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Help with installation / diagram

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Hi,


I am after some help with a heated windows installation / diagram - grateful for any input.

Unfortunately, the company supplying the installion went bust and I have been left with a system that doesn't  work (incorrectly designed).

We had a local electrician do the first fix wiring based on the diagrams but he says what has been sent won't work in it's current state and he doesn't have the relevant expertise to adjust it.

We live in a rural area and electricians are not that common especially for something as complex as this.

Rather than post up the diagrams and go into too much detail initially, I just wanted to know if this is a place to ask for advice and if not could anyone point me in the right direction. e.g contact details for an electrical engineer.


Thanks.
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    That transformer label has to be one of the most confusing arrangements I have seen for a long time, and as noted, voltage do not tally with the paperwork.

    So, now we cannot trust either.

    This will need to be taken slowly..

    Do you have a multi-meter that reads ohms ?


    I suggest that if you do, then check that the windows supplied have resistances that match to within perhaps 10% with the table of figures in the instructions, and make a note of them, then we can work out how many volts each window really needs. and then, and only then,  we can decide how many transformers and what ratings are really required for each window or group of windows.


    You are quite right to leave the CU in service for now, yes it is scruffy, and has one example of each type of breaker made by wylex in the last 20 years. But for now it is working.  I suspect once you open it it will look like so much spaghetti, and the lid will be hard to shut, but that goes with the territory.

    Actually a 16A lighting circuit is not that surprising in a large building, - it is what we would do in a large factory for example.

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    That transformer label has to be one of the most confusing arrangements I have seen for a long time, and as noted, voltage do not tally with the paperwork.

    So, now we cannot trust either.

    This will need to be taken slowly..

    Do you have a multi-meter that reads ohms ?


    I suggest that if you do, then check that the windows supplied have resistances that match to within perhaps 10% with the table of figures in the instructions, and make a note of them, then we can work out how many volts each window really needs. and then, and only then,  we can decide how many transformers and what ratings are really required for each window or group of windows.


    You are quite right to leave the CU in service for now, yes it is scruffy, and has one example of each type of breaker made by wylex in the last 20 years. But for now it is working.  I suspect once you open it it will look like so much spaghetti, and the lid will be hard to shut, but that goes with the territory.

    Actually a 16A lighting circuit is not that surprising in a large building, - it is what we would do in a large factory for example.

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