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  1. SJD

    Best Consumer unit for home

    As mentioned by nicebutdim, if I was planning to live there long-term, I'd want something that will be supported long-term. So much though I like and routinely install Fusebox, I'd have to wonder will they be around in 10 or 20 years, or would I end up looking on eBay for spares. It is hard to...
  2. SJD

    I'm looking to identify an object in my roof

    Perhaps work out which circuit it is powered from, that may (or may not) give some clues (e.g. by switching off circuit breakers). Could it be some kind of whole-building ventilation unit?
  3. SJD

    Heating Lost Pressure

    Apologies for the digression, but all this reminds me of an issue with a rental property a few years back, I was there to fit a new consumer unit. The tenant was there to let me in before heading off to work, but cryptically told me he had put a board down in the bathroom to make access easier...
  4. SJD

    Can anyone recognise how to use this Junction Box

    Round here, there are a lot of 1960's houses that were wired with these junction boxes for the lighting, using twin & earth into the top, and the pendant connections out to the bottom. The box is screwed to the underside of a timber noggin between joists (often a piece of old floorboard) with a...
  5. SJD

    Halogen light transformer

    You mention there are ten lights, which are presumably all fed from this one transformer. Typically they are 10W G4 lamps fitted, which equates to 100W, but the driver (transformer) you bought is only rated to supply 60W, so likely gives up if you load it with 100W. You need a driver rated for...
  6. SJD

    Replacement of an x shaped convection heater element.

    A quick check online, the cheapest I found one of these heaters was £80. If you could find a spare element, which don't seem to be available, you might find you don't get much change from £80, spare parts are almost always very overpriced, and that is not including fitting. In summary, you...
  7. SJD

    MK Logic Plus vs Hager Sollysta - which one should I choose?

    I normally use MK Logic Plus for white accessories, but recently used Hager Sollysta for a full house rewire, as a somewhat fussy customer requested them instead. I was quite impressed, and have considered switching to the Sollysta, what has held me back is that in the UK there are many...
  8. SJD

    UK Can I have a napit assessment with only on CU change?

    I can't comment specfically about NAPIT, but my experience (ELECSA, NICEIC) is that a CU change was sufficient for many years, but now is no longer so. I always used to offer a CU change as I did lots of these and it was easy to find one local for a site visit that was unlikely to throw up any...
  9. SJD

    I have a Bathroom Extractor Fan Question please

    The VentAxia ACT100T that was removed has an airflow spec of 61 L/s. The new Addvent AVC075HLF has an airflow spec of only 26 L/s. So the new fan is going to be less than half the airflow of the old one (assuming the old one was working properly). You don't mention how long the ducting is, but...
  10. SJD

    Avoiding EICR cowboys

    The GN3 I have (17th edition, 2015) in section 3.2 says inspection & testing should be considered in a number of circumstances, including (in sub-section (c)), "on a change of occupancy". This pre-dates the 2020 private rental sector legislation, and I think at the time, few landlords actually...
  11. SJD

    High Ze reading fails EICR

    Apologies if I missed it, but how long was the electrician on site? To complete the above table of results, they'd need to be there around half a day (assuming 1 person).
  12. SJD

    No space in back box for dimmer modules

    Many of the wires could be trimmed a lot to sensible lengths, and you could use the smaller 2273-series Wagos. After that, either chase the back box in deeper as mentined, or use spacers (on white faceplates).
  13. SJD

    Issue with 12v wire LED conversion from halogen

    A search of the part number comes up with a HITLIGHTS driver that looks exactly like the one you have, apart from the "GOOVER" replaced with "HITLIGHTS". Could be a legitimate alternative brand, or could be some copy. It could also be the specific combination of the dimmer, the driver and the...
  14. SJD

    Issue with 12v wire LED conversion from halogen

    Is the new 60W driver designed to dim LEDs? Perhaps post a photo of it showing the markings / model number.
  15. SJD

    RCD trips with all load breakers open

    Could there be some N current from one of the unprotected circuits finding it's way to the N of an RCD-protected circuit?
  16. SJD

    Searching history of 2nd hand component?

    While I can't comment specifically for Siemens, it is common that many large companies are often not interested in helping anyone with second hand parts. They are only interested in selling you new parts.
  17. SJD

    EICR consumer unit advise

    An EICR outcome is either Satisfactory, or Unsatisfactory (not pass/fail). Looking at the hole in the middle, I'm not sure it should have been satisfactory in 2018. There will no doubt be observations about the lack of RCD protection for some circuits, as to whether these are C2 or C3 depends...
  18. SJD

    Uncommon SWA cable with different coloured cores

    Superlec, for example, normally sell both Harmonized colours and Brown/Blue/GrY (and also for some sizes, Numbered cores). There is often a small price difference, I usually check both for the size/length I need, and buy the cheapest (unless there is a specific reason to want a particular type).
  19. SJD

    R7S LED retrofit not working

    Are these lights on a dimmer? If so, likely the dimmer won't work with the low load of the LED lamp.
  20. SJD

    Which country this plug socket from ?

    In a past life, when I used to travel a fair bit, I often came across these style of sockets in overseas conference rooms. Especially in Asia (Japan, Hong Kong etc). It did away with needing travel adapters, plugs from most countries just fitted, and most people were plugging in laptop chargers...

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