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  1. T

    BD consumer unit main fuse and right side of RCD and MCB's burning out

    God morning, I fitted a 6 waysplit BG consumer unit the other day and the right side, starting at the main 100 amp switch have burnt out, literally flames and melted the fuses!!!....it is a 3 bed house with the usual mains/lighting/10kw shower etc and they have a PV system. After the meltdown I...
  2. J

    Burning smell from socket / plug when using dishwasher

    I have a 2 year old Hoover dishwasher and a couple of days ago it started causing a burning smell. At first we did not know what was causing the smell but have now worked out it is the dishwasher. Today I pulled it out and all looks OK. I sniffed the plug and that had the remnants of a burning...
  3. fade2gray

    Is the outlet responsible for this burning?

    Is this burning likely due to high resistance contact between the neutral pin of the plug top and the pin receiver in the socket outlet? The appliance is a 15+ year old tumble drier that vents out the front loading door, and the plug top is of the moulded type and cannot be disassembled.
  4. Fast&Rough

    smell burning :/

    Got sent to this today , didn't take me long to find out why it wasn't working
  5. M

    contactor burning out

    I recently fitted a new contactor three phase 10amp with 230volt coil, now it was working fine for about two weeks and now seems to have burnt out. I can not manually push the contactor in even using a screwdriver as it is solid. The overload is set to 4 amps so shouldn't be a problem with that...
  6. B

    Shower pull cord burning out

    I have been called back to a job where the pull cord is yet again not working. This is the sencond time they have had this fault.. Take the fitting down and the whole inside is a melted mess.. Now the shower is a 8.5kw fed on 10mm twin and earth on a 32a mcb. Install method B, I have tested R1...
  7. O

    LED bulbs burning out on same circuit as fluorescents?

    Just interested if anyone knows anything about this. I was chatting to someone in a wholesalers today and he said he had a lighting circuit feeding some LED fittings then a fluorescent then some more LED fittings, when he turns on the lights all the LED bulbs after the fluorescent blow straight...
  8. R

    12v transformer burning out again and again

    Hi guys this is my first post great forum tho, got called to a house a few weeks ago one spotlight not working in the bathroom, 4 12v fire rated recesses down lights each with their own transformer, tested the fitting and no power blown tranny, thought great nice easy one, did a visual...
  9. D

    Proteus 3 phase wiring - Client smells burning.

    Hi guys, I have installed a proteus 200a switch today, I was instructed by the technical manager at proteus switchgear how to wire a new switch as the one I needed to replace isn't in production anymore. He told me to mount the new switch in an enclosure next to the board, use 70mm tails and...
  10. electric will

    Burning neutral connections

    Hi, just been over the road to look at a neighbours cooker not working, font the neutral in the cooker control unit burnt, load side, most likely caused by loose terminal as the others wasn't very tight. but how come it seems to be normally the neutral connection that burns first, ie shower pull...
  11. J

    Fuse in hoover burning out...?

    Hey folks, just wondering before I take apart my hoover and destroy it, the 13A fuse in the plug of my hoover keeps burning out (well I've replaced it twice). Is there any general simple answer to what could be causing it, or how it could be repaired? The hoover works for a few minutes, and then...
  12. S

    Emergency call out for burning cutout

    I have just been called out when client noticed smoke comming from 2g socket. Thinking this would be more or less straight forward to identify fault and rectify, I advised client to immediately turn off consumer unit and rushed to job in case of fire hazzard. On site, even with consumer unit...
  13. S

    Londons Burning

    Question- do riots always happen when the Tories are in power and if so Why ?
  14. P

    wood burning stove

    anyone know of a good place to buy a half decent wood burning stove? would like to get one with a cat on for a customer
  15. S

    Rcd burning ???

    Have customer with elecric powered gates. The supply for the gates comes from a plug in RCD unit in a kitchen socket. Apparently it has been like this for some years but recently the plug in unit gave off very strong burning smell and eventually burnt out and stopped working, i.e would not reset...
  16. B

    cable keeps burning out?

    hi there, i'm not sure if this is the right forum to post? the blue cable wire on the immersion heater keeps burning out and as happened so many times that paying £30 for it to be fixed is starting to pee me off! i had a new immersion heater fitted to the water tank and the blue wire keeps...
  17. S

    Fuses burning out!

    Hi there, I work as an Oven cleaner and I have a heated tank (which heats up to 80 degrees F) installed in my van. I'm having problems with the fuses for the tank burning out after 2-3 weeks. To heat the tank I plug a 13amp extension lead (unravelled) into the mains. Then an RCD socket is...
  18. P

    CPC's burning

    I have been asked to test a property where they are having an ongoing problem with the CPC burning. I went a looked today and the cpc to the central heating has been rewired only recently due to the previous cable burning and it has happened again. Can anyone shed any light on what may be the...
  19. C

    burning question

    say there was an consumer unit (100amp main switch) all ways were full (2x32a socket, 1x40a shower, 3x6a lighting) the mcbs rating are past the 100amp main switch rating but the load is not because the main switch/fuse isent tripping i was wondering if i wanted to put a new 7.5 kw (max draw 32.7...
  20. H

    Is something burning?

    Hey - There's some weird **** going down at my house - From Exploding lamps to blowing bulbs but this last thing has got me a little concerned. Today when I was downstairs playing a computer game (Rez) whilst I was sitting down all of a sudden the power tripped. I thought ok, there must be a...

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