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  1. T

    Wahl Home Pro Basic hair clippers not working

    Hi, My Wahl Home Pro corded hair clipper has stopped working......3A fuse is still good. No sound, no movement , no nothing.......i took the blade off and cleaned some hair out but still no good. I cant take the back off as the screw is a "triangle head" one......like a Tork but its triangle. I...
  2. ETradesmen

    Pulling my hair out with this boiler!

    Hi guys, My parents have just moved into a new build with an ideal S24 boiler. They were complaining that the boiler was firing up randomly so I took a look. I have completely re wired everything correctly (20 years experience, approved contractor) yet it still runs almost all the time. It’s...
  3. M

    pulling my hair out trying to fit smart relay.

    hi im trying to fit a smart relay thing on my stairs light there is i switch at the top and bottom. smart relay has 6 connections for no neutral switch have it working on bench as follows. L live L1 L1 from bulb COM to switch com S1 to downstairs com S1 works great on bench . when i try on my...
  4. J

    Drilling downlights in horse hair plaster

    Just wondering if anyone has any experience in putting downlights in a 70 year old plaster ceiling?
  5. T

    Nova NS2218 Hair cutting tool

    Hi, I just bought a Nova 2218 hair cutting tool from Amazon. https://shopee.com.my/NOVA-NS-2218-Rechargeable-Hair-Trimmer-Clipper-Men-Grooming-Haircut-i.8158763.5808464387 It has a charger cable with a "~110V" 2 pin plug for the mains. The device seemed very light to me, so i doubted there was...
  6. C

    230v hair dryer swimming pool.

    Standard 230 v hairdryers wired into rcbo protected spurs poolside, id say zone 2 but didnt measure. Hair dryer cable is 2 core, the cable had been damaged leaving the neutral snapped and exposed at the hairdryer end, floating neutral... Someone apparently grabbed the cable and received a shock...
  7. R

    Hair clippers refuse to run properly.

    I live off grid with only solar and generator power, I've been using hair clippers for years but now I have 3 sets of Wahl mains clippers none of which will run properly in any of my 3 inverters, nor a ( non inverter ) Honda generator. The motors / solonoids in the clippers run weakly and can't...
  8. buzzlightyear

    Now i am pulling my hair out

    Just put a new cu in started testing .so here it goes start doing rfc line 0.33 nn 0.32 cpc 0.55 Ins all good now this a split load Dis the cpc what i was working on and now showing earths in and are out so theor is no parallall paths has far that i can see the main earth is out but showing...
  9. J

    Hair dryer in bathroom uk

    evening Anyone fitted a bathroom hair dryer before? Clients wife really wants one! Valara Action Wall Mounted Hair Dryer in Black and Chrome | Direct365 - https://www.direct365.co.uk/supplies/valara-action-wall-mounted-hair-dryer-in-black-and-chrome#description Just a case of coming off of a...
  10. S

    Intermittently-working Hair Dryer

    I'm really scratching my head. My wife's hair dryer has been working intermittently. Very frustrating. At first I thought maybe the main cord was loose somewhere, but it shows continuity in both wires with all sorts of contortions. I then expected maybe the bimetallic strip was open, but not so...
  11. P

    My new hair cut????????

    What do you think lads?
  12. D

    Recessed Kitchen Lights, one not working...pulling my hair out!

    Hi All, New to the forum but thought it looked like a friendly place to ask about a lighting issue I have. I'm by no means an electrician but know my way around well enough to not shock myself through stupidity. Anyway, I live in a new build apartment complex and in the kitchen there are two...
    • DIY-Mark
    • Thread
    • electrical work hair kitchen lighting lights out recessed
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  13. J

    new man doing his best not to die with hair like jedward

    Just saying hi... already getting replies to me thread, very helpful and very fast :D
    • jrli2008
    • Thread
    • best doing electricians' talk hair new
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  14. O

    Hair dryers

    Don't laugh!!! Client wants a socket in a small bathroom so they can use a hairdryer. Bathroom is too small so its a no, no. So the alternative is a class 2 unit using the shaver point for the supply - so as I know absolutely nothing about hair dryers are there products on the market for this...
  15. C

    Tearing hair (and RCD) out

    Hi have a problem which I hope that somebody can shed some light on. New install on existing TT supply, with two DBs fed from an SWA sub main with 100mA S type RCD and 100A switchfuse at the origin (no other loads on supply). DB 1 is for a new install and all circuits are protected with 30mA...
    • comptonspark
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    • circuits connected electricians' talk hair leakage loads out rcd
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  16. W

    Lighting in a hair salon

    hey, im after some recomendations, currently got 12 gu10 50w spots in a hair salon, there a warm white and not really bright enough, how much difference would cool white lamps make? also what about LED's any recomendations?
  17. infinity

    Hair salon project

    Hi Been asked to quote for a hair salon, brand new fit in an empty building, was just wondering as the customer intends on dry lining all walls and ceilings i was going to run basket above ceiling with T&E cabling as only 11Mx 9M, i was gong to drop cables with pvc conduit, into drylining...
  18. O

    Hair Salon Lighting

    As above, got a client asking if I can improve his lighting (yes I know its a bit like nailing down jelly). Anyone got any recommendations? ideas? experience with such lighting schemes. Thanks.
    • Octopus
    • Thread
    • electricians' talk hair lighting
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  19. W

    CU upgrade and other bits in a hair salon

    hey guys, my fiance is opening her own hair salon, now the CU is an old rewirable fuse type, so shes after a new one and also some lights changing etc n a new circuit pulled in for a sign light that shes having fitted. so im just wondering where i stand carrying out the work myself, how do i go...
    • wrighty
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    • aus electricians' talk hair other upgrade
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Australia
  20. silver surfer

    Hair dryers across 400 volts

    Is there a requlation relating to distances between equipment,? im testing a job where there are 4 hair dryers in a changing area all situated along a wall at a distance of about 1 metre from one to the next, all on individual circuits spread across three phases. So im thinking 400 volts between...
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