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We are currently undergoing quite a lot of EICRs through Letting agencies and finding that they are way behind getting them all completed before the April deadline and they don’t really seem that concerned either ?♂️ I’m just wondering weather any of you currently carrying them out are...
Hi I hope someone can help, I have a light switch at the bottom of the stairs and it switches the light on at the top of the stairs. At the top of the stairs i have a light switch which is two gang for the top of the stairs and for the bathroom ( on the same switch). I understand I will need a...
Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and an avid DIY’er. I have recently become a new home owner and noticed that we have an outdoor electrical panel. I plan on installing a doorbell to our home which has no pre-existing wiring for one. My question is as follows:
Would I route the 16V transformer...
Gnight! Tonight i bought a 110V lightbulb accidently and all my sockets are 220V. The lamp in which i want to use it in is 127/220V, but the socket itself is 220V. I also have the option to use the lamp in a bivolt socket strip and then the socket strip in the wall socket. Is any of these...
Hi Guys. Firstly, am glad to join the group. Secondly I am very curious to hear from those who have TNC-S as their electrical supply I have 2 questions (1) Are you required to install an earth rod (stake or mesh) on the homeowners property? and (2) what are your regulations regarding its...
We are looking to convert a spare room into a new bathroom but the mains comes into this room and the meter/fusebox are in a small cupboard 2m up one wall?
Not sure if this is right place to ask, but anyway.
Long story short, signed for BT and are getting the equipment delivered tomorrow. This building used to be a pub and has been converted into flats.
BT have run their check and have said there’s definitely a line somewhere in the flat, however...
I have to supply a 3 phase + neutral circuit but I have to run it through a contactor. The contactor is 3 phase no neutral and will be bushed onto the left side of the board with 2 bushes (one for feed, one for load).
The other side of the board is bushed onto some trunking where the load will...
Good Evening Everyone,
New member here. I will admit right off, I know next to nothing about electrical systems. I was a Electro/Mechanical Designer for 90% of my career, but to be honest, am scared to death of things I can't see.
Anyway, wife and I bought a new home home in Oregon recently, new...
I am installing a micro-brewery in our barn in France; as you can guess that, means that I am a brewer, not an electrician :-) I did 'fess up to being a DIYer when signing on.
The brewhouse runs on 3-phase, both for the 12kw heating elements and for the pumps. All use a delta configuration i.e...
Hi Guys, Undertaking a PLC Course and cant seem to get my head around the pulse diagram. Which activates Q and Qbar on the Negative trailing edge. Pointers in the right direction fully appreciated
i'll show you my attempt which was wrong...
The Question is - Complete the timing diagram for a...
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I am a practicing electrical maintenance engineer but my background is electrical installation/inspection and testing however im a little out of touch (I do have 18th however!) don’t use it, you lose it and all that.
so my friend has recently had a EICR done ready for the imminent...
I’m looking to add a GFCI breaker to my main panel. I have several open slots and have not reached the circuit capacity of my panel. However, the main breaker is not located at the top of the panel. See picture. Is there any reason (code or otherwise) I can’t locate a circuit breaker above the...
Hi guys just wondering what peoples thought is on this. I was out looking at a job today and noticed the main gas pipe is not bonded at the meter but has a 10mm earth at the boiler is this a code c2, c3 or nothing?
Current EE college student with questions for advanced technical writing assignment. (I am supposed to interview an Electrical Engineer about workplace writing expectations/requirements)...
1 - On a daily basis, how much time/energy do you spend on writing/producing documents?
2 - How often do...
I am refurbishing a modern flat that I have recently bought and it is all electric. All the old heating, which was a mix of convectors and a large storage heater have been scrapped. The storage heater is located in the lounge/dining area and I wish to replace it with a slightly larger unit to...
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So I am currently troubleshooting a cummins generator that only seems to be able to switch from idle and rated speed mode during only after running for about ten minutes, any longer than that everytime i switch back to idle from running, there is no change and when i change it back to...
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I'm after some advice regarding exterior lighting. We have installed some plug and play 12v lighting into a clients garden via the ecisting external sockets. In the same garden in a different area the client has a ground level floodlight which is wired via an external switch on an...
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I am an industrial designer working from Israel, currently working on a product that will be installed in american homes and needs to fit into a one-gang box.
I'm having trouble figuring out how common are the metal boxes out of all the home-installed electricity box...
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