Recent content by Andrewh01

Ban-all-sheds, no need to be a smart arse about it. I put the question and others in the UK Electrics forum because there are many more people who read it, therefore, more people who might know the answer. So yeh, no need to be a dickhead about it.

Pretty basic question.... I am learning about electricity and so want to broaden the knowledge as much as possible! My question is this - how could I calculate what grade wire a certain wire would be - without having to strip the insulation and then measuring the bare ware? I've been...

Hi all, I was looking at the pool power box, which looks like the following: Notice on the right transformer, all that rust and crap around the two fuses (in the transformer) - is that very dangerous?? Also, the lights havent been working for ages - a while back they did turn on...

Thanks for that reply. So going back to the pool shed - Im pretty sure the power that comes to the pool shed is 240V (im in australia). It is in thick conduit, probably 1 1/2in" thick. The pool lights are 32V. The circuit breaker for the lights is 80A. Wouldnt that mean the cable to the...

I am just starting to learn all about electricity - I have learnt alot recently. I did Physics in school so I learnt all the forumlas etc etc, its a shame I only paid a bit of attention to it! Alot is coming back though. A question about low voltage lights - If the voltage is lowered...