I have a new breaker panel fitted (March), mostly new appliances, and some from an existing house.
The house is divided into 2 sections with an RCD for each, each section has a ring main and lighting as well as a couple of other breakers on it. One of the RCDs trips infrequently time between...
Has anyone got any examples of AM2 fault finding,
MCB trips when calling for hot water?
Will this be hot water valve?
Motor tenant complains of tingling feeling on DOL? Open circuit on CPC?
Hi, did much AM2 a few weeks back and failed on fault finding, the test centre don’t give you much indication what you failed on but rang them up and was pretty close with 4/7 faults and you need 5/7 to pass, the faults I had were these,
Data - just plug in tester
Bonding - open circuit
16A...
Hi don’t do that much fault finding and could do with some help, AM2 7 faults to find using on a continuity tester so can only be one of four things, but not really sure what readings to expect?
Short circuit = tester should show a few ohms but may have some resistance in leads and bleep
Open...
I'm an apprentice and I was going through my college work to do with volt drop and everything I needed to know about the design current was in the question. What I'm confused about is in the real world how you would know this?
Am I right in thinking for arguments sake if I'm supplying an out...
Hi everyone, did some insulation testing on my mates house as his RCD was tripping manage to isolate it to the ring circuit, Live-Earth for the ring circuit came to 0.01Mohms and all appliances have been disconnected and removed.
However I have disconnected the Live-Earth behind one socket...
hi there, first post on here.
I've got a shed in my garden which I connected to one of the feeds to a wall socket in the house.
I hooked it up in June and it worked fine until about a week ago. The power went off in the house. I turned it back on again. About a week after that it went...
Got my fica test tommorow only have the fault finding left to do ,but struggle with it as I don't do it much ,does anyone have any tips who has maybe recently passed it ?
Thanks
Hi guys,
Just after any recommendations of books that cover fault finding tips and tricks on industrial covering Plc and generators?
Any help greatly appreciated
HW.
Hi all just wondering if anyone can help me in locating any Mitsubishi MCB's. I imagine they are now obsolete, other than ebay can anyone recommend where i could pirchase any? I need a 16/20a single phase and a 32a three phase.
is anyone aware of any electrical fault finding guides or books (if one exists). Possibly with examples of common faults found in domestic installations? Massive thanks! I'm at the end of my 2357 nvq 3 just interested if anything like this exists?
Hi There.
I've got a customer who has commerical track-lighting in her kitchen. One of the fittings has gone and I'm having trouble finding a supplier to get a new one. One told me it's discontinued.
The fitting brand and model is: 12V 50W Concord:marlin 2028566 MK60 QT12. It's for 230-240V...
Hello all.
I haven't been posting for a while but I have been 'lurking' as Rpa put it :). Life gets in the way of things!
I rarely come across a broken ring, but I now have a broken line conductor on a ring (or rather a poor connection somewhere) R1=1000ohms, R2=0.61ohms, can't member On but...
Hi im a ltd compamy and I'm looking for a new accountant in the Dartford area or nearby. My current account gives very poor answers, it's always you might be able to do that or I think you can do that. So I'm looking for someone who is reliable and doesn't cost to much. Any help will be greatly...
A customer has an aqualisa shower which has recently stopped working. So far I cannot pinpoint the exact model but I believe it to be an 'axis'.
Now, it's got power to the processor unit, however there doesn't seem to be anything going on at the shower controls, which is joined to the processor...
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