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  1. L

    Open PEN solution

    How many threads have there not been regarding the issues resulting from employing a TNC-S supply system? The current earthing arrangements to mitigate the consequences of a broken DNO neutral are not satisfactory and are not likely to change in the foreseeable future largely due to cost. But...
  2. K

    Lighting Solution Advice Needed!

    Hi all, I am in need of some help with a project I am working on. I have recently equipped my listening room at home with a Philips Hue Bridge, controlling 12 Lightbars which are responsible for setting the mood and general light in the room. In this room, I have three audio racks, each has...
  3. Lucien Nunes

    Compact 3-phase DB solution needed

    I'm moving my workshop into a room that contains the intake. I want to put cabinets where the switchgear is at the moment, so it would be very handy if I could condense it into a small space above the meter board and put a little cupboard around it. I am looking for the most compact...
  4. S

    Complicated multi solution for a skinflint

    hello all, I need a heating solution for a small unheated toilet. Ideally a wall fan heater that is multi controlled so not on unless occupied and temperature is cold enough. was thinking a thermostatically controlled wall fan heater (so regulated to operate below a reasonable temp only) AND a...
  5. S

    Lighting relays overheating. Solution?

    Evening all, Been to a customers unit recently due to some high level lighting that had stopped working. The cause was a relay that had overheated causing the neutral pole to fail open (they are 2 pole relays). When opening the panel I noticed the relays had signs of thermal damage. Some...
  6. C

    Power to tail light problem

    One of my tail lights remains on permanently. When l switch it on it turns off. The other tail light works as it should. Can someone please help?
    • chrisj
    • Thread
    • light parking please power power to problem simple solution switched utility
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Auto Electrician Forum
  7. bigspark17

    Retrofit solution to solar powering an old large lampost

    Could anyone recommend a set up i could use to power an old lampost using pv panel, charge controller, battery and BC led. The system would require some sort of dusk till dawn sensor or timer. The lampost is in a very unaccessible location and cabling it underground is out of the question. Could...
  8. S

    Solution to high cost AFDDs?

    Hi Folks Screwfix have Wylex combined AFDD/RCBOs for over £200 each. For a simple hypothetical installation with 2 lighting and two ring final sockets circuits, that's over £800 for devices alone. So, if one were to install two consumer unit enclosures, one with main switch and two 40A...
  9. N

    lights come on when door opens solution?

    One of my clients has decided he wants this kind of set up, one for a cupboard and one for the garage. Ive tried steering him towards PIR but he not to keen on them. Does anybody know of a sleek solution to this problem? Ive searched on the internets but all of the switches ive found for this...
  10. SteUK

    Washing machine and dishwasher on same double socket - solution?

    Hi, Currently having to plug swap when wanting to use the either appliance (for safety as they both draw appox 10amp each). Looking for advice on what to ask a sparky to fit. Can I ask for a single socket to be spurred off the current double socket, and plug one of the appliances into that...
  11. CHRIS RUSSELL

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  12. G

    Solution to butchered down lights??!

    I don’t know if I’m just unlucky but every time I’m called out to a down light the thing falls out of the ceiling the minute I look at it. On closer inspection it looks like the “hole” has been “cut” with a twelve gauge. Are there any after market products to resolve this problem? Or is the...
  13. T

    Single Pole Double Throw Switch - the right solution?

    I'm looking to install lighting in my garden, part of the requirement is that the circuit is hooked up to a photocell so that by default they will illuminate at night. As our bedroom window may suffer glare there will be occasions when I want to manually override the photosell and turn the...
  14. H

    An ingenious solution.... please.

    I'm replacing the lights in my office as a trial for LED replacements. Current lights are surface mount twin 6-foot florescents. The lights I'm trialling are these...
  15. A

    Lighting connection solution

    Hello everyone I am a DIYer and I'm hoping this question will be a really simple answer for an experience electrician. But as 'you don't know what you don't know' here goes. I am wanting to put a chandelier up in a room. I have installed a separate weight bearing ring bolt to a joist to take...
  16. marconi

    IT'S TOO HOT - A QUICK SOLUTION

    My wife has been complaining about the hot weather so I put together this 'evaporative air cooler' for her using a plastic storage box. Along the broad front side is a kitchen extractor fan and along the broad back side is a grid of 50 x 6mm holes. The 3 plastic containers contain ice bought...
  17. Soulsurfer

    Stair lighting solution ?

    Hey all, been to a new client today who would like to have lighting such as small led's installed in stairwell between stairs themselves which could be a hassle due to access ! stairs are accessible only up to around 5 stair via cupboard underneath then they turn 90 degrees and up to the...
  18. O

    Possible room to room networking solution?

    Hi, electrician here with basic networking knowledge. Please see attached picture. Im trying to over come a problem and just wondering if my possible solution will work or not. A router has been installed in a room of a house via a junction box in a hallway where the telephone cable comes in...
  19. M

    Extending Cables inside a pattress box - best solution ?

    hi all i have a bit of work to do for a friend at some point in the near future. i'm a bit concerned (not looked) that the cables might be a bit short to do what is required. what is the best method of sorting this issue out ? just want to be prepared for the worst e.g. as it is to be enclosed...
    • Monkey Nuts
    • Thread
    • best box cables double extending inside pattress single socket solution tests
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  20. Pat H

    Labeling solution.

    What are people using for labeling on jobs? I've used simple thermal dymo labellers before which have been ok.
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