Recent content by ali68

Thank you, points noted and digested......

All I need for now is a max load for the cabling so we can put a proposal forward to the chiefs saying we have x amount of power available , if the work is given the go ahead the electrical contractor will have to supply a full design and brief..

Hello folks after some advice if you dont mind, I have been given a task at work to cost the infrastructure for 3 phase shore supply sockets for various marine craft and will be utilizing cabling that has been left from recent decommisioned plant. What I have at my disposal is 2-95mm 4core...

Hello all, Wondering if anyone is familiar with the Fluke 1735 power logger, we are looking at purchasing one for work purposes and the one facility we would like is will it log total Kwh used over a period of time. RS more or less quoted the sales brochure to me and to be honest Fluke were...

cheers Woody just reading about stop gap 600 looks like this may be the answer..

Hi, Think I already know the answer here, but thought I would sound out you guys if you don't mind.. Father has recently converted part of a garage into a dining room and basically gone about it cart before the horse and it has come back to bite him. Deal is, the floor runs off...

Cheers folks was thinking the same "What good is it to me but, hey its free so why not" but was unsure what was involved, but going by that online exam if I get my head down a pay attention it doesnt look like it will be to bad. Here what you are saying Conny that is in the back of my mind too..

Hello all, Sorry for bringing this up again, work has asked me if I would like to do the 17th course, I am a mechanical maint engineer so my electrical knowledge is reasonable but limited. The reason they would like to to attend is I issue the work/jobs to the electricians at work and the...

240 and 10.8 Westie, PF he used 0.9 muttered something about using this at college if the actual pf was unknown!

Using this formulae we came up with the answer of 4Kw. 1.732 x VOLTS x AMPS x PF=watts. but even with two wildly contrasting answer the meter took 35 mins to register a unit as did the new one drawn from the store.

Totally understand a clamp meter is not ideal as the ships load will vary We put the suspect meter on test today in the workshop with the following results. 10.8amps load on each phase,used a hydraulic power pack as a load. 240v average phase to neutral and 440v phase to phase average...

Hello, Not strictly a DIY question but hoping you can help, basically I am after the formulae for working out kilowatt hours for a 3 phase load. Bit of background, we have a vessel that plugs onto a 3 phase socket and on average uses 28 units for 14.5hrs, but if he plugs into another...

Hi all, Since having an extension built our hot water takes a while to reach the new kitchen (gravity system) so we are looking at relocating our hot tank elsewhere and probably move to a mains pressure system at the same time. Before I call in the plumber do you think you pay extra...

Thanks Picasso, kind of thing I was looking for, easy to find when you get a trade name to google.. :D

Hi all, Fitting a shower and hit a small snag, I have dug a track in the floor for the waste and trap and exposed a 50mm existing waste pipe which will give me a fall of 25-30mm over 700mm if I can T into it Being a concrete floor I obviously cant get any movement in the exisitng pipe to...