I am mostly concerned with the current safety of my setup.
I live in a rented out basement (with full kitchen, living room, bathroom, etc). In my living room, I have two ceiling light fixtures. One of them never worked. The other works fine. I control it with a switch on the wall.
Today I...
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I have quite an old Horstmann Economy 7 Quartz water heating system in my flat (installed around 2007). It's been working fine until the last month, now the water heater always seems to be 'on'. The clock is set to the correct time, and even when it is the middle of the day when the...
I was asked to help a friend who had an issue with a lighting circuit tripping the main switch. I found a burnt switch and faulty light. Circuit back on, all was good. As I always do I went round checking all room lights. Upstairs landing light had no bulb, got a bulb and put it in. It came on...
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TL;DR Will I short the car battery life by having a external battery always connected to the 12v port?
I'm planning to buy a Bluetti battery (500wh) for my camper and connect to it a mini fridge, so to keep battery level as high as possible, I assume the best option should have it always...
I wonder if anyone has some good stories of really easy call-outs made a lot more difficult by the customer's rather fixed views. Here is my starter for ten:
A call out for a MCB for ring final circuit tripping. Customer had serious attitude, absolutely convinced it was the kettle causing it...
I need to know whether a battery charger can be kept in an electric outlet all the time or whether it should be disconnected every time after a smartphone has been charged. It is not convenient for me to have to disconnect it from the electric outlet every time. Does a battery charger...
I have a single socket sunk into a standard metal box in a plaster wall on a ring main.
I want to put a radiator on that wall and use a blank cover on the front to close off the socket which will be behind the new radiator.
I'll use Wago connectors on the old cable ends to ensure the ring...
I've replaced a light with a low energy LED bulb which is controlled wirelessly, and now want to remove the old switch so that it is always on, and I can then control it with the wireless switch. Can I just remove the switch and connect the L1 and common wires together? It's an old 1-way 1-gang...
I have a bathroom extractor fan to replace. It is the type that has the light in the middle of it as in the picture below..
They all seem to be in-line as in this link Manrose In-Line LED Shower Light Fan Kit Bright Chrome 100mm -...
I am as newbe DIY as it gets when it comes to electrical work.
Here is my issue at my home. I have a light switch which controls the recess lighting in the living room as well as all the plugs. A pretty poor design IMO especially since that room also acts as the TV/entertainment room. As of...
I have purchased a number of expensive copper dowsing&reynolds light switches which have been fitted by an electrician as part of a refurb project.
I am not proposing to do this myself, but as previous advice on the forum has been very useful, so would like to know if this is possible before...
I just installed a brand new 36 kw electric boiler. 240v, 3 ph, works good, more expensive to operate than I had hoped...regardless when the power/circuit breakers are on, the contactors energize/close always. Why? That makes no sense to me. What’s their purpose if always energized. Why not...
Was asked to an EICR a building today, old church converted into workshop. This was 1 of 6 boards, this is how i found it. Was told it hasn't had a cover in 20 years and the last electrician passed it so what's the issue? Some people are unbelievable. To make matters worse it's at head height...
How do I bypass from the interface to manually make these turned ON always? At the moment, the maximum I can do is for 30 minutes at one time.
I could find one manual for similar switch but it doesnt have any mention of what I am looking for...
Found this on my travels today visiting my favourite customers. I hadn't noticed this previously and I can only assume this is the result of a recent 'solar PV service' the customer had last month.
My customer asked for my opinion as she had also not noticed the wire previously, the words 'I...
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