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  1. S

    80A / 100A single phase whole home energy monitoring with website / app graphics

    I'm trying to find a way of energy logging a home to help plan a battery installation. Ideally tracking import by hour and displaying some information and graphs on an online platform like the myenergi app allows when you have some of their equipment. Thought I could buy just a harvi and CT...
  2. K

    Wiring Single wifi Dimmer switch

    Hi Total novi e but have wired multiple light switches previously and survived :) I've bought a nice WiFi enabled dinner switch for a new LED light - the wiring manual says it requires a neutral to be able to function- as you will see from my photo the current switch has COM and L1 and all...
    • kjudge
    • Thread
    • dimmer dimmer switch led wiring single switch wifi wiring
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  3. O

    2 supplies to single building

    We are refurbishing an empty commercial building at the minute and I don't do commercial stuff day in day out so not entirely clued up on everything. The building is one property, central entrance hall with two big offices left and right from the hall way, the hallway though has two meter...
  4. S

    Single strand 2.5mm for radiators?

    Hello and good morning all. I am putting in a first fix on a small extension. It will have its own fuse board coming from the main house. I plan to put in 5 electrical radiators. (2x1000w, 2 x 600w and a towel heater) I am going to hardwire them on their own ring with a fuse on each . Just...
  5. A

    G100 Export Limitation - Multiple Single Phase Arrays - Three Phase Net / Vector Metering Limitation

    Hi I have three phase installed recently to increase generation. DNO approved the extra 2 solar arrays so we have 3.68KW FIT on one phase and 8KW on phase 2 with 6KW on phase 3 We are coming to the end of the install and my question is as the DNO have limited export to zero how do we share the...
  6. S

    Single phase and 3 phase supply to same equipment

    I have a single phase stainless steel pasteuriser that has two control boxes attached to it. One box houses the control for the electronics and motor for the mixing paddle. The other box houses the supply to the water jacket immersion heater. The immersion heater is 1.5kw single phase and is...
  7. newfutile

    Kewtech kt1700 single pole voltage detector device

    Has anyone used one of these KT1700 - Kewtech - https://www.kewtechcorp.com/products/kt1700/ and are they approved in place of the usual 2 pole testers?
  8. MJS123

    Single Phase Transfer Switch in 3ph Distribution

    When there exists a single-phase transfer switch within a 3-phase distribution system, is it necessary for both feeds to the transfer switch to be connected to the same phase on the two sources? Take for example the image below, note that the transfer switches are connected to the power sources...
  9. T

    Why are single gang boxes still made with 4 fixing lugs?

    Hi all, I am an experienced DIY electrician and I just wanted to ask a quick question about something since I am new to this forum, if it hasn’t really been answered anywhere else. The question I have in mind is how come most electrical manufacturers still make single gang (25, 35mm etc) back...
  10. A

    Three phase cable to wire single phase

    Can I use three phase cable to wire single phase
    • ambr111
    • Thread
    • ausie elec cable phase single single phase three three phase wire
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Australia
  11. S

    Single plug socket stopped working.

    Have a single plug socket which has been working fine for years. It is behind a unit so nothing has hit it. I looked at the socket and can seen no discolouration or anything on the outside to indicate a problem. Took the socket out of the wall and again nothing to indicate a problem and all the...
  12. H

    replacing single pendant light with two new lights

    Hi everyone, We have bought 2 new low-hanging light fittings from Ikea to go side by side above dining room table to replace the single pendant that's there now. I enjoy DIY and learning to do any jobs i can by myself so just wondered how i would go about fitting these to replace the single...
  13. T

    AC Single Phase Motor - Expected Amp Draw

    Hi Forum Members I have a 4 pole single phase 240VAC 315 watt motor from a central heating heating system that I think is bad. It's the room fan inside the squirrel cage that sucks / pushes the air past the heat exchanger It seems to run but very slowly. I think it's bad. That said, there is...
  14. K

    Wiring single phase motor

    hi Can anyone tell me where to wire the active and neutral wires to in this single phase electric motor
  15. kassem999999999

    can all car modules cause a short circuit? test light stays on unless i unplug every single module?

    can every single car module cause a short circuit? my test light stays on between batt and terminal unless i unplug every single module? any advice?
  16. K

    What did I do wrong when installing this single pole smart switch?

    I replaced a single pole to exterior lights with a smart switch. Next to it is a 3way to my foyer light. The foyer and the smart switch to exterior works. However I seem to have killed the power to an exterior outlet. In order to get the switch to work, I had connect the red switch pigtail...
  17. N

    Soft Starters for Single Phase Submersible Pump

    Hi Everyone, Has anyone ever encountered an undersized start capacitor (from manufacture) for a single phase pump??? I would like to integrate some sort of soft starter for my submersible pump which pumps rain water to a tank. Is this possible??.... Thanks, NKC
  18. popeyedwazza

    UK Can you have 3 13 amp fcus in series on its own radial 16amp with each supplying single socket

    Hi everyone. Im new here... I need advice on wether it is safe and okay to have 3 × 13amp fcus on its own radial with each having single socket to supply a.... 1st) fcu at 13amp-fridge/freezer 2nd) fcu at 13amp-washer/dryer combo 3rd) fcu at 13amp-Dishwasher They will be protected by 4mm...
  19. B

    Single and three phase current capacity and voltage drop differences.

    Hi All, From what I understand, working out the design current - Ib for single phase is quite easy (max appliance power/voltage). For three phase, do I take the max power, divide by 3 then divide by 230 to get the Ib? (We definitely use 230V for everything right?) Now for voltage drop, We...
    • bbudding
    • Thread
    • capacity current phase single three three phase voltage voltage drop
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  20. newfutile

    3phase DB as single phase

    It's coming out anyway so it's a rhetorical question. What do you you all think of this? Bits of wire used to bridge the bus bars and don't single phase consumer units need a linked switched line and neutral?
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