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    Flickering Lights when appliance starts/runs

    Average house in California, 1400 square feet, totally rebuilt 14 years ago. Turn on some appliance and watch all the lights in the house flicker; happens with washer, dryer, furnace, disposer, etc. Check the voltage in the plugs and instead of 120 VAC, I get 104 Volts or 136 Volts, sometimes...
  2. N

    Why does RCD trip when measuring voltage with LoZ function?

    Why does RCD trip when measuring voltage with LoZ function?
  3. HedAix

    Living room lights flash once when switched on then turn off

    Hi all, No change to electric wiring and supply and no change to the previously working light bulbs but now when I turn the 2 wall lights in my living room on (via a single switch) one of them flashes on once for half a second and then they turn off. I've tried changing both E27 bulbs...
  4. I

    LED striplights won't switch off completely if fitted on wall, but will do when not fitted ...

    I've purchased Lepro 15m LED strip lights - product code PR410047-RGB-UK, and have fitted them at the top of the walls in my daughter's bedroom, where the walls meet the ceiling. Although listed as 15m long, they are actually two strips of 7.5m each, running in parallel adjacent to each other...
  5. D

    Why waste money of bootlace crimps when you can do this

    • Dustydazzler
    • Thread
    • crimps money waste when
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  6. S

    When should SPDs be installed?

    When should an SPD be installed? There has been a lot of confusion over when an SPD should be installed. Should an SPD be installed if:- 1.Changing over faceplates? 2. Changing a DB? 3. Adding a point to an existing circuit? 4. Adding a completely new circuit? And what if the client does...
  7. B

    G9 LED 240v lamp only lights when testing

    I have a ceiling light that uses G9 LED lamps. The lamps does not light when switched on. However, when I put my meter across the power supply to test if voltage is present the LED lights immediately. Once alight and the meter removed it stays alight until switched off. Switch it on again and...
  8. B

    Flashing plug when power on?

    I have a sump pump in a hot tub pit for when it rains. However I’d like to know if there is a plug that tells me when the pump is on. I.e flashing led. Because I’ve had a couple burn out when they’ve stayed on when the pits empty. I’ve bought a different sump pump now but a flashing indicator...
  9. D

    when did the impact driver become the tool of choice to do terminals up ?

    Pretty much every celeb sparks on Youtube and every celeb diy training video on how to do a board change shows the sparks using an impact driver When did this become the norm ?
    • Dustydazzler
    • Thread
    • become choice driver impact terminals tool when
    • Replies: 61
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. D

    Celeb Sparks keeps his cool when helper cuts the wires

    Sometimes I find myself browsing some Celeb sparks on YouTube and this fella keeps his cool live on camera when his helper chops off the live and neutral but I bet in his head he is going ' you fecking idiot '
    • Dustydazzler
    • Thread
    • cool keeps sparks when wires
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  11. S

    RCBO 'stuttered' tripping when test button is pressed

    Just wondering what this might be. It was a brand new Schneider RCBO fit into an older Square D board. RCBO fit on the non RCD side. Everything working fine, load is on and pulling. I always press the test buttons on the RCBO's just to check, and this time the switch 'stuttered', sort of...
  12. Phyllis

    RCD tripping when socket is turned OFF

    Hi, No electrician background here, so novice question! I have a new (<6 months) plug socket that whenever I switch it OFF it trips the RCD on the fuse box. I’d previously had an issue with the RCD and ‘socket’ switch tripping (all sockets are on one switch on the fuse box) which was traced to...
  13. I really don’t know

    Light glows brighter when bass kicks in on amplifier.

    My GE “Vintage Style” led light bulb glows noticeably brighter when bass kicks in on amplifier, connected to 4 1-15 watt speakers in parallel. The amplifier has 120 watt max output power, with a 100 volt output, a 70 volt output, and a 4-16 ohm output (4-16 ohms is the one being used).You cannot...
  14. quintain

    Acorn 130 stairlift how to charge batteries when not on rail

    I need to long term store a Acorn 130 stairlift carriage with internal batteries that is removed from the rail. The carriage normally picks up electrical charge to the 2 x 13v sealed batteries via 2 x contacts normally acting on 2 x charging points on the rail; one at the rail top and the other...
  15. Oliver123

    UK Baby Belling stove 1972 tripping power when getting warm.

    Hi, I want to restore an old baby belling stove/oven and it worked at first but after about 1min it tripped the power. After that, it trips the power immediately when trying to turn on. The two elements on the stove did this, the grill and even the oven. What is weird is that when I leave it for...
  16. C

    Cable size when burying

    I have a run of cable where 12% is buried in ducts, the rest is on perforated tray, what are the limits on amount of cable buried when sizing cables?
  17. D

    Can someone tell me if I can make an indicator light come on when a clip on fan comes on?

    Can someone tell me if I can make an indicator light come on when a clip on fan comes on?
  18. Calebp43

    How to test RCD when RCD is RCD protected?

    Got a sub main board with an RCD inside. Need to test that but whenever I test it it sometimes trips the RCD from the main board. I need to test the RCD from the sub main board. Any suggestions? My thoughts are to bypass the RCD at the main side with connector blocks momentarily but surely...
  19. G

    Arcing on neutral when isolated

    This one is baffling us. A supply and DB have been installed . A section board feeds the DB via a 95mm 4 core swa with no separate earth, only the armouring as CPC. Outgoing circuits are connected at the DB and SOME in the field A 4mm neutral wire came into contact with some totally un earthed...
  20. Rockingit

    When is a special location (701 / 702) not a special location?!

    Here’s an interesting one: Plastic bath tub, full of water, being heated by a submersible element, plugged into a mains extension (so a plug connection less than 3m). Not domestic and no real zones as such (for arguments sake, imagine putting a paddling pool inside a garage, it’s that kind of...
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