Category: Fault finding

Depending upon your temperament as an electrician, finding faults can be either the bane of your life or smugly satisfying when you discover their cause. YouTube is full of angry sparkies pointing out where they have discovered some ‘Donald DIY’ enthusiast (or even sometimes Fully Qualified Fred) has wired up something lethal, or maybe extolling … Continue reading Finding and fixing faults

One of my recent rather obscure jobs was to fix a Watchman heating oil tank sensor. This device lets the owner know (via a radio signal to a plug giving an audible warning) that their heating oil is running out and best to ring up the supplier pronto. This device was installed many years ago … Continue reading Oil tank sensor failure