I live in Thailand and my home has 240v, 3 phase power supply. I want to add an electric car charger but first want to determine what the outlet in the garage can handle so I can size the charger appropriately. The circuit breaker this outlet connects to is 16A. Does this mean the outlet is...
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Has anyone had any experience opening up a di-log dl9118? I can get the battery cover off, can remove the yellow rubber sleeve and undo the 4 screws underneath but the device still won’t come apart. Has anyone done this before?
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Hi i have a question, i have an idea to implement one way whatsapp billing in a telecoms company. So only the caller has to have data to be able to initiate calls. Even if the recipient has no data the call will go through and bill the caller double or a fixed higher price. The engineer at the...
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Family member has moved into this house which is about 110 years old. Bodges everywhere inc the electrics. We are just rennovating it and when I took down the ceiling the light fitting broke
Can anyone offer advice on how to get this light fitting working for a couple of weeks? It will be...
I am doing a campervan conversion and have a 16A/250V shore power connection coming into a consumer unit which has two breakers - one for the AC input into a Victron Multiplus inverter and the other to go to a plug socket for non inverter loads. I would like to know how to size the MCB for the...
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I’m in the process of renovating an apartment in Madrid. The consumer unit is fitted with an old 15amp ICP switch. I believe its function is now handled by the smart meter, so it is redundant. As this is limiting the power available to the property I would like to remove it.
My...
I have someone that wants a hot tub installing and it’ll be my first time, I have came up with anxixeaxfwanted to check it was correct. I wanted to take swa from the CU to a rotary isolator 2m from the tub, then put a earth stake in near the isolator and connect that to it aswell then go from...
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What is the best/preferred method when connecting 20mm conduit to a back box of a socket on an outside wall ?
I am connecting a BG Weatherproof Storm DP 13A socket to an outside wall, fed from socket directly behind the socket from the kitchen.
Would using a 20mm female or male...
My daughter lives in a flat in London in converted circa 1900 5 storey terrace in Bethnal Green. She is considering getting a Stiebel Eltron instant water heater fitted, however if she wants one that is powerful enough for a bath, she needs 3 phase. Are flats like houses in that each flat is on...
I have a 200 amp stinger isolator and a 200 amp alternator what wire size would I use can I get away with 6 to 8 AWG and what size inline fuse would I use I was thinking 225 amp
I need to re-route some circuits from one surface mount panel to another. There is a 4” gap between the two. I want to use 1” PVC or EMT. Because of the limited space, I am looking for suggestions for a legal, secure method.
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I have been tasked with a kitchen rewire. The current DB is fed by a 16mm armoured.
There is a split load old contactum DB which I don’t fancy buying MCBs for.
I have quoted to add a sub DB with RCBO to cover my new kitchen wiring. My question is how would you feed the new DB?
Usually I...
I have a question about mapping circuits in a single family home. I recently had my panel upgraded to an Eaton 2040 panel, and the electrical contractor who did the work did not label things very clearly, so my plan is to relabel all circuits from scratch.
As part of the upgrade he installed 4...
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