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  1. S

    sockets

    Hi can 2 bedroom sockets be run off a kitchen if marked on the C.U. ?
  2. N

    Bathroom / Bedroom Lighting Issue

    Afternoon all, This is my first post here so please bear with me on this one. A friend of mine has recently had a new light fitted in his bathroom fitted by the farther in law. He wasn't very forth coming with information but he says that the children's bedroom light doesn't work at all I'm...
  3. J

    Newbeee with bedroom wall light conundrum

    Hello all, Hope this finds you well. Three or so years ago I qualified at college after taking C&G 2330 and the 17th Edition. It was a part time day release course and took 4 years to complete. I wasn't in the trade at the time and so any experience came from working nights and weekends as an...
  4. G

    Weird painting problem in a bedroom where a cable is below/buried in the plaster

    We have just repainted our spare bedroom with our normal emulsion paint and noted a vertical streak from the ceiling down to a socket. We repainted over the streak but the streak reappeared. I used my cable detector and established that the cable run was directly under the streak. The streak...
  5. J

    Bedroom ceiling light.

    Hi hope someone can help. I've tried 6 local electricians, 5 not turned up and the 6th wants £55 to connect 3 wires. Spare bedroom haa no light for 10 years after ripping out all the downlights on safety grounds. Have now put a ceiling light but have no idea which wires go to which terminals in...
  6. W

    More part P quality installation

    Just arrived at a job today to change a CU, after bit of testing found N-E fault on upstairs ring, went up stairs and found this! this was installed by a bedroom fitter, last week, the lady asked for some extra double sockets and one had to be moved in her bedroom which the fitter done before...
  7. S

    Bedroom light wont work

    Hey all! A few weeks ago my bedroom light was on when all of a sudden the light flickered badly while making a crackling sound then BANG, it blew and the light went off. The next day I could see the light bulb fitting was a bit charred and all the upstairs lights had gone. I changed the...
  8. Sonia Norman

    lighting circuit

    Hi I'm a recently qualified electrician and my mind just can't completely solve this one. My relative in scotland has had their house rewired. when you turn the bathroom light switch on the two bedroom lights go off and the switches in the bedroom won't work. When you turn the bathroom light...
  9. C

    Service Head/ Meter/ Consumer Unit in Bedroom?

    Hello, Just visited a job where a house is being completely ripped apart and redone. What was the garage is now going to be a bedroom. The service head, meter and consumer unit is there so will now be in a bedroom. Is this allowed? When on a job where a service head needed to be moved UkPn...
  10. T

    Bedroom Switch Position

    Doing an attic conversion and been asked by the builder to put the bedroom switch just outside the bedroom door. As built in wardrobes going either side of the door in the bedroom. Never came across this or gave it much thought. Is a bedroom switch allowed to be outside? Cheers
  11. E

    bath in bedroom

    called to a job where the customer wanted more sockets in his bedroom. more than surprised to find a bath about 1 meter away from his bed which he said was moved there 12 years ago with the full consent of the council.he said they hadn't brought up any problems with existing sockets when this...
  12. C

    amount of sockets per room

    Have I been missing something? I have just had a reply to squire which says I'm the best price etc... However the other electrician has quoted for 4 sockets per room to comply with part p... Maybe I've been doing all my rewires wrong...? Or is this other electrician just trying to pull a fast...
  13. B

    new sky installation

    Good evening, I have recently completed a new built 4 bedroom house,now time for 2nd fix, the client wants sky hd in the lounge and the master bedroom, with the other 3 bedrooms and the kitchen to have freeview and the same channel as sky in the lounge. I have run 3 coax's too the lounge and...
  14. N

    LED lights in a bedroom - Any advice/recommendations?

    We're having our bedroom refitted and the designer suggested we put in (six) LED downlights on a dimmer. Now I've little experience of them so wonder if anyone here has any advise or opinions on them? The model the designer recommended are Aurora Sola - 110-240V LED Aluminium IP65 Fixed 9W...
  15. G

    Bedroom Ceiling Fan - Isolation?

    Hi, If I'm fitting a ceiling fan in the bedroom off the lighting circuit then do I need any more isolation than switching off the lighting circuit at the fuse box? One set of instructions telling me I need a double pole isolator which I could understand in a bathroom or commercial but seems...
  16. R

    How much to re-wire a 3 bedroom semi?

    Firstly, I'm not an electrician and I'm not going to be doing the work. A friend of a friend has been quoted to re-wire their 3 bedroom semi in Manchester. I think due to the age of the house, that it will be VIR with the origional rewireable fusebox. All sockets, switches and CCU need...
  17. keniff

    Led strip lighting

    I'm looking for some strip led lighting about 4m worth. What's a good brand to use, I want to put it in the metal sleeving aswell, anyone got any experience on it? I've never used it
  18. L

    Spotlights in a bedroom

    So I am going to be putting some spotlights in a bedroom when Ive done them before its always been via running a new lighting circuit from the board. This time theres already a pendant fitting in the room so I was going to re wire everything in the rose into a junctionbox which I hope is ok...
  19. S

    Socket by sink in bedroom

    Hey fellas Just started a rewire on an old house, now there is a sink in one of the bedrooms which is going to be kept but the customer wants a socket quite near. I have been through the regs but can't find anything which states about zones in a room with just a sink, Special installation of...
  20. J

    Neutral earth fault

    I swapped a db on a job yesterday and there is a fault on the heating circuit and i just cant find it in the most disgusting house you have ever seen what is the deal with putting it on the non rcd side? can i do it

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