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  1. M

    Man cave power feed from new build property issue

    Hi All, I am in the process of purchasing a new build property in Swadlincote Derbyshire And want to build a man cave so require the standard lights and sockets for the build The house builder has mentioned running from an external socket ? The little bit I do know of electrics this doesn’t...
  2. P

    Power restored light

    I'm a DIYer. Having been off power for 24 hours last weekend, I've fitted a 100A generator/mains switch. When the generator is running/the mains is isolated, I have no way of telling when the mains power is restored. The meters switchgear etc are in an outbuilding adjacent to the house and I was...
  3. S

    Bnc cable with power messed up for cctv

    Hi I have stupidly cut the cable to push through the wall . Idea was to join them back together. There's 2 wires inside blue and a white one. The white one has copper strands exterior around it. When I joined it back together. The camera didn't work. I'm unsure if it's down the cable I've...
  4. T

    Hot Neu. / Reverse when on inverter power

    I have a small camper. When connected to shore power my receptacle tester shows "Correct" (two orange lights). However, when running on my solar generator's (a Jackery Explorer 1000 v2) inverter it shows as "Hot Neu. / Reverse". Is this expected or is there something amiss? If something is...
  5. M

    Meter box RCD tripping

    The meter box RCD for my power outlets in my home trips at random times, approximately every 13 hours. Have used a portable RCD box to test every appliance plugged into outlets but the portable RCD doesn’t trip. Any ideas? Faulty outlet? Faulty RCD ( it’s 25-30 years old)? No other circuit...
  6. Z

    Outlet Power Mystery

    We have a washer and tumble dryer - each plugged into their own socket (UK standard). Both have been functioning fine for 7 years. Yesterday I discover that the tumble dryer has stopped mid dry - the lights are off - no power. No breakers have been tripped. Plugging the tumble dryer into the...
  7. L

    extend power cable - Optoma screen

    Hello, I have optoma screen de-9120ega | Optoma United Kingdom - https://www.optomaeurope.com/product/de-9120ega which has 3g 0.75mm cable. I want to use extension ... so I was thinking, is there any reason for such a device use 0.75mm cable? I assume few electronics and small motor is inside...
  8. Rockingit

    Anyone here have links with Western Power training?

    Young girl (16 and great) who lives next door to me is trying really hard to find an electrical apprenticeship without much luck and I've just been chatting to her about it and she said she'd be really interested in overhead and HV work. Thought it might be worth me trying to do some...
  9. Phillips007

    USA Designing an Electrical Power System for a rack

    Hi everyone, I’m in the process of designing an electrical power system for a rack(cabinet enclosure), and I would love some input from the community. The components I’m planning to use include: Circuit Breakers (Main CB: 35-40A, Other CBs: 2A) Surge Arrester Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS)...
  10. M

    Seeking advice / assistance in a power generation project.

    Basically a gravity generator with a different implementation, smaller.
  11. captaincaveman

    How can you clear a fault but have no power

    Hi all. Big old house with upstairs lights tripping. Barely any access in attic due to old beams etc. Insulation resistance fault of 0.34 Live to Earth Disconnected all conductors at assumed first light fitting. IR fault at CCU now >10MO I re-energise at the CCU so I can see if any other...
  12. G

    Multple LED Strips & Power Supplies off One WiFi Driver?

    Hello. This is such a noob question, but I'm struggling with something that seems like it should be fairly straightforward. I have numerous 24v LED RGBW strips in several light coves around my house, with all the wires homerun in to a central closet. The total linear footage of strips...
  13. D

    Getting power of the light wiring

    Hello all I want to power a small LED light that will be on 24/7 on the ceiling off of the main kitchen light (for some night terror issues someone is facing in the house). The problem is that when I took the old light fixture down there were only two wires (a black and a red which I am to...
  14. MikeM3

    Pirate Power Supplies

    In an earlier thread that I started about floating neutral, we had quite a discussion about, "Back Feeding my Flat", from a DIY, solar set up, I, unfortunately, wouldn't do this because my system doesn't have an earth, several people who replied to my various queries, all said not to feed any...
  15. P

    UK Have a washer and dryer with related power supply issue

    Have a washer and dryer that are plugged into separate sockets and both have 13A fusesl The electrical wiring passes through the washing machine socket and then on up to the the dryer socket above. There was no power to the dryer so I changed the fuse in the isolator and now it works fine...
  16. S

    Appliance power problem

    Hi all, I have a garage door opener that is acting a bit weird and was hoping someone might be able to shed some light on why this is happening? Liftmaster garage door opener has a power board(WZA27289) that supplies power to the transformer. The problem is that sometimes when it is plugged...
  17. J

    Power fluctuations

    I have a business owner claiming his pc monitors keep flickering and its a non consistent supply of electrix. He doewnt say he trips thr rcd but says this is dangerous as his servers are very important. He uses protection and regulation devices on his equipment. Once I test at the board and at...
  18. D

    I want to install a cigarette lighter on a motorbike to power a 167w phone charger. Feasible?

    Bike is DC, an older motorbike. Charger will be used to draw no more than 60w. How can I make this work, safely?
  19. Moley

    Should I upgrade my power leads?

    I've recently watched Dave at EEVBlog changing the batteries in a $4500 Chord Hugo DAC and it got me thinking about my audio equipment. I was thinking of first upgrading my power leads. I was looking at one of these Nordost Odin 2 I would need a 2.5m lead which at £32,375 seems quite a bargain...
  20. U

    Mains power to electric shower only 0.6v???

    90s house electric issues continues 🥲 So after getting some good advice here I've managed to sort out some of the heating issues so thank you for that everyone 🙏 I'm seem to have a few bugs and keep chasing problems So my current issue is downstairs shower only has hot water with no...

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