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Yep I am in Australia and have to do a test to gain my electrical licence I did and 4 hour practical exam and this was one of the testsi had to do I wired up the lamps in parallel and was told that this was wrong As I am a young person under 30 hehehe I use mostly electronic ballasts not...

yes i am a qualified electrician and i under stand how it all works the last time i wired one was along time ago so i was asking for some other sparkies for some advice on control cct diagrams not on how it all works

thanks for the reply it doesnt really tell me what is the higher resistance the start winding or the main winding ??? i under stand how it works just if you had a cap start motor with all the cables the same colour and wasnt alowed to take it apart to find out what winding was what how...

i was asking the question under uk wiring and standards i am living in australia but posted in the uk electrics forum because this is were i wanted my question answerd all i wanted to know was if you had a standard double flu fitting and using the old style control gear eg ballast starter...

has this thread and my other threads been moved to this forum because i was asking it to a uk audience or am i just going mad

if you had two 18 watt flu lamps and an 40 watt ballast and wired the two 18 watt lamps in paralel would the lamps burn out quickly should you wire the two lamps up in series ??

in a capacitor start motor what would be the higher resistance the start winding or the main winding any idears me thinks that the start winding would be less turns so should be lower and the main winding more turns so higher resistance but it depends on the size of conductor so im...

any one got a star delta start mains and control wiring diagram handy i found a couple on the net but they dont show were the timer goes in the mains diagram and it also shows the timer contacts on the star and delta lines normaly open is this correct cant see how this would work see...

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i didnt think there was a min height that sockets should be from the floor just thought they should be at a height so the flex by the plug doesnt keep coming in contact with the floor stressing the cable thought that there was a min height in the old regs which had been superseeded...

were the cable is run eg in walls/through loft insulation etc can also have a large effect on the current carrying capicity of the cable :idea:

first make sure the transformer is a dimmable transformer

hahah what a waist of a post that is if there telling the truth

what will happen is insurance companys will void your house insurance if you havent had your electrical work installed by a qualified sparks and how many of you non qualified sparks test an installation after it has been completed to ensure the safe working of it this is not a dig just a...

if only we had the power like gas engineers to leave the supply isolated but unfortunately we don't and you can only issue them with a note voicing your concerns and changes you suggest to make the installation safe then the responsibility is passed back to the owner/duty holder of the...

i bet it wouldnt pass a pat test :lol:

i wonderd were all my screwdrivers had gone :shock: :shock: :shock:

plenty of jobs over here especially in the mining industry and you can earn plenty of money but it takes ages to get your electrical licence and you have to take two exams but the weather is nice and there is millions of houses being built so if that is your game then you need to get...

just one point i would like to make RCD's do not protect against over current they only protect against earth faults only 30mA RCD's should be used for protection against direct contact. looks like some investigation work is needed to make sure the installation is safe before you add...