Recent content by SparkyTris

by the way the relay's sole function is to jumper the trafo in some simple way that I didnt bother to follow for the cranking amps function

I wondered that too but on close inspection, the relay's coil inside was tape-wrapped and on the tape was stamped 240VAC.

yeah I wondered if they were zeners. 2 diodes checked out OK 0.5V forward & open cct revers. the other 2 were dead short. replaced them with 1N3094's tried it. relay chattered away like it didnt have enough pull. coil meters at 5K. think the coil must have gone o/c. replaced it with a contactor...

trying to fix a dysfunctional booster-starter-charger. there is a large chinese relay (part nr WJQX-38F-2H) which has a funny little set of diodes which seem to ahve been connected across the coil terminals. I would have expected a diode in this position on a DC coil but Im not sure what the...

thanks all. indeed this stuff is regularly used on decks of workboats so loads of oxygen, salt & sunlight. the braid seems to have a very short life as the rot gets in rapidly and you can see its rusty through the transparent jacket. I think it is transparent so that punters in a shop are...

very interesting. case in point at the moment are the deck power cables for containerised diving air-compressors and containerised hyperbaric chamber. (in use with 5-pin 32A 400V 3-phase plus neutral site-type connectors) would this be an appropriate cable for use in this context?

does SY cable have a practical place within any interpretation of a British Standard? what is it actually for? why does it *always* have a transparent outer jacket? in my own provincial orbit, the popular view is that it is Armoured Cable. I believe that it is strictly not armoured. I...

A friend has a Worcester green star heat slave ll, he diagnosed problem - weather had got into control PCB and caused a mains short on the PCB which destroyed part of the track. he took the PCB to me and I cleaned it up, repaired the tracks, meggered the mains input line which was OK at 250V...

this thought crossed my mind too but that will lose precious watts won't it? plus wanted to keep it as s i m p l e as poss.

I have an idea but I'm sure I am missing something possibly to do with efficient power transfer, hopefully some of the erudite contributors to this forum can comment: Consider a cheap "chinese" wind turbine. nominally 24V 400W, price about £140 ex ebay. They are what they are. Ive got experience...

well quite, I was going to say that it begs the question, how did you size the working conductors....

Thanks. more questions though! what are I, t and k? (I'm guessing basically I is some nominal current value, and k is some resistive coefficient of the conductor... t is ... a time period?) but in broad practical terms, the idea of these ready-reckoner tables are that you choose the earth CSA...

please can I get a bit of help in reading table 4.4(i) in the OSG. Is the idea that you simply size the earthing conductor relative to the line/neutral conductors? I dont know how else you would do it but wanted to make sure my interpretation of the table is correct.

please can someone give me a steer on what 543.3.2 is? I cannot find it in my OSG. Context is "Condition and accessibility of main protective bonding conductor connections (543.3.2; 544.1.2) requires further investigation without delay." thanks

when did the familiar 13A plug get half-insulated pins on L & N?