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  1. G

    Any bright ideas?! Pendant terminations...

    As light fitting design goes I'm not sure it gets much worse, any good ideas how I can terminate this pendant, t&e feed for it comes through a timber noggin above plasterboard to support its weight.
  2. D

    BT incoming cable broken any ideas on how to reconnect to master terminal

    Ive managed to fluff up my bt incoming cable and from what i can find out there are two wires, one orange and one white that should go to terminals 2 and 5 on the master socket - anyone any ideas please?
  3. Vortigern

    Ideas on fixing the below High bay

    So you can see the high bay model number and control gear with the LED array below. DC volts coming out of the control for 100w LED is putting out circa 50 V. Polarity is correct. There is continuity to the terminals on the array. No light from the LED. Any ideas of how to test the array or...
  4. cliffed

    Starter unit any ideas

    The grey connection to the lower left..it’s on a starter control box for up & down.
  5. W

    Wiring diagram and ideas to resurrect dead Porsche 997.1

    Hello Everyone, I have a very poorly 2007 997.1 RHD Manual Cab. In going through the emergency flat battery bonnet opening routine I accidentally put 24 volts into the loom via the pull out terminal in the fuse box. A costly lesson here to always reset 24/12 volt chargers back to 12v after...
  6. E

    Down lights range with a tricky feature any ideas

    I wonder if any of you fine people can help me find a solution for the following: 1. Is there a range of decent quality bathroom down lights that are.... A. LED Cool white B. Ip65 C. White bezel D. And also do a matching directional or eyeball variant. ? (this is the tricky bit !)...
  7. A

    Need help with a design project I’m new to all this and this blows my mind looking for ideas on how to go about this

  8. S

    RCBO passes 30mA but fails 150mA but in a strange way. Any ideas?

    Morning everyone, this is my first post - although i had an account years before that seems to have been lost. Can any of you shed some light onto a situation I've come across. I have a newly installed RCBO which is failing the x5 test with a reaction greater than 40 mS. Now, I don't have a...
  9. Vortigern

    Bit of a mystery to me, any ideas? Fault on three phase Merlin Gerin

    Outage of main three phase primary switch box for one of three buildings on commercial site. The building houses around 30 commercial units. Switched back on the main switch, power restored. Except for one unit. All units supplied through the secondary sub switch box. Large MCCB MEM type. Three...
  10. A

    Anyone have any ideas on how to remove a live broken screw from a meter

    Anyone got any ideas on how to get a live broken screw out of a meter?
  11. T

    Any ideas on this one?

    Hi Folks, have just finished replacing an old fuseboard with a new rcbo jobby. To say there have been a few surprises would be putting it mildly. The property is a late 60's bungalow and has had all the usual mods. Loft conversion, new kitchen etc. First surprise was the 3, 32A fuses with 8...
  12. G

    Power Supply Ideas

    Hi there, We have just completed an EICR on a Historic Castle, 1 of the Fuse Boxes was pretty bad so we have issued a Dangerous Installation Notice and removed supply fuses and locked it off etc. Its an old wooden fuse box with double pole fusing etc etc etc. Anyway, my current problem is that...
  13. T

    ideas for belling up a security door

    Hi, I have a customer who has installed very heavy steel security door in a metal frame. This door is going nowhere. My concern is that an attack is most likely to be from between the metal frame and the blockwork, by working in a crow bar and then forcing the door frame away from the concrete...
  14. P

    Ideas on how to light this old lamppost up?

    I am going to be installing this lamppost and replying the cable. Only thing is I’m a bit unsure on how to light this old bugger up. I was thinking to send some ho7rn 3 core cable up there and into a bc lamp holder but it doesn’t seem right. Then I had a look at some images of these lamppost...
  15. C

    Any ideas?

    Does anyone recognise what this is? photocell? Can’t get upto it unfortunately but it’s a 3 core that runs to it as able to see Cable going out from the loft space
  16. S

    How to fix to shipping containers!

    I’ve been asked to do a job wiring and fitting out lights and sockets in a single skin shipping container. How do I fix to the walls? I don’t want to self tap to the walls and I don’t weld. Any other options?
  17. richy3333

    Lights for a swimming pool - ideas?

    Existing customer has swimming pool that extends 4/5 feet above ground (sits on a concrete base). It's one of those where you swim against the waves. All well done and was very expensive. Because its outside he has built a timber building over the top of it (looks like a posh workshop) -...
  18. B

    Megger 1553 displaying > 500 v and beeping any ideas ?

    Hi Guys Hoping to get some help with Megger 1553 MFT which has a fault ? It displays > 500 v and beeps when switched on even with no leads plugged into it ? Has anyone come across this problem before ?
  19. J

    project Peugeot 308 Rear Window Regulator. Worked out 4 connesctions

    project Peugeot 308 Rear Window Regulator. Worked out 4 connesctions + - up down . But hesitates going up every inch or so? Any ideas please
  20. sythai

    Bit of puzzler 3way.... any ideas please

    Hi Guys Recently swapped over few faceplates. Some of them being a 3way lighting circuit. Customer mentioned today have slight issue, looks like I've got a wire the wrong way round ! when intermediate switch is in position 1, they 2x other switches don't activate the light. when intermediate...
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