Recent content by Geoff1946

On a camp-site it would probably need at least the cord replacing within days. I'm a caravaner, and it is criminal the way some people treat communal facilities.

If it's a small job, such as a display cabinet and you want a fixed level just put a resistor in series. Just done that for one of my display cabinets. The power waste is minimal.

I just looked on the CAME website and there appear to be downloadable manuals. Have you any test gear? If it were my system, I would firstly be looking very closely for water ingress damage, then testing for earth leakage from all wiring or sensors. Motors; Having two, (three soon), gives you...

No idea of make, etc, but I have a friend with electric gates which have a recurring problem with slugs getting into the control box and damaging the control board.

I admit to being a skeptic. Maybe human activity is accelerating natural change but short of the HR becoming extinct I don't believe that's likely to change much. Neither do I believe it is apocalyptic. We should be striving to adapt, not arrogantly claiming we can control the world climate. I...

With rack mounted equipment it is important to ensure that earthing is maintained between powered rack units and the cabinet independently of the rack mounting screws. This is because the mountings screws themselves do not usually guarantee a good connection, and also that individual rack units...

Thank you. I'll have to think about that; it's getting a bit deep for me. I'm running Windows 10 which has Edge but I usually revert to Google. If by full functionality you mean the ability to control the recorder, search, playback, etc I'm not bothered about that. I just want to be able to see...

Thank you for the response. I am doing that. It gives me the option to say where it is stored, or automatically put it in the "certificate store", (whatever that is). I let it do this, and do the usual microsoft permission to change my computer. All looks reasonable, but makes B all difference...

Check you haven't caught one of the conductors with a plate screw.

Hi, Are there any Network Video Recorder experts on here, who could perhaps help me with a problem? I have an EAGLE-NVR-4-2BUL-8MP-1TB, purchased from CPC and installed in my bungalow, with three cameras. In itself it works fine with the images on its dedicated monitor, record/replay as...

I would guess that someone damaged the cable and didn't want to admit to it. So, bodge it, bury it and leave pronto. A paving contractor I employed did exactly that to my telephone cable!

As it was once explained to me, "fuses are for short circuit protection, circuit breakers give overload protection". An over simplification, I know, but true.

If three lamps are working and one not surely the fault has to be on the feed to the duff one? Probably a broken connection where-ever that one connects to the rest. It can't really be the dimmer.

They may be willing to fit an 80amp fuse. Should be adequate and save you a lot of money if the 100amp demands a cable change. The DNOs have their own rules for cable sizing too.

Whoever made the installation needs a good talking to ! At least! Even the most basic dead or live testing would have shown up the mistake. In the event the installer and any supervision are fortunate not to be making court appearances with potential manslaughter or negligence charges.