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  1. wwilts

    UK New electric supply connection

    New 46kVA electric supply to new backland dwelling (37m from footpath). Mains cable runs along the footpath at the road access. Which option would you choose and why? Option 1 Meter box near footpath. Own fuse and armoured cable (>30m distance) underground to new dwelling. Option 2 Meter...
  2. Why does this idiot twist the CPC's?

    Why does this idiot twist the CPC's?

    The latest video from “Doctor Electric” on YouTube has really annoyed me(titled "Best ZS Ever)! What is it with these YouTube “Sparks” that they think they can just start up a channel and think they're god? On this video Doctor Electric shows viewers how to twist the CPC's to get a better ZS...
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  3. pirate

    Electric car chargers

    Just wondered if anyone has seen the advert for the new Fiat 500E... If you read the small print at the bottom it says you can charge it enough in a few minutes to do 30 miles, using an 84kw charger...probably not a domestic installation then... However, on a 13A plug it only takes 19 hours to...
  4. E

    Electric furnace wired breaker calculation (canada)

    Hi, can anybody walk me through on the CEC side on figuring out the breaker and wire size for a 240V, 15.7kW electric furnace. I am an electrician and have not worked on residential for a while. Thank you.
  5. OnlQQker

    Is This Bad Parenting?

    So my son purchased a house. I look around it with him some months ago and noted the electrics needed sorting. Old consumer unit (wired fuse type) no RCD protection and cables coming into from rooms in the house that look like lead? House is 1910's Anyway he does not want to get an...
  6. Raptor0014

    Electric shower and no RCD

    Evening all. Doing a EICR in a rental today and presented with this. installation date is 1992 and there seems to be no records since. At some point in the recent past someone has added a electric shower circuit. Obviously a smash and grab merchant as no earth sleeve and it was the same in...
  7. R

    Electric Cooker 4mm Vs 6MM

    Hi there. I’m looking for some professional advice. I recently bought Beko Cooker model KDC653S, it doesn’t come with the electricity cable and according to the manual it require H05W-FG 3X4mm or equivalent with total power consumption of 10KW. I called all local shops including electricity...
  8. NBCanada

    What is best and easiest way for an electrician to connect lights and plugs from electric baseboard existing circuit upstairs?

    I have an older home with some knob and tube upstairs, downstairs has been rewired new. I want to disconnect upstairs knob and tube. Can an electrician , junction my electric baseboard wire (all upstairs rooms have baseboard heaters to install new bedroom lights and plugs.? I am on breakers. I...
  9. R

    Voltage converter help (AU) to (US)

    Hi there, I recently bought a Worksharp mk2 knife sharpener. Got it shipped from the US so I need an adapter for it here in Aus. The sharpener is meant for 115v 60hz power supplies only. In Australia the voltage rating of most households is 230v 50hz I believe? I think I need some sort of step...
  10. Gavin John Hyde

    Stealing electric to mine bit coin

    https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15096237/cops-find-bitcoin-mine/ come across this, quite interesting... instead of growing weed they now bypass the meter to mine bitcoin....
  11. C

    Help with kids electric quad bike electrics

    Hi all. Desperately trying to find a forum where I can get some help with an electric quad issue. Hoping this is the place. I have issues with the power on my kids 36v quad. It's been in the garage for a while and when I brought it out, it wouldn't work. Did a bit of electric testing a...
  12. R

    Where to buy 120mm wall clip for fitting electric switch board

    I want to replace my current 6 gang switch board with a glass panel switch board. Bought it online. But when I got the board I realised it's bigger than my current board and it won't fit in the current hole. I can make a bigger hole but the current clip won't fit either. I tried Bunning they...
  13. U

    I need help with an electric shower wire which is too short

    We had our bathroom renovated about 10 years ago and the original builder had left the shower wire too short and i didnt bother to get it fixed right away as we had another shower in the new loft extension done by the same builder around the same time. A few years go by and i then decided to ask...
  14. newfutile

    Method of perceived electric shock?

    If we assume our feet are insulated from the ground why do we get a tingle if touching a live wire?
  15. S

    Hot tub electric shock

    Hi I'm looking for some advice, yesterday when exiting my hot tub I felt a slight electric shock when my foot made contact with the ground around the hot tub. I work as a cable jointer so a tingle is second nature to me so I double checked when in contact with ground and water I can feel a...
  16. C

    Electric Certificate

    Hi - I had a shed built at the end of my garden mainly for storage and to house my dryer for use in winter months. The electrician installed some lights and two sets of double sockets. The electricity supply is connected to the main house supply and has an isolator switch inside the shed...
  17. HappyHippyDad

    Poor IR results on electric UFH... options?

    Carried out an EICR and am now doing the remedials. Poor IR results on conservatory ring which I have now identified as the electric UFH. The UFH has 2 x line and 2 x neutral conductors on the load side of control panel (same terminal). I'm not sure why as the conservatory is only 4m x 3m so...
  18. E

    Power electric scooter with gas generator?

    Hello Electricians! I have a gasoline powered portable generator with 220v 1700w output and wonder how I would go about powering an 20v 800w electric scooter with this. I guess it won't be enough to just hook it up to the charger as the batteries will drain faster than they recharge, so I was...
  19. C

    Can you put a 32amp fuse spur off of a socket for an electric shower or does it have to go through consumer box?

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  20. E

    High electric use

    Hi. I live with my daughter in a dormer bungalow. The combined gas and electric bill is coming in in the region of 250 per month. it is a fairly big house, but we are only using limited rooms and apart from a tumble dryer which is on every other day, I can’t think what can be causing the bills...

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