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  • Andy™
    Andy™ replied to the thread Electric Gates.
    that little box is nothing to do with the motor, and the motor is almost certainly not the problem to start with
  • Andy™
    Andy™ replied to the thread Electric Gates.
    basically a loop of wire in the ground, detects vehicles. you see them at traffic lights etc, that square cut in the tarmax in this...
  • Andy™
    Andy™ replied to the thread Electric Gates.
    thats a loop controller. it wont cause your RCD to trip. once reset / powerered on the green light should not stay on. if it is, then...
  • Andy™
    missed that... just went by the original 40 to 50
  • Andy™
    Andy™ replied to the thread Electric Gates.
    working doesn't mean safe. but hey, as long as its not you that's get injured / killed by them who cares
  • Andy™
    changing MCB' to higher rating for the guests whilst you're not around? guessing its the inlaws you're trying to kill & a nice insurance...
  • Andy™
    Andy™ replied to the thread Electric Gates.
    ground loop forget about it. can't detect people only vehicles. photocell on its own is non compliant. it needssafety edges. and i would...
  • Andy™
    Andy™ replied to the thread Electric Gates.
    its possible its the motor, there in the ground. they get wet and do fail and looking at the wiring in the control board, id say you...
  • Andy™
    Andy™ replied to the thread Stainless steel kitchen worktops.
    you mean 'its not the answer i wanted, but thanks anyway'. sounds about right.
  • Andy™
    Andy™ replied to the thread Stainless steel kitchen worktops.
    so.. if its class 2 then it can't become live. if its class 1 then it'll be earthed. end result of a fault would be the same if the...
  • Andy™
    Andy™ replied to the thread Stainless steel kitchen worktops.
    where's the risk going to come from?
  • Andy™
    Andy™ replied to the thread Texecom Veritas R8 issues.
    works most of the time
  • Andy™
    Andy™ replied to the thread Texecom Veritas R8 issues.
    texecom has gone downhill the last few years. tech support too. used to be decent kit, not so much now
  • Andy™
    Andy™ replied to the thread Full rewiring: old wires left in.
    well if you want the place destroyed even more to rip all the old cables out then you could. usually would be cut back though
  • Andy™
    Andy™ replied to the thread Texecom Veritas R8 issues.
    someone shorted the battery leads and blown a fuse?
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