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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hi, use one of these for electrical work, got 200k on the clock, no real problems except normal wear and tear. New turbo 3 years ago. Anyway, lately been loosing power and the orange glow plug light comes on. Dip clutch, turn ignition off and on, lift clutch and away it goes for either lots of...

Crabtree cons unit feeds 4 circuits, want to add 2 circuits from old fuse box but c/u has no rcd protection. Is it ok to remove the main isolator and replace with 80amp 30m amp rcbo or does a double pole isolator have to be upstream in a consumer unit.

Peeps, Got to make an RJ45 to RJ11 cable for a customer whose floor socket has moved 6m away. Got the crimps etc but not sure on what pins to use on each plug. Tried a google search but had a few different set ups. What are the correct pins to use please. Most of the sites are US standards...

Attempting to move a master socket and shorten the drop cable, before I just cut it to required length, is there any voltages to be wary of. Or is it best to strip it back and cut each wire one at a time. Stupid question I know but never done a phone line before.

Hi, My new i pad and samsung s2 has stopped accepting aol e mails. They have both been working and nothing that I know has changed, just does not accept the e mail address or password as correct. My laptop is still working ok with the same info. Not sure of what to do now. Tried deleting the...

Can someone advise on this please. Scout hut extension and plumber is installing two mains water electric showers. I have raised the question that what if two children were showering and the toilets was flushed, will their be a possibility of scolding due to flow dropping. I only mentioned this...

Last night I backed up all required data from my old laptop into qty 2 external hard drives. All info was on them. Tonight I have tried to download them onto my new laptop and they are not detected. I have since found out that I plugged them both into a USB 3.0 connector. Both drives are not...

Not really had any experience of renewable energy sources but been asked to install 2 of 3 phase boards for a farm which is having 2 of 11Kw 3 phase wind turbines. 1 phase will eventually supply new house, other to supply existing temporary caravans and barn conversion and the last phase will...

Can anyone point me in the direction of an integrated condensor tumble drier please. Been supplied from B & Q a vented one but at the time of kitchen design we said it had to be a condensor type due to having no external wall to vent to. Now returning the tumble drier but need to source a...

Hi, I am looking for a manufacturer or supplier of brass grid switchplates in the style of georgian rope. Has anyone seen anything close. I havn't come across them on my searches but customer is asking me to get something very close. TIA Jack

Hi, I have just tried to rip the now 79 discs into my laptop for my disco and it comes up error on both discs. Have the manufacturers put something on it to stop ripping or is the discs duff. I have just ripped an older cd I have and that went ok. Thanks in advance.