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    Generators without central tap

    hello, i am desperatly after some help, so thank you in advance. i am looking for a generator to power a feed auger of 18m in small mobile sheds. there would be 3 sheds wired together but with a delay, and one central plug to which the generator would be attached. this would then power the...
    • alec mercer
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    • central generator generators looking machine needs sheds without
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    24v Fire Alarm Needs to Switch 240v shut off valve/Solenoid

    Hi we have just installed a new gas system in our warehouse and it has a safety shut off valve/solenoid on it. Basically the solenoid is 240v and I need the fire alarm to shut it off when activated, does anyone know of piece of kit that switches by 24v and operates 240v. Many Thanks
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    Solar requirements for my laptop

    Hey! from the wet forest of the xgreek, now arvanitiko, state of markopoulo of attika. here is a critical, very important problem we must solve, for me... and for the common good... A single... typical laptop of 17''... how big fotovoltaic system needs... to be able to work... 24 hoers...
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    HELP PLEASE - Electrical ignoranous needs advice re new supply to campsite

    Hello all Hopefully someone somewhere out there can offer me some help with an electrical headache! I am setting up a new campsite and need a new electrical connection. The site is approx 150m from the highway and next to a barn which has power to it. It has been stated that the barn's power...
    • NorwichCampsite
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    • advice electric electrical electricians' talk help help please needs new please supply supply to
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    builder needs advice on what minimum requirements required

    I have a guy thats just started with us who used to work for a father and son electrical firm. The father and son were part p trained and they would get this guy to carry out a lot of the work and then test it themselves etc and issue the certificate. He has now come to work for me. He is more...
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    Wiring House -which Circuits needs to be RCD

    Hi I am wiring 2 story 5 bed room house and the landlord wants each circuit on its own which of the following needs to be RCD: 1- Bed rooms each on its own ring and has 4 sockets . 2- Bed rooms each on its own radial and has 1 pendent light. 3-Stairs its own lighting radial and has 3 pendent...
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    hmm.. builder needs help!

    Hi Forum, I have a question and my electrician is on his hols, wondered if anyone here could help. We need to ventilate an enclosed space within a kitchen island and I have chosen a small and extremely quiet 12v PC cooling fan as the ideal product to do the job, due to its low db rating. It...
    • adomakin
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    • builder electricians' talk help help! needs power supply transformer wattage
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    How to calculate battery backup power needs

    First of all, I would like to apologize for creating an account solely to ask my question. I honestly don't know where else to turn to find out this information; I've exhaused every google search and the knowledge of people around me. I'm hoping someone won't mind helping me with this. I live...
    • electroguy
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    • backup batteries battery calculate device electricians' talk how to needs power watts
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  9. richardg

    Supplier service head and cut out fuse needs replacing?

    Hi all I completed my first EICR a couple of days ago and some of you have helped with the codes, a major concern I had was the age and condition of the service supply head. As you can see from the photos the wiring looks 30+years old with a tangle of wires going everywhere. Do I call out SSE to...
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    closed circuit coil on 3 phase contactor needs to have time delayed off switch

    I have wired up a couple of remote switches for a three phase fan in a paint room, two switches by the door, one inside the room one outside, this so fan can be controlled when entering and leaving the room, i have wired these as a closed loop hold on circuit with momentary switches, my problem...
    • sparki steve
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    • 3 phase circuit closed contactor delayed electricians' talk needs off phase switch time
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Commercial Electrical Advice
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    1% AC volt drop

    Hi Guys, I haven't been on here for a while and was just wondering how most people are interpreting the DTI guide 1% voltage drop recommendation nowadays? Is the only way to be 100% sure that inverters will not ever drop out to design to 1%? And when meeting 1% requires enormous cable sizes...
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    New user, needs advice!

    Hello Everyone, I am new to this Forum game so please be patient with me.... I am just coming back into the industry after (many) years doing other things and it seems life has got a whole lot more complicated since I last touched an insulated screwdriver! I have just passed my 17th ed. exams...
    • Ben Butcher
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    • advice electricians' talk needs new
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    garage 3 way unit needs changing IEC or not

    Hi quick question our garage 3 way unit is broken beyond recognition if i get a guy in to sort it does it need IEC its feeding 2 circuits sockets and lights from 32amp breaker (main consumer unit). would appreciate advice thanks
    • kyranocat
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    • 3 way changing electricians' talk garage needs unit
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    My MCS reg installer does not think my 4KW system needs registering with the DNO !

    The title says it all really, he says that he never registers installations with the DNO unless they are over 4kW. Every forum I have read says that DNO registration is part of the installation process as much as registering with a supply company for the FIT. Is there a concise statement of...
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    sometimes the customers intellect needs questioning

    took this in back of a sarnie shop, only reason im been called in is because the stainless splash back is been replaced by a full height one and she asked me to re-route the plastic conduit they were unaware it was doing any damage to the conduit DOH!
    • Darkwood
    • Thread
    • conduit customer customers damage electricians' talk needs sometimes
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Shower Pump Question

    Hi all I am asking on behalf of my severley disabled mother who has a pump shower in her wet room.. It was put in brand new about 3 years ago and has worked generally fine since then. In the last six weeks or so the shower has started to "splutter" a little, and in the last week is not...
    • brogers
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    • electricians' talk needs pump question sensor shower water
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Central Heating Systems
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    Mr new guy needs advice

    Hi folks, looking for some advice. I have 16th edition BS7671:2001 which I sat in 2004, I have been working as a maintenance electrician on a large industrial plant ever since, I am now 30 and thinking of starting my own business as a sole trader electrician, domestic and commercial, 1st I know...
    • Gash1888
    • Thread
    • advice electricians' talk needs new
    • Replies: 39
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Born Again Electrician Needs Advise on 2391

    Hello I have just got back into sparking after an absence of 15 years. Recently took my 17th (I was still on 15th) and passed no problems. Was considering doing a 4 day course on 2391 but do you think I am going to struggle? I did my apprenticeship at 16 passed out when 20 and spent the next...
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    Non-electrician needs advice please.

    My Mum recently purchased a "Lifemax High Vision Reading Light 250.1 Floor Standing High Vision Reading Light". I'm concerned because once she has turned it off with the built-in switch it intermittently flashes a weak light. I returned the first one I purchased with the same "fault" but now I'm...
    • Midgemum
    • Thread
    • advice electric electrical electricians' talk needs please
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  20. D

    Newbie needs advice

    Afternoon I start as apprenticeship/trainee on Monday (I've got to be one of the oldest at the age of 30!), I was wondering could any give any advice as to which make of tools that would be a worth while investment? Cheers
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