Recent content by Atticus

JonB - It does turn by hand and without any difficulty or noise. Sleepyhead - I fear it's the motor but I'm not sure that I can do anything to confirm this. I don't have a megger.

I think I may have misused the fluke. After referrring to the manual, I tried putting the probes across the capacitor and timing the charge. It worked out at 30mF and although it says 20mF on the cap, I've got a feeling this is probably ok. I don't have a megger - looks like I'll need to...

Thanks Sleepyhead. I looked at the wiring and couldn't see anything obvious. I then looked at the capacitor, although there looks like 2 caps fitted in the corner. The one which I think is the relevant one is a white plastic ItalFarad RP-3, rated at 20 microfarads. I removed it and put my...

I did wonder if it might be a problem with the brushes, but this motor doesn't have any. I've had a quick look at the wiring but saw nothing. I'll have a closer look, including the control panel area, etc.

My wife tried to use the tumble dryer in our Whirlpool AWG995 washer dryer, but when she turned it on it tripped the circuit breaker. Now the washing machine drum doesn't turn. When we tried using the wash function it filled with water and drained and made all the usual noises but the drum...

Thanks all for your advice. I plan to go ahead with this, labelling everything clearly, so that no one can be in any doubt. Sparky40: The DB is 3 ph and the air con is single phase. The unit is to be temporarily set up on a ship, off West Africa.

Is there any rules or regulations regarding how many seperate feeds a building, i.e. a cabin, can take from a remote source? I need to install an air conditioning unit, but the size of the existing transformer in the unit and time constraints mean I'd have to run a seperate feed from the...

Just to close this off, and to whom it may concern - I managed to fix this problem by replacing the thermostat. Nothing much difficult about it, apart from a wee struggle removing the unit that contains the thermostat, like the termination box at the back, I feel Hotpoint could have made...

My fridge has stopped cooling. The light inside still works but there is no sound coming from the condenser. Can anyone offer a few pointers in diagnosing the problem. I can't even get the cover off the termination box at the back of the fridge. There's obviously a knack to it. :oops:

Ok, I've obviously not made this very clear. I'm setting up a temporary laundret where I have a 3phase supply available. Earlier today my boss asked if we could utilise the 3ph industrial washing machine and 3 phase industrial tumble drier (both Miele) that he already owns, to save on buying...

Does anyone have a rough idea of the respective currents that a 3 phase washing machine and 3 phase tumble drier will draw per phase? I seem to working out current loads all the time just now and often find that the difference of a few amps can be critical. Can anyone point me in the...

Oops! Begging your pardon. Brown, black and grey that should read. :oops: Thanks for the advice everyone. The transformers will give the desired voltage levels at each cabin i.e input can be, in this case: 380, 415, 440, or 480 Vac and the output will be 415Vac, 240Vac and 110Vac if...

I have a 415V, 3ph supply feeding 10 seperate accommodation cabins via 2 ditribution boards (5 cabins per board) and 10 x 25kVA transformers. Each cabin has more or less the same design and hence the same installation guidelines. Therefore the water heaters are all on the blue phase and the...

Oh well. Not to worry, fortunately I was able to get my distance to something like 1 metre. Even 60cm seems quite close, for me. Thanks for updating this.

Thanks JohnD. The '300mm and out of splashing range' rule sounds good to me and should be manageable without too much hassle. I just wanted to be sure I wasn't breaking any laws.