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  1. HVManiac

    How much current does car starter motor draw without any load?

    Hello everyone, Does anyone have any information on how much current does a car starter motor draw at no load? The motor specs: Power max: 1.4kW Voltage: 12VDC Armature resistance: 0.7 ohm Brand: Bosch Model No.: 1740374 The starter was removed from the engine when tested. A little history...
  2. tim@fuseboxwal

    Voltage drop under load

    Hi, has anyone encountered a similar fault... TN-C-S supply with old wylex fusebox. Last night, customer experienced total power loss whilst in the shower (electric), nothing tripped and no fuses blown. Customer pulled out fuses to check them and then replaced them all but could only get some...
  3. Dan

    Mobile Phone Emojis Wont Load On The Forum! - Use the forum emojis instead

    Just to let you know, I forgot to mention this on EF but have on the other forums. My bad. When you're using a mobile phone or tablet to access the forum, and you use your keyboard / keypad on your device to insert a smilie face (emoji) into your post, it looks like it has inserted, but the...
  4. J

    Lighting circuit - spur small load from that

    Attached are 2 photos. One is the wiring behind light switch. Other is wiring from that circuit (located above the cabinet). As we can see: it's 3-core+earth. Currently, the lights in the room work fine on/off with the light switch. If I connect a simple lamp holder to the wire above the...
    • Jons Fish
    • Thread
    • circuit domestic lighting lighting circuit load small spur
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  5. telectrix

    Splitting Load. Is it safe?

    Micro brewery... Brewing Vat has 2 elements, 9kW and 6kW. Done the calcs and each element will be fed with 6.0mm XLPE. no problem.My query is would it be safe and compliant to split the 2 elements across 2 phases in order to balance better. Can't see a reg.preventing this, but something nags...
  6. J

    Load from two meters

    Hello, I live in jordan. We have a 380Vp-p, star, 4-wire, earthed neutral connection to the building. We get 220V to the apartment. I have recently installed an EV charging station for my car. The electrician got the station’s hot wire from one of the building phases. But, for some reason, he...
  7. D

    MAX LOAD FOR DOUBLE UK DOMESTIC 3 PIN SOCKET?

    Hi With a standard 13 amp domestic uk 3 pin socket the max load is 13 amps i believe?. So does this mean that a DOUBLE socket would have a max load of 26 amps....OR is a double socket still only 13 amps?. In one part of the double socket i have ( on a 3 way adapter) a tv, a blu ray player and a...
  8. N

    Help needed to understand an alternator load problem

    Hi all, I am looking for some expert advice and knowledge to help get my head around an alternator load problem. This has been on-going for about 18 months... Vehicle summary; 1993 Mazda MX5 import. Originally a 1.6 but I have put a 1.8 engine in from an early MK2 MX5. I also fitted a UK...
  9. T

    Increasing my work load???

    Evening all Curious as to what you all do to increase your workload i.e. networking groups, agency work/subbing, pay for leads etc? Currently I'm only a year in to going it alone and looking at ways to fill the diary out and increase customer base. Cheers
    • Tjb
    • Thread
    • electrical work increase load work
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Business Related
  10. W

    Rcbos and mcbs split load board

    hello just checking a mix of rcbos and Mcbs on the same neutral bar is this okay ?
  11. D

    Domestic load and running home office question

    Hi hope you can advise. I've just purchased a 2500w, 230-240v, fitted with 12.4 amp fuse heat press for my small business which came with a 13amp plug. I've been advised it's safe to plug into its own domestic wall socket. However it's a double wall socket and normally in the other socket i have...
    • Deleted member 107562
    • Thread
    • domestic home load office question running
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Domestic Electrician Forum
  12. K

    Disappearing voltage under load

    Hi all, quick one that I’m guessing one of you guys will solve quickly! Currently been doing some work on an old wartime building and trying to get power back onto some son floodlights after some demolition work internally, I’ve got 240v across line and neutral at the junction box (that’s...
  13. S

    RCCB tripping when under load problems

    Hello I am new to the forum and was hoping I could pick your collective brains. I am an electrician with 7 years experiance. I have mainly worked for the MOD and on commercial and industrial builds throughout my time. I now do the odd bit of domestic work and need some help on a kitchen ring...
  14. R

    2core swa, not earth load end.. TT

    Hi, Been to a job with a 2core swa supplying the garage.. The swa has been glanded inside house to CU. But the other end in the Garage has had the swa run in plastic conduit with no gland on the swa so unable to test r1/r2. However the garage has its own earth rod. So technically the swa is...
  15. gazdkw82

    Single phase load 3 phase supply

    been helping out at a local industrial unit today and something got me thinking. There was an old 3 phase isolation switch that was still live from 3 phase DB2 however there was no load from the switch. The owner wants some power sockets and lighting on the upstairs mezzanine area so the 3...
  16. M

    LED lights from dimmer flickering. Load is below dimmers minimum rating.

    Hello. So I've learned a lot about dimmers on this last job. The customer wanted everything downstairs on dimmers and boy has it been a learning curve. I've split a lighting circuit and the customer has asked for 2 x st64 led bulbs on pendants to be put on a dimmer. The problem is they're...
  17. A

    Load Balancing

    how do i balance the three phase system wire into 5 floors?... give me examples plz plz help
  18. Davisonp

    Voltage Drop When Load Is Applied Question

    Hi, I came across a situation recently while investigating a problem where measuring voltage at a set of 4 sockets read 243 Volts with no load, and when a 21 Amp load is applied, the voltage then reads 230 Volts. Is it normal to have such a large voltage drop under load? Or does it imply the...
  19. A

    Demand load

    Could any one please tell me what I'm missing and how did they calculate that ....
  20. M

    DICR - Split load boards in HMOs

    How would you code for circuits not protected by RCD in HMOs, the circuits being, lighting, water heaters and storage heating? I'm thinking code 3, my main concern is the switch drops having no protection, just wondered if others agree.
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