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    broken core work round, help please

    Hi gents, advice please new conversion, in bedroom newly decorated hi wiring was carried out about 4 years ago but this part of the house has just been finished. we have two 5A sockets for table lamps either side of where the bed will be. also have to wire in/connect the wiring for 2-way...
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    need some help please.

    hi guys, i am looking for some advice please. i have moved into a new house, once i had moved in a setup my tv and set top boxes and that i found i had a issue. the set top box i use to view my tv is a xtrend et 8000 and i found that when i was turning lights and plug sockets on and off it...
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    Help Please

    Hi people, Ive completed the 2330 level course at college and passed all my exams and my am2, i am also doing the 2356 level 3 nvq its about 80% done, but due to the fact i mainly work on domestic houses i having trouble finishing it as it cant all be domestic, hopefully i will, but if i go...
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    Apprentice Help Please :)

    Hi Guys , currently an apprentice in a factory that makes polythene my job is a maintenance electrical Engineer , fault finding, pneumatics , basic engineering and electrical repairs , I.E Motors failing fuse changes, switch gear also oil changes , gearbox changes. Im currently enrolled on an...
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    Am2 help please

    Morning chaps . finally got round to booking my am2. I know it changes a fair bit so was wondering if anyone here has done it recently or has an informed idea on what's in it now. I've been in the trade some time now so I'm sure I'll be OK. I have my 2391 ect . I just hate exams and well any...
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    A little help please

    Evening everyone. Im working on a large house at the moment and need some direction with the heating system. As far as wiring goes I can handle basic systems but this is one of the larger ones I have worked on. Two boilers are warming a header tank. From the header there are three separate...
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    Electrical exam need help please.

    Good evening. I have an exam next month and I am really struggling on a certain section of it. The section is on motors which is something I never ever do. I just house bash. I've put the link at the top of he page. The post is number 324 and its the bit where it says motors obviously. Any help...
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    Cat 6 help please

    Im just trying to get my head around this. Basically how do cat 6 systems work, for example a simple intercom system for a flat where you can buzz them in and can speak to them from the intercom phone.. Where would you get a supply for this because its not just like twin and earth where you...
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    Pir sensors outdoor lights help please

    Hello all i installed some post and spike lighting for a client switched via a 360 degree PIR controlled by an outdoor light switch now the clients wants to be able to flick a switch so his outside lights can over ride the sensor and remain illuminated until he switches them off then to be...
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    Basic help please

    After testing a lighting circuit Got feedback saying my result is wrong / iffy :nopity: B6 MCB, 1mm 2 cable Measured RI+R2 = 0.69 Measured Ze 0.34 Measured Zs 0.88 Calculated Zs by adding Ze + (R1+R2) = 1.03 Allowed 5.82 80% rule I can't work out why my result is wrong - what am I missing?
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    Star delta fan wiring help please

    Hello there have been asked to fault find on a clients 3 phase star delta fain in a grain store. the client purchased the fan second hand and I have power across the contractors but no power on the out going side. no wiring diagrams either. Can anybody give me some in what to check for and...
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    Hot tub installation upgrade of cable help please

    I am buying myself a hot tub which requires a 6mm/32 amp service. I have a garage unit which has a spare to fit this extra supply to (no problem). i have measured the diameter of the cores on the SWA cable running from the weatherproof junction box outside of my house to the garage and the flat...
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    NICEIC Certification Scheme niceic entry requirements - Help please

    hi new this would like some help would these qualifications allow entry to niceic, and allow you to sign of your own work. any help would be great. Domestic Installer Course - Logic Domestic installer certificate - City and Guilds 17th Edition Wiring...
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    Electrical help please

    Hey, I have zero electrical experience and am trying to replace the batteries on my electric dirt bike. I've put the new batteries in and wired them, but when i charged the bike the batteries (SLA) heated up and became quite hot, so I halted the charging for fear of damaging them. Ive got some...
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    HELP please, - testing for 204 exam

    Hi all, could anyone put some info my way, i was trying to jot all this down in note form whilst doing other things at college, this is the testing for the 204 exam i ahve to do nex week, can you guys go through and suggest any adjustments / errors i have made, i have left one of my notes...
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    trying to answer a 2394-5 testing question help please

    Q The earth fault loop impedance for three of the final circuits were L1.1 0.61 ohms L1.2 0.42 ohms L2.3 0.21 ohms determine, showing all calculations, whether these circuits comply with BS7671 the scenario I have stats measured Ze 0.08 all at 20c do I have to do something with 80% 0.08...
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    Help please with my house alarm

    Firstly hello, I am new to this forum :waving:. I am looking for some advise on my newly purchased alarm kit. I know this isn't them alarm section of the forum but that part of the forum is private. I brought myself a HW8GSM kit. It comes with a accenta g4 panel, which the manual states that no...
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    Dual immersion help please

    Hi everyone, need your expertise on hot water tank set up, theres a large hw tank with dual 2.7kw elements with stats controller isn't working as micro switch is broken, but house has new ish economy board supplying about 7 night storage heaters but spark-plumber has installed hw tank on...
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    Little Help Please

    Customer is making "a statement" with the lighting in the entrance vestibule of their enormous cavern of a house. They have 2 bloody enormous chandaliers that are going to take a hell of a lot of putting up, I'll definitely have to hire in a scaff and maybe even some winching gear. Lucky me. I...
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    Help please, I'm clueless.

    Hello I'm having some new electrical work done on my home, I'm having a Hotpoint DHS53XS Electric Double Oven & LINDHOB10 Induction Hob.. I need to send over the information I'm guessing so he can see what size cable but I'm clueless to what I need to find and where I'll find this information...

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