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  1. S

    Live pipework in flat no power

    Called out to a 1st floor flat in 3 storey 9 flat council block. Leaseholder was getting shocks of the shower and the shower room floor. Suspected either static or insulation fault. Lifted saniflo cable and got a shock (just a nip but definitely not static!) when my hand brushed against the...
  2. A

    Determining Live, Neutral, and Ground wires

    I would like to verify some information I was taught today by an experienced electrician. I asked him:"If I have three wires which I don't know which is which -- and the colors of the wires don't help -- how can I identify what's what?" To identify live: which wire lights the tester. Now with...
  3. uksparks

    Request To Work Live

    Hi, You know all these batteries I have been hooking up for these PV arrays.... Well the customer now wants me to hook them up to the distribution board. Me: Ok I no problem, Ill need to power everything off to do it. Customer: Thats not possible, you will have to work live. Me: O...k, not...
  4. M

    Live side

    Good evening, a colleague of mine wants to install a sub main into the liveside of a mainswitch in another board. Can people please provide me a answer if it ok or not thanks
  5. N

    Revisiting "Borrowed Neutral - or Live" RCD trips

    Hi , I'm a new member and resorted to joining this forum in an attempt to get to the bottom of a frustrating problem. I can see many forums where this is discussed but not many give a definite answer , maybe there isn't one. Scenario is upgrading bathroom completely and as part of this new...
    • nemo
    • Thread
    • lights live neutral rcd switch trips upstairs
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  6. J

    live neutral

    hi all, not sure about this, but ive got a black loose 1.5 in trunking thats got 247v to earth? i thought all neutrals should be 0 volts ie "neutral"? any ideas?
  7. davegeezzer

    testing seaward live line testers - 2377 ??

    Hi guys I work on the railway maintaining the ticket offices and platform equipment, ive been approached to test DC live line testers...
  8. P

    DIY Question - false positive from non-contact live wire detector

    Hi, I was going to post this in the DIY forum, but I can't seem to view or post anything there... Pulling up some floorboards in my old victorian house, which previous owner had re-wired recently, I found a cable which has been cut off. When I passed my non-contact live wire detector over this...
    • pturo
    • Thread
    • detector diy false live positive question wire
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  9. S

    Live fire recall for lift..

    Hi just wondering if anyone has has experiance of installing a live fire recall For a new lift installation? Any info on how it's done would be much appreciated.
  10. S

    P and N both live.

    Hi all, I've been called out to a customers house who have taken their own light down and couldn't get it back working. There are the obvious cables there, T+E permanent live. T+E switch live T+E to the next fitting T+E for a local smoke alarm. My problem lays with the T+E for the...
  11. W

    Removal of economy 7 - allow E7 circuit to be live 24/7

    Hi I have just purchased a flat which currently uses Economy 7. It has a secondary circuit which the storage heaters and immersion boiler are run off. This circuit only becomes live during the off peak hours. There is a 2nd consumer unit for this circuit. I have had the storage heaters removed...
    • william_rl
    • Thread
    • allow block circuit economy economy 7 electrician live meter removal
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  12. S

    Live discharge to earth on lighting

    Hi All It's been a while but I wonder if someone may be able to assist and save me some time. I have been asked to go and have a look at a lighting circuit in a 60s house tomorrow because there is discharge to earth which the customer has noticed via the wall plate screws when tightening a...
  13. J

    fault today at work 400v live to neutral

    went to work today, on a hospital we’ve been working atand we got there and a phase of works that we’ve have already done I tested itan powered it up last week, the lights were all flickering and one light sw onone circuit was switching another light on another circuit very strange, I tookthe db...
  14. 3

    Pulling live meter tails from isolater switch in consumer unit

    Hi, could someone advise me of the safest procedure when pulling live meter tails from the isolator switch at the consumer unit. I know about switching off the main switch to take out the load, but will not be cutting the seal and pulling the fuse from the cut-out. On this occasion I need to...
    • 3435hobiton
    • Thread
    • consumer consumer unit live meter meter tails pulling switch tails unit
    • Replies: 101
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  15. E

    Continuity between live and neutral at cut out

    Hi - newbie here so firstly apologies if this is not in the correct place or if its a stupid question.... Following safe isolation procedure on a C/U today - on an old re-wireable board, with all fuses removed....checking that no voltage was present using a Fluke T90 I was getting a continuity...
  16. M

    Exposed live wire.

    Hi I was asked to remove a hot water heater connected to a un-switched fused spur and a curtain heater connected same way. from a charity shop. I work for the charity. as a handy-person I have electrical qualification BS7671 and qualified up to domestic so far, and I know ho my limits to what...
  17. I

    Working in live enclosures

    TPN switchfuse bolted onto a busbar chamber. Bottom half (supply terminals) live and covered by the manufacturer fitted shield. Cables to be connected to the top load terminals. Some sparks i know would happily work on the top terminals even though the enclosure houses live, albiet shielded...
    • industryspark
    • Thread
    • electrical work live terminals we're working
    • Replies: 85
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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