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    Can I work on gas burner.

    Evening. I've got a new job as maintenance engineer and I was asked to look at an industrial gas oven. Huge thing. Anyway after resetting burner lock out 6 times and it still locked out, my shift partner opened up the burner which is fitted on slide rails, removed the combustion tube and cleaned...
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    3 phase neutral to earth 230v.

    Thanks for the responses. Got into work yesterday to be told the cooling tower wasnt working. This was fed via the panel that was having the cable removed in the roof void hidden up. Someone had nicked the neutral from this to feed something else, so twas a borrowed neutral as you suspected...
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    3 phase neutral to earth 230v.

    Fluke multimeter
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    3 phase neutral to earth 230v.

    Need some experience on this please. I'm a maintenance engineer in a food factory. Our site services engineer asked me to check a cable as he got an electric shock from it. Mains switchroom with 4 incoming transformer supplies. He isolated a supply feeding a compressor to remove cable as was to...
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    Motor theory.

    It has 6 wires induction motor. It starts in 1st speed in what sounds as half speed of speed 2, so the 2 and 4 pole configuration seems to fit this theory. You can select the speed you want to run at depending on product but speed 1 is always 1st pulse on control selector joystick. Think l need...
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    Motor theory.

    I'm thinking the winding is centre tapped for 1st speed and the 2nd speed brings in the full winding . Like I said, 1st time seen one.
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    Motor theory.

    Any motor experts here. I had a 3 phase motor blow up at work. Removed for rewind. It's a two speed delta wye wye motor. Wiring diagram looks like star delta configuration but clearly it is a set of wye connected windings with an internal star point, 1st speed and 2nd speed has external...
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    EICR Certification Following Initial Failure

    If I have an unsatisfactory eicr, issue the report and invoice. If I'm asked to quote for repairs and get the work. I'll issue necessary test certificates and for the sake of 10 minutes on laptop, issue a new eicr to show satisfactory. If I dont get the remedial work then the electrician who...
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    Shed base advise please.

    Thanks for the replies, I'll pass on to the Scout Group.
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    Shed base advise please.

    Thanks but it's for a local scout group so don't want them to go through loads of work and expense and it rots away ina few years.
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    Shed base advise please.

    Good evening all. I've got a job of installing electrics to a 5mx4m wooden building. This is currently sat on a 6mx8m concrete slab. You can see where the wood is damp due to just sitting on this slab with no dampproofing or shedbase. I'm concerned that all my work is going to wasted unless this...
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    Who owns fence?

    Evening. Long time ago a neighbour replaced the fence between me and him with a six foot fence. He paid for this. However, the existing fence and boundary is mine, he has installed new fence along existing boundary line by removing the existing old fence. Not a problem as looked lovely. Now...
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    What planning form required please

    Thanks. The side extension is opposite side of house to rear extension. The rear extension has existing permission but not big enough now. Hence going out further into garden. I'll sort out rough sketch tomorrow as I'm in the cinema at the moment. Thank you
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    What planning form required please

    Hi. We have had planning permission granted for extensions side and rear of our house, the side extension of 10m X 2m has been completed for 4 years. We now have the money to complete the rear extension which is L shaped, 2.75m X 4.8m X 4m. We have decided that we would like to amend this to...
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    Keeping e mail address when leaving AOL

    Many thanks. With an Internet speed of 0.2mbps it was taking to long to find an answer with aol help.
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    Keeping e mail address when leaving AOL

    hi, As title suggests I am leaving AOL for various reasons but have 5 @aol.com email addresses which I would like to keep. Is this possible as AOL rep said no but this is just a bit of pressure to make me stay I believe. If it is can someone tell me how, if not then I'll have to start getting...
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    Steel series xbox 360 headset

    My boys have got these headphones for their 360 but are having sound problems. They can hear the game and others talking, others can hear them talking but both headsets are not hearing their friends talking. I have checked settings in the preferences /voices to ensure that it is set for Play...
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    what relay switch

    fit a changeover switch for each supply
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    taking a supply from a lighting circuit

    Hi, Been asked to connect an electric underfloor heating mat to a lighting circuit as the tiler has installed it to the wrong place. I asked customer to ensure tails were installed to a double socket where I could spur from. The total load of the mat is less than 3 amps and their is only 600...
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    Flickering lights

    May have got some brick dust in the switches if you can hear crackling. May also be poor quality switches. Ask your sparky to replace them. if they are full of dust he may charge you for his time and parts as it wasn't his fault.
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