Husband had solar panels installed plus a booster "Solar I Boost" 2 years ago. Ongoing problems with the booster. I have spent the last year manually boosting the water heating twice a day as we never have enough hot water. I just want to turn if off and have constant hot water. Please can...
Hi. Has anyone tried the Atoko Fan Select (ATQ6-03)? Its supposed to be an extractor fan timer so you can get delayed start and run-on using a standard fan. They say you can also override the delay and run-on by switching the light - does that really work?
I have a number of circuits in a not very old Hager sub CU, with split RCDs. All of the active circuits (8 used in a 12 slot dual RCD CU) test fine. RCDs tripping fine under test with Megger MFT. However, I have a MTN B140 (40 amp obvs) MCB in the board that has nothing connected to it. ie...
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I have quite an old Horstmann Economy 7 Quartz water heating system in my flat (installed around 2007). It's been working fine until the last month, now the water heater always seems to be 'on'. The clock is set to the correct time, and even when it is the middle of the day when the...
Hi Problem: I have 5 (240v) led lights in a bedroom on a single on/off switch (not dimmer) and all the leds worked fine until last w/end. Then with the switch being off, the leds would flicker/strobe. Switch on and they all work fine. Disconnected the switch completely and still the same...
I am mostly curious as I don't think this is a very important issue.
In my bedroom I have 2 overhead recessed LED lights that are not on a dimmer. After several years of living with no issue, last week I noticed that they remained faintly on after turning the light switch off. They glowed...
Working on a full rewire at the moment that's been dragging on for some time now. I got the job through a builder I know and it's the second job I've done for him. He's turning out to be a complete -----.
He spends a lot of time telling other trades how to do their jobs and thinks he knows it...
Woke up to my fridge clicking on and off every few seconds. It seems like it’s trying to start but then a relay/switch trips and it turns off. The lights inside and the LED display go off as well when it “clicks”. Here’s a video
Is this a common fault that’s easy to fix by replacing a part or...
I have four can lights in my kitchen that are controlled by two switches on opposite sides of the room. Recently, when you try to turn those lights off by the switch opposite switch from that you used to turn them on they just blink and stay on. This seems to be true regardless of where you...
Hi,
I have a 2009 corolla sedan conquest 1.8 4cyl manual.
My lights have started turning off whilst driving especially high beam but not my fog lights. My reverse lights have also started to not work as well.
My radio aux has also completely stopped working and my radio stations are being re...
Hello.
My pc:
10850K stock 4800mhz stock Kraken X73 good temps
2x16 GB DDR4 GSKILL 3000mhz XMP
Seasonic Tx-850 Ultra Titanium
Gigabyte Rtx 3090 Gaming OC
Aorus Z490 Pro Gaming
1 TB SSD
I wanna ask about something. So i plugged my pc in march 2021. All is fine. No pc shutdowns,reboots,pc...
Just thinking!
dangerous I know.
but I want to get some pv panels up in my home, but thought about setting it up without the inverter or giving back into the grid.
id use it for totally resistive loads like a storage heater or water immersion.
Storage heater would be old style without the...
Hi all,
Spark for 15 years, had a company for 11. I have run the company in various different fashions over the years but it’s mainly been labour only contracts on medium sized commercial and industrial installs recently (50-100k).
I’ve had a fairly bad run at it this year as I took too much...
Probably a stupid question but why is it that you cannot (I think) run a spur off a spur but can connect an extension lead with loads of sockets on it? My son needs about six sockets in a new kitchen where there is only one double socket at present. How can it be done? As a matter of interest...
Hey everyone,
I am new here and by no means an electrician.
I have a solenoid valve that needs to turn off when my ignition turns on. I also would like to turn on the solenoid with a switch when the valve is needed.
Here is my attempt to wire a relay to achieve the needed task.
Any...
Electrical isn't my thing though I know just enough to get me into trouble thinking I can do it after coming up with grand ideas.
When I bought my house, it was an older house with the typical cloth two wire wiring. There was one new 3 wire that had been ran to a jacuzzi tub in the bathroom...
I'm buying a house and have received the electrical testing certificate. There were two C1's and a C2 identified, all very easy fixes even for an amateur DIYer, the problem I have is that the electrics were condemned for this reason and so the busbar was removed from the consumer unit. This also...
Was wondering if the gurus can critique and/or provide recommendations on my plan to install two sub-panels in a (50'x100') 5,000 sq ft steel building that I plan to use as a hobby woodworking and welding shop.
I plan to install two sub-panels using two feeder circuits originating from the...
Hi all.
I have an area of the kitchen with no work surface and no electric supply. I want to make this area usable and move the coffee machine (1kw, assuming 4.5amps) and baby steriliser (600w assuming 3amps) to that area without making huge modifications to the electrics.
The current kitchen...
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