I am using a 160watt-200watt multi uv tube stand alone sunbed,When the 2 power leads (plugs protected by 2x13amp fuses) plugged into a double wall socket (protected 32amp circuit breaker)the sunbed works as it should,When an extension cable with one plug top (protected by 1x13amp fuse)and...
About a week ago when I turned on the bedroom light (loft conversion)
there was a BANG from the light fitting right up in the vaulted ceiling.
All the lights in that room are now off and it also affects a second light on the stairs fed from the same 2 gang switch.
we have an old rewritable...
Hi all just wondering if I could pick you brains, I was doing a ze today on a consumer unit, 80amp rcd main switch, (the test button wasnt functioning so I was already thinking as to what caused this to blow) I disconnected the main earth, turned the main switch into the off position, I then...
We have an older mobile home. One of the fuses keeps blowing. We tried to trace the wire to see if a mouse chewed on the wire perhaps. We think the culprit may be a racoon got the wire...because when we looked under the mobile home to find the wire...there was a racoon....and you can see...
Hi, I've never used a socket tester before but I bought one because I wanted to install a new socket in the living room, it's a TIS brand one from tool station cost around £15. When I bought it home I thought I'd test it in a socket to see how it worked. However I plugged it into the same socket...
Got called to "a flat in Manchester has no hot water" at 16:30 today and to be frank I was a little miffed to have to attend.
So arrives at site, spends 20mins finding parking, 30 mins finding the site contact, getting keys and then being informed that it was not one flat but eleven.
Have no...
Automatic stock saw. Coolant pump fed from the same contactor as the main motor but via MD 2A fuses instead of an O/L relay (the main motor, stock advance motor and hydraulic pump all have O/L's). Ate the fuses last week, tested the pump motor for IR and winding resistance, all good. Ate the...
Garden lighting 12V AC from transformer wired with 2 wire and extension cables ran 2 LED lights in parallel. Unfortunately water and mud managed to cause a short circuit. The two lamp bulbs blown were further away from the transformer than the fault.
Q1. Is this expected?
Q2. Is there an easy...
Went to turn on my dimmer switch today and heard it blow and saw a little spark. Now it won't work. Light just underneath it and all others work fine. Do I need a new dimmer switch? Here are a couple of images which might help. The switch is for my bathroom which has 3 bulbs (Photo attached)...
Hi I’m new to this forum hope I’m ok asking for some advice in Dublin Ireland
I have a blown capacitor in a bench grinder/ polisher
I was using it and heard a pop and some oil leaking out
Took the capacitor out and I am having trouble finding one the same my question is do I need one the...
Does anybody no what else I can do to help rectify the lighting issues. I have tried moving the contacts for the bulbs but no joy. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi guys, hope you can try to shed some light on what might be the problem. Basically nothing is new, all been the same for 3 years since we moved in but over the past few days when the dishwasher was on (or anything plugged into a socket in the kitchen) I noticed a burning plastic smell...
Hi Members,
This is my first post, I live in South Africa with similar domestic DB set-up as UK & Australia. Yesterday, we had a kettle blow the receiver socket in the kitchen and this tripped the earth leakage switch, I am trying to see if I can fix this, I have sa fair degree of knowledge...
I have just purchased a new video intercom system which consists of an outdoor unit with key pad, camera and RFID access and then a 7 inch internal monitor.
The monitor is connected with a 12v transformer plugged into the wall and then an RJ45 Ethernet cable running back into my home network...
Hi All,
This morning we had a power failure of our shower. When I took the switch off the wall to check for any issues I noticed a section on the load side had "blown" for want of a better word.
I'm assuming its something to do with overheating but not sure - any advice?
Thanks,
Josh
Hi there,
I've had LED bulbs in a filament fitting for the last year where they've worked fine. Suddenly they've stopped working but the bulbs themselves have not blown and filament light bulbs work in the filament fitting. I would rather use LEDs so can anyone suggest what the issue might be...
I have no idea if I am in the right place but am in desperate need of advice. I would describe myself as a competent DIYer (installed a Scantronic alarm system last week) but when it comes to electrics I let the experts handle it.
We have just started renting a house which is just full of...
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