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All your Q&A about safe and correct electrical work.

  1. need new power point, is this main board up to it??

    Started by wozzzzza, 24th April 2024 06:49 PM
    10m, 40a, add, amp, answer, board, breaker, circuit, clothes, dryer, electrician, entire, issues, main, moment, month, power, reason, solar, story, switch, switchboard, told, top, upgrading, weeks 4 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 4
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    wozzzzza
    24th April 2024, 09:22 PM Go to last post

  2. RCD sub-board regulations

    Started by ErrolFlynn, 24th April 2024 04:52 PM
    $947.10, circuit, contractor, couple, current, electric, electrician, electrics, expense, expensive, fitted, fittings, heating, internal, light, lighting, lot, oven, owner, provided, rcd, recent, regs, require/demand, required, sub-board, there’s, unit, upgrade, upgraded
    • Replies: 2
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    ErrolFlynn
    24th April 2024, 06:48 PM Go to last post

  3. is this legal? taped wire only and live?

    Started by wozzzzza, 22nd April 2024 01:53 PM
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    1 2
    block, ceiling, fan, hey, legal, live, roof, sticking, taped, unit, wire 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 18
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    droog
    23rd April 2024, 08:27 PM Go to last post

  4. what to do?

    Started by ajm, 25th March 2024 10:01 AM
    ago, air, called, child, con, day, electrician, expensive, fan, happened, happening, house, installed, job, light, loo, payment, pulling, roof, safety, sheets, sounded, sparky, switch, switchboard, switches, time, tripped, wall, workaround
    • Replies: 6
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    r3nov8or
    26th March 2024, 01:37 PM Go to last post

  5. whats a good decent priced earth leakage clamp meter??

    Started by wozzzzza, 6th March 2024 10:42 PM
    0.1ma, clamp, decent, earth, expensive, increments, leakage, measure, meter, priced, recommend, reliable
    • Replies: 5
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    wozzzzza
    10th March 2024, 10:29 PM Go to last post

  6. what potting compound to use for electrical junction box??

    Started by wozzzzza, 15th January 2024 10:34 PM
    100mm, 150mm, 80mm, box, breakers, compound, concrete, day, electrical, ground, junction, laid, level, measures, pot, potting, starting, tripping, water, wet 3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 10
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    wozzzzza
    6th March 2024, 04:25 PM Go to last post

  7. Locating an underground electrical power line

    Started by Specialized29er, 19th November 2023 09:07 PM
    1960s, 532580, block, bought, buildings, cable, cabling, councils, cut, dial, dig, disturb, electrical, electrician, google, handy, house, installed, knowing, line, locating, plan, plans, power, service, site, system, tree, underground, vacant 3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 13
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    Specialized29er
    19th February 2024, 03:39 PM Go to last post

  8. Timers

    Started by Tools, 23rd December 2023 02:26 PM
    consumer, day, grade, period, set, timer, timers, tools
    • Replies: 10
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    Tools
    26th December 2023, 11:35 AM Go to last post

  9. whats a decent ac/dc multi meter with clamp??

    Started by wozzzzza, 21st November 2023 05:56 PM
    ac/dc, clamp, current, decent, digital, half, hceapie, measures, meter, multi, multimeter, pack, price, recommend, resistance, starting, top, voltageac/dc
    • Replies: 6
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    wozzzzza
    3rd December 2023, 11:47 AM Go to last post

  10. An electrical safety question

    Started by ErrolFlynn, 30th November 2023 09:24 PM
    bathroom, blown, can’t, condensation, crap, danger, don’t, electrician, extractor, fan, here’s, hot, issues, kitchen, lot, note, offer, opinion, person, practical, rain, shower, stop, strata, summer, talking, that’s, there’s, trickles, water
    • Replies: 4
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    rwbuild
    1st December 2023, 07:54 PM Go to last post

  11. ceiling fan stalling

    Started by ForeverYoung, 4th November 2023 07:07 PM
    speed, controller, fan, wall, slow, fault, medium, hour, hums, stops, greenshed, sells, tia, controllers, preferred, bummer, fine, bit, slower, jusy, fans, plan, cooling, stalling, electrical, mount, ceiling, white, style, basic
    • Replies: 7
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    ForeverYoung
    5th November 2023, 07:49 PM Go to last post

  12. where to put new lights in bedroom?

    Started by wozzzzza, 27th October 2023 03:10 PM
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    bedroom, ceiling, downlights, gryrock, light, lights, marked, oyster, pictured, position, positions, replacing, rid, single, thinking 3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 15
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    ForeverYoung
    4th November 2023, 06:59 PM Go to last post

  13. What are good LED downlights these days??

    Started by wozzzzza, 3rd September 2023 03:11 PM
    bedroom, days, dimmable, downlights, installed, led, lounge
    • Replies: 4
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    Beardy
    1st November 2023, 07:49 PM Go to last post

  14. whats chances of replacing a 7m under ground cable run in 20mm conduit?

