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  1. PCBWay

    Check Out PCBWay's Latest at Embedded World 2025 and AMPER 2025!

    We are excited to announce that PCBWay's first round of exhibitions in 2025 is just around the corner. These two events will be held in Europe in March: Embedded World 2025 in Germany and AMPER 2025 in the Czech Republic. Embedded World 2025 focuses primarily on embedded systems, providing...
  2. K

    Toothbrush charger install - check legalities/safety please

    Hello! Before I moved into my house there was a washing machine in the old airing cupboard (now have combi boiler) in the bathroom. We've added an extension utility room and moved the washing machine into it. The 2-gang socket that used to power the washing machine at of the back the cupboard...
  3. 3

    Using a proving unit to check for dead before removing this contactor. What do I probe on to ? Can someone please describe the tests i.e L1 -Earth.

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    • before check contactor dead earth please probe proving removing someone tests unit using
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  4. B

    Cooker circuit sanity check please.

    Hi, Just been scratching my head about this one and wonder if I've missed anything. A few weeks ago I installed a new circuit for a 3kw oven and a 950W microwave. Ran the circuit in 6mm T&E clipped direct on a 40A RCBO. Customer has reported that on maybe three or four occasions the RCBO...
  5. R

    Lightning strike damaged 2 AFCI breakers. What to check after replacing breakers and testing outlets

    Background Two weeks ago, lightning struck a tree in our yard. Many circuits tripped and several electronic devices failed. There was a strong smell of ozone/electrical burn throughout the house that has since dissipated. Two AFCI breakers are still problematic. Both serve bedrooms (hence AFCI)...
  6. happysteve

    3 phase cooker - idiot check

    I'd appreciate a quick sanity check, thanks in advance: New circuit for a 3 phase cooker, in a community centre (run by a charity). Total load 16.5kW: L1 27A, L2 27A, L3 15A. (6kW oven, 6 hotplates: 3x 2kW, 3x 1.5kW). Commercial setting so no diversity: 3x 32A OCPD. (?) TN-C-S, so Zs...
  7. J

    Sanity check on plan for CU replacement (MCB to RCBO AFDD)

    I'm planning a replacement for my existing domestic CU and would like to have it sanity checked before I get an electrician involved. The main reason for replacing the whole CU is that I would like to have an additional circuit to the attic which would be isolated from the existing one. Long...
  8. N

    (Non Pro) How do I check apartment power quality?

    Hello, Not an electrician and I currently live in an apartment building. Over the past few years I have been having abnormal problems with my computers and other electrical devices. In the last couple of months or so the problems have been massively increasing (both old and new devices). I am...
  9. T

    How to check if 3 phase is easily available for a flat ?

    My daughter lives in a flat in London in converted circa 1900 5 storey terrace in Bethnal Green. She is considering getting a Stiebel Eltron instant water heater fitted, however if she wants one that is powerful enough for a bath, she needs 3 phase. Are flats like houses in that each flat is on...
  10. kropaske

    MK RCBO compatibility check

    Will any MK RCBO's fit this board? It's Sentry range with LN5920 mcb's
  11. deamonata

    Requesting a check on electrical wiring in Kitchen

    Hi there, We're currently in the process of getting a new kitchen fitted and I wanted to double check the new wiring that has been installed before I plaster over it. To clarify the electrics have been organised by the fitter so as fair as I know the electrician is part P certified but I was...
  12. L

    11 years tenant without gas safe check . And No EICR

    Went to fix a simple issue for someone . Then realised they where tenants and asked if they had a copy of the EICR ....NOPE . Turns out no Gas safe inspections for 11 years . And the landlord is demanding a stupid rent increase . Now here is the good bit . ~~They are 100% booked to leave the UK...
  13. ancienthistory

    UK Water leak, do we need a "dryness check" before re-testing the electrics?

    Hello, you all helped me out recently when we had a water leak (mostly in kitchen ceiling), and my landlord's contractor was saying the household circuits couldn't even be tested for 28 days after the leak due to a "28 day rule". Thank you so much for educating me about that! Here is the...
  14. M

    Check this weird thing out.

    Having trouble getting into the panel. Customer does Not want to cut it down.
  15. Z

    Multimeter to check Light wire

    Hi which Multimeter is best to check Light wire Digital Multimeter or Analog
  16. _q12x_

    How to check the Wattage of a scrapped resistor?

    - I want to know what these -unknown- resistors Wattage are !? First of all, they are scrapped. Then, we really dont know in what part of the circuit they had sit, in the gate of the circuit where high power was entering? or in the core of the circuit, where the power didnt matter that much...
  17. W

    Sanity Check and Cable Sizing: Adding RV Subpanel

    Hi folks, I have been researching the NEC and forums on the Internet in preparation for adding an RV subpanel electrical hookup. I could use a sanity check to make sure that I'm buying the right type of cable(s), and that I'm adhering to code as best I can. I have 200a service to my main...
  18. clanky

    Sums Check on Cable Size for Remote Solar Array.

    Hello, hopefully ive got this right but if someone can check over my maths for me, id appreciate it. Im needing to install a new supply cable from my remote solar array and because of the distance, it needs to go underground for about 35m then into a nearby barn where it will be joined into a...
  19. erergwerg

    Wiring check for thermostat

    Hello, I have a piece of equipment with a thermostat attached to the bottom to heat a tank. This has stopped working- the red light does not turn on and it no longer heats up. The thermostat still clicks when twisted. I have attached a photo - I have used a voltage tester to test if...
  20. UKMeterman

    UK Curious how the UK EHV network fits together? Check out this map site

    Ever curious how the nation grid and DNO networks fit together? This map site might help Open Infrastructure Map - https://openinframap.org/#14.53/51.5092/-0.01187
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