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    connecting lamps qualification?

    Hello, I am an industrial designer and at the moment I am working on designing a collection of lamps. Some are pendant, some floor lamps, etc. Although I do not have an electrician qualification, I understand how to make all the connections (or most of them). However, my idea is to sell these...
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    connecting equipments to battery questions...

    If I have a stand alone 12v 100AH battery, how long can it power a 1000w equipment? what kind of battery is best for powering equipments? deep cycle battery? wet cell? dry cell? I need to use it for commercial purpose so i need it to be heavy duty. is 2000W inverter plug to battery save to...
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    best way of connecting

    trying to join new cable to existing cable 1.5 twin, will be located under floor boards what would you recomend.i would usualy use junction boxes but as using it for passing elecsa wondered what you thought. was going to buy crimper from elecfix as they had one on offer for about 7 quid but none...
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    connecting an emergency inverter unit with a switch start ballast

    Hi all, was wondering if anyone could shed any light on connecting an emergency inverter unit to a switch start ballast/starter arrangement. Its on a 1x18w pl light fitting. I understand all the connections bar the four at the bottom saying "to mains control gear". Would anyone have any wiring...
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    Connecting extractor fan to controller

    Hi, I want to connect an extractor fan to a controller with humidity sensor and run-on timer. The connection diagram that came with the unit has me a bit confused. The live and neutral connections are obvious, but the connector for the fan is marked as NO, NC and C, which I understand to mean...
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    Connecting a hob

    hi i would just like to know about this... have a hob which requires a cable of 4mm to hardwire to cooker switch. the fuse at board is 30amp and the shut off near the cooker is a 45amp. as i cannot find a 30amp switch. my question is, i have no idea what amp or size the original cable is...
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    Re connecting up customers immersion heater

    Hi. Just been to a customers house which has just had a new water tank fitted by a plumber. The customer would like me to re connect up his immersion heater as the plumber wouldn't do it. (clever plumber)! During the quotation i noticed that the old immersion heater was on a 13 amp plug to a...
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    Connecting a USB to a power one 3.6

    Hi All A customer of mine is trying to connect a USB stick to a Power One 3.6 inverter and is having problems with it. He has the USB virtual port drivers installed but is only getting limited and sporadic data from the inverter. This suggests it is connected, but is unusable like this. He's...
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    whats the correct method of connecting broken - cutcable in a ring main socket please

    Hi, i have a fault on my lounge ring main, it works fine but failed the tests, i have discovered a cable passing through the back of one of the sockets has been cut which was part of the ring, what i need to know is how should this be correctly reconnected, there is enough cable to crimp or run...
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    Connecting up a hob ignition

    Hi guys, Been doing a kitchen install as I mentioned a few weeks back. Oven circuit is run in 6mm T+E to a standard DP cooker switch and then in the same again to a flex outlet plate below. Stupidly I'd forgotten that the integrated hob directly above needs a live feed for the ignition! Can...
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    Connecting to a Wago connector

    Thought this deserved its own thread rather than clutter the other one up with stuff... How do you prepare a cable for insertion to a Wago connector? They type of Wago I mean is one where you just push the cable in - there's no lever. How would I know how much cable to bare/strip insulation...
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    connecting array wired by others

    we're gonna be doing the ac work, and possibly connecting strings at inverters, on systems where other contractors will be installing the modules, and feeding cables through to us. or they may already have fed the cables through to inverter location! how can i be certain i'm observing correct...
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    connecting mains smoke alarm without patress - connection box

    How would others connect a mains interlinked smoke alarm that does not use a surface patress. There is a ceiling plate, and a 3 wire connector. I would probably use wago lighting connector with junction box, but this leaves the detectors exposed under the floor. Are there any better alternatives?
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    earth sparking when connecting to metal frame of building..HELP!

    Hi,installed a 3 phase board in a commercial premises...took the earth bond off the metal frame work of the building to test its continuity,all other tests give very good readings,the only test that could be looked at as being suspisious is the pscc and efli values, because L1 is giving a very...
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    Connecting a motor up incorrectly

    Morning All We were called to a motor on a printing press yesterday, basically it had burnt out. The press is on a transformer and is supplied by 200V 3 phase. When we checked the motor connections against the data plate it seemed to us that the motor had been conneted incorrectly (i.e...
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    connecting into meter with swa

    Hi every one need to move 5 internal meters to outside in cabenits we will be running swa back into property can we connect the swa single cores of the swa direct into the meter or is it best to join in junction box with tails and out of junction box with tails to meter bit confused on this thanks
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    connecting a cooker

    hope someone can help me. Just installed a new circuit for a cooker. Used 6mm cable for a 40 A circuit. The new cooker does not have any flex attached. Do i need to attach 6mm to the connection point or will 2.5mm be ok? Many thanks
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    Connecting modules on different roofs

    Hello all I am looking for a bit of advice. If I wanted to connect a system of 12 modules, 10 of which are on a pitched roof and 2 of which are on a frame on a flat roof, can all the modules be connected together into 1 or 2 strings as normal. All of the modules will be at the same incline and...
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    Connecting 2 cables mid-wall...

    Going to just twist them together, wrap them in tape and plaster them in, that ok? :biggrin5::biggrin5: ok, seriously! Moved the lightswitch I've been wittering on about on another thread, all cables in safe zones finally... Unfortunatly, not got access to the origin of...
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    Connecting cooker to 3 phase supply

    Here in France i am about to get my Stoves Richmond 1100E cooker reconnected. My electrician says that it would be best to connect it using three phase (i have a 20 amp supply on each phase). EDF also suggested this on a visit. The cooker has the standard connector with 3 phase, 3 neutral & 1...

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