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This foil or aluminium lined sheath is used in Toyota's to cover the wires running from the Reverse camera to a connector at the front of the vehcile. The sheath starts a little bit after the camera. As far as I can tell, there are four wires and one wire with no insulation running...
Have switched a light fitting from incandescent to LEDS. The LEDs continue to glow slightly after switching them off. The fitting is switched 240V live wires and there is a AC 5.1V induced phantom voltage. Little or no AC current. How do I get rid of the phantom voltage. A 4uF 400VAC cap across...
Anyone know where I can get these. I lost the one I had and don't know where I got it from. It fitted in my little Wera ratchet or my Leatherman and saved me from carrying a separate key.
So that's all it is, a cabinet key (double bit) with a 1/4" hex end.
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Hi. I’ve recently gone self employed worked for a company previously. I need to do 18th edition and my inspection and testing before I can register with niceic. They said in the mean time I’m able to sign off work using green certificates and then they can
In a moment of insanity my tiny pea sized brain has malfunctioned and told me that it was a good decision to run a 3 core from an intermediate position to get another switch 🫣
I'm now at second fix (wondering what the F I was thinking), is there any way to get over this?
Place is now boarded...
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Not sure where to put this.
I am due to start my level 3 electrical installation course this Sept.
I wanted to get abit of an head start.
Is there any decent books I can buy for theory purposes etc?
Been asked to move, remove and add some sockets the kitchen and I’ll need to add a circuit for an electric hob.
Looked at the board and it’s one of those Wylex skeleton boards (image attached). Doesn’t look like much room in there to get a new consumer unit installed. I’ve never had to deal with...
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Just a note to see if anyone been in the same sort of journey as me? I wanted to retrain as an electrician at 40 and on bad advice did a month long short course, was one of the hardest things iv ever done , I couldn’t quite pass the 2394/95 as I just couldn’t learn it all in a month, but...
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I have UPS 50KVA and the inverter output AC voltage is feeding a distribution panel 120/208 V 4 wires when I check UPS display it shows me that output current which is the distribution panel phases as followings phase one = 30A while Phase 2 = 0A and phase 3 = 0A is this a problem !? Shall...
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I am currently on the NVQ 2357 on my way for the AM2 and get fully qualified, at the moment i am doing private jobs, on the NVQ 2357 they ask us to provide pictures of
Materials schedules.
Plant and equipment schedules.
contract variations
site instructions
site events/diary.
all...
Bloody specific fitting megger test leads!
I've lost 2 of my megger probes now. I have plenty of crocodile clips and the long, thin, bendy probe.
Does anyone know where I can just buy the probes, rather than the full set (which includes Croc clips and bendy probe)?
Happy to pay if anyone has...
Hello to everybody, i am a not expert person in matters of electric devices, infact i think i naively made a mistake in buying a device from spain and realizing here it was not fit for the Uk sockets. Its a sandwich maker 250v 16A that anytime i switch on triggers the circuit breaker . Now i am...
I was at a customers house changing a socket and they asked me a question about their lights.
Some of the lights in the house suddenly get brighter and then go back to normal. This happens a few times every week.
Not all the lights in the house do it, only the LED downlights and only the ones...
I was cleaning some mold off my bedroom walls with CLR Bleach-Free Foaming Action Mold and Mildew Stain Remover (Biodegradable septic safe. Removes tough mould and mildew stains from tile, hardwood floors, and more) when some of the foamy cleaning liquid flowed down the wall and reached a power...
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