I wanna charge a Dell Latitude E6500 laptop from the cigarette socket (12V), and have now tried two Vanson laptop adapters (SDR-100W and SDR-120W). Both deliver a weak beeping and does not charge the laptop battery.
According to the regular power adapter the Laptop need 19.5V and 4.62A. On the...
Hi guys i have owned a electric scooter for a while
it has a battery bank on it that is made up of 4x 12v 14ah
sealed lead acid batterys.
i would presume this would make it a 48v 14ah battery
The bike has sat in my shed for few years and i am now
wanting to sell it.
so the other day i...
hello im new to charging people jobs. how much should i be charging people for. example
cctv 4 cameras and the kit costs £150
alarm system kit costs £100
sockets
light fittings
i don't want to under charge and do not want to overcharge i finished college and we didn't cover this at all. we...
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I have Nissan N15 SSS 1995 model and recently my car started to have battery issues where it won't charge so I went and bought a new battery and as it happened it wasn't the battery that was faulty it was the alternator. So I bought a new alternator and installed it properly but now the...
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I have a job to install a electric car charger, it is to be situated just outside an indoor car park. In the IET code of practice i can use the PME earth if it is located inside the building but must use TT if outside. MY problem is the isolator has to be fitted inside the building but the...
Looks like the government are fiddling again. Funding for domestic EV charging points, which should carry on until March 2015, may be pulled as soon as TWO WEEKS time. These people have absolutely zero idea of how a SME works. The domestic EV charging point scheme has attracted praise and...
Hi, I have a customer that had asked for a free electric car charging point as another installer is ordering this as there is a government grant at the moment, does anyone have any info on this or where I can obtain the grant?
Hi everyone I'm a newbie, I have been installing these electric car charging units that the goverment are funding. I am sub contracting to a company but wish to cut out the middle man. Has anyone got any information on how to apply as a contractor for fitting the units and sourcing leads. Many...
Hello all I'm looking at going into electric car charging points I've got the course and all that sorted my only problem is I wanted to apply to be a pod point installer but they aren't looking for people I only want to do it if it costs the customer nothing! Because why would they pay for...
Hi all. I've been offered a contract fitting these electric car charging units in folks garages. The money on offer seems quite good and it looks relatively simple to install the unit itself However a friend of mine who is an electrician for Scottish gas said I should watch as these unit...
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Customer wants me to fit him a 16A socket so that he can plug his caravan in, PME supply.
I wouldn't call his drive way a caravan site, so not exactly sure if I should be doing this as it could be potentially dangerous as I was just planning on hooking up the earth as well, but then...
I will shortly be installing POD Point Electric Vehicle Charging units and I am very confused by the earthing requirements if the property has a TN-C-S Supply.
I have read the installation manual of the POD Point, Amendment 2:2013 of BS 7671:2008 and the IET Code of Practice for Electric...
HI there
I have a small problem
I have a wind turbine and a toe behind charger both of which need 12v 3amps to activate the charging coils
to do this I use a 12v 7amp battery no problem so far but when the wind blows the turbine puts out 0-14v 0-30amps
which is no good for the small battery the...
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have just undertaken the city and guilds course, but is there any scheme i must now join up to so i can install these in a domestic and commercial setting
nothing was mentioned during the course about this
also i know owners can apply for a grant to get these installed but is there any...
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I wonder if you could help.. here is our problem/ question.
How much power would a modern smart phone drain from a 12volt,
for example a 150 amp hour battery. From flat phone battery to full phone battery.
If we wanted to charge 400+ phones
How would we work out how many batteries are...
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