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    Normal and USB sockets for home

    Hi there, I am looking for some advice re: putting new sockets and usb sockets in my home. Someone will be rewiring the entire house but I have been asked to provide the sockets whatever I want to put in. The current sockets and switches are old style plastic ones with screws in front. What...
  2. K

    iRoyce Pressure Washer - Going from a GFCI plug to a normal 2 plug.

    I have a small power washer with a two-wire cord and GFCI plug. My outdoor and garage receptacles are on a "house GFCI" circuit, wired in series to one GFCI receptacle. I tried to use the power washer and the plug GFCI would instantly trip when plugged-in and instantly re-trip when reset. I have...
  3. rfinch23

    Normal tv coax connections for thin coax

    Hi, I have some thin coax that came with a one for all outdoor tv antenna. I need to find normal male connectors that will give a good firm fit, the standard are to loose. Any suggestions please. Roy
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    Cable Current Capacity - Solar Inverter vs Normal Loads

    Hi,first off this does not relate to work I intend to DIY. I'm trying to sanity check information I've been asked to provide to the installers. I want the solar invertert to connect in the garage, where there's a DB fed from the house via SWA. This is what's asked .. As the proposed PV...
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    Wiring Emergency Lights With Normal Lights on the same Circuit?

    Hey Everyone, Currently at work I've been tasked with wiring the emergency lights. As I've never done it before, and my foreman wants me to learn how to do it. It's wired in a way he's not familiar with, but he eventually got his head around it. It's maintained em lights wired with normal...
  6. archee

    2.5mm2 on with CPC cut off to 32amp mcb Is this normal ?

    Hi, A question to all the sparkles out there who could explain this mess to me please. Bought a house built in 2000’s found this 2.5mm2 cable running to loft for radial sockets via FSU ( they had 3 amp fuse in there lol ) connected to mcb 32a as you can see for some reason they decided...
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    Is this normal? Please help!!

    Does this look normal? I live in a apartment and this is what the wall and the ceiling look like above my electrical box. I also can not plug maybe more than 4 things in at the same time without blowing a breaker.
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    GFCI in Closet keep tripping, found it was tied to overhead lighting circuit. Normal?

    Hello all! Newer house, original owner(Florida). no change to electrical system. Just found there was an outlet (GFCI) in the closet so I wanted to put a paper shredder in there but it didn't work because the GFCI was tripped. Would not reset so I changed it out, new GFCI will not set either. IN...
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    GFCI outlet solid red light - is this normal or indication that something is wrong?

    (Every GFCI in my house has a red light and is doing what im about to describe) None of these outlets have a spot for a green light (that I can see) I noticed the red light was on. (Solid, not blinking) I plugged in the outlet tester which indicted it has power and is wired correctly. I...
  10. admiral-ackbar

    Receiving 120VAC from frame of double insulated TV, is this normal?

    Got a jolt from the metal frame of my 2020 Sony KD-65X9000H TV. Measuring 120VAC at all times unit is plugged in. Now I know there's often some leakage with double insulated items but I thought that 120v seemed fairly high. Is that somewhere around the expected amount to leak? Contacted Sony...
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    Is work slower than normal?

    Gosh, I've been asking a lot of questions today, this one's a big ask. I don't know about the peaks and troughs of working in this industry but it feels like things have slowed right down in the last few months, compared to last years work. It's slowly ticking along, rather than being swamped...
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    Curr/Volt profile in circuits with Drop-in T8 LED Replacements vs normal T8 Fluorescent?

    Hi, I'm troubleshooting a 'smart switch' issue which is connected to an existing fluorescent 4' 2-bulb (T8) fixture where I have replaced the fluorescent tubes with LED drop-in LED T8 tubes (no re-wiring necessary, so ballast is still in the circuit). Vendor indicates that the switch may be...
  13. Mistergee

    Is this legal, safe, nightmare or normal?

    Just been to view a house that I'm thinking of buying and I looked at the fuse box there seems to be three or four different fuse boxes I don't know what this even means?? 'Looks' a nightmare, it's a rental investment so before I put an offer in I was hoping someone knowledgeable could offer an...
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    Paid electrician, is this right or normal?

    I’ve had an electrician rewire my house. Is it normal for him to leave it like this… Also, some switched were the wrong way round. Is this normal to leave it like this for me to sort out or should they at least clean the plaster splashes off?
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    Normal / Low rate electricity

    My daughter has just purchased an all electric flat with a normal / low rate meter, pictured. A few questions:- - Apart from checking hour by hour how can she tell when the supply switches to low rate? - I know the switch over timing is controlled by the electricity supplier, but how accurate...
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    UK hello can someone tell me the meaning of LAP (specifically) dimmer ? is it different than normal dimmer switch?

    hello can someone tell me the meaning of LAP (specifically) dimmer ? is it different than normal dimmer switch?
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    What is the correct way to spur off a ceiling rose on a normal ring circuit?

    Hi, I have a standard single ceiling light that I wish to convert to a set of three light fittings, physically right next to each other and controlled by the same switch. What is the correct (and preferably easiest) way to connect this up? Kind wishes - Patrick
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    Is everyone’s work pretty much back to normal ?

    work pretty much back to normal or still slow due to the pandemic...? my stuff has slowed quite a bit , got one or two things on the go , one or two quotes in but no where near as much post pandemic
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    How to change normal circuit for lighting to a light sensitive circuit?

    I have garden lights and lights on my fence that I would like to arrange for them to switch on automatically when the sun sets for security purposes. I currently have switches for all the lights on the fence and the garden lights are huge LED appliances that are also hooked up and switched on by...
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    Emergency Lighting With Normal Lights

    Hi there, I was wondering if someone could help me out with this. How would you go about operating normal lights with a maintained fitting ? eg, one maintained bulkhead and 4 Downlight's. A key switch with a separate 1 gang light switch next to it. The light switch to operate the bulkhead and...

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