Electrical Problem

[Media Park]

Dear Mrs F. Chick.

My professional advice would be to call Mr W. L. Fever.

Regards,

Mr M. Park.
Not-a-Sparky

[JAS]

Posting this on behalf of FC so you guys can see what she's talking about...this is a photo of her actual lightfitting...
Regards
JAS

[fisho mcspaz]

You have a DRAGON in your lightbulb.

[Jimmy_041]

Get out of the house, walk towards us and dont look back......................

[Pseudo]

my place is only about 35 years old, I shouldn't have ooze!

Oh dear....

[White Line Fever]

Just on this everyone i really must add:

If anyone works on their electrical they obviously are at risk of shock, even if you think you turned off power.

Only A class can work on 'fixed wiring'

B glass can only disconnect item ie, light, powerpoint etc then reconnect with a new one

If you do anything above this and a fault occurs and your house burns down you will not get paid any insurance and it is illegal

CALL A SPARKY ALWAYS you risk too much attempting any work yourself, not just you, but when the next sparky comes along and you have done a dodgy (it might work but it could be illegal) you may put them at risk.

I speak with experience when I got in a roof once and recieved a shock from a 'handyman' job that was illegal

Cheers

[Johno6]

did ben cousins come round to borrow a light bulb by any chance?

[Psyber]

You may need a plumber.
It looks to me a little like water may be getting in through the roof and pooling above the batten plug, then dripping through.

[Jimmy_041]

Squirt the area with a hose - should clean up OK

[Dog_ger]

Can lights be connected to Power circut?

Yes they can, But No they shouldn't.

Seek professional advice..!

#1. Everyone should have a Earth Leakage Thingy...? A safety switch that drops out the electricity when something is wrong.

Get one of them first.

[Stumps]

Hi all
Getting the house rewired currently and not sure whether to have 3 phase power installed or normal single phase.
Currently there is no real need for it, as it isnt extended. However we are looking to get an 8 duct Reverse cycle AC in the future (not sure on what size system at present but will be 8 ish ducts and 150 sq/m living space).Wondering what are people thoughts? my knowledge on all of this is v limited. Are we better off getting 'normal' now and upgrading later when extending if needed, or doing it now and buying electrical items to accommodate at a later date??
Cheers

[White Line Fever]

get 3 phase for sure.

Single phase you can get 80A max without a local transformer.

3phase you can get 63A per phase = 189A

[Psyber]

Hi all
Getting the house rewired currently and not sure whether to have 3 phase power installed or normal single phase.
Currently there is no real need for it, as it isnt extended. However we are looking to get an 8 duct Reverse cycle AC in the future (not sure on what size system at present but will be 8 ish ducts and 150 sq/m living space).Wondering what are people thoughts? my knowledge on all of this is v limited. Are we better off getting 'normal' now and upgrading later when extending if needed, or doing it now and buying electrical items to accommodate at a later date??
Cheers

My place is single phase and running a 6 duct Air Conditioning system in a 249sq m house, with solar-electric HWS, and all electric cooking, with no problem.
It is high current or high starting current applications that force 3-phase - welders and some types of pump.

That said, in a previous house when we did a substantial extension we were required to convert to 2-phase power simply because of the total number of power points.
[My fault for always putting in doubles not singles and wanting 2 or 3 points in each room when we started building and in the extension.]

[Felch]

Dont go to any great expense or trouble to get 3 phase connected. With today's invertor-style airco systems, you can get enough oomph out of single phase units. I have 2 x 11kw units at my place, both single phase Daikin invertors. They work a treat, although im pretty sure i have a massive hole in the ozone layer right above my house...

[dedja]

Correct, I had 3 phase put in when I built 13 years ago just for the A/C but it's not needed these days.

That said, it only cost about $100 back then!

[Sheik Yerbouti]

As long as the wiring is ok in the ceiling, .

and there are the magic words... my place is only about 35 years old, I shouldn't have ooze!

Maybe your ceiling cat died & is composting.

[Psyber]

As long as the wiring is ok in the ceiling, .

and there are the magic words... my place is only about 35 years old, I shouldn't have ooze!

Maybe your ceiling cat died & is composting.

FC I'm curious..
What was the outcome of your problem in the picture back in August?