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UK Earth bonding to Water
4-5 hours for 150? no chance, this is 2024, 150 for 2 hours maybe, that said an hour seems pretty quick, not sure he did the job right
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MDJ
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Anyone got any drawings they’ve made for finding downlights in a new ceiling?
Genius! Never thought of this. Thank you! :)
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happysteve
happysteve
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What is the front of a dist board called
My inner child came out when i read Flappy bit!!
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James
James
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What am I allowed to do
OP, what sort of work were you thinking of doing? Is it work that would need testing, and if so do you have the equipment and knowledge to test...
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DPG
DPG
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Can I charge my caravan battery from my car alternator with a DC to DC while idling?
It's a no-brainer if you can afford to do it or indeed have a need to do it. Lead acid batteries have done ok for the last 150yrs and continue to...
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mainline
mainline
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Re. FP751si Danfoss Programmer
Hi I'll PM you. I do look at these things as a bit of a hobby, just to see if they can be repaired and stop them going into landfill. Up to you if...
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Moley
Moley
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Voltage spike causing strange readings?
Glad to see a happy ending. A strong sneeze would knacker a PIR, they seem to be sensitive to everything. Small single phase motors rarely...
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KungFuTurkeyLeg
KungFuTurkeyLeg
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Finally! No more faffing about with Sleeve!
Last EICR nearly failed due to CPCs been bad as the connection was clamping down onto the sleeves
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LukeD
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RCBO curve
If they are standard RCBOs the MCB aspect could be b,c, or d , but the RCD aspect is almost certainly 30mA instantaneous. If the MCB aspect...
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Julie.
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Adam_92
Snagging on a new build
I’ve not even had the time to remove the board cover at the moment still busy trying to sort out everything else wrong with the build! Will post a...
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Adam_92
Adam_92
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Ring door bell wite connected issue
Yes that will do the job - presuming there is a battery in it and it's working Ok! Turn the rotary knob one click to the V setting as you say...
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Avo Mk8
Avo Mk8
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Cottage supplied by 16mm SWA 300+ yards! Trying to resolve a high Ze reading
If the shared neutral is lost ,won`t you be getting 400v across both cottages? 2 phase US style but double the Voltage.
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tony9i9i9i
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Faulty RCD tripping on the button but not via the tester
Thanks everyone for your help on this one, I've bookmarked the other thread. Turns out on this one it was a faulty RCD, I went back with a new...
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tony9i9i9i
tony9i9i9i
claudia16
locating devices
Hi Thanks have an electrician coming in next couple of days if cant find will try the company you mentioned
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claudia16
claudia16
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UK High Ze TNS - what to expect from DNO?
Good thinking - the other side of that is my garage and also where the gas comes in so probably quite a tidy solution if it comes to it!
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Mworks89
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How many Downlights can an electrician install in a day?
If you have a plan for the downlights, and all you are doing is cutting out and fitting them then yes, 8 downlights in 4 hrs is slow. Fixed price...
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goasis
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How many pat tests in a day
To do it properly I say 6mins each item… & your not gonna keep that speed up throughout the day😎
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cliffed
cliffed
MaintenanceSpark
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Old Imperial Singles & Crabtree A15052 Switch
On putting a date on old cables the makers used to use a letter system. This was certainly used on pilc cables and sometimes in lead sheathed...
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littlespark
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Differences in regs for rental property?
No…. They are stackable chairs. We have them in the Uk as well, you know.
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littlespark
littlespark
Dan
Day 1: Who has an Electric Vehicle, either Electric Car for home, or Electric Van for Work?
Seems very näive to me...
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Risteard
Risteard
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UK High PSCC and strange readings - help much appreciated
FFS - popped it apart, found the same issue and thought I'd update... You guys were already there!
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UK How to go about adding a secondary router/wifi hub
Sky have their own equipment within the exchange so it is not just swapping over a router, alterations have to be made in the exchange I recently...
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What are the dangers associated with wiring earth to neutral in the consumer unit, due to no earth existing in my apartment?
Sad indeed... A pet hate of mine, are the hand dryers blowing water all over an electrical socket below it, with you standing on the wet patch on...
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Dan
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Electricians Vans, any of you have electric vans? How good are they now?
The Porsche Taycan has been a bone of contention among owners as its depreciation has been far beyond that expected of common models. The issue is...
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nicebutdim
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Isolation of TN supplies.
In my first sparking era (late 90's) I was always told to run a neutral to the isolator, as the chances are whoever is using the machine will...
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timhoward
timhoward
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Dodgy PME?
Reminds me of one where I got the DNO in to swap a L - N fused metalclad head in a church got talking to the 2 guys doing it the guy doing most of...
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UNG
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Marvo
Flat twin cable with sheathed CPC.
I’m sure I’ve seen an LSF round cable used on sites before as well with an insulated earth. Not flex, something a bit more substantial but not FP...
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IAmSparkytus!
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Installing plug sockets in steel furniture.
I’m sure there was a debate I read a while back on earthing hospital type beds.
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mainline
mainline
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RCCB Breaker Tripping?
I think over there you would call it a gfci which we call an (RCD) Residual Current Device or RCCB, an RCBO here is an (RCD) Residual Current...
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newfutile
newfutile
greenruss22
UK WT Henley series 4 cutout
There is a section on the mains supply which will give the type of supply as TNS, TNCS, TT etc this indicates the method of earthing
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