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Thank you. Correct on all points.
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The manufacturer has stuck a label on the baseplate, its clear to see. I don't know what instructions came with the fitting or what was written on...
Yep! Edit button was disabled by the time I seen it. Hopefully the 15m/15m clarified what I intended 😀
Seen this where T&E has been fixed with a flat bend of too tight a radius.
Thank you for your help. Will double check everything tommorow and try to find out what was on at the time of tripping. Still need to retest the...
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I won't mention the one I came across once, then. The outer sheath of the element had dissolved and the element spiral had shorted to the sheath...
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Couldn't go back to an 'everything piled in a heap' van again , in fact I even have a little tantrum if I have a courtesy van for a day or 2 with...
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Go on then, DM me. But I'm promising nothing!! 🤣
I don't view it as an essential feature. The tester I use day-to-day doesn't do that test. It doesn't cause me any problems.
All low current tests...
I opened up the CU again and the round junction box above and what I found was the blue and brown wires coming in from the wall just above the 15a...
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good thinking ps electrics i'll run with that.
thanks
That's a glass half full thought 🤔
I forgot about the talking head woman in that!
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*electrical training trust
Thank I'd have already got the spade out :)
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Might be 100% genuine and was all caught up etc .Its a very hard game to work out. Thats why many dont even start to play it. Its payment upfront...
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Ahhh yeah, I didn't think of that. It was banging though. I will have to try that next time. I put some chopped up pepperoni in too which I...
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Surely one of the most important parts of supplementary bonding is to bond the radiator and hot tap/pipe to the cold one. Both the hot tap and...
Are you sure they still actually drive and did you look for the Flintstone holes in the footwell :)
Try disconnecting the "central heating off" wire from terminal 2 and insulate it (eg Wago connector or choc block or similar) and tuck it out of...
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The RCB was only just put in.
The board was last week and yes we have the cert already.
The new board was not only because of the tripping but...
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A combination of all. Here's how I look at it:
A supply voltage of 216V (lower limit that is permitted to be supplied) supplying a circuit with...
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As long as the capacitor is an electrolytic and isn't of too low a value :)
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Blimey! Still at it. :rolleyes:
Ever remember being an apprentice?
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Time to get an electrician.
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Thanks for that, good line of thought. My take is that safety is about protection of life/people/livestock hence the earth thing and protection of...
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Personally, I would take a Ze measurement myself rather than rely on someone else's maybe drive by scrap of paper.
So much for trying to steer this back on track.
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Interesting document thanks. But it neglects the half-wave rectification, and also totally neglects the effect of the coil inductance when...
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