Just set up a Hikvision NVR and cameras for a customer. All fine except the Hik Connect app says the cameras are offline unless you are connected to the house network. Ie it won’t work on 4g or another Wi-fi/network.
I’m sure I didn’t have this problem last time I set one of these up. A while...
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I have recently purchased a new kitchen including applicances (which I am waiting to be delivered). I am looking to sort out my electrics and get the sockets and fuses in the right place.
Is there any reason why I can't plug the fridge/freezer and gas hob to same double socket?
The...
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I have a 2017 Isuzu Dmax. Smart alternator. 6 B&S twin cable from the start battery runs to a Projector 40A DC/DC charger which charges the 100Ah Auxiliary battery located in the canopy which in turn runs a Waeco Fridge/freezer.
The 50A Anderson plug is connected to the auxiliary...
I have 200amp connection, with the meter and service disconnect at the road (see pictures). House panel is about 75 feet from the service disconnect at the road.
1) Assuming I need 4/0-4/0-4/0-2/0 AL wire sizes (considered a sub panel), exactly what type of wires are required to run from the...
Thank you for your time ? I have an oven that connecting directly to the 3-phase source (3N in the pictures below).
However, this is quite annoying, because the oven is fixed close to the source. Hence, I would like to know whether it is possible to wire as 1N instead, i.e. wiring the device's...
As seen in the pictures, I need the pigtail style connected to the other style. It needs to be fully weather proofed and safe as this is wiring for a light bar on my Jeep Wrangler. So please let me know how to safely do so, rather than just shoving the two together! Thanks in advance
Thanks for help in advance , I have 2 Deta grid connect switches im trying to install in hallway with led lights in ceiling
Issue
Wire switch 1 and 2 - Lights stay on in hallway - Buttons illuminate when pushed no change to the light stays on
Wire switch 2 down hall only - Light flashes and...
I'm a bit of a gamer and over the years i've amassed a collection of consoles i'd like to have easily accessible. Now i understand that if i was to just grab an extension lead, and hook up all of them to the double socket i have nearby, that i'll likely overload the socket and this poses a fire...
Hi, currently working on a shop refurb at the moment.
It's a traditional building( bricks and mortar) with a house attached on the back.
The house and shop are on the same supply and meter for the time being. To move the project along we've had move the supply and meter to a new position...
Hi guys, I am looking to convert my old fridge compressor to a vacuum pump. I have removed the fridge compressor which has an inverter attached. I want to connect the compressor to an AC wall adapter using my fridge's old AC wall outlet plug. However, there are two sets of electrical wires...
Greetings. I have generator with only 120 V output. It has both standard 120V outlets and a TT-30. A friend's cabin is wired for alternative generator power with a transfer switch to be used during power failures. There is a L14-30 male receptor on the outside of the cabin which connects to the...
I'm a trainee electrician and I was working with a qualified electrician extending a 32A ring circuit and we were using 2.5mm single conductors (CPC was 2.5mm aswell) going through PVC conduit and then going through steel trucking.
And to connect the old ring conductors with the new extended...
Hi there. I’m installing a secondary mini consumer box with a 40 amp RCBO.
The main tail that comes from the meter is 25mm2 and goes in to a Henley block and then another set of 25mm2 tails come out from this and go in to the main consumer unit of the house.
Mains service fuse is rated at...
Extraordinary day. Five hours on the phone with SSE (is it me?) Trying to get new supply connected. Meter already there just need connecting/energising. Yesterday arranged 8:30 a.m. next day connection (today). Engineer attended and informed me; "you have to connect these meters yourself we...
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The shed is supplied with 6mm Swa on a 25amp rcbo. Inside the shed is a 20amp socket circuit and a 5 amp lighting circuit.
Can I add a junction box to the supply cable about mid way and radial off that box to a double socket?
a 32amp radial requires 4mm, and a 20amp radial is 2.5mm...
Hi all. I'm looking to put some of them golfball style string lights around my patio area. Is there any way of connecting them to my soffit lights. All the lights I can see are plug in ones. Thanks
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We have a new Ikea SKURUP light i'd like to fit, I have replaced an old ceiling rose but there are two sets of wires coming from the ceiling. I have connected it up as the booking says but the light now doesn't want to switch off from the wall? Can anyone give me some...
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