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  1. Pete999

    Pete's Videos Rhod Gilbert Electrician Sketch - Live at the Apollo

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    A strange world we live in (eye opening vids)

    Thought I'd start of a topic about all the amazing natural events we never see but are amazing if you ever come across them.... My first one then - An ice wave!
    • Darkwood
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    • live media never opening strange world youtube
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Electrician Talk Forum
  3. S

    Help. My house metal work went live

    I am a retired Engineer who was an electrician. My name is Stephen . I was changing a fluorescent light in my garage and was using a mains tester as a screwdrivet when I notice it lit up when I touched the lid screw. Once in 50 years working on breakdowns in the NHS I had came across this so...
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    Live Light Fitting?

    Hi, I'm a little perplexed by a simple light fitting replacement that has turned unexpectedly interesting. Replacing the fitting I linked the loop to a junction block and sealed it with insulation tape (as the new fitting didn't have any connectors as standard. I connected the live and...
  5. J

    240v Between Live And Plasterboard Wall

    came across a strange one today. Had a 3 core cable to a gas boiler and there was a fault on the boiler so when tested got 145v across the live and switch wire. Disconnected the switch wire at one end and still got 145v. Thought bad insulation so replaced cable. Still there ! Touched the end it...
  6. J

    Live to Neutral voltage issue at socket

    Firstly - apologies if this is in the wrong place but I couldn't seem to post in the DIY area. I have removed a socket cover in order to decorate and replaced it to find it didn't work. This socket is in a bedroom on a separate ring to the main sockets, with just the two bedrooms sockets on it...
    • jw4774
    • Thread
    • issue live neutral socket voltage volts
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Don't work live!

    Hi Guys Got a call the other day. Electrician in hospital. No power. Please help. He was working on a 8 way 3 phase board and attempted to insert a single phase MCB without turning off the power first (trying to be helpful). Unfortunately he mispositioned the MCB and managed to short 2 phases...
    • Piratepete
    • Thread
    • don't electrical work electrician live phase power trying work
    • Replies: 39
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  8. B

    Tester to find 'true' live

    Hello All I looking for a (pen type?) of tester to find true live in a lighting circuit etc., any thoughts would be appreciated. I believe they do exist but I cannot trace one (sorry of the pun) Many thanks and enjoy the summer... Billio
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    85v live to earth

    Evening all, i was changing some down lights today and when I came to live test the lights I noticed I was only getting 85v live to earth? Also neutral to earth is showing 50v and live to neutral 230v. im guessing it's a neutral fault somewhere, I will be back at the job tomorrow to...
  10. S

    switched live is also neutral?

    Replacing a ceiling rose that was taken off some time ago and not replaced in an old house. 2 reds and 2 blacks, I have identified which one of the blacks is switched live using a multimeter. But it appears the 2 blacks also are connected when tested with the meter, indicating it is both a...
    • skuller19
    • Thread
    • before circuit connected going live neutral switch switched
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    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...
    • berks1234
    • Thread
    • again current detector live prove showing situation socket tester voltage volts
    • Replies: 41
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    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...
    • dyel
    • Thread
    • area bs7671 cable conductors cross electrical work how to live out question section trainee work
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    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...
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    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...
    • Rasha
    • Thread
    • earth lighting lights live track
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    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...
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    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...
    • jonboy2015
    • Thread
    • cables consumer csa live neutral rcd split wylex
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Talk Electrician Forum
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    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
    • electricpostman
    • Thread
    • advice cable cutting house live
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  18. 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...
    • phil333
    • Thread
    • circuit cooker cpc fault live
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  19. 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...
    • Millwalljoe
    • Thread
    • live place screwfix thought tools
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  20. 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...
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