A close colleague of mine is hiring a Distribution & Plant Technician at Reading, Napier Road depot.
Technicians provide the essential link between the team leader and the team's operatives. Distribution & Plant Technicians work as part of a team to keep power flowing safely and efficiently...
I'm hiring a Distribution & Plant Technician for my department.
Network Rail technicians provide the essential link between the team leader and the team's operatives. Distribution & Plant Technicians work as part of a team to keep power flowing through the electrified rails safely and...
simple answer guys, don't need any smart arse replies.
Plant room with Boiler, do the luminaries have to be vaporproof? If so whats the reg. (Yes I've got the BBB).
Also another silly question, is the vapour proof fitting, just one with clips on the side? (Oh feel I'm going to slammed for that...
Hi Guys, Have a problem with a Omron Switch mode power supply & Omron Control Relay Which is only switching a 3phase mixer paddle to stir liquid while in the heating process. The control gear is fed from a single phase supply plugged into a RCD protected socket. The Rcd trips within 9ms @ X1.
I...
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I have been asked by a company that installs sewage systems to have a look at some recommendations from another sparks who has looked at one of their jobs. I haven't visited the job, but I have seen a few of their installations in the past and he has me at a bit of a loss. The plant is...
I have a situation whereby a new build property has had a green electrical cabinet installed at its boundary, and a new 3ph PME supply installed.
There is a 4c 25mm SWA from here to the detached garage, which will house the plant room (3ph ground source heat pump, 3ph PV inverter), and then...
Good afternoon, first time post so be gentle please, I work for an organisation looking after different types of buildings, I have recently commissioned a condition report for a district heating plant room, the report has come back with 1# code 2 defect, details:
Circuit designation and details...
Previous house basher for 4 years and qualified in that area. Started my new job this week and i am wiring up a flour mill. ITS HUGE, we have a production mill factory with about 4 new motors and 6 sensors wiring back to a plc unit. I have to say i am enjoying the work and seem to be getting on...
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First post here and a serious question regarding electrical testing after work.
In particular testing machinery in a factory after work.
A friend works in a factory where they have a few 440v machines.
The maintenance bloke there has no electrical qualifications and a few times the...
Hi I need to clarify some details I found on a EICR in Kingston. The house has a large indoor pool with a separate plant room for all the machinery.
The pool itself is upto present standards (12 years old) with a separate pit with all the jacuzzi pumps and lights which are inaccessible without...
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I have a need to transmit a switched signal over about 200mtrs, I was looking at Easy switch that TLC do and have been successful with them in the past for garden lighting projects. Has anyone used something a bit more powerful as it is going to be used to send a fault signal to a plant...
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I have recently started a job in building services maintenance. Coming from a domestic background, this is turning into a steep learning curve as they have thrown me in at the deep end and left to get on with it as an electrician knows everything right!? Anyway, my main concern is...
I've previously asked this in the Course feedback section of the forum, but due to a lack of response I thought I'd appeal to the masses!
I've been looking at various "hands on courses " for Industrial ie controls , as upto now I've not had much contact with this type of work, I've done plenty...
Normally I fit local isolators adjacent to 3 phase motors to allow for maintenance. I have been informed that as my main control panel is within 8 meters at most from any one motor on the plant I can install a lockable emergency stop push button to kill the control circuit and use this as a...
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The company I work for carried out an electrical installation in Widnes before christmas on an industrial plant. Everything was inspected and tested as required. The operators of the plant are experiencing problems with a particular portion of the plant and have asked if we can get...
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A friend of my mates is setting up a micro brewery in a small industrial unit. The unit is fed by a 3 phase 100amp supply
the brewery plant is on order and the boiling part of the plant is fitted with 3 x 18kw (3 phase) immersions, then another piece of equipment has 1 x 18kw 3 phase...
Would appreciate some advice on the following:
The project has over 20 large apartments between lower ground floor & 3rd & there are 2 basement levels.
The client would now like to save space within the apartments & locate a small plant room within the basement garages.
Has anyone encountered...
Hi all I am currently on a site and just pulling some data in the plant room and noticed this :-
Main LV panel
3 phase breaker rated 125amp with 25mm non armoured tails and 16mm earth supplying landlord board run in trunking with 27 other swa 16mm 3core
Then off the 3phase bus bars we...
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