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  1. Budgie_42

    What's the best way to ground a Jackery Explorer 2000 Pro power bank ?

    Hello. We have a Jackery Explorer 2000 Pro power bank. It has 2 x AC outlets. When it's switched on, it creates a lot of electrical interference with wireless devices, such as DAB radios ...etc, no matter where they are in the house. It knocks them out and they can't get a signal. There doesn't...
  2. Studeent

    RCD mainswitch? What's the best way forward?

    Hi all first time posting on here, my friend is currently living in a flat in South Wales, with an Independant main fuse as you can hopefully see.. It uses a 63a RCD as a main switch 6a lights and smokes 16a storage heater X2 32a cooker and sockets To introduce heating (no gas) he wants to just...
  3. P

    What’s the best way to fix this small gap in the consumer unit?

    No idea why this has happened… What’s the best way of fixing this? I’m thinking of buying a plastic blank to push in and cutting it to fit in?
  4. S

    Best way to maximise export of generated electricity?

    I hope to install an 8kw panel array. I have spoken to 2 installers who both seemed a bit cagey about maximum export on a G99 Fasttrack application. In short one says I am limited to 3.68kw (which I thought was automatic on a G98) the other said 7.68kw but was selling a 5kw inverter on the...
  5. Tech732

    What's the best way to learn Electrical engineering?

    Hi everyone I work as an electrician in industrial facilities, and I have been studying mechanical engineering for a long time, but I would like to learn electrical engineering. Can someone give me advice on the best path to take? Thank you
  6. Tommy10toes

    Best way to install a very tiny light

    Hello, Behind a tiny door in our under stairs cupboard we’d like to build a miniature room in which a little light would come on when the door is opened. The door is about 12cm high No power so needs to be battery operated. I thought about those PIR USB LED lights for cupboards which would...
  7. A

    What’s the best way to finish my qualification?

    I am currently employed as an Electricians mate but am looking to finally get my certs. I quit my apprenticeship 3 years ago, only being an exam and NVQ away from being able to sit the AM2. I’m attempting to get my previous exam results from my old college and wanting to continue from where I...
  8. JBW175

    Best way to get wired internet to an outbuilding?

    Good afternoon legends, Just after some advice on what the title suggests really as I don’t do much data work. I’m about to start a garage conversion for a client, and they’ve asked for a data point so they can get internet in there as the garage is detached, and the wifi ain’t that great...
  9. Mark42

    Best way to parallel 25mm/35mm singles

    Hi I'm installing two new sub-mains. I need to parallel some of the supply cables. It's the main incomer in 5 x 25mm, with 5 x outgoing 25mm tails to the adjacent DB, and an outgoing 4-core 35mm SWA going off to another building a long way away. I will terminate in a 300 x 300 x 75mm metal...
  10. woodster92

    Superdeal Meter: how do they work & best way to connect Solar & Battery storage

    I have a client on a Superdeal tariff from SSE, the Superdeal Meter has 3 sets of tails coming out of it feeding 3 DBs: (i) DB1 - the main board for the house, (ii) DB2 - a small board for all storage heaters and (iii) DB3 - an even smaller board for electric water heating. Very high electricity...
  11. littlespark

    Best way to improve EPC rating

    Got a customer with a little dilemma. They have a rental cottage attached to their main house, and have successfully let it out for a few years. It sat empty for a while, and they were going to rent it out again, but it now needs a good EPC certificate before they are allowed to. Best rating...
  12. V

    best way to measure shading on a roof

    hi we cannot get hold of a pv shading tool / pv horizon meter anywhere. How do others measure shading on a roof please?
  13. E

    What's the best way to soften/darken harsh office LED lights?

    Not an electrical question, but hopefully someone can help... I work full-time in a small office, where the LED lighting is horrible. It's three overhead square fittings (each 21" x 21" or thereabouts). They can't be dimmed and the light is intensely cold/harsh/eye-strain-inducing. I'm looking...
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  14. LewisM

    Best way of fixing boxes to crumbly walls.....

    Hi I'm doing a rewire of an old victorian terraced house built in the 1890s the plaster and bricks are extremely fragile even with a hammer and scutch chisel the brick just crumbles away leaving no solid fixing, what is the best way of fixing boxes back square? I've thought about expanding foam...
  15. B

    Best way to deal with moisture in cable

    I have a 6mm cooker cable in the wall. Perhaps a choc bar connector has been used (don't know for sure). The cable is showing continuity after disconnecting each end and testing. This suggests moisture perhaps. (Lots of cats around so no mice or rats. ) Is it worth trying to clear the moisture...
  16. U

    Best way of supplying summer house

    Hi guys I am taking on a job of supplying/wiring a summer house which is in the process of being built. Consumer unit has no spare ways so my only option really is splitting the tails in the meter cupboard into a fused isolator to supply the SWA. However as far as I’m aware I am not allowed...
  17. C

    Best way to become qualified

    Hi guys, I'm 28 and looking to become an electrician, I was an apprentice at 21 but was not fully focused and wasted the opportunity only working on site for about around a 8 month, but now I'm looking to go back. I'm in retail management currently with a young child and a wife so would it be...
  18. captaincaveman

    Best way to locate a fault in garden 12v lighting

    Hi Guys n Gals, I'm a little stumped on a job and was wondering if anyone could advise? I've got 3 drivers going to 3 sections of garden lights. Two of the three sections are not working (about 10 lights). I presume it's two sections due to the number of lights and I can't find a third section...
  19. HEXx99

    Best way to get 480V power to machine with limited options.

    The machine is a Sunnen CK-21-E used for Honing. I cannot find any manuals but ill post the tag. I dont believe its multi-voltage which would make this a lot easier for me. It says 480V and its pulling 12 Amps full load. Location is in a warehouse. Only power nearby is 2ea. 208V panels both...
  20. J

    Best way of connecting to the live bus bar in Wylex CU

    I'm using a Wylex consumer unit to house some equipment to measure single phase heat pump performance. Part of the box is a conventional main switch and MCBs, but part of it is a din rail mounted RS485 linked three phase energy meter which is used to measure total energy, energy use by any...
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