Hey, I have a Megger 1553 and lent it to a friend, who is an experienced spark with 2391 and good knowledge/experience of testing. However, friend carried out PFC test using 3 leads, even though PFC should be carried out using 2 leads on this unit. Since PFC was carried out incorrectly the...
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Today to my horror......I payed my monthly visit to my nan's house, usually get bogged down having a cup of tea chat etc then it's time to go.....
Whilst she was on the phone I decided to have a little check of her electrics (as you do)!!
First of all she has a old wilex board, with a 1.5mm...
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Can anyone here give me some advice? I am currently doing a full rewire on an unoccupied house but having some trouble chopping in backboxes.
All external walls are fine but the internals are a real nightmare. They are made of a kind of soft breeze but have like a large 2" cylindrical hollow...
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Project Kahn has released yet another package for Range Rover Sport, but this time they let the plucky chaps of Cosworth to take care of engineering! It’s called the Kahn Cosworth RS300, and it’s based on the latest edition of Range Rover Sport TDV6, which has been given the Cossie treatment...
Have just completed a consumer unit change, Ze is reading at 0.09, PFC reading at 9.5kA, Its on a TN-CS System and about 150m from nearest transformer. I am not highly experienced in Testing, and unable to establish what is going on, but I am suspecting there is a big problem! I am using a...
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I need to run a spur to supply a cooker hood extractor - the only accessible point is the cooker switch - this is run in 6mm on it's own circuit from a 30amp fuse - the cooker is only 2.3kw. Can I take a spur from the feed side of the cooker point, run up to a fused connection unit in...
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