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  1. M

    Seeking advice / assistance in a power generation project.

    Basically a gravity generator with a different implementation, smaller.
  2. 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...
  3. J

    advice on power supply to outbuilding

    Hi looking for some advice I wont be doing any work a electrician will be .. I have a outbuilding being constructed and i will need a power supply I have asked for a quote and while looking for advice have been told that the person doing the quote cant be a qualified sparky from the advice given...
  4. S

    I wanna buy pc power supply from France. I am in Poland. Did power cable will be compatible to socket?

    Hello. I wanna buy new psu Seasonic PX-2200W ATX 3.1. Its new fresh product. But in my country ( POLAND ) is not in stock. I found some french shop. They can deliver to Poland. I am in Poland. Psu will be from France. Did power cable will be compatible from psu to socket ?
  5. 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...
  6. A

    fuse spur that will be used as power for a LED

    Hello, what would I need for the following... A 40 meter cable run through fire partition walls, into a large plasterboard void to supply a switched fuse spur that will be used as power for a LED advertisement screen, unfortunately there's no forthcoming info on wattage. what cable size would...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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?
  12. J

    Electric power shower

    My shower stopped working, As the light on the isolator switch wasn't coming on, I changed the switch. The new switch came on but was very dim? when i switched the shower on it never came on and the dim isolator switch went off anyone know whats going on?
    • John G
    • Thread
    • electric power power shower shower
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  13. S

    How Many Power Showers in a New Build is Allowed?

    Hi, Got a new build house which has 5 bathrooms and there looking to put 10.8KW electric showers in each bathroom/ensuite. Its a Passivhaus and they are looking to reduce the water tank capacity so its really only for the one bath in the property and the taps. Thoughts on how this can be done?
  14. 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...
  15. 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...
  16. U

    PAT FAIL HELP - 19" Rack Mounted Surge Protected Power Strip

    Hi All, My colleague and I are currently doing PAT/ISITEE Testing, and we've hit a snag with a bit of equipment - we've got 19" Racks for our equipment that each have a Surge Protected Extension Lead mounted into them, they're Class I, and we test them on 250V. Earth Cont. and IEC Cont. are...
  17. C

    Cooker and kitchen power cables to be enclosed in rockwall

    Hello All, I have just found out that a family member who is having some Building work done has been advised to insulate above the Kitchen ceiling of their flat with Rockwool type insulation - above their ceiling and into the floor void of the flat above. I have told them that Electrical POWER...
  18. dgstrange

    Legality of using a lighting circuit to power an observatory?

    I have a lighting circuit cable (1mm) powering a telescope (12 volts) in an observatory total draw 84 watts drawn from a transformer. There is a 6 amp fuse in the consumer unit. This was installed in 1998 by a qualified electrician. Is this still legal or should it be upgraded? Thanks
  19. Landin

    I need help with LED light strips. I have a 120v 10a ac/dc power source. A led controller that can handle the power and output.

    As the title says. But then I cut off a jst connection off one of the light strips and I can't get them to work together... the one strip is plug and play and I wanted to attach the next one to the strip at the end so they work on the same command. It's all going into a party bus so there is a...
    • Landin
    • Thread
    • controller help led led light light need help output power source strips
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  20. С

    power supply anodizing

    всем привет I am looking for information on the power supply for the process of colored (decorative) anodizing of aluminum products. I'm writing a diploma, maybe someone will help)))
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