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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...

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...

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:

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...

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...

I'm fitting a water heater above a sink in a small recess. My question is - can I fit a switched fuse spur beside the unit, i.e above or certainly in close proximity to the sink? I believe IEE Regs require a socket to be no less than 2 metres away from a sink. What about a spur? I'm not...