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  1. J

    Van indicator lights stay on when it's raining - help!

    Hi there - can anyone help? Got a Citroen Dispatch van (56 plate), and the driver's side indicators, front and back, have a habit of staying on (not blinking - just fixed on) when used in the rain. It doesn't happen any other time than shortly after it rains. I've had a good poke around and...
  2. L

    lighting problem - please help!

    hi all, i installed some new spotlights in a customers kitchen and an external security light about 6 months ago. all went well with the install - test results were good and the lights worked as the client wanted them to (switchable from 3 points in the kitchen). however, i got a call today to...
  3. H

    EICR Code Help!

    Hi just after a quick bit of guidance, I have completed an EICR, and found a spur of a spur on a ring final circuit, there were no signs of thermal damage and the sockets are in 2 bedrooms and feed table lamps and phone chargers. I know this is a no no in terms of the regs, but what would...
  4. dlt27

    Master/Slave dimmer wiring help!

    Hi hope somebody can help. I have currently just 1st fixed a very big house with over 200 led spots in it. Some rooms even have 4 gang switches 2 wayed. Also nearly every room has dimmable switches. Now on the original drawings the wiring shows conventional dimming. ie dimmer one end rocker the...
  5. K

    BPT door entry video handset HELP!

    Hello there I am looking for your help and advice about broken printed circuit board in BPT video handset. Somebody tried to disassemble it in the flat where I have started new work and now I try to find the least expensive solution to this problem. The system is BPT 100 Series but I am not...
  6. C

    In the middle AM2, SY gland help!

    Hiyaa, Finished day 1 of my AM2 today. Completed all the install apart from the heating systems and the SY cable to the motor. Everything else is done. anyway, I came todo my SY gland and realised the gland we have been given looks more like an SWA gland and this is definitely the one we are...
  7. B

    Seriously stressed... Connection isues... Please help!

    Hey everyone, I've fit a nurse call panel in a new build hospital, for the call and reset buttons in the bedrooms, toilets etc. There are 5 different main cables going from the panel to different areas of the hospital, where a splitter goes on the end and cables go into every room. Now my...
  8. H

    Help!

    Hi, I completed a few courses in college (2011) because I wanted to make a career as an Electrician, but I'm finding it difficult to get onsite experience. I tried when I first completed the courses and I found an electrician to work with (who I worked with for a few days), but he had to leave...
  9. H

    Bit of help!

    Hi, I have a megger mft 1553, I damaged one of my leads so I bought a new set, which on the picture liked like the standard leads you get with the mft 1553, however the leads arrived today and are the new megger test leads you get with the new mft 17!!. So now I have a problem as these leads...
  10. A

    Help! Supplying two ovens from a single radial

    Hello, I have a 6mm t&e protected radial circuit running from the CU to the kitchen, this was originally going to feed just a new Neff Oven, rated at 3.68KW total connected load ~ 16Amp. This was fine, but now it turns out that the new Microwave we’re getting is rated at 3.1KW total connected...
  11. rustynails

    general purpose timeswitch help!

    hi all, I'm having a nightmare with a Newlec NL24HRTS 24 hour General Purpose Timeswitch. The customer wanted to swap an old pin type timer for this new timer. So I went about fitting it and I cannot get it to operate correctly. The time switch would be used to turn on 3 outdoor lights for...
  12. M

    Cu Change Main Earth HELP!

    Hi Am pricing for CU change for a single barn holiday cottage. Forms part of a group. All the meters are in one building at the end, approx 30m away from the CU at this barn. Seems like all ducted underground. The main fuse is 60a, and the Meter tails are 16mm so ok but the main earth (supply...
  13. R

    8 electric showers!! Help!

    Hi all, Got a client who is building a cricket pavillion. Problem is they can't have gas where its located. They've told me today that they plan on having 8 electric showers!! Nice! 8 showers at say 7.5kw (minimum) - 7500/230 = 32A each so 8x32A = 256A – which would have to be split over the...
  14. A

    c&g 2330 level3 303 paper help!

    Hi everyone im new on here, after some info on the 303 paper fault diagnosis & rectification. It asks for a requisition-to be used in task 1 any ideas what this is about? Cheers
  15. N

    HELP! Why is it so hard to get qualified?!?!?!

    Hi all, I am at present looking at getting my electrical qualifications but I need some help... Do I need NVQ level 3, and if so could someone please explain how the qualification works as it seems that no one I speak to at the colleges really knows! Also if you have any recommendations as to...
  16. R

    HELP! Fire alarm problem, tiny fuses, much frustration!

    Hello all, hoping someone here can help me out with something that is really getting under my skin. As part of some work ive done for a regular customer, I have installed 5 new smoke detectors to his existing system (he wants mto turn a big flat into bedsits). Now, I have limited experience...
  17. S

    Could really do with some help!

    On Monday just gone I carried out and Electrical Installation Condition report for the company I work for their were 13 circuits across 2 C.U 5 of which were 20a radials across a rcd controlled c.u for E7, the boards were wylex type and were fitted in Oct 2009 I did the test everything was in...
  18. J

    Safe Isolation Procedures HELP!

    I'm a little stuck on the different types of safe isolation procedures the questions I've been asked are as follows demonstration of the full, safe isolation procedure required in order to carry out electrical work/maintenance to items of electrical equipment a) single phase circuit b)...
  19. S

    Please help!

    I went to an emergency job today. All downstairs lights not working. Apparently a bulb blew and tripped the MCB. Replace bulb, flicked MCB back up no lights at all! In fact, if you switch on a light the bulb (energy saving) would flicker like an indicator on a car. So, first thing I did was...
  20. T

    Earth bonding to gas and water supply - help!

    I'm having an existing loft conversion extended, with new shower to replace the existing electric one. The first thing the electrician told me was that the cable to the existing shower was not the required 10mm (despite the existing shower being a 9.5kw) so we'd need to either drop to an 8.5kw...

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