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  1. Moon Dog

    Broken Wire Inside the Wall

    I bought this house a couple months ago. It was built in 1952 (same as me) but has been rewired with yellow 12 awg Romex dated 2007. Looks like a professional job. When I first moved in the back door outside light worked, but it recently stopped working. It wasn't the bulb, so I checked it with...
  2. J

    Broken Pin on Motorcycle CDI unit

    Hi there, I'm looking for a bit of friendly advice whilst trying to fix my motorbikes cdi unit. One of the pins corroded and came off and i was hoping to find the location of this pin on the pcb, solder a wire onto it and bypass it. I've cut through the protective outer layer and located 36...
  3. monolopcidy

    Is my ASUS Laptop fixable?

    My ASUS laptop has been sort of broken for a while, instead of replacing it we thought that it might be repairable? Its missing both hinges and that one bottom border on top of the screen, it turns on but the screen stays black and it charges normally. And the screen is connected to the keyboard...
  4. littlespark

    Testing for broken PEN

    Can we as electricians pick up on a broken PEN conductor? I’ve installed an EV charger for FIL, and everything tested fine, but there is a fault condition on the charge point itself. Turns out the fault condition is their PEN detection. At the moment, the charge point isn’t doing anything. (No...
  5. S

    Two tellys with black screens

    Telly seemed to be on the fritz and then we couldn’t get it to load up a screen at all, power on etc, light flashes when using the remote but no picture. Pretty old telly so figured it was time for a replacement. New telly arrived Thursday, working fine, tried to turn it on this afternoon and...
  6. R

    Panel Heater broken, can be replaced?

    Hi, Obvously im not an electrician, but i can just replace this broken "fuse box" at this heater with insulated crimps instead or something similar, without blowing up the house? Not sure what the connection is in the broken one (see attached). Has this odd metal bit on the back of it. Any...
  7. I

    Finding a broken wire

    Hi all, I have been installing CCTV camera for a few months. But right now, I have been placed on the service team... I am supposed to replace a 300 meters long cable for a faulty CCTV camera. Another member of the team has identified the fault to be the cable (one of the wire is cut somewhere...
  8. S

    Suspected Broken PEN conductor on TNC-S system

    Hello everyone, I’m based in the ROI and live in a rural location. Yesterday evening my electricity supply started to switch on and off randomly. After waiting for the evening for it to come back on it still has not. I checked my neighbors who are on the same DSO as my house and they all have...
  9. D

    Broken retaining tab on car connector-can it be fixed

    Hello guys, while doing some job on my car, the retaining tab on the rear differential controller connector broke off. The connector looks like this: Circled is the broken tab. Since the connector is part of the controller (what a stupid idea)-it can't be replaced... Do you guys have any ideas...
  10. B

    Xmas lights end socket broken

    can you use a 5.5mm 2.1mm 12v DC Connector Plug Power Jack replacement as Xmas lights end socket broken off - the voltage through the adaptor is 31v max 6w ?- but no problems with the adaptor which is a Czjutai Power Supply JT‑EL/FC31V6W. I cannot find a higher voltage replacement power...
  11. D

    BT incoming cable broken any ideas on how to reconnect to master terminal

    Ive managed to fluff up my bt incoming cable and from what i can find out there are two wires, one orange and one white that should go to terminals 2 and 5 on the master socket - anyone any ideas please?
  12. Electron

    Where can I get parts to repair a customers broken lamp post? Only two of the three lamps work but all are badly corroded.

    • Electron
    • Thread
    • broken customers electrical work get lamp lamps parts post repair three where work
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  13. A

    UK Broken Fire Alarm due to leak

    Hi everyone, I apologise if I post this in the wrong place but I could really use some professional advice on this. I live in a rented house and the fire alarm started beeping continuously, like when it needs the battery replaced. Which me and another tenant replaced and then it started...
  14. timhoward

    Calculating broken PEN touch voltage with backup earth electrode

    My brain has been exercised a bit by this. Am I on the right lines with this extremely simplified example: If we take: -TNCS installation with a Ze of 0.2 ohms. -Plastic services, nothing bonded, keeping it simple -Line conductor resistance from supply transformer should be similar to PEFC and...
  15. J

    Broken Fluorescent Ballast - no longer available - options?

    I have a bathroom mirror with 2 x 21W fluorescent T5 tubes and an IR sensor. The tubes switch off after a few minutes. I have changed the tubes and the fault persisted. I checked the output from the IR switch and it was 240V so that leaves the ballast as faulty. The problem is the ballast is...
    • jazzlover
    • Thread
    • available ballast broken fluorescent fluorescent lights led tube longer options
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  16. M

    Can I replace broken light switches and old roses in a communal area without electrical certification?

    Hello - a light switch in my communal hallway has died and the rose is in need of replacement too. I have permission from the freeholder to do said works however was wondering if I need a qualified electrician (NICEIC) to do said works or can I do it myself - I've done many such jobs before and...
    • Moloading
    • Thread
    • area broken certification communal electrical light old replace switches without
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  17. A

    Anyone have any ideas on how to remove a live broken screw from a meter

    Anyone got any ideas on how to get a live broken screw out of a meter?
  18. C

    Broken lamp!

    Unfortunately my son pulled this lamp over today and it snapped the fitting off. Oops! It looks like it may snap back on but I’m not certain which way to put it. I’m hoping someone on here will know so I can give it a go. I guess I only need to know if the blue wire goes underneath the pin that...
  19. Z

    Have I broken any regs?

    Ok friends. So this evening I was trying to install an electric oven in a friends kitchen. The kitchen is quite small and it was bit of a squeeze carrying the oven from the living room to the location of installation. Whilst connecting up the heat resistant flex cable, I could just about see...
  20. D

    Broken "earth"

    Firstly, I deliberately use terms like earth instead of cpc and ring main instead of ring final circuit etc to make it clear if its not already that I am not a spark. So doing some plastering in the kitchen and removed a single socket adjacent to an FCU for another socket below. I haven't...
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