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    Ireland Struggling to know what to charge for my day rate.

    Hi everyone. Iv recently started taking on some of my own work and have been asked to provide a day rate. The work will consist of heavy industrial sites mostly metal containment and working with large SWA cables. The sites are over an hour away and I’ll be driving my own van and fuel ect. I’d...
  2. R

    How and what I need to issue a EIC for an Industrial unit

    I complete my AM2s in February this year. I am going self-employed as of 04/10/2024. I have asked prior about issuing a EIC for a domestic. So, I am already under the impression i need my 2391, Public Liability, and a Calibrated MFT ofc. I am going to be joining a CPS once i have completed my...
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    UK RCD Protecting Distribution Cables on a TT on Industrial Estate

    Hi All, I'm looking to pick the brains of experienced engineers who have dealt with TT more than I have please. We have an installation on a site which may or may not be unique. There are four 12m x 12m units inline with each other, all connected as one building, with the plan to build a...
  4. J

    I Need Work Looking for weekend PLC/ industrial controls call-out work

    Hello, I'm interested in working PLC/ industrial controls weekend call-out work for any companies who need it. I'm based in the south of England. Primarily I work with Allen-Bradley and Siemens PLCs. Thanks, Josh
  5. J

    Industrial lighting circuit

    Hi guys I have some industrial lighting circuits to wire in a workshop and was after some fresh ideas/suggestions as to how i could best do this. Have done a few of these before and in the past i have sometimes run radials in SWA cable to single gang socket outlets. The High Bay LED lighting...
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    Big cable run supply issue

    Hi, I’m an industrial electrician, so when it comes to DB regs and such my experience on them is a little limited. I need 2 x 16A 3 phase supply and 4 x 230v 3 pin sockets which is intend to do as a ring however, the nearest supply is approx 120m away! Running this through a cable calculator...
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    Low Ze, high PFC in industrial application

    Hi - just after thoughts on this please. I've been doing some testing on a 20 year old MCC. On the original EIC, Ze was reported as 0.04 R, PFC 5.75 kA. Obviously this is a three phase supply, so shouldn't they have doubled the PFC and reported it as 11.5 kA, or is this business of doubling the...
  8. Retroelectric

    Industrial EICR Pricing

    Hi all, Been asked to quote an EICR on a fairly large installation. Approx. 400 circuits that are a mixture of single and 3 phase. This is across 28 consumer units, in addition to the above there are also 6 distribution consumer units for the submains, and 12 feeder pillar boards (4way) Building...
  9. spuff01

    Industrial Radials in SWA

    Hello all, Trained years ago, not done much for about a decade but I've been asked by a friend to add 5x double sockets into an industrial unit, my thinking is to use a radial 32A RCB, 4mm 3-core SWA cleated to the wall (moderate impact risk). Area is small, only about 2-3m from the...
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    Moving from mainly domestic to commercial/industrial

    I’m nearly a qualified electrician and I’m looking to change from mainly domestic jobs to more of the commercial/ industrial side. I’m just wondering how difficult will it be and what type of work should I expect to be doing?
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    Electrician Jobs Electricians required in Rotherham in the next 2 weeks .

    Please respond with questions and availability.
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    Adapting a 3 phase industrial machine to single phase

    Hello, I am hoping this is in the correct forum. To start, I acquired a film processing machine that runs on 3 phase. Now before getting the machine I fully understood it's power requirements and the cost of getting 3 phase installed at my house. I figured as processors are mostly a few...
    • Gareth Blackstock
    • Thread
    • 3 phase ausie elec industrial machine phase single single phase
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Australia
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    Electrical Cabinet for Industrial use.

    Afternoon, is there any requirement for electrical cabinets to be all metal? Or is any flame retardant ok? It’s for a basic PLC cabinet with inputs / outputs to a Cobot. Very light industrial, nothing ever gets damaged etc.
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    Starting point for relevant qualifications/learning materials to support control panel design for industrial automation

    Hi all, Some background on this question: I am UK-based, and I work with robotics and automation, so have experience with PLC programming, robot programming and installation, certification of robot cells, etc. Something that I have so far not had much exposure to is the design and build of...
  15. B

    RCD protection in industrial setting circuits

    Hi All Hope someone can help In industrial setting are all circuits required to be RCD protected ? Or is it just socket circuits ? Thanks in advance
  16. M

    Industrial electrical engineer turning domestic

    I am currently 10+ years apprentice served industrial electrical engineer looking to do some domestic work, I currently hold level 3 2365 and 18th edition and currently working on my HNC in Electrical Engineering. I am doing to 2391-52 later this year. Is there anything that I am missing or...
  17. M

    Industrial Floor Sander not getting enough current?

    I have an at my local scout group. They have employed a company to sand & varnish their hall floor. the company is using a couple of Lagler Hummel machines 230v 50Hz each requiring a 16A supply. (as a screenshot). A 16A fused socket has been connected to the hut ring main (by replacing a...
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    Industrial socket cable calculation

    Hi, I have a question regarding the cable size to a 415v 125A socket. For the design current is it normal to use the protective device rating of 125A as the design current for the calc? Thank you
  19. Trap2lover

    Industrial to domestic

    Hi As an Industrial electrician for 20+ years I was wondering what I need to do domestic installations and sign off work. I read some things on part p, but that left me confused as they come and Inspect your work, but I can't start notifiable work without being part p? Thanks Neal
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    UK 100mA RCCB keeps tripping with certain items connected.

    Hi all I am in an industrial unit and the 100mA RCCB keeps tripping. They use it as the main switch inside of the unit's distribution board. The mainboard that feeds all the units has an MCB in it. The RCCB keeps tripping when I plug-in AC to DC transformer loads such as laptops, speakers...
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