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

  1. Power failure - residual power

    Started by ErrolFlynn, 10th March 2026 03:56 PM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 242
    havabeer69
    11th March 2026, 10:49 PM Go to last post

  2. whats the go with installing downlights in a unit top floor fire rated ceiling?

    Started by wozzzzza, 17th September 2024 10:10 PM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 4,130
    snowgum
    23rd July 2025, 12:47 AM Go to last post

  3. Turn Light Switch Off and TV loses sound

    Started by rambunctious, 9th June 2025 11:01 AM
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 798
    rambunctious
    15th June 2025, 09:56 AM Go to last post

  4. Digital multimeter - test parasitic draw 12v

    Started by ajm, 26th May 2025 09:09 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 554
    ErrolFlynn
    27th May 2025, 02:46 PM Go to last post

  5. Enttec cvc4

    Started by ErrolFlynn, 14th November 2024 04:03 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 2
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    ErrolFlynn
    14th November 2024, 08:29 PM Go to last post

  6. LED Garden Lights- Transformer & Wired in Series - Fault finding

    Started by DaleBlack, 5th August 2024 01:08 AM
    12 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 621
    DaleBlack
    31st August 2024, 03:07 PM Go to last post

  7. Downrating of TPS

    Started by Moondog55, 8th August 2024 12:33 PM
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 796
    Moondog55
    14th August 2024, 08:42 PM Go to last post

  8. Weird electricity usage - what's going on?

    Started by ErrolFlynn, 9th July 2024 12:51 PM
    4 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 1,040
    ErrolFlynn
    24th July 2024, 09:43 AM Go to last post

  9. Electrical cables running above roof sarking

    Started by dan76n, 25th June 2024 11:43 AM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 744
    droog
    28th June 2024, 08:45 PM Go to last post

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

    Started by wozzzzza, 27th April 2024 03:42 PM
    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 1,968
    wozzzzza
    11th May 2024, 09:45 PM Go to last post

  11. Maytag dryer with blown thermal fuse, whys it blownt he thermal one??

    Started by wozzzzza, 29th April 2024 03:33 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 863
    wozzzzza
    2nd May 2024, 09:00 PM Go to last post

  12. Electrical requirements for adding insulation to home?

    Started by dan76n, 27th April 2024 04:48 PM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 531
    wozzzzza
    27th April 2024, 05:59 PM Go to last post

  13. 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: 7
    • Views: 3,233
    snowgum
    27th April 2024, 12:02 PM Go to last post

  14. RCS sub-board regulations

    Started by ErrolFlynn, 24th April 2024 05:56 PM
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 981
    Uncle Bob
    24th April 2024, 07:00 PM Go to last post

  15. 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
    • Views: 3,470
    r3nov8or
    26th March 2024, 01:37 PM Go to last post

  16. 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
    • Views: 1,751
    wozzzzza
    10th March 2024, 10:29 PM Go to last post

  17. 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
    • Views: 3,446
    wozzzzza
    6th March 2024, 04:25 PM Go to last post

  18. 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
    • Views: 5,223
    Specialized29er
    19th February 2024, 03:39 PM Go to last post

  19. Timers

    Started by Tools, 23rd December 2023 02:26 PM
    consumer, day, grade, period, set, timer, timers, tools
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 2,515
    Tools
    26th December 2023, 11:35 AM Go to last post

  20. 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
    • Views: 3,010
    wozzzzza
    3rd December 2023, 11:47 AM Go to last post

  21. 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
    • Views: 2,277
    rwbuild
    1st December 2023, 07:54 PM Go to last post

  22. 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
    • Views: 1,677
    ForeverYoung
    5th November 2023, 07:49 PM Go to last post

  23. where to put new lights in bedroom?

    Started by wozzzzza, 27th October 2023 03:10 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    bedroom, ceiling, downlights, gryrock, light, lights, marked, oyster, pictured, position, positions, replacing, rid, single, thinking 3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 2,908
    ForeverYoung
    4th November 2023, 06:59 PM Go to last post

  24. 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
    • Views: 1,560
    Beardy
    1st November 2023, 07:49 PM Go to last post

  25. 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
    • Views: 4,303
    wozzzzza
    26th October 2023, 10:12 AM Go to last post

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

    Started by wozzzzza, 2nd September 2023 06:24 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    $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
    • Views: 5,000
    wozzzzza
    8th September 2023, 08:36 PM Go to last post

  27. 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
    • Views: 3,237
    dinghh5
    31st August 2023, 09:30 PM Go to last post

  28. 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)
    • Replies: 23
    • Views: 3,110
    r3nov8or
    12th August 2023, 08:18 PM Go to last post

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

    Started by wozzzzza, 20th July 2023 10:17 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    answers, brown, colour, earth, green/yellow, possibly, post, posts, question, stupid
    • Replies: 18
    • Views: 4,293
    wozzzzza
    23rd July 2023, 09:53 PM Go to last post

  30. Solar Panel Size

    Started by Specialized29er, 21st July 2023 01:49 PM
    mounted, panel, panels, roof, size, solar, solar panel size, standard
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,600
    Jon
    21st July 2023, 08:35 PM Go to last post

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