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    Socket position

    Hi all Looking at rewiring a kitchen for a customer. In a previous renovation they had french doors installed which left a socket almost on the corner of the opening Now that I am looking to fully revamp the kitchen including a new CU is there a reg that says how close to an opening a socket...
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    Buzzing socket

    Hello all. One of the sockets in my baby's bedroom is making a fairly loud buzzing sound when an appliance is plugged on. Is this dangerous? And how easy is the problem fixed? Thanks and any advice greatfully received. Dionne
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    Bathroom socket

    Was at a domestic went in bathroom and noticed a washing machine. Fine. More than 3m from bath more than 500mm from sink socket enclosed behind machine next= blue cable Turns out the guy had wired an extension lead from the kitchen socket (plug top) via the ceiling down to the socket and...
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    RCD trip in static caravan

    Hi. New member so be gentle:) First of all, a little background.- I have been an electrician since qualifying in '95. Worked on and off until 2007 when i became a manager in a caravan park. Got 2391 and inspection/testing in 2003. Now to the problem - One particular customer has problems with...
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    Ground Lift plugged into Powerstrip Safe?

    Hello, I am a musician with a home studio. I recently finished building a custom computer for recording. The new computer uses the same sound card and is plugged into the same wall outlet as before, but now I am getting disk access noise, mouse movement noise through my speakers. I tied...
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    Interference on projector when PC plugged into same ring final

    Hi all A few installs we have done lately are picking up a bit of interference on the projector image. It only shows up when a computer is plugged into a nearby socket on the same ring that the projector is spurred from. If you run it off a laptop on battery it's fine, then displays...
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    insulation resistance testing

    Can you guys tell me. Would you normaly removed light bulbs whilst do a insulation resistance test. Also what about fittings that use transformers?? Thanks.
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    fused neutrals???

    Just completed a rewire on a old house, when looking at the unit, all the lighting circuits seemed to have 2 fuses per circuit, one live and one for the neutral. i ad heard of this before but never actually seen it, until last week. can any one shed any light on why this was done???
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    Melted plugs and sockets...

    Hi all, Had two occurrences of 13A socket outlets and plugs melting after being overloaded by multi-sockets, one catching fire, the other having the live pin from the plug melted nicely into the socket. Chief Big Spark and underling - me - thought the 13A fuse in the plug should have blown...

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