    Started by wozzzzza, 6th September 2023 04:24 PM
    20mm, cable, cables, cabling, chances, conduit, decades, dirt, ground, mud, orange, possibly, replace, replacing, run, stuff, successfully 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 12
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    wozzzzza
    26th October 2023, 10:12 AM Go to last post

  15. whats an alternative to 22m of trunking conduit???

    Started by wozzzzza, 2nd September 2023 06:24 PM
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    $150, $1k, 22m, 75x75mm, add, alternative, building, cable, conduit, cost, damn, date, easy, expensive, fell, happen, hard, ideas, lay, length, looked, price, quarter, real, round, run, soo, stuff, trunking, unlike 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 18
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    wozzzzza
    8th September 2023, 08:36 PM Go to last post

  16. sign at front of complex tripping RCD

    Started by wozzzzza, 27th August 2023 12:19 PM
    base, box, break, breaker, coming, complex, decking, electrician, fault, found, front, isolator, junction, monday, narrowed, office, posts, rcd, sign, switch, tripping, trips 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 14
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    dinghh5
    31st August 2023, 09:30 PM Go to last post

  17. LED globe lifespan

    Started by Cecile, 4th June 2023 06:13 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    globe, holder, advertised, batten, led, morning, kitchen, changed, days, finally, simply, sick, installed, database, lifespans, ten, thinking, wishful, real, close, life, stupidly, span, stopped, annoying, brands, cheapies, computer, philips, terrible 1 Attachment(s)
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    r3nov8or
    12th August 2023, 08:18 PM Go to last post

  18. what colour is earth? is it brown??

    Started by wozzzzza, 20th July 2023 10:17 AM
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    1 2
    answers, brown, colour, earth, green/yellow, possibly, post, posts, question, stupid
    • Replies: 18
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    wozzzzza
    23rd July 2023, 09:53 PM Go to last post

  19. Solar Panel Size

    Started by Specialized29er, 21st July 2023 01:49 PM
    mounted, panel, panels, roof, size, solar, solar panel size, standard
    • Replies: 1
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    Jon
    21st July 2023, 08:35 PM Go to last post

  20. Single phase / three phase

    Started by ErrolFlynn, 21st July 2023 10:17 AM
    240, 403143, 403144, 415, 528942, 528943, assume, assumption, design, destroys, device, devices, final, giveaway, indicator, makes, marked, noting, phase, plate, plug, power, previous, requires, sense, similarly, simple, single, spec, welder 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 6
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    Camelot
    21st July 2023, 12:05 PM Go to last post

  21. Loose wall switch

    Started by ErrolFlynn, 30th May 2023 12:09 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    switch, plug, rawl, i’ll, loose, cement, it’s, nail, wall, asbestos, tile, i’m, brickwork, sheet, left, powder, hole, air, there’s, day, sink, that’s, tiling, job, pushing, thinking, drilling, progressively, happen, here’s 3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 26
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    jack620
    9th July 2023, 04:45 PM Go to last post

  22. Running single phase machines off 3 phase

    Started by AndrewPatrol, 16th April 2023 12:18 AM
    • Replies: 5
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    FrodoOne
    20th May 2023, 02:27 PM Go to last post

  23. SE Brisbane Electrician - Seeking Assistance

    Started by Charlie_6ft, 15th March 2023 06:04 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 0
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    Charlie_6ft
    15th March 2023, 06:04 PM Go to last post

  24. What's the Go For Lighting a Shed Nowadays?

    Started by abrogard, 3rd February 2022 02:11 PM
    fluoro, led, lighting, shed, strip 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 13
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    BobL
    4th February 2022, 09:13 AM Go to last post

  25. New house - help understanding fuse box

    Started by lemerv, 17th November 2021 06:42 AM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 9
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    lemerv
    17th November 2021, 06:06 PM Go to last post

  26. 3 Phase Power?

    Started by Fergiz01, 25th August 2020 04:49 PM
    • Replies: 4
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    Fergiz01
    25th August 2020, 06:17 PM Go to last post

  27. What's this box called on top of an electric motor.

    Started by Specialized29er, 29th May 2020 03:03 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 2
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    BobL
    29th May 2020, 07:01 PM Go to last post

  28. New power point fed from AirCon Isolator Switch?

    Started by woodPixel, 1st August 2019 11:47 PM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 3
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    PJM16
    2nd August 2019, 06:41 PM Go to last post

  29. Arrow light goes on light dont go off.

    Started by Reno RSS Feed, 20th November 2009 02:30 PM
    bit, brightening, brightness, bulb, dimming, electrical, fault, faulty, forwarned, gday, house, light, note, read, renovateforum.com, sound, sparky, suceeded, switch, thread, wavering, wiring, yesterday
    • Replies: 3
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    Fuzzie
    10th June 2019, 10:45 PM Go to last post

  30. Query - Running Air Compressor on extension lead

    Started by Jim Ferrous, 8th April 2019 03:09 PM
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    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 7,470
    Jim Ferrous
    10th April 2019, 09:57 AM Go to last post
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