We had a new supply installed this week. DNO installed new cut out and fuse externally. Meter operator sent his engineer to move the meter in the new position and he refused to after making a big fuss about how my electrician decided to do internally the new installation. He said that the...
Have a bunch of home automation in place, and am considering installation of a Shelly into a light switch to remotely control some lights. Looking at the current switch configuration, it should all be pretty straight forward. Have a two gang switch, one light switch (left in the pic), controls...
I have a compressor to be hard wired into a zone 1 container. The container has a 3 phase + E supply but the compressor requires a 3 phase, N & E. This is not something I have experienced before within an ATEX installation and when researching there is a few discussions on TN-S, IT and TT...
Hi we want to upgrade our single phase power to 3 phase power at our commercial premises. 3 phase is next door just beside our doors. We need 67 kv of power for our sunbed shop. Will electrical supplier need to put new cable or they can connect us to existing one ?
Hello I have question about connect to 40 nimh cells with 8.4 - 8.7 Volts parallel.
I need balance whole battery pack for hybrid car.
Is it safe to connect 40 cells parallel and wait?
Every cell has more than 5000mAh capacity, but I need the same voltage.
One more question is if I can discharge...
I am wiring an external soap dispenser into a large washing machine and there is not a terminal to connect my common wire coming from the dispenser.
I know where the signal wires connect and I am wondering if I can double tap L2 at the main power supply with the dispensers common wire?
I am installing a new electrical system on my cottage. I have built the weatherhead from schedule 80 PVC pipe/conduit.
I am coming down into a Siemens S40405-2CO meter pan using a metal EC 38599 meter hub. I need to know:
1) Can I use an adapter to connect the schedule 80 PVC to the metal...
Hi, any help would be greatly appreciated. I’ve been asked to wire up a second hand 3 phase pto generator to an existing generator switch (see pictures). What I would like some advice on is; 1. Should the generator have its own earth electrode or can it be earthed to existing electrode. 2 ...
Just thinking of putting a solar iboost on to a Santon premiere systemfit, as it says there should be " NO electronic controllers between the solar iboost and the immersion and mechanical thermostat are sutible for the solar iboost " has anyone installed one any help appreciated and boy that...
Hi All,
An easy one for you guys I expect...
I have 6mm² to kitchen, RCD protected, B32.
I need to provide supply to an oven, hob (ignition only) and hood.
Oven and hob have plugs attached, hood doesn't, but I've seen elsewhere on this forum that one could be fitted (with a 3 amp fuse).
Is...
can I use 4/0 use 2 3 strand cable in 2 1/2 " conduit 160' to power 200 amp panel then power modular home 50' from garage in vermont do I need a shut off in between or is this ok
I've installed a Mira SE shower. My query.
The instructions indicate a vertical rising or a falling pipe connection. I connected in a horizontal direction.
As the shower connector swivels I can't see a reason to have it only in a rising or falling type connection position, except in the...
I inadvertently connected earth wire to L in bathroom pull cord switch as well as the live wire, I connected the other wire to L1, when I switched light on it worked ok but when switching it off and on again it tripped the breaker as it should, however when I reset breaker light came on and was...
Hello All, new to the forum. Would be grateful for advice on whether the following proposal is an acceptable solution or open to any suggestions for improving.
The brief is to supply a detached garage with incoming power and CU. Power will be used to supply a couple of sockets, lights and an EV...
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I've tried some intense googling on this subject but I think I have the terminology wrong and also don't understand it so can't get an answer.
Years ago an electrician installed a wall mounted TV for us and cut the plug off the TV connecting it into the wall I believe via a fused spur (?!)...
I’m running a feeder from main panel into spa panel that I’ll mount on exterior wall of house , will run through basement ceiling. Im thinking to run Romex/NB wire from main panel until spa panel but when I exit from basement it will be too low to mount the spa panel and I will need to add small...
Just hoping to pick someones brain here:
Customer has an existing off grid PV install to a barn
He is now building a house on the site (this will include a fast EV charge point)
He has a 3 phase grid supply available, with the intention of running/ exporting the barn on one phase. the house on...
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