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    Lux Meter and Light Dimmer

    Is dimming not achieved by reducing the voltage? So I need to find a component that can drop the voltage to the lights based on a conditional input.
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    Lux Meter and Light Dimmer

    Say I have a large building with dimmable high bay lights installed, how can I automatically reduce the light output of the lights at certain times or if the lux falls to a certain threshold?
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    DIN Rail Timer Clocks

    That’s his reason for using the two. Also, I never understood why you never see hot water tanks with two heater elements at the bottom which would speed the heating up faster.
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    DIN Rail Timer Clocks

    Is that more for lights and what’s the 2 channels for? Not cheap if he wants two.
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    DIN Rail Timer Clocks

    Neighbour is having a 300l Hot water tank installed in an outbuilding and wants the two immersion heating elements on two separate timers and both can be run independently or can be on at the same time. He likes everything tidy and instead of having two separate time clocks installed which he...
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    3 Round Pin Socket

    Yes it’s on a ring. Got my mate to take the plate off and also the cover off the CU. Mate showed them when they first came to inspect the job the 32a plug on his welder and stated he needed a separate feed for it. Sparky is well known in the area and has a few teams of men on the road...
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    3 Round Pin Socket

    A mate of mine got a new garage fitted and he wanted a 32a socket fitted for his welder. Sent me a picture this morning that they didn’t fit a socket for the welder but they fitted this round pin socket instead apparently on the same 32a ring they installed. Can anyone enlighten me as to what...
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    Milking Parlour Cows Jumping

    Manual milking system and the farmer says all the wiring was done new around 7years ago when they upgraded the parlour. Everything is done in conduit/swa/hi-tuff. No mesh in floor as it wasn’t a new building/install and couldn’t be done during upgrade as cows had to be milked twice a day. Rang...
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    Milking Parlour Cows Jumping

    No clusters were on the cows and engine vacuum pump hadn’t even starter yesterday morning from what I heard so no milk was in the stainless steel pipes etc. The only thing of 230v that is directly connected to the steel work which the cows stand against when being milked is the pump that pumps...
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    Milking Parlour Cows Jumping

    That’s one of the big problems I find with Sparkys. They can nearly all wire but absolutely useless when it comes to fault finding. In this case, doesn’t help when the problem could occur for 1-minute in the day.
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    Milking Parlour Cows Jumping

    Neighbour down the road milks cows. This past two mornings, an hour into milking, the cows started jumping to the roof like they were getting a large shock. It would happen every 10seconds etc in pulses like a cattle fencer/energiser. Would last for a minute or so but the farmer would open the...
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    12V Non Contact Voltage Tester

    So it would need to be an ac voltage instead of dc for the method I am looking for to work?
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    12V Non Contact Voltage Tester

    But is there a proper non contact one which you don’t need to touch the live wire or contacts? Just put it near the outer sheath? I could run the tester up along the cable till I find where the point of a break is located.
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    12V Non Contact Voltage Tester

    I was told you can get a 12v non contact pen tester like one of those 230v non contact models electricians use. Is this true and if so, can anyone recommend one? Looking to test wiring for breaks in the cable in various vehicles like cars, machinery etc.
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    High Bay Lights

    It’s a new building so a clean installation.
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