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Faulty main isolator advice
Visited a customer today saying that when he used the cooker the lights were flickering. Fault has only just developed and CU is approx 5 years old. Got there and CU is crackling and feels hot on the CU front. Isolated whole board and removed front. Tightened all connections powered up board and...- Simon_
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- advice aus electricians' talk fault faulty front isolator main switch tails terminals
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- Forum: Australia
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lights for lighting up front of building
any reccomendations guys the building is about 30ft high and was going to use the ones whre the light goes up and down but there is shutter cage in way so wouldnt be any i good i think..... and they are big price, so any great places to buy and look or from your expierience would be greatly... -
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Customers paying up front
Hi Just had a nice job accepted but the customer will not pay ballance of materials as per REAL terms until the goods are delivered on site. They will however pay 20 % deposit. Should I tell them to shove it where the PV doesnt work or change my contract accordingly so they pay ballance of...- Cider
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- before customer customers electricians' talk front payment
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- Forum: Solar PV Forum | Solar Panels Forum
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Contactor for lighting and Last Man Out Switch
Hi, looking for some alternative views on this. Need to fit a contactor and last man out switch for a large house with 2 consumer units, each controlling roughly half of the house. They are fed from 2 separate phases from the 3 phase board. The last man out switch will be by the front door...- edrobbo8
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- aus circuits contactor contactors electricians' talk front lighting out switch
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- Forum: Australia
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Changing Sockets?
Hi all :), Well most of you experienced sparks will probably think this is a stupid question, however i have got a feeling something will go wrong. My dad is changing the sockets/light switches from plastic to metal - which isnt the bit im worried about. The switches are wired in T&E...- Kieran94
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- aus changing earth electricians' talk front socket sockets
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- Forum: Australia
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Shop front electricuting customers!
My father in law rang me and asked if I could have a look at his shop front, apparently when customers touch the aluminium door they get a small shock! So I asked a few more questions and it turns out he has a tube light at the front display window which got filled with water when we had the bad...- parm
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- aus customer customers electric electrical electricians' talk front shop
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- Forum: Australia
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Front End RCD Switch
Just had a Sunday lunchtime call out to a new customer. Bought their property back in May as a holiday home, and have only just switched the heating on. Everything is fine, but come midnight when the economy 7 kicks in, everything goes dead when the RCD trips. I get round and do a quick visual...- Graeme Harrold
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- electricians' talk front rcd switch
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- Forum: Electrical Wiring, Theories and Regulations
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BNI Networking?
been invited to go one their meetings at 6.45 wed morning:eek: is any one here a member of this organisation and has it been a good experience? or are any other networking events more profitable?- tedgman
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- electrical work electricians' talk front sparky where
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- Forum: Business Related
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L- E Fault!!! Help
Right Chaps Down Stairs lighting Circuit wired to a 6amp MCB circuit goes like this CU - Front Room - Kitchen (9 230v downlights) - Hall - Utility / Outside light - Office.... i know its a L-E fault as the little blighter zapped me on the Earth connection plus my meter reads 0.85...- DurhamSparky
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- aus circuit electricians' talk fault front help kitchen stairs testing
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- Forum: Australia
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Can a socket go on the front of a chimney breast over a gas fire?
Hello folks, I've another question (sorry, feel a right useless twonk asking questions, but I did do a search before asking and the topic I found related to sockets on the side of a chimney). Can I put electrical sockets over a gas fireplace (the fire is in use on occasion), around 1200mm or so...- sluggish
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- alarm cable chimney comes electricians' talk fire front gas socket
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- Forum: Security Alarms, Door Entry and CCTV (Public)
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The front Fell off!
This is hillarious.- scotsparky
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- electricians' talk front off
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- Forum: Electrician Talk Forum
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Earth junk outside front door????
There is a street (which is more of a lane) right behind my house on which loads of the houses have really horrible looking earth cable going across their front door steps, and connected to..... something in the ground. I have been wondering about this since I leafleted there a few weeks ago as...- rocker
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- aus door earth electricians' talk front outside
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- Forum: Australia
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Down lighter in bathroom not sealed
Putting up an extra light point to existing circuit and whilte testing noticed the bathroom lights are not sealed. just normal downlight that have no seal to provent moisture. Whats best way to note on cert? thanks- timo
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- aus bathroom either electricians' talk front led lighter rated requirement wrong
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- Forum: Australia
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single front end rcd
Hi Guys, new to forum, so may already have been talked about before, have ajob to quote for 2 bed bungalow, old wire fuses, 4 in total, 1 cooker, 1 ring main, 1 lights and 1 immersion heater, how do I fit rcd sytem to such a small system without going overboard for the customer. before hand a...- Brilec
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- aus electricians' talk front fuses rcd single system
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- Forum: Australia
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RCD query
Evening Chaps Just got back from a job where the sockets had lost power, went to CU and found a pair of adjustable grips hanging on the front of the RCD (Contactum) it 'had' a knob instead of switch for on/off operation apparently the last electrician had put grips on RCD to hold it in the... -
Strange switching
How about this then. House I have just put a new consumer unit in with twin RCD etc etc tripped RCD when the rear lights were put on and also when the front lights were put on, the rear problem was they had connected to neatral to the earth in the back box. At the front they originally had a one...- sparks1234
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- aus confused electricians' talk front lights plate problem strange switch switching
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- Forum: Australia
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Testing.. IM A LEARNER!!
Hi all I'm being taught testing at college, every practical piece of work we do we have to test. I have brought my own all in 1 metrel tester. I have decided to put what ive learnt at college to the "test" and test my own install at home. I have 2 ring mains in my house split front and...- TPES
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- electricians' talk front learner readings socket sockets testing
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- Forum: Periodic Inspection Reporting & Certification
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need info about this switch
hi guys (and gals), just signed up on this site. wondering if anybody can give me some info about this. what you see in the picture is a copy of the inside of a rotary switch. stamped inside is "A.C. ONLY" , "5Amp 250 V" "Made in England" . The original outside of the box's is a red anodized...- volkerc
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- electricians' talk first front original outside switch where
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- Forum: Talk Electrician Forum
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17th edition board TT system high integrity board what size RCD front End?
What size Rcd should you use as main switch for a high integrity board on a 17th installation. 16th was a 100mA type S, could you use a 300mA RCD without the delay? I understand if you use a split 17th edition board you don't need a front end RCD...- electro
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- 17th 17th edition board edition electricians' talk front integrity rcd size system tt system
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- Forum: Electrical Wiring, Theories and Regulations
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