This is my first post... I am not an electrician and I am trying to build a house in the Hudson Valley. The quote for 200 amp underground wire IN conduit came in very very hight. The electrician (good guy) said that these covid days conduit has tripled in price. So MY questions are A) is it OK...
Hello everyone, I am no domestic electrician but I do work as a designer in the railway, low voltage signalling circuits etc. My question concerns my oven. I have just bought a second hand double oven of the internet and went to fit it in my rented house. The existing oven is connected using a...
Hi all.
What is the typical cost of installation for
2 lines for security camera, 2 switches, 2 amp breakers,
2 wires to be recessed through basement joist and inside drywall
install 1x 100Amp sub panel, and spare breakers
Also is a 100Amp sub panel adequate?
Thank you.
With apologies in advance for the newbie question...
I'm using a multimeter to figure out the source of my battery drain, so attempting to measure the leakage current between my battery terminal and its lead. When taking the readings shown below, they are quite steady, but as you can see, on...
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Sorry if this is a ridiculous question - as I am not an Electrician I wanted to check whether my initial thoughts were correct before answering a question from a neighbour
I have been asked by a neighbour whether a 45 Amp DP switch with Neon indicator is a correct isolator switch...
Hi, I'm new to electronics and exploring the basics so please please forgive me.
Currently I have a simple circuit with a 12V,1A PSU, bulb and mulitmeter.
When using the multimeter to meaure the bulb's resistance I get 4.5 ohms and then 12V for the voltage across the bulb. According to Ohm's...
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Asking for some big help!!
I have Jsut had a permanent pitch agreed, yay! For a food trailer.
I keep trying to get my head around the amp socket that the supplier would need to have installed...
I am wanting to run -
Potatoe oven
Stove top
Water heater and pump
Coffee machine...
Hey gents. I'm looking to install a masthead amp to the old folk's TV aerial outside their garden cabin. The current setup is a 10 foot long coaxial cable running from the aerial directly to the tv in the cabin. I want to of course install the amp between the aerial and the Power-supply/TV -...
I have a 4mm2 armored cable going from the CU in the house, under the drive and into the garage. The breaker for this is a 16 amp type B. I want to have 2.2KW planer machine in the garage that has a 16 amp plug whilst also keeping three existing double sockets in the garage. The three double...
can I plug in a Kohler standby 14kw to my 50amp receptacle which supplies both rails in a 200 amp box (already installed interlock system for my box) installation is more than the generator!
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I have a trasnformer that takes 220v from wall and outputs 20 amp 5v to a string of leds.
I want to put a switch beetwen the wall and transformer. Could a regular lamp switch do it? or should a put a 20 amp switch?
Hello. Im replacing the original run capacitor in my RV's ac unit. The label says 45uf + - 10%, 7.5mfd / 370vac, 3.4 amp. The one I have to replace it is all the same except it says 30uf + - 5% and its a bit smaller. Will this work?
I went to look at a job today and the client has two 16amp commandos installed but they are both wired in the same 4 core SWA through two 16a MCBs and the CPC for both is the armouring of the SWA. The two cores go to one commando and the other two go to the other commando(only about 5m away)...
Hello,
Yet to dip my toe in EV and have been trying to avoid it to be honest. But have just been presented with a situation and just wanted to get thoughts from others, if possible please, before proceeding. which might even be suggesting they get someone else ??
A client of mine has 2015...
Does anyone know why the 0.8 and 0.4 second disconnection time requirements are now extended from 32 amp circuits to 63 amp receptacle circuits? Is this because the supply sources are getting stronger?
Hi everyone, so ive got a new oven to install this one is rated at 16 amps, old one was 13 amps on a plug and socket to ring main. My question is can i install a 32amp double pole switch on the ring main then feed 4mm flex to the oven? Is there anything in the regs that prevents this? Thanks for...
I ran upon a problem today that is weird and it will be next week sometime before the electric company makes a check of the meter and meter base, By what the owner of the apartment told me.
Problem is meter is showing digital read out as if it is getting electricity from transformer. But I have...
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