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    UKPN Supply question

    Can you have the meter and cutout moved to the new entry point to the property? If you can find somewhere there to put it, you could then have a single fused isolator mounted there, and a submain run through the loft by an electrician to your existing consumer unit .
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    Changing light fixtures (wiring mess)

    It may seem like everything is connected, but poor terminations can work loose eather when you move it to fix it up or later on due to expantion and contraction with the heat, vibrations etc. It is these poor connections (which often work still) that can overheat due to high resistance and...
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    U2117-00 CAN-Bus No Communication with DIS (Display)

    Someone else posted on here with the exact same problem and symptoms with an astra van, but this had an aftermarket HU. But as sparkychick says, this sounds like a fault on the can bus which is stopping comunication between modules. (The can bus is a pair of wires which run through the car and...
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    Fridge Freezer died. Recommendations?

    Not sure if anyone has any more information but I understand that some fridges are made with a flamable insulating material, and others are not. I'm not sure if there has been a recent change in legislation to ban the flamable stuff, but I think thats what turns small component faliures in to...
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    Non-Electrician Need Safety Advice

    If you found the earth cable from the backbox loose inside there when you opened it, then it is possible that it could have made contact with the live terminal when it was all squashed in. If the other end of the earth connected to the socket front isnt properly connected, then it is possible...
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    Circuit Breakers help :-)

    I would start by switching all the MCBs off, and then switch them on one at a time and go round the house making a note of what each one supplies. Something has clearly gone seriously wrong between the actual circuits, the EIC, and the MCBs that have been installed as none of it matches. Once...
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    Dose This Power Supply Consume 500w for a short RGB LED Strip ?

    I can't tell what strip you have there but its usually around 14w per meter if it's RGB, so it's goint to be somewhere in that region of 10-20w. I would advise adding a fuse to the circuit, as the output current of the transformer could potetially be over 20A depending on the exact spec. This...
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    Cooker internal colour codes

    In the US black is live and white is neutral. Which makes sense for the black in live and white in the first neutral terminal, not sure where the reds come from though.
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    Advice for someone clueless

    Another thing to note for anyone reading with a similar problem, if you have removed the fuse you have probably only disconnected the live wire. As mentioned above, the Neutral wire could still become live in the event of a fault, and if you cut the cable, moisture could get in to it and cause...
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    Marquee Supplys. 63a

    How permenant are these marquees? And where will you be taking the supply from? Get hold of BS7909, and maybe discuss with someone who has experience of this kind of thing. There are lots of pre made distrobution units, or distros as they are known, for this type of thing. These can break the...
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    Loop at switch - 2 gang switch

    Not sure if they are your terminations in the picture or what was there previously, but they are very poor, bordering on dangerous. There should be no visable copper on the cables outside of the terminal. Also, if they are all kinked like that they are likely to snap when you squash it all back...
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    Increasing PV panels on a single phase grid connection

    If it has a 3phase output then this would not be possible. I suppose you might be able to connect one phase to the grid but i doubt the inverter would work without all 3 connected. But it isnt the solution you are looking for.
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    PDF plans from Architect

    You can import a PDF plan in to autocad, and then add to it from there. But that has quite a steep price tag and learning curve if you arent alrready a user. Draftsight is a free alternative to autocad, and it looks like you can get a plugin to allow importing of PDFs but I have never used it.
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    Bmw Speed sensor pulse wire

    Think you will need to buy the canm8 box linked to above as that converts the canbus signals into outputs you can connect to.
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    vauxhall astra h problem after installing reverse camera

    Not sure if youve fixed this yet but it definitly sounds like you have a problem with the CAN bus. I dont have the wiring diagram for your car but its normally one pair of wires (CAN hi and CAN low) that runs between all modules. Either this is broken somewhere or its shorted together or to...
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    Restore Non-virgin TV

    Just thought is this a block of flats?
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    Restore Non-virgin TV

    Virgin comes in from an underground cable, sky comes in from a dish. If you have a dish it may be sky? If the dish is still working and pointing at the right satalite you can use it to get freesat with a freesat tuner. Otherwise you need an arial for tv signals. If the cabling runs from your T.V...
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    Adding an extra light to an existing 5A ring

    If you are cabling from the source of power to the switch and then on to the light you only need twin and earth (run line, neutral and earth to the switch, switch breakes the line conductor, neutral carries on to light fitting, earth the backbox and switch if metal and carry on to light fitting)...
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    Could a relay switch be causing the havoc in my home?

    As 123 has said, that is a condition report for an existing instalation. A new instalation requires an electrical instalation certificate. It is also required by law to notify building control for such works. It appears here that someone unqualified to provide these documents has carried out the...
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    Could a relay switch be causing the havoc in my home?

    If your ariel guy has confirmed bad terminations at the socket, then whoever installed it didnt know what they are doing and there are probably other bad joints that werent uncovered or the cable was damaged during instalation. I would be looking to get the builder back to repair them and make...
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