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Yes, took care to use an incandescent.

Thanks, yes yes and yes. What would be a practical arrangement of "referencing" such a system to ground? If one simply connects the Neutral from this neutral generator (I suspect this is simply a star-wound transformer, with the central point being called Neutral) onto a convenient earth point...

I thought exactly the same, so I did exactly as you suggested, and the bulb lit, with a convincing 160VAC. So that 160VAC is a true, "stiff" voltage!

what I did not do of course was to see what the PD between the incoming L and the 3phase Neutral was

I was asked to have a look at an electrical installation recently: there is a "normal" PME 240VAC supply feeding a medium sized solid-state 3-phase 400VAC generator (based on VFD inverter I think) this machine outputs 3 conductors L1 L2 L3, being the three phases; 415VAC interphase. as an...

That could be it. wiring is odd though. colours are vaguely reminiscent of the heavy wiring on the tunnel walls that you see from the carriage in the London tube.

look at the detail in the pictures, the grain of the wood, the lost head nails in the floorboards, the saddled staple cable clips... you dont have the benefit of seeing the rest of the artwork in the book but it's good, it looks like it is done by somebody with not only an eye but a knowledge of...

The Church Mouse, by Graham Oakley.

see attached illustrations, from what is a *very* English children's book. the illustrations appear to be drawn by someone who knows of what they paint/draw. the plug socket appears to be similar to a Type A "american" but it's not identical... is this a recognised pattern anywhere or is it...

Dart. amazing. Thanks.

this is not necessarily in any way electrical. and is therefore completely off topic. I would very much appreciate the moderators indulging this post though, I am after exposing it to the particular flavour of brains on this forum that may be able to pass informed comment. it was found with a...

"seat" appears to have been the thermostat. My feeling is that this was an overheating incident also. I think that either: the thermostat points became in some way faulty, went high in resistance, and generated sufficient heat at the point to cook-up. or one of the screw terminals of the...

immersion rated 3kW at 240V fused at 45A, fuse had not operated No cap was present (it had been removed to make a thermostat adjustment and never replaced) fortunately the smoke was smelled and the fire extinguished before it had taken a hold (the cupboard was full of dry bedding, towels etc)

perhaps not completely relevant to this forum but... with reference to the attached vintage american schematic for a vintage american electric crane; what is the likely purpose of the arrangement highlighted in the upper rhs of the diagram? the symbology is a little alien: the zigzag line is the...

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nuisance tripping caused us to look into this deck floodlight. 230VAC spliced into the driver whips. heatshrink not fully covering the splices. This gear is imported (possibly exclusively but I doubt it) by aaaweb.co.uk

we have been looking at various commercial offerings (devolo, geniushub) that supposedly offer complete smart control. we are not completely happy with their algorithms. the core of the system is a condensing boiler running on oil. we have 12 radiators across the rooms and 4 wet underfloor...

researching "smart" controlled rad valves. various companies are selling this product (see attached image) under different branding can anyone advise who actually makes this gizmo, and furhter whether there is any way of just getting into it via (for example) a web browser?

indeed, I found that stuff too. certainly something like that but ideally at £1.72 for the pack of 5, rather than £1.72 each, moq x5! I've always made it myself before by soldering lengths of copper wire into a comb structure. perhaps it dont exist.

please could anyone advise if/where I can get a shorting bar / busbar product for conblock?