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    Help needed again pls - Lighting fault tracing

    I need your help please once again in tracing a fault. Am DIY but not clueless. Converting former kitchen into 2 rooms: bathroom and laundry. The room had 24 cheapo ceiling spots, originally tungsten then 240v GU10 LEDs that I am replacing. Circuit spilt into two halves with two gang wall...
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    Tracing a rain-related short circuit

    I have an intermittent short on a circuit with a GFCI breaker and some outdoor fixtures. The breaker pops after a significant rain and won't reset until after several dry days. I've tried to isolate the break by disconnecting the outdoor fixtures sequentially with no luck. Now I'm doing...
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    Help tracing a fault?

    Hi - just a DIY homeowner here... 1950's house, 20 amp lighting circuit, total of 10 bulbs and one kitchen exhaust fan on the circuit (all led or florescent bulbs). If I use a regular old 15A breaker everything seems to work fine. If I use a 20A GFCI/AFCI breaker one light fixture consistently...
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    Help tracing ring main in singles

    Hi I’m after some advice please. I’m on a job where there’s a junction box with ring main wired in singles through 50x50 galv trunking. I need to break into this ring for my additional sockets but need to identify which of the cables are incoming and outgoing ones!? I can’t follow cable in...
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    Tracing supply to an Outside Light

    Hi I've recently moved into a new property & have the following issue. There's an outside light at the back & I can't find the on/off switch for it. There's power to it, as the light comes on if the sensor is tripped, but I want to change it to a normal floodlight & only have it on when I...
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    SWA Cable Tracing

    I have multiple large looms of various cables that I need to trace. These are various services including power, fibre, copper, other 'unknown' cables etc... I want to be able to trace a single cable using the SWA. I want to remove a section of the outer sheathing and put a tone on the SWA and do...
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    Tools stolen and ways of tracing them back...!!!

    hello, so I've been hit by the "scum of the earth" pests who decided to raid my van as I was parked outside tool shop... amongst hand tools and screwdrivers etc that they stole:mad: they also wandered off with 2 of my multimeter testers..!! Can anyone help me know if theres a way of tracing...
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    Photocell sensor tracing

    Hi. Amateur posting... I have a photocell sensor on the external wall of the property. Didn't appear to be controlling anything but looked ancient so Replaced it with a new one, expecting it to be controlling the outside porch light. Still nothing? Any ideas how I can trace what it could be...
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    IV curve tracing

    Just curious - anyone interested in being able to use IV curve traces when commissioning, testing etc? Very useful from a post-install troubleshooting or O&M point of view. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Tracing alarm spur

    Hi gents, I'm going to a friends tonight as he has an old alarm and wants it removing so he can get the walls plastered. I had a quick look last night (with no gear). Its off a fused spur (2.5mm) fuse has been removed so it's dead but cable may not be. The cable doesn't go straight to the CU...
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    Earth fault/leakage current tracing

    Hi all , we have a situation on one of our current jobs with a substantial earth leakage , varies from 50A to 3300A the other day for a millisecond LoL, All cables are swa using the armour as cpc, in this scenario obviously we have some hefty cores to deal with and all are three phase. I...
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    Cable tracing

    Hi guys, Any recommendations for a cable tracing tool? Like behind walls and in ceiling. Thanks!
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