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    Ring off a ring ! Help please

    You can. Normally called a lollypop circuit.
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    Issue with sockets/appliances help needed please

    You don't need surge protection, more waste of money.
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    Issue with sockets/appliances help needed please

    Replacing items when you don't know they are faulty is stupid and expensive if it does not fix the problem.
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    TP24 vs Sylvania LEDs - won’t fit

    The right hand one has a short stem doesn't it. So it is not the equivalent. Send it back and buy the right one.
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    Single ph to 3 ph Ramp conversion.

    NO. Transformers are AC devices. AC in, AC out.
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    Help with installing new kitchen light.

    The porch light is already wired. Just screw it back. The switches are already wired. Screw them back. The kitchen light only has one neutral. It is black. It has one switched live. It is also black. Those 2 black wires go to the new fitting. Make sure the switched live goes to the correct...
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    Electrician Jobs Advice on faults and Ideas for fixes

    As I keep saying part P is a building regulation not a qualification. Perhaps you would show us a copy of this qualification that you claim to have! All electrical work must be carried out in accordance to part P of the building regulations. But there is no part P qualification as such.
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    Electrician Jobs Advice on faults and Ideas for fixes

    No such thing as "part P electricians". Part P is a building regulation not a qualification.
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    Electrician Jobs Advice on faults and Ideas for fixes

    Rubbish. If they are claiming that they are liars. There is no such thing as part P registered. Part P is a building regulation not a qualification. Try asking for their registration certificate to call their bluff.
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    Non standard mains plug on washing machine

    Museum of Plugs and Sockets: Non-standard BS 1363 types - https://www.plugsocketmuseum.nl/British2.html Nos 17 to 23.
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    New member + garage wiring help

    Option 5. Get rid of the fuse box and wire the sockets direct as a radial. Run the lights via a switched FCU (which is also your switch) with a 5 amp fuse. You don't need a second RCD in line. You don't need a second 20 amp fuse in line.
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    T.V aerial installation

    Aerial installation is a specialist job and at the minimum requires a digital signal strength meter costing three figures. Lofts are often bad places for aerials especially if they have foil in the roof lining. Leave it to the professionals but by all means run the coax. Don't use the cheap...
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    T.V aerial installation

    Don't. It' s crap aerial. Aerials need to be directional so they don't pick up interference from elsewhere.
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    Need Advice - New Kitchen Rewire

    A cowboy is a man who rounds up cattle on horseback.
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    Need Advice - New Kitchen Rewire

    Why all these switched FCUs and flex outlet plates? All these appliances have plugs fitted. So just put in sockets. Much easier when it comes to servicing or replacement.
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    Does keeping an electric shower on use much electricity?

    Not much at all, and more important it will save wear on the pull switch.
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    Electric boilers - how is this going to work.

    Very short sighted. How does the I of M generate its electricity?
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    Ethernet point no internet

    This is an excellent example why sparks should not do a network engineers job. (or aerials for that matter).
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    Electric boilers - how is this going to work.

    So if she had and used gas it would be £20 a month, even better.
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    Electric boilers - how is this going to work.

    Of course. All those measures don't alter the relative costs of gas and electricity.

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