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    alarm help

    Hi new to this and don't know if this is right part of forum. What it is i bought an alarm from ebay one that takes a sim card I've never fitted an alarm before but as it said (easy d i y fitting) i bought one. But the instructions are a bit mis spelt as made in China. Any way when i set it up...
  2. T

    Solar trackers

    Anyone installed them? Know any suppliers? Working for a client who wants to install trackers on a flat-roof 30m high! Anyone done a wind loading calcs for anything like this?!
  3. richy3333

    Drill/Hammer for installing earth rods.

    I'm fed up with whacking these things in by hand and so have decided to by a drill/hammer for putting these blighters into the ground. Around here the earth is not obliging so I'm looking for something with some power. Just wondered what other people use and what sort of power (joules?) other...
  4. S

    Engineering problem, please help!

    What is the purpose of having an isolated driven ground field seperate from any other grounds in a high voltage seperately derived neutral high impedance grounded system? I think I know the answer but need confirmation.
  5. P

    swa cable run above ground

    Hi customer wants swa run along fence but not buried - fence not usable so idea is to bury posts and attach swa to this . Any body got any good tips on what they've used to achieve a good result. Sorry for poor typing it's from a phone Regards Pete
  6. O

    ground floor void

    mate of mine has asked me to re-route his sky cables. He wants them to enter the house straight under the ground floor floorboards so they are straight into the void so they can go over to the other side of room. The hole needed will be 1 brick below the DPM no issues with this is there? Cant...
  7. P

    Can you get a back feeding voltage through tha main earth

    Has any one ever come a cross this. I went to a customers house that all ready had a two way rcd 63amp 30mil amp board fitted under the stairs on the ground floor with a shower connected on it. I was asked to install a some skt's and lights into the loft. So i ran a 6mm t&e from the ground floor...
  8. La Poste

    ELCB,s.How do they work?

    I know they are a bit old now but they are still used a lot in countries like Thailand. As far as I understand it an ELCB would be used on a TT system or where there is a high impedance earth loop. A remote rod is put down into the ground say outside the property and this is then connected to...
  9. R

    Shallow depth ground lights

    Hopefully someone can suggest some that they've used, i am putting some decking down near my shed and I want to put some lights in the decking but I don't want the little piddley type ones , I want the bigger ones( like gu10 sized ones) but here's the problem I only have about 75mm to play with...

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