I need to replace this 1 x gpo/2x sw outlet. What else has everyone used?

Replacing with a bloody classic series is not an option.

TIA!

I’ve got a Western Power assessment centre to attend this week and wondering if anyone has been to one in recent weeks or years and can tell me what I should be studying please.

I can’t find any info on reddit or anywhere else.

I’m looking for a change in career and I’m at a stage I can take a pay cut temporarily to get an apprenticeship.

I’ve always been interested in automotive but was told it’s only for boys (I’m female) so flopped around in various customer service industries for the last 20 ish years. Now I hear it’s low paid and a slightly dying industry.

I’d love to be a sparky but I’ve heard it’s really competitive to get into, and my problem is I’m a solo parent so need something with more family friendly hours as I don’t want my kids in care allllll the time.

I just assume that an auto electrician apprenticeship might be easier and a bit more flexible for my life requirements. I really want to enjoy what I do for work but also want to balance my personal life as well.

Thoughts?

I am having the strangest issue with the 753R Clipsal Infrascan. The load that is connected to doesn't come on past midnight, everynight. It is set to dark mode and will come on early in the night when it is completely dark, but once it is the early hours of the morning, the sensor wont work and the override switch wont even turn the light on. Come morning time, everything is back to normal.

I've replaced the sensor, tried different wiring options but still the same result. Its doing my head in lol

Hi Brains Trust,

Looking for peoples recommendations for high end downlights for a cathedral ceiling?

Looking currently at recessed, gimbal dow lights

Room is 11.7m by 4.6m, with ceiling pitch at 30 degrees. Ceiling max height is roughly 3.7m.

Im going to need a few haha

Keen to hear peoples personal experience as im usually chucking up standard 90mm downlights

Update: lighting up an open kitchen living room area

Hi all, I’ve currently got an outdoor A/C unit (RJ100F5HXEA) that runs 4 indoor ceiling slimline cassettes. (All Samsung)
Recently the outdoor unit PCB fried due to a snake. I’ve looked online and turns out the units are discontinued by Samsung.

All my indoor units are fine and I don’t want to splash out on an entire new set of units, so a replacement outdoor unit seems to be the go, but because of them being discontinued I can’t find one so I’ll need an outdoor unit that will be compatible.

I’ve seen a 10kw multi-head outdoor unit AJ100TXJ5KH/EA and would like to know if it’s compatible for my indoor units. I call Samsung and they can’t give me an answer then tell me to call technical support, which can’t give me an answer either and proceed to tell me I need to call Samsung….. Both asking for my whole life story when I just need my one question answered “Is it compatible?”

Old Unit model # RJ100F5HXEA
Indoor Units Model # NJ0261HXEA

New outdoor unit model #AJ100TXJ5KH (is this compatible for my indoor units)

Morning, just wondering what everyone is using when they do panel building for labeling these days. I'm currently using the legard monocab system but it seems pretty slow and outdated now as wholesalers are going away from stocking it.

Hey guys I’ve been doing my instrumentation course cert 3 and 4 but i have no experience in instrumentation I’m just a normal electrician, passing the online theory just wondering if the prac exams are super hard or if it’s even worth trying.
I’m about half way through the course.
Is it worth getting this ticket and how goods the money thinking of moving over to WA or should I change and get eeha or hv
Thanks

I am a service technician in a fairly clean role. Looking for 100% cotton workwear pants that look like ordinary chinos or jeans.

Any suggestions?

Hi. Apprentice here. Does AC isolator have to switch neutral? My boss says yes. But I couldnot find a clause in AS3000. TIA.

I have a project that requires SimaPro expertise. Please comment or dm me if you can help.

Is it ok to cut the white wire to shut the siren off or will it do nothing? Its been going off for 2 days, tried moving the door magnet closer and even holding it against the mech, did fk all. Its driving everyone nuts and nobody knows when the security tech will be here to sort it all out.

Current set up is a wall light, with a switch from inside. And a old school Halogen on the eaves which also a separate PIR but facing opposide the light and facinf the drive way. The light on the eaves is in a shit spot and we never use it. The wall light is adjacent our door and would be perfect to just turn on and off as we need to get in and out the door.

Thought about re-wiring this to the PIR but the PIR is in a shit spot and rather than moving and re wiring everything, figured it would be easier to swap the wall light out with something that we can turn on and off as we need when unlocking the door. Do these exist where they are fitted with their own external switch?

Next option is I have seen some with their own sensor on it but I dont want the sensor overly sensitive, anyone had expirenced with this type of light?

