equipment

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    Test equipment for commissioning

    Hey guys What test equipment is the quickest and easiest to use when commissioning a system at the end of the job to get all required test results
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    UK Should vending hot drinks machines with thermostatic water heaters be classed as fixed equipment?

    I'm looking at a vending hot drinks machine 2.9kW that has a thermostatically controlled hot water tank permanently attached to a water supply that is just plugged into a radial 16A circuit with a 13A three pin plug. The machine is continuously on. The circuit is also used continuously for a...
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    Thermostats in equipment.

    Hi I understand there’s more to it then just the kw rating of equipment and loses and the price of units but… For example if a resistive load heater or immersion heater is rated at 3kw power and the kWh price is 0.50 p as an example the cost to run would be £1.50 per hour but roughly how much...
  4. kropaske

    Who's equipment is this: BNO or DNO

    So this is 1st floor maisonnette with concrete floor, 16mm2 single insulated tails coming from dual cut out on ground floor, through steel conduit, which is used as earth with some old clamps and bare wires. Tails terminates in another cutout as per pics and then arrangement is as usual. System...
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    Help with choosing equipment?

    Hello, I just started in the trade 3 months ago and have been told I need tools such as testers, could someone let me know whether it would be better to get a voltages and continuity tester or multimeter, and any other equipment that I would need to start off?? P.s I don’t have very deep pockets...
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    Single phase and 3 phase supply to same equipment

    I have a single phase stainless steel pasteuriser that has two control boxes attached to it. One box houses the control for the electronics and motor for the mixing paddle. The other box houses the supply to the water jacket immersion heater. The immersion heater is 1.5kw single phase and is...
  7. J

    Where to sell electrical equipment, tools & cables

    My Dad was a self employed electrician for 50 odd years. He sadly passed away in November and we have so much electrical & pluming stuff we don't know what to do with it. There's all types of cables, some still boxed or unused reels, and loads of tools, switches - you name it he had it. Any...
  8. rfinch23

    Advice on what to buy

    Hi, I live in a rural location and so the TV signal is not great. I would like some advice on what equipment I should be looking at without spending to much. It needs to feed 8 TV’s. I believe the following will be required. Coax Small but good Aerial A Masthead Amplifier Remove indoor Splitter...
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    Non service Equipment

    I was looking at a customer's panel located in his apartment (multifamily dwelling) and noticed that it had 3 wire feeder and the grounding and grounded busbars were tied together. It had a main breaker located outside. This seemed to be the common setup within the complex when they were built...
  10. Risteard

    Welding equipment - DNO permission?

    Does anyone know whether it's still the case that if a customer wishes to have a supply installed for a welder in their home that they need specific permission from the DNO? Struggling to find an answer on Google.
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    Loop impedance and equipment cables

    Two related questions in 1, if anyone is up for helping! (i) When electricians install supplies, is there anything in the regs that says how many milliohms they need to include for equipment cables? I have been told "no", that the loop impedance is only up to the outlet. Now I am an R&D engineer...
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    Three phase equipment RCD protection on a TT system

    TT system, existing three phase fuse board recently installed by another spark which only has single phase circuits terminated into individual RCBOs Required to install three phase circuits for new equipment, is there a better way of doing this than fitting a 4pole RCD ahead of the main switch...
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    Auxiliary Equipment over-draws from pickup, shuts off radio/heater etc.

    So I run a small group of 2017 Ram 1500 4x4 pickups, that have an electrically powered hydraulic pump installed on them for a hydraulic probe system. The pumps are similar to this: 4-Way DC Power Unit - Electric Controls -...
  14. sythai

    Tesla equipment advice..?

    Hi Guys On my list is sorting this right old mess out, along with a DB upgrade. Question is anything I need to aware about with this Tesla set up, guessing some sort battery set up 🤔 (not come across one yet) So I dont blow myself up and/ or mess up any of it up💥💥 Thanks Sy
  15. newfutile

    High leakage equipment?

    I have been asked to remove a 3 ph rcd from a vehicle entry gate, because they state it has an inverter power supply that can leak up to 160 ma . this does not seem correct to me and i wonder of the implications of having no rcd if this leakage is to earth on touchable large metal gates. any...
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    Is there such thing as 4kW, 115VAC , single phase equipment?

    Hi, We are being asked to make a power supply for a Bass amplifier......its 4kW, from 100-265VAC. Does that sound right? Woudlnt 4kW from 115VAC always be done with three phase? (this kit is for mulitple different countries)
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    Turning on equipment with a fault

    I posted something a while back regarding our responsibility for when we find a fault on a system such as poor ZS or failed IR been having a discussion at work with the maintenance supervisor who has stated if he has given me written instructions to re energise these circuits I am then in the...
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    What equipment has lasted the longest?

    Hilti TE5 110V SDS Has outlasted everything, must be 20 years old and loads of use The trafo must be 40 yrs but they don't give much trouble My clow ladders are heading in that direction too, seem to be built to last forever
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    What's your most important items of equipment for electrical work ?

    18v Sds Voltstick IR tester
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    UK SWA feed to garage for brewing equipment

    Short Version Is it permissible to have 2 feeds to 2 separate consumer units in a detached garage? Is it permissible to run SWA underground through a duct/conduit or must it be direct in ground? What diameter SWA would I require for a 10m run, buried and clipped to wall, feeding 3 x 16a...
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