Good afternoon gents, just wondering if someone could explain to me the need of a G59 relay when using a back up generator. I kind of understand how a G59 relay works, that it open circuits the switch that operates the generator to prevent it sending electricity out to the grid. Also, it is to...
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Just received a letter on behalf of my electricity suppler (utility warehouse) from a company called Amy. They advise that my old electricy meter has passed its expiry date and would like to arrange to replace it with a new meter for free.
I would like to know who actually owns the...
Hi there!,i am recently moved to London. I am preparing my 17th edition exam and i have a NVQ level 3 in electrotechnical instalations. I have many questions that i would like some to answer to me. I change we can practice Spanish becouse i am native speaker! we can take contact face to face or...
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New to this forum.
I have a dilemma, been working as sub contractor for builder for 6 months and he has now given me a job working on a private estate like property in Ascot, problem is it wasn't half an hour and I figured out the owner had someone from UK Power network.
When...
We all say, the fairies came and pull the fuses, so ive been told, Cough Cough, but what is the actual offense for this as say an employer insists on doing this and you do keep reminding him about the errors of there ways, (Do it or you are sacked, Ive got 12 kids to feed so you have to, lol)...
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Caught the interview on You & Yours on Radio 4 today - ENW are to start to vary the supply voltage through the network at peak demand times in an experiment to try and prevent power...
Hi I have this din rail electricity meter to install, seems fairly straight forward live in live out but with the neutral is that neutral in and out or just 2 neutrals in or 2 neutrals out? what you make of it
When I worked as a liney for PG&E in 1981,we got a call about a transformer in Baldwin Hills that was belching black smoke,rather than knockout power to about 60 homes I went up in a bucket truck and pulled the dropout fuses off with a death stick,told a young black kid with me.thats a...
When changing consumer units how do you guys go about connecting the tails into the electricity meter if there is a seal on it?
Just wondered what other people do?
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Im currently at college studying science and we have recently started our electricity module, unfortunately our tutor has been Ill so we've just been given worksheets and they have raised a few questions about the principals of electricity. Basically one of the questions I have is...
I'm doing a new website and thought I'd add a page in the solar section called solar myths. You know the sort of thing,
you only need daylight for the panels to work efficiently
special solar cells that work using moonlight
special price only available tonight
Any suggestions, any...
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I have an electrical meter to install, DDS353C - A single phase electronic credit meter with LCD readout. It is 4 x module DIN rail mounted with a max load of 100amps and pulse output. At the bottom it has supply L/N & load L/N, no problem - at the top there are positive & negative...
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On a domestic premesis @ supply, what voltage must the supply be at, max and min permitted? their tollerence.
Also if it is too high, what can they do to reduce it. thank you.
10. Electricity
The arrival of electricity was an extraordinary innovation. At first, people didn't know how to use it - warning signs advised them not to approach the electric socket with a match. In the early 20th Century, electricity companies sought to interest consumers in electric products...
We have just had installed solar panels on our roof, with an Elios4You monitoring system (in combination with a Power Reducer). The Elios4You monitor display says that at night ( no sun whatever) our roof is still generating 10W. We have a powerful LED street lamp outside our house. Could this...
The electricity pulses throughout the house when the shower is turned on. I have never seen this before, so any help as to what could be causing this would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Been following a couple threads on here and have educated myself with certain responses. So the big question is apart from the big six who else can provide electricity at a good rate? I am with edf and would not mind switching. Anybody got any hidden gems they would share?
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