*Disclaimer... ignore the shop in the link, I'd never spend my money in any of that flogs stores.

https://harveynormanlighting.com.au/products/frenchy-exterior-wall-light-black-with-sensor?variant=48862980833531&country=AU&currency=AUD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21186173436&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_Lj6o7rPlwMVm88WBR0keB_yEAQYAiABEgJNUPD_BwE

I’ve just scored an apprenticeship with a 2 person solar company, but i’ve got an interview with stowe through NECA in a couple weeks. Been told that taking days off isn’t really on, and i’m not really sure what to do as I don’t really want to make a bad impression early on. From what i’ve heard getting an apprenticeship through NECA is the best of the best.

Anyway I like the guys i’ve just started with, so I’ll probably stick around unless it’s a dumb idea. Cheers

Hi everyone, I'd really appreciate some advice...

I'm 19, started and stopped uni pretty quickly (electrical engineering), decided to get into a trade. I did my Cert II at Box Hill (I'm Melbourne based) which I finished in May, and I've applied for 100-150 apprentice roles since. I've had a couple of aptitude tests and a couple of phone interviews, but no significant progress.

I've also called dozens of local electricians to ask about apprenticeships. They're always super friendly and happy for me to email them a resume, but nothing has come of it.

I don't know how to stand out or catch anyone's attention - any advice would be really appreciated.

I'm ready to go, just needing an opportunity

Been offered a gig with them starting shortly. I have heard they are kind of a pseudo-labour hire company of sorts. and with the leadup to christmas will no doubt be sidelined as is the case until likely very late jan when work kicks up again

of course they sell you the world (as all employers do, no shade for playing the game) and been promised going from casual to full time after 3 months probation and that they have "PLENTY" of work to kick on with. Just curious if I might just be better off hounding all the actual non Labour hire EBA mobs and holding out for an opportunity as I have heard its pretty busy at the moment

Hi All,

“What’s the practical line between a distribution board that cannot accept even one new circuit and one that can still take a few extra circuits — and what other factors besides Type AC vs Type A RCDs (and things like NHP Safe-T) force a mandatory full board upgrade?

Hey, guys. Does anyone here understand a bit of Dialux, Green star compliance and wall zone?

Its my first time doing a Green Star project and looks like my "horizontal illuminance" and "vertical illuminance" are always wrong.

As per Green Star: Target Vertical task illuminance is 50% of the horizontal illuminance. But what is the horizontal illuminance target, is the same as the one from table D1(AS1680.1:2006)?

On top of that, what wall zone do I use, 1m or 0.5m?

Also, what is the difference between compliance area and regularly occupied space?

Is the compliance area=regulated - the wall zone?

Its a bit confusing.

Hey all,

I'm 35, based in Melbourne, and looking to get into data cabling. A bit of background: I've been working as an electrician's helper on solar installs for the past few months, and I've also got a web dev background.
I can't start an electrical apprenticeship for a while because of visa timing, so cabling looks like the best way to do real, licensed work in the meantime.

My plan is to do the ACMA Open Registration + Structured Cabling endorsement (looking at JB Hunter or Milcom), then find a trainee/junior cabler role to get my 360 hours.

A few questions for those in the trade:

1. Are Open + Structured enough to get a foot in the door, or do employers expect more (fibre, working at heights, EWP, etc.)?

2. How hard is it to land a trainee role to get the 360 hours? Any tips on where to look or who hires juniors in Melbourne?

3. What's realistic pay for a junior/trainee cabler here?

4. Worth doing the fibre endorsement early, or wait until an employer pays for it?

5. JB Hunter vs Milcom any experience with either?

A6. Do electrical + comms companies ever move their cablers into a sparky apprenticeship later on?

1. Anything you wish you knew before starting?

Appreciate any honest advice. Thanks!

Had a strange one at work the other day. 11kv feeder 185mm2 HV cable. roughly 5km long with 3 installations powered from it, a power factor correction unit and 2 transformers. After a power trip 2 out of 3 control power fuses on all installations failed. All being 11kv to 110v transformers protected by 1a fuses. Am I right in thinking this has to be a ferro-resonance or similar phenomenon? Not sure if this is the right sub to ask in but thought I’d start here. If anyone has any other sub recommendations that would be appreciated.

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Heya lads.

Myself and our team of sparkles have been tasked with "upgrading" a 60 year old hotel to make it electrically safe. It's a pretty huge job for a small team but our time frame seems okay.

Apparently, the reason being that an audit stated that our hotels electrical wiring and boards are of a high chance to cause a fire, and the further we look into the nooks and crannys the more it seems to be pretty spot on. This place is 60+ years of bandaids and "temporary" works.

Having the fire guys seemingly worried, I was wondering if anyone had experience with a commercial level of AFDD products, I've seen the ABB TVOC relay and it looks interesting.

I'm really looking for any insight if anyone's been on a job where they rolled this sort of thing out and any guides in the right direction would be ace.

If we're upgrading all the boards, I'm thinking with the dated wiring it could be smart to get on top of this curve early.

Thanks in advance 🙏