Doing some work at home I have a new light fitting to fit there 3 terminals in th new one, neutruel, earth and live.
The old pendant and wires has 1 neutruel, 2 earth, 2 lives and 1 neutruel switch live.
When I put the switch live with the lives the light has constant power and wont switch off...
Hi, I hope someone can help me shortly - what's this connection name, it feeds LED fairy lights in a garden, but cant find any name on it. It does work on 230V
Thanks
Tom
Whatare the advantages and limitations of fault diagnosis techniques?
Hi lad need help, im on the last one and have 5 that I don't know, my background is in
construction
Thanks colesy
I have recently bought a house and the outside light doesn't work. After unscrewing the bolts I realised it wasn't wired up at the light.
I have a brand new light and cannot get it to work.
At the light I have 2 grey cables: 1 with a red core and a earth, the other with just 1 black core.
At...
Good evening. I have an exam next month and I am really struggling on a certain section of it. The section is on motors which is something I never ever do. I just house bash. I've put the link at the top of he page. The post is number 324 and its the bit where it says motors obviously. Any help...
please i need your help to understand how can i make maintained or non maintained emergency luminaires . i want to ask about programming of CPU in ECB. is that responsible to make maintained or non maintained emergency lighting or not ? if not tell me what is using of this programming in CPU...
Hi there, I ordered a phone of eBay and it came with a USB wall adapter (pictured) and as you can see their is no marking on the plug at all. Is this allowed? Should i notify the seller? I thought UK plugs had to have certain marks on them.
(I am no expert with electrical "terminology"...
Hi,
Looking to get some advice and or assistance possibly if required. I had an iboost unit fitted when my pv system was installed at Christmas but yet to use it we had other problems with our system which are now resolved - I am concerned that when I did swich it on the fused switched spur...
Hi guys im real new to this forum just found out about it recently and i was hoping someone could help me i have my unit 203 exam tomorrow in level 2 electrical installations and really need help im revising allot but struggling as im not used to looking in a book im used to memorising things...
Hi. I've just joined this forum but I'm not sure if I'm in the right place to be honest. I've got a Pioneer SA-1290 amplifier (stereo integrated amplifier) and have a problem with the voltage selector switch at the back of the unit. I was hoping to find someone who is familiar with Pioneer...
Describe, for each of the following symptoms the most likely electrical fault.
A fault has occurred on a lighting circuit in the glass house area so that when it is switched on the RCBO protecting the circuit operates
the out side lights Obove the entrance only turn off when the protective...
Hi there,
I live in an apartment that got kitted out from international companies... all of the toilets and built in appliances are all strange and it's nearly impossible to get things replaced/fixed. I had an electrician out who told me he had never seen anything like the unit I have in the...
Hello,
I have just purchased some LED strips from Amazon (link below), and I was wondering whether I could connect them up by firstly using a timer plug, followed by a 2-way plug.
The timer would be plugged into a wall socket.
The LED Strips: Tingkam Waterproof 1M 60 led 5050 White Color led...
Hi, im 23yrs old will Have gained quals in 2356 Level 2 + Level 3. Test inspection and 17th edition by the end of this year. Am currently working as Maintenance Engineer, gaining very little install Experience lately, although i have had abit in the past.
Can anybody advise on the best ways in...
So I bought a pair of oster clippers from the states, took them to a guy who owns a hardware shop and asked what I needed he handed me a Us to Uk adapter and everything was fine. I used the clippers for maybe 5 weeks before they started cutting out when they were moved abit harshly, it gradually...
I have been asked to find the most suitable device to provide earth fault protection of the internal wiring of an individual fluorescent light fitting.(elcb) or can you use an rcd any help would be great thanks.
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