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    Advice needed on switching

    I've encountered a bit of a head scratcher here. We've taken down the wall between the kitchen and the dining room for a new open plan jobbie. The wall had two light switches, one fed by three wires for the dining room light and the other a twin gang two way switch for the kitchen lights. I've...
  2. sythai

    Church wiring advice

    Hi Guys Been to look job in a church grade which is also grade 1 listed, installing infra red heating. Can't see anything in particular in regs specifying what type of wiring system should be used for a church ? On looking round could see a right old mix of PVC conduit, metal conduit, surface...
  3. R

    Fishing for desk lamp fitting advice

    Hi, I made this ceramic angler fish at a beginner’s pottery course, with the intention of turning into a desk lamp. Now comes figuring out how to make the electric part fit! I wondered if any forum members out there knew of useful parts that could help complete this. I have copper pipe, and a...
  4. A

    Advice on Burnt out wall socket

    Hi All Wonder if someone can give me a little advice on a burnt out socket I’ve found today: Socket has now been isolated at the fuse board and is on a small ring with only 2 other sockets and a 30amp rcd. Items plugged into the socket were a tp-link smart plug, with a lamp connected to it...
  5. Yellowhammer

    The client is always right... after some advice.

    Hi all, I've only fairly recently made the jump to working for myself, coming from a past if commercial, industrial and occasional very high end residential. I find myself now in a different place picking up very typical domestic jobs. Recently I've been doing a partial rewire on a house for...
  6. S

    UK Tone generator advice

    Hi, Could I ask for some pointers and recommendations for a tone generator/tracing tool please? Having browsed various sites including Amazon, CEF and RS the range of options is vast from £20 up to many hundreds. Are the cheap ones junk? What do the more expensive tools provide? I don't have a...
  7. M

    Seeking advice / assistance in a power generation project.

    Basically a gravity generator with a different implementation, smaller.
  8. Z

    EICR Findings - Advice on Coding Required

    Hi everyone, I recently completed a domestic EICR and came across something unusual. There’s a 10mm² twin and earth cable directly connected to the 100A cut-out fuse at the service head. The cable is concealed within the client’s wall and reappears next to the consumer unit, where it connects...
  9. Cambi8989

    Need Advice on ATS for PV System.

    Does Anyone know of a switch or ATS that can work in the diagram attached? Was told by the manufacturer that these inverters can work solely as hybrid inverters. However it appears the ATS Inside the Hybrid inverter can not be avoided. Under Normal circumstances the Inverters want to sit in...
  10. J

    advice on power supply to outbuilding

    Hi looking for some advice I wont be doing any work a electrician will be .. I have a outbuilding being constructed and i will need a power supply I have asked for a quote and while looking for advice have been told that the person doing the quote cant be a qualified sparky from the advice given...
  11. C

    Advice on trench

    Hello Just looking for some advice on a rough cost on having a trench dug for cabling in an ev charger. The run is only around 10 metres long and is a mixture of concrete tarmac and soft ground. From what I've read it should be 600mm and then the ducting in. Most recent quote was over £3000...
  12. M

    Bus bar advice

    Hi, can someone help me understand if I would need a new bus bar or a new board. The bus bar has a gap like it has been snapped or sawn off between the circuits on the right and left hand side. I have been advised by an electrician that a new board would have to be installed. I would appreciate...
  13. A

    Switchgear upgrade advice needed.

    Hello, I am new here and I am not an Electrician. However, I am an engineer, understand electricity (to a fair degree), and pretty comfortable doing my own residential work. I am helping assemble an electrification roadmap for a local town who wants to explore replacing all of the...
  14. P

    UK Help / Advice required

    As an old time City & Guilds electrician who last worked as such back in the1960s I realise I’m a bit stone-age to say the very least. That said my daughter just installed a decent shed in the garden of her new home and rather conveniently there is an un-made SWA cable laid from the house...
  15. C

    2365 evening course advice

    Hi, I'm currently doing level 2 2365 course 1 evening a week and I'm 8 months in and only have the practical (204) left to do. OK, so up until now we haven't touched anything practical, its all been theory based and a case of being handed a PowerPoint handout and sent on your way and doing it at...
  16. J

    Where should I start when looking for electrical work?

    Hello all. I recently obtained my first ECS Electrical labourers card and am waiting for certificates to come back so i can attempt my AM2 in the not to distant future. I have much experience ON construction sites but only a very limited amount of experience in electrical installations, but I...
  17. A

    fuse spur that will be used as power for a LED

    Hello, what would I need for the following... A 40 meter cable run through fire partition walls, into a large plasterboard void to supply a switched fuse spur that will be used as power for a LED advertisement screen, unfortunately there's no forthcoming info on wattage. what cable size would...
  18. M

    EICR Report - Advice regarding remedials & final Certificate

    This is a Situation I haven't run into before, I do all the smaller to medium sized maintenance and electrical Jobs at a Local Educational Premises, this building was a new build in 2014 . There are 13 large three phase Distribution Boards, the last EICR in 2019 was completed by a Testing...
  19. B

    Flashing LED advice

    Hi All Was hoping to pick your brains regarding a job that had me scratching my head today. 6 x 6ft LED Ansell in a small garage, controlled via a PIR at either end. Been in for approximately 4 years no issue. They now (when triggered) all begin to flash (randomly along the fitting, not in one...
  20. S

    Electric meter advice

    To be clear I have no intention of messing with this, I just need to pick a few brains on the following. British gas are sending me this on a regular basis, a ploy I think to get me to install a smart meter which i don't want. "The radio service that supports your meter is being switched off...

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