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  1. B

    Why would a LAP Voltage Detector be showing live current in this situation?

    Hi, I purchased a LAP non-contact voltage detector to check my sockets. One of them is cracked and needs replacing. So I went to the Consumer unit and isolated the all of my circuits. Then I went back to the broken socket and tested it again. Everything appeared to be fine, and I removed...
  2. D

    How to work out min cross sectional area of live conductors?

    Hey need some help with some homework the question is 'Determine for one of the high bay lighting circuits within the workshop, the minimum cross sectional area of live conductors for current carrying capacity and voltage drop.' So if I have a lighting circuit with 5 high bay 150W luminaires...
  3. D

    Whats going on here? - Live and earth reverse from Tester

    Hi Guys This is my first post so please go easy on me . I have basic knowledge of domestic electrical installations and I'm not just a diy nutter, so I was quite prepared to swap a socket in my own house. Here's what happened. I was in Plumbfix when I saw a promotion for double sockets with USB...
  4. R

    Live earth on track lights

    Hi Guys, I'm an enthusiastic DIYer, no formal training but can do basic electrical tasks, at least I thought so... Some advice would be helpful on the cause of a live earth cable on some track lighting I was changing. The original track lights were low voltage with very old transformers, I...
  5. A

    Connecting load to a live FSU - Legal?

    I work with fire alarm panels and have recently come across a situation where my customer could not isolate the FSU recently installed for me as the FSU was fed from a breaker than would have caused major disruption if knocked off. Now when I did my City&guilds 2330 & BS7671 they taught me no...
  6. Dan

    Major industry event 'Smart Tech Live' set for May

    Focus on smart solutions in the electrical industry Read the full news article
  7. J

    csa of wylex rcd live and neutral link cables

    Due to a burnt out 80a rcd on a wylex split board consumer unit, the consumer unit now only has one 80a rcd which all circuits (mcbs) are wired to, so a new 80a rcd has been bought to reinstate the split board. The issue is that the original live and neutral cables that linked the mcbs together...
  8. E

    Advice - cutting live cable, house

    I know what happens if a live 240V wire is cut inside the house, but what happens if the cable is cut outside the house before it goes into the box? is it just the same small flash and muffled noise? Thanks
  9. P

    Cooker circuit fault. Live cpc!

    Hi guys. We have been brought into a domestic installation to complete remedial works. The previous electrician who worked for a builder was not very competent in his work and also could not sign off any of his work. He wired a new extension which included a kitchen. The council has been...
  10. M

    Screwfix live

    Just heard about screwfix live from ck tools and said it was in farmbourugh and thought oh I'll go down their see if I can win some gear I'm feeling lucky as if already won some gear from ck tools. So farnbourgh is about 30 minutes from me next to Orpington look up the address and it turns out...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. 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
  15. 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...
  16. 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?
  17. 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...
  18. 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...
  19. 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.
  20. 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...

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