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  1. jimsimm1

    18 LED tube lights all stopped working at once

    I have a small office space with 6 rooms in NJ, all lit by overhead LED tube fixtures. Suddenly all the fixtures on one of the light switches stopped working. The circuit breaker is on and working the switches are working fine, the fixture is getting electric up to the LED tubes. But there are...
  2. OnlQQker

    Grommets and 10mm Hollow Threaded Tube

    Hello everyone, I'm currently making a table lamp out of driftwood found on the beach. Does anybody have any ideas about the cable passing through the 10mm threaded rod regarding grommets. I'm wondering whether I should use 3/8 BSP to 15mm plumbing connection to get me into a wider diameter...
  3. electricman26

    Heating a Copper Tube via Nichrome

    Good afternoon, I wanted to heat up a .5" copper tube that is approximately 15cm long up to about 250 C. I would like to use nichrome to do this, but I know that I will have to use an insulator of some type between the nichrome and the copper tubing. Would JB Weld work? If I lathered the...
  4. G

    Replacing T8 fluorescent tube

    One of the fluorescent tubes in my undermount lighting system burnt out. There are 3 independent tubes/ballasts under the length of the kitchen cabinets and the others were still on. After carefully replacing the affected tube, it seems that all three lamps are now not working. The breaker...
  5. K

    Can you explain to breaker info to me?

    I am buying a house and it was built in 1949. Is there anyway I can tell if it has tube wiring without opening up the walls? Is there anything else I need to watch out for with a home built in 1949? Also can anyone explain these 2 photos to me? Does any of it explain if there is tube wiring?
  6. H

    Replacement Light Tube - LED??

    Hey all, So this is probably a quick question. I have some under-cupboard kitchen light tubes that are old and have clearly blown at some point. Would like to replace them but have two questions: 1. In the attached photo, you can see the product identifiers, but an internet search doesn't bring...
  7. J

    Hired a GC to remodel a 95 year old home that will be rented. Wanted all the knob and tube removed and other areas brought up to code.

    Originally one all the bedrooms had plaster ceilings. In one bedroom someone added firing strips and installed acoustic ceiling tiles on top. The ceiling tiles were removed during renovation and then a licensed electrical contractor ran Romex along the firing strips to the center light and...
  8. D

    Replace kitchen tube lights with LED lights

    Hello, I need some advice for a small DIY project to replace about 8 kitchen tube lights under the cabinets with LED lights. Attached are some photos of the existing tube and power connections. Can you recommend a LED lighting product that would be able to use the existing power connections...
  9. T

    Parsons Green underground tube bomb exploded.

    Again we offer condolences and prayers to peoples families who have lost a loved one, Father, Mother, Daughter and on the list goes. I wonder how much more we should sit back and offer condolences. I suppose it will be until there is only me left.
  10. P

    Methods used to start a fluorescent tube

    Hi there, I am currently reading through the different methods used to start a fluorescent tube. I have come across the glow type starter and the thermal starter circuit. In my course book the glow type starter is described as follows "Contained within the starter can are a set of normally...
  11. C

    LED Fluorescent Light Fitting - Standard Fluorescent Tube

    OSRAM - 4058075000988 - DAMP PROOF 1500 1X LAMP HOUSING IP65 | CPC UK - http://cpc.farnell.com/osram/4058075000988/damp-proof-1500-1x-lamp-housing/dp/LA0602907?CMP=KNC-CPC-ebooks Says its pre wired for LED lamp. Can anyone tell me if it will take a normal (older type) tube? Thanks
  12. dedzyyy

    LED Tube Lights

    Hi all, This is a really noobie and arty farty question that I have. I want to make a hanging LED tube light sculpture for my new home, similar to this: Using fluro tubes looks like a major pain in the ---, so I have come across these Christmas lights: Link: 20/30/50cm LED Meteor Shower...
  13. H

    LED tube light, a couple of questions

    Hello everyone! I'm new, so if I make any faux pas, please excuse me. I am working as an architectural intern in Amsterdam at the moment and have been given the task of making some new light fittings for our new office. My boss found some very beautiful lights made by a dutch company called...
  14. M

    tube motors

    Might be the wrong section if so sorry. I been to look at a tubulular motor which lifts up a bar hatch no labels or nothing on the old one. Now all the new motors are marked in newton metres any idea how to work out what weight they lift the main ones seem to be 80NM .......any ideas guys...
  15. 0

    T5 fluorescent tube issues

    Hi there, have posted this before but have been called back again and now I am really stuck for answers. Over a period of 6/7 months this office area has been changing lots of t5 tubes in there modular fittings due to ends being black and not working. I have been to change tubes. I installed...
  16. A

    non maintained escape light tube ends glowing

    Hi there, I have a non maintained escape luminaire that is approx 6 years old. The luminaire works ok, but I have noticed that the ends of the 8W tube glow when the luminaire is in charge mode (ie energised) the tube ends are warm also. Can anyone shed any light (scuse the pun) on this for...
  17. D

    Fluorescent tube light help

    Hi there went a job today to supply a light box for a shop today, it has 30 fluorescent tubes inside it done the cable calc 30 x 58watts = 1740 1740/240=7.25 So I fitted a 10amp rype b mcb and it tripped so I clamped the load going out it was reading 10.8amps and on start up it was hitting 11-12...
  18. the pict

    where can I buy a tube of???

    I am going to renew the output shaft bearings on my Disco, I need a slide hammer which is not difficult but I need to make a "end" for it any one know where I can get steel tube threaded on the inside, not BSP or any weird stuff 22mm I think but I can confirm that later, I have made up ends...
  19. K

    Lamp with 11W 827 luminous tube

    My lamp doesn`t work. I`ve tested the luminous tube and know that works ok. It`s 11W 827. On the wall adapter it says: 230V 50Hz 0.17A (in Norway we have 230V in the wall). Without the luminous tube I measured 26V inside the lamp. With the luminous tube inside the lamp I measured 4V. Is it...
  20. D

    Intermediate switching in conduit tube

    Can somebody send me some wiring diagrams please, I understand t&e method but getting confused with singles method. I have 4 lights. Very bottom light is just 2way. So 1g1w switch down stairs. First landing, 2g2w switch. So I need 3lights to be controlled by intermediate switching. Intermediate...

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