need to change faulty ballast to new helvar 58.
not sure of connections as new unit has only four outlet connections don't want to be zapping anything?
old unit (arlen 170) which btw was wrong unit has l.n.e. input and similar 4outlet terminals which feed each
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Chaps, I'll don a tin hat here as someone is going to tell me I'm dim.
Problem is this: old property, plug socket under kitchen sink, it powers the sink food disposal churner thingy but when I unplug that and try to install a new dishwasher it won't send any power to it?? I just tried plugging...
Just found this site after being recommended by METEOR Electrical Online. Problem I have is, been out to customer of mine with a GE Distribution board with faulty 2 pole 32amp RCBO, I have searched online and asked my wholesalers to source but all have been unable to find replacement. Does...
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I've been a member for a few years and used this forum occasionally to answer or confirm electrical questions i've had in the past, but this is my first time posting my own thread.
We recently had a job for a customer to install two 2x58W Cat2 HF Modular Surface fittings (Ansell I think)...
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I've been reading only on here on and off for a couple of years and thought I'd finally get around to a post!!
I'm an Elecsa member now for a couple of years and built things up slowly but came across a strange one today that I've not come across before.
I fitted a new CU and the gas...
Waiting in CEF just a moment ago for some gear and some lad brings in a Crabtree RCD in the box and hands it back to the bloke behind the jump and says 'this one is faulty just like the last one, test function button doesn't work and trips out when a load is connected to it can I have another...
Hi all and thanks in advance for any help.
I live in a all electric flat and we have a hortsman econmy 7 quartz hot water system, recently the off peak immersion went and we have been stuck using the boost for a few days as and when we need hot water. we are in the middle of trying to contact...
Evening all...
I'm in two minds whether to post this but i've thought about it for a while and was hopeing someone could give me a very clear idea of how they would find the fault.
Lets say we have a ring. We test between N-E at the CU and find a poor IR reading, lets say 0Mohms, ie socket...
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I fitted a Vent-Axia extractor fan a little while ago (about a couple of months if my memory serves me correctly). Now my customer informs me it has stopped working. It will of course be under warranty, but do I have any rights when it comes to getting Vent-Axia to pay for my time/call...
Hi guys, what EICR code would you give a faulty 'functional test' on an RCD. Values all test fine at half,1× and 5× but nothing happening when i press the test button.
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This is the third customer i have dealt with in the last year that has had spike lights installed in the garden, then within months they start tripping out rcds
I have always expected water leakage first etc but every time it has been the black flex that supplies the light fitting
it appears...
I have been asked to repair a faulty roof blind. I have checked mains to the transformer, DC from the transformer to the switch and DC from the switch to the motor. The switch meters correctly when disconnected, ie. when pressed one way the contacts in a line become short and the other way...
I think I have a faulty 66kva transformer but have little to no experience with them (delta star I believe)
Call out due to reported problems from some of the tenants (offices that are rented within part of the building)
some RCD protected ring final circuits disconnecting. Investigated at the...
At a job where using the shower trips the main rcd and two rcds under it (not on shower circuit). rcd test trips the lot at 1/2 current. When i isolate the main rcd from all circuits after it it fails to trip even at 5 x current. I suspect the main rcd to be at fault. can any one confirm this ...
Went to look at a job where the customer was complaining of his bathroom lights working intermittently and also that sometimes he was hearing ‘a loud noise like thunder’ when he turned his bathroom lights on.
Found that the connection in the light switch was ropey, and when the switch is...
Im getting everything setup for my part p assessment and am wondering if i need to get the voltage indicator calibrated, its the dilog combivolt 2.
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Alright, I recently sat my FICA and failed section E (Fault Diagnosis) and I have my resit next Monday but my problem is I've never actually done fault finding before. I've read about it and looked over some basic notes but my first real attempt at it was on the day of my test! I know that...
hi, i have a megger mft1552, purchased in 2008, has not been calibrated for a few years, its never been used for work, just a few home/family jobs and practice testing when i was going through college learning. Tried to use it for the first time in well over a year the other day and it seems to...
I was doing some temp work as a mate, assisting a fully qualified sparks with testing, and an RCD failed to operate. He flipped it off and on, repeated the RCD test and it operated properly, then assured me it didn't need replacing. The fact it failed to operate under fault conditions once makes...
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Just signed up to the forum to get a bit of advice on a problem I have with my electric meter (pay as you go/ keycard). I say problem however it's actually NOT. Until I end up receiving a HUGE bill.
It started about a year and a half ago. One day I topped up my key card as usual after...
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