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I'm trying to help my elderly dad who has a Unidare Storgae system with underfloor air circulation. The motor appears to have stopped working. Can anyone help. I'm in Winchester, Hampshire. Many thanks in advance.
Whilst checking for a tripping RCD I found that a 13A Switch Fused Isolator, for a double socket behind a washing machine and a dryer, was giving various voltage readings when in off position, 240v when on and stayed at 240v when switched off. This video shows the problem...
Was fixing a broken twin florescent fitting today and came across something I couldn't work out.
First thing I did was measure the incoming voltage. At the fitting I measured L-E =190, N-E = 90v.
Scratched my head for a minute until I realized the Earth's coming in from the numerous (4) twin...
I heard that there is this Brexit thing in the UK and that I don't have a chance to travel because UK is no longer part of the UK.Is that true?For example if someone graduated as a deck officer on watch in the navy or a navy engineer or a electrical engineer does that mean that they reject him...
Hi. I'd be grateful if anyone can offer me some friendly advice please.
My washer stopped spinning and I discovered the fault to be a broken wire on the motor connector block on the washer side connector.
Here's a picture.
I took the motor out a while ago and cut the tiewrap that secured...
A while ago the plastic switch that turns our dishwasher on/off came loose. We worked out wedging a paperclip into the switch held it in place and stopped the dishwasher from switching off. However, a few days ago after wiggling the paperclip back into place, I believe it caused some kind of...
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I’ve got a junction box outside which is cracked. It has 3 1.5mm SWA cables going into it.
I’m planning on replacing it with a Wiska 308 box, with piranha earth nuts. In the old junction box the SWA was not earthed-banjos attached but no earth fly lead.
I’ve got two questions about...
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I had a problem with the fan isolator in the bathroom and it cut out.
So I had a look at the switch and replaced it.
But that didn't fix the issue and I am wondering if the unit itself has gone.
Is there a way that I could test it?
This is how the switch was wired.
And this is...
Afternoon,
I've just been to a new build finishing off some lighting and found a fault in the 3c&e between the landing and hallway. No continuity on 1 core.
It's going to cause a lot of damage to replace the cable. The other 2 cores & CPC are good, IR tests fine.
Is there anything out there...
Evening..
I have completed EICR and discovered an issue with the ring.
The ring serves the whole house. A previous report from 2 years ago had it down as broken and they changed the 32A mcb for a 20A mcb. The client new this and has rightly asked for the fault to be found.
When I tested the...
I moved into a new house today and whilst moving the sofa I broke the blanking plate off what I think is a junction box near the electric meter (it has two wires in one way and one the other way). I'm tempted to have a go at it myself or even just superglue it back on as it is just the box that...
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I haven't been posting for a while but I have been 'lurking' as Rpa put it :). Life gets in the way of things!
I rarely come across a broken ring, but I now have a broken line conductor on a ring (or rather a poor connection somewhere) R1=1000ohms, R2=0.61ohms, can't member On but...
Hi. Hopefully an easy one for you guys. We have a light where the metal bit has eroded/broken where it holds the light bulb - the back to front, upside down L shaped bit - think old fashioned, the fitting is probably from the the 70s when the house was wired. Am I right in thinking that there...
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I have a broken neutral in a socket ring, the customer doesn't want it fixed as he intends to re-wire the property in 18 months time. I have changed the consumer unit. Should I refuse to issue the certificate or put it in the notes. He has energised the circuit despite my advice not to.
hdmi's sunk in wall. Whilst customer put TV on the wall, with hdmi's connected, they moved TV too far out and pulled the crimps out of the connector. Cheap hdmi's!!!
anyone know if they can be reterminated??? near camberley, Surrey if anyone can do it?!
A few weeks ago, I had my solar panels remove from my roof and then replaced. Sadly, on removal, one panel was warped and on letting the fixing screws go, the panel glass cracked.
My set up is / was 16 Kyocera KD210 panels wired in 2 strings of 8 in series, then parralled, feedning into a...
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i have just moved into a property and found one of the bathroom extractor fans not working. After testing voltages and continuity, from the isolator switch,I found the neutral wire with no continuity, but the others ok.
the bathroom is in the roof, so no loft space.
there is an earth cable...
Hi gents, advice please
new conversion, in bedroom newly decorated
hi wiring was carried out about 4 years ago but this part of the house has just been finished.
we have two 5A sockets for table lamps either side of where the bed will be.
also have to wire in/connect the wiring for 2-way...
In the lower landing of my home I have a phone jack in the wall which has the home telephone and router connected to it. In my sons room he has an identical phone jack in the wall. The problem is when I try and plug the telephone and router in to it there is no signal, almost like this phone...
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