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    UK BFT bollard tripping rcb when returning to its extended position. Why is this?

    Hi everyone I installed a BFT bollard about 3 years ago. It's been a very reliable piece of equipment however today it has started to trip the rcd when ever it returns to its extended position. It allows me to switch the rcd back on, it won't trip until the bollard is activated goes down...
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    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  2. Darrin Brand

    a 3 core from an intermediate position to get another switch (madness?)

    In a moment of insanity my tiny pea sized brain has malfunctioned and told me that it was a good decision to run a 3 core from an intermediate position to get another switch 🫣 I'm now at second fix (wondering what the F I was thinking), is there any way to get over this? Place is now boarded...
  3. S

    CT position for solar install

    Hi I currently on a job where the garage is having an office built above it with solar panels installed on the roof. I have ran a 16mm 3 core swa for the sub main supply ( approx 50M ) this will be supplied from meter blocks at the mains position which the house supply also come from. The...
  4. T

    Replacing MK Consumer Unit. Main switch position

    Hello mates. i have an MK CU to replace. As you may know, the main switch in MKs is on the left hand side. There's no way to replace the meter tails. Is there another manufacturer that has a left-hand main switch CU, or a flexible position option? Thanks muchly!
  5. M

    I Need Work Looking for practical experience / mate position - anywhere in country considered

    Hello. My name is David and I am in the process of retraining to become an electrician, something I have wanted to do for a while. Finally I have done it, and have now completed most of the required qualifications, so am now looking for a position that will give me the practical experience and...
  6. H

    Wylex RCBO Test - To middle versus bottom position

    Last week I took the opportunity of having the mains power off to test the RCBOs in a Wylex Consumer Unit, fitted nearly 5 years ago, which has the following: 1 off NHXS1B40, 4 off NHXS1B32, 2 off NHXS1B16, 3 off NHXS1B06 and 1 off NHXS1B25 Now on Test, the B40 switch went to the mid position...
  7. W

    Isolation switch position for warehouse roller door

    Hi, I am not an electrician and looking for some electrical advice. We have had a new electric roller door installed at our warehouse. The door opening is 4.5m high and the motor for the door is at this height. The electrician has put 3 phase power supply and isolation switch at ground level...
  8. R

    How to position CT clamps correctly so solar does not interfere with EV charger.

    We recently had a solar panel system put it in. The solar batteries were delayed and put in after, at which point it became clear that the CT clamp for the solar system was positioned on the wrong cable. The inverter was reading the power generated by the solar system and including it in the...
  9. M-B-Electrical-Services

    Odd cooker isolator position

    Hi all. Just finished a domestic EICR where I found the cooker isolator to be smack bang in the middle of the actual cooker position. The oven had a glass lid which, when lowered, automatically isolated the supply to the hobs. I have noted it down as C3 due to the existing cooker lid covering...
  10. R

    UK 13A Sockets keep latching in "on" position

    Hi All, I have a random issue where switches on 13A switched sockets keep latching in the "on" position. Once it happens the sockets are kaput, with the switch contacts fused together. After removing the socket there is no change. This has happened so far on two different circuits. First...
  11. Tronic

    Position of the Main switch debate.

    I have been having a discussion on site recently : In an industrial situation, in the main intake room which contains the metering equipment, there is a, 60947-3 switch fuse. This feeds a section board complete with MCCB's, which in turn feeds 10 sub boards dotted around the place. When...
  12. littlespark

    Position of reply box

    @Dan Well done on clearing up the problems infecting the forum. An all nighter doesn’t seem like fun. I have two issues, I’ll post on two threads. I don’t know if this was always the case, but the reply box on any thread is below a list of similar threads… This might be by design, but I...
  13. E

    Overcurrent relay setting and position

    Good evening, I have a few questions requiring your expertise: 1) For a motor with a nameplate FLC of 44A: The overload relay trip setting should be set to 44A when connected in Delta and set to 44/(root 3)=25.4A when connected in Star. Is this statement correct? 2) Does the position...
  14. timhoward

    2 port / mid position valves

    I've been wondering.... There are two estates of bungalows near me, all built together, all with traditional system boilers with tanks and cylinder. It seems to me that either the valve actuators work for many years, or on some properties they need regular replacement to the point I keep them in...
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    Throttle Position Sensor

    Hello to everyone, I would like to study and discover more about the throttle position sensor, more specifically the one installed on my car. The model is called "cts 4089" and it has 6 pins. From what I read from the internet the sensor outputs two different signals 0-5V that indicates the...
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    Why would an agency job want me to have a public liability insurance for a mates position?

    So Im about to start this agency big industrial job as an mate position but they want me to get a public liability insurance and I found it weird . They said its because im self employed , should I look more into it? This agency its becoming a pain in the --- since they keep asking me for more...
  17. G

    Is it possible to wire two power sources to one three position switch

    I would like to know if it's possible to wire two power sources to one three position switch with six pins, this is for my foot's well lights in my car the problem I have is the original lights I have wired them to switch off when the car is running and I would like them to stay on so I was...
  18. J

    UK Dis board position change and upgrade, cable compliance issues

    Hi, I think I may have helped hold the gun in the shooting of my own foot… Been combining TP dis boards into a single board, after a workshop extension. Quite a few 4 core 1.5mm SWAs feeding fixed equipment, like TP drills lathes and the like – all fed via 16A breakers on the old board. Lots...
  19. KeenPensioner

    Main switch position on CU

    As I've said many times I'm not an electrician but still learning at 73 years old. I watch a lot of YouTube videos on electrical topics, just for the sake of it. I've just watched a video by Artisan Electrics where he was fitting a new CU and had a problem when the length of the existing tails...
  20. D

    What is the order of supply at the intake position?

    I have this question and I've had afew different people say different things to me, could you please help 1600967855 I have posted this question on afew different websites and these are what people have said to me Cut-out, meter, isolation, distribution, final circuits Meter, isolation...
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