, 2014, 16 replies, in forum: Electrical Forum
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impulse withstand voltage

Can anyone tell me what the minimum impulse withstand voltage is for a 500AMP BS88 fuse. I can only find up to 400A. Please only reply with the...

Thread by: pepparz, Nov 27, 2013, 54 replies, in forum: Electrical Forum
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Domestic surge protection

Hi all what is the requirement for surge protection in a dwelling if rewiring or upgrading nowadays have not touched domestic for a long time and...

Thread by: brightspark2010, Jul 31, 2013, 4 replies, in forum: Electrical Forum
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Phone line hit by lightning

Customer phoned on Friday looking for a few jobs done, he says his BT line has been struck by lightning twice this year wiping out phones and...

Thread by: Carlosfandango, Jul 28, 2013, 24 replies, in forum: Electrical Forum
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Domestic

Hi there, looking to get back on the tools after a spell out of the industry due to looking after a family member. Just recieved the new regs book...

Thread by: APSH, Feb 13, 2012, 2 replies, in forum: Electrical Wiring, Theories and Regulations
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What do you think caused this fault?

An electricity firm should "accept liability" for damage caused to 400 houses by a power surge in Blackburn, the town's MP has said. ENW said the...

Thread by: La Poste, Nov 24, 2011, 11 replies, in forum: Electrical Forum
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Is there such thing as a double socket with built in surge protector

After a double socket with surge protection to be used to supply a pc. Can you get such a thing.

Thread by: geordie, Oct 24, 2011, 3 replies, in forum: Electrical Forum
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domestic surge protection

done a job lately for nedl, 200 houses in gateshead had a 500v power surge cos some thieving scrote robbed some copper from a sub that feeds the...

Thread by: 4x4 mark, Oct 20, 2011, 7 replies, in forum: Electrical Tools and Products
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testing an extension lead with surge protection

Just been doing some testing today including 6 brand new extension leads, first two tested ok 3rd one failed with low insulation resistance of...

Thread by: lish70, Aug 22, 2011, 4 replies, in forum: PAT Testing Forum

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- DIY-er trying to avoid a bodge job posted by Koomber. Evening chaps. DIY disaster here. Renovating my bathroom. Going to be laying a LOT of tiles (nice wee metro tiles). Thought I'd join and what not so I can thank people for advice and ask......
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- Bal or tilemaster ??quartz posted by Chris G. sorry I know there are already many different threads on what adhesive to use for quartz tiles but I’m still a bit nervous about what advise to go with . The tiles are from tile mountain who...
- Hot water tank question. posted by giveitago. Hello everyone. I am looking for a bit of basic advice on hot water tanks. I currently have a warm air heater that heats up the water in my tank via a heat exchanger. The tank is now very old and...
- Boiler advice appreciated. posted by eyeofthetiger. Hi everyone. I have a powermax 150 boiler which I have had since I purchased the house. As far as I know, it is was placed when the house was built and is 18 years old. It is very large, noisy and...
- Are any fittings allowed on mains in before the stopcock? posted by Rob. My stopcock is in a difficult to access location behind kickboards, can I put a coupling on the mdpe pipe coming up and into the house and move the stopcock up into the cupboard under the sink?...

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