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  1. gazdkw82

    Strange fault

    Installed some new floodlights/pir and switches today. All tested fine, however on power up it was evident I had got something wrong. Upon investigation I had the neutral in the switched live of the PIR. Kicked myself but mistakes happen. Corrected the mistake but still nothing was working as...
  2. A

    Very strange car fault - Citroen C2 - fuse box? BSI? BSM? Please help

    Hello everyone. I'm getting a bit desperate, as my car has been at mechanics 3 times already and nothing really helped. Here is the problem: My 2009 Citroen C2 has an electrical/electronic fault which no one can find so far. The car sometimes starts with no issues whatsoever, and sometimes...
  3. T

    Strange noise from electrical cupboard

    Hi I live in a one bed apt. We've got a utilities cupboard with boiler, fuse box, and a large maybe 2ft x 2 ft sealed unit which is linked up to the fusebox, so excuse my ignorance but presume thats something electrical.. Anyway, maybe one a week for a few hours strange noises come from it...
  4. J

    Strange electrical noise

    I've been living in an apartment for a month now and there is a strange multi-toned humming and beeping noise keeping me awake at night. The noise is multi-toned ranging from a low hum to a high beep in very random patterns, randomly coming and going every few minutes or seconds. It ranges in...
  5. littlespark

    Strange fault. Time delayed mcb trip.

    Fault finding. Good to systematically and logically investigate the problem, then the culprit has been staring you in the face... phone call from new customer- no power. get there, split rcd board. “It’s that big switch that won’t stay up”, says the woman Ok, the rcd. Unplugged everything I...
  6. J

    Strange discovery of fault/short??

    Hi Everone, i have a small lathe i've been using for the past 10 years or so and never noticed todays problem before, today I got a small electric shock when i touched the bed of the lathe and a scaffold pole I have situated next to the lathe which holds up a scaffold lean-to roof. After this...
  7. vini

    RCD tripping on split board, strange one

    I'm not even sure if I can properly explain this one. When the shower is switched on the RCD (1) on the other side of the board trips. The shower continues to work fine and when they come out they reset the RCD until the next person needs a shower. When the hoover is switched on and plugged...
  8. stidge

    Strange fault/short

    Hi all , been a mad day and last thing I needed at 6pm was this phone call ! Anyway cut it short. Signed off new extension 3 weeks ago . New ring .60 .60 1.12 >500 so all good . Had to go back today customer woke up socket ring off , went to reset ( RCD still up ! ) mcb made a pop ! I went and...
  9. C

    Replacing pool pump: wiring from breaker box through timer to pump acting strange.

    New member, DIY homeowner here. I bought a new in-ground 1HP 120v Harris pool pump (online) and had it installed by my pool maintenance company. A few weeks later it appears blown -- it hums when the power goes on -- but I removed the back and the shaft turns easily so I suspect wiring issues...
  10. Baddegg

    Strange question on here these days but...

    I need to run power from a basement to a shed, approx 30 mtrs, customer already has 40 mtrs of swa on site, lights couple of sockets and electric gates to be powered from the shed, normally I install an isolator as a single point of isolation an them split the incoming through a Henley and then...
  11. N

    strange earthing problem (lighting)

    Right, so its been one of those long days. swift breakdown: top floor flat. lighting cable is single cores in a conduit system. was employed to install downlights in 2 rooms. Really bizarre one for me, ive never encontered nything like this before. So i tested the original fittings in these...
  12. Pete999

    Anyone had a strange EMail from some Guy in Burkini Faso

    Wants to meet me at ELEX Coventry goes by the name of David, anyone had an email from him?
  13. Baddegg

    Strange request but....

    Customer of mine runs a kids club type thing and has asked me if I have an old consumer unit, don’t think he means rewireable just old ish, anyway they are teaching the kids life skills, I’m guessing he ain’t connect it up who knows ? and he’s asked if I have one I could donate, I don’t have...
  14. H

    B12 Sentra - strange accessory circuit failure

    Hi there, My problem is thus: I own an '88 Nissan Sentra in which all the electricals were working fine. I received some 12v LED strips in a delivery which I would like to install as daytime running lights. In order to test whether the running voltage of the car would be suitable, I attempted...
  15. M

    Very strange problems with my light timers. I tried everything I could think of. Please help!

    So I'm an aquarium enthusiast and I have several fish tanks in my house (all of them have lights that are connected to timers). My basement has multiple circuits, one for the washer and dryer, one for all the other outlets down there, and I also had an electrician install a brand new outlet on...
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  16. S

    Strange N-E fault on armoured cable supply to sub-main

    I've installed a garage consumer unit sub-main to an outbuilding in 16mm 3 core armoured, the insulation tests all come back fine - +800Mohms on a 500 volt test but when I power up the installation I get 90 volts leaking to Earth from Neutral and i'm not sure why. The Garage RCD also doesn't...
  17. littlespark

    Strange things in the post. Possible hoax or con?

    As the title suggests, we've had a number of letters to an individual addressed to our home, but who doesn't live here... and has never lived here. We've owned the house since it was built. Normally we send the letters back into the post with "not known at this address" written on it... but...
  18. L

    Strange or old

    In my house the lighting circuit is made up of One live and earth in same sheathing. Then 2 separate neutrals. I haven’t seen this arrangement before and I’m wondering what this is.
  19. A

    Help needed, is this correct?

    I have a two 32mcb in the c/u. I thought one would be for the upstairs sockets and one would be for the downstairs sockets but they are not. both require switching off to cut off power off to both upstairs and downstairs sockets!! is something wrong with this? each 32mcb has only one live...
  20. M

    Electric knife: strange wiring: request advice

    The knife is Russell-Hobbs, ECO1255, model 13892. I work for a charity which receives (among other things) electrical goods which must be tested before we can give them to recipients. The PAT meter gave weird results: normally when the device being tested is switched off the meter says "lo...

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