hello just wondered how radio teleswitches worked? is the signal supposed to come out at exactly the same time every night?
the reason i ask is because last night i never heard the usual clunk, so i tested the storage heaters and there was nothing and the night meter wasn't on but the daytime...
hi everyone i am a time served electrician and i have been asked to fit a consumer unit with 2 double sockets/ 1 internal light and 2 external lights
in a 12x6 box trailer
it will be supplied from a portable generator and supplied into the trailer via an apliance inlet
i have an issue that it...
Re-called to a job today.
(Hate it when that happens)
Motor overloads tripping on a 3ph. water pressure boost pump, but intermittently, not every day.
First visit, tested everything - current draw, voltage, winding resistances, IR etc - nothing,
no trips, everything working fine, like your car...
Been out delivering leaflets today trying to drum up some enthusiasm regarding solar P.V. Spoke to a few customers who were out mowing the lawn etc. The general thought on the street seems to be they don't trust it, or don't want it. Age group ranged from 40-80.
Anyway whilst out in one of the...
Hi guys just starting up looking to get a mft not too picky about the manufacture as long as it does all the checks required.
Looking to spend about £200 to £300?
Would I be correct in assuming that the supply cable which enters your house has been (in theory) calculated in such away as that there will be no volt drop across it as to ensure that 230v (or thereabouts) is at your DB and available for all your circuits, providing they have ample size...
hi there
fitted a triton as200x power shower (gravity fed) today to replace exactly same model that was not working at all. Carried out initial testing on electrical circuit for minor works cert all well, isolated cold/hot water feeds from cold and hot water tanks, removed verey badly fitted...
Hi all,
I have informed a client that they need RCD protection for sockets (Commerical, office) however I am not sure if RCBO's are available for this board!
Currently the only protection is over-current, by Eaton MBH132 MCBs. They also have the number N14928 stamped on them.
Just thought it...
I don`t do any EICR reports in my normal working days activities but i have recently had a look at a friends property as he is selling it and i have found that his integrated oven is supplied from his kitchen ring main from a FCU.
It has been like this for many years and there is no signs of...
Hi all i just want to check if everything is ok with my 1st 50kw solar install.
I have run a submains from an existing main consumer unit which is supplied with a 300mm swa cable so no problems there with volt drop.
The sub board i put in is supplied with 16mm swa on a 50a mcb 10 meters away...
I was wondering if any one has installed anything like what I have been asked to do.
It is in a training enviroment and they would like approx 5 sockets installed allong a wall that can have the power switched off via an emergency trip button by the teacher if required.
I was thinking a radial...
Hi,
Basically one of my mates has bought a mobile snack van to set up, and there is no electrical supply or wiring in it .. everything is gas in it. He's basically wanting a supply in it for a few sockets (fridges and cash register) and a flourescent light. He's going to buy a generator for a...
Not come across this before but the installation is labelled PME system but there is no earth connection supplied by the distributor. The earth connections are stuffed inside a loose connector in the fuse box and a 4mm cable connected off the incoming water supply, obviously not allowed anyway...
Does anyone have any experience in recording values of EFLI on circuits fed through a DB supplied via a UPS please? The meter shows the above scale arrow.
I understand that there will be no reference to the external earth due to the inverter inside the UPS but what will happen to the UPS...
Sent to a job today to carry out a pir on the stair lighting & mains supply for the door entry system the problem I have is that both are supplied from an unmetered supply via a gec safelip bs88 fuse rated at 15 amps. Does a main isolator need to be fitted or does this fuse count as one.
right folks wot kind of damage canb done to a single phase bainmarie, supplied with l1 and l3 and no neutral!!!!!!!!! was at job the day and some idiot had wired it like this .wonder y the client was saying the heat lamps were to hot and popping everyother day. also how did it work if there was...
Hello chaps...
Got a PIR on a pub coming up, in a right state !!
Just want to make sure I've got this correct.
It's recommended every 5 years for a commercial premises ?
And part p will only apply to any domestic living quarters ?
Anything else I should be aware of...?
Many thanks,
Sy
went out to a music studio 2day, theyve got an old 30a 400v MEM 3phase distribution board with hbc fuses protecting all the circuits, just wondering what you rekon about putting RCD on to sockets, ent done much on400v so jus ent 2 sure if it needs it n how 2 go about it
Hiya
just wondering if gs 38 applies to MFtesters I assume it would yet the megger I have is supplied with test leads that dont conform to gs38.. is this a problem for NICEIC inspection, do i need to buy test leads with 2mm/retractable plastic screens?
thanks
tom
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