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  1. J

    Broken LCD screen on a 40" Sony TV

    Is there any point in replacing the broken screen on a an LCD TV? Will it be cost effective? Where can I go for a replacement? Is it better to replace the TV with a new model instead?
  2. C

    Broken Ring ccts on Periodic

    On another point -- When finding broken ring circuits when carrying out a periodic inspection, some with all legs discontinuous and some with the Line discontinuous - is it acceptable to mark this down as requiring attention without actually finding out the reason why the circuit is...
  3. B

    Fixing a broken light

    Hey guys, I need some help on a minor problem. Basically, I need to fix a pull cord switch in my bathroom, I has been pulled off the ceiling. I tried fixing it back with plasterboard fixings but the ceiling just crumbles away, what can I use to fix it back to the ceiling? I'm sharing with 2 of...
  4. K

    Probably broken every rule in the book

    I’ve probably broken every rule in the book with this. Was asked if I could do a cable joint between a 6mm T+E and a 2c 6mm SWA. It had to be as unobtrusive as possible as I was on a front wall of a graded building. The T+E ran for 6” below the rendering corbel so the joint would be on the...
  5. S

    Broken tiles/slates

    Has anyone "cracked" (sorry coudn't resist the pun!) issues around broken tiles/slates when the job is being done. We've had a few lately where the cost is more than we've estimated or as has happened this morning the tile is unexpectedly brittle and isn't stocked by anyone locally meaning...
  6. B

    Broken DC socket on lightbox

    Hi, I knocked over an LED lightbox and the fall broke the pin out of the female DC socket. I can solder so If I could find the same part I could fix it, but I can't find the part. I'm no electrician so don't really know where to look or what other avenues are open to me. Could somebody have a...
  7. i=p/u

    broken socket outlet

    yo, went to fix socket outlet tonight, and what has happened is the wings inside back box has broken off, so faceplate wont screw back on. dont want to try get box out as is tiled. has any of yous just put large screw right through back of box.or have a better soloution.. thanks
  8. P

    Broken ring final?

    Working in a 2 bed terrace and been asked to do a pir, the continuity on the downstairs ring final is confusing me and wondered if one of you chaps with a fresh pair of eyes could help me out. End to end continuity of Rn is open end to end of R2 is open but I'm getting a low fluctuating reading...
  9. C

    how does a broken earth have volatge on it???

    ''I had an interesting fault the other week whilst checking that Class 1 metal socket fronts were earthed. Admittedly it would have been best to carry out whilst dead, however this was just a quick check for peace of mind after doing a different job at night. I found 50v between the...
  10. M

    First inspection tomorrow and found broken cpc - advice please!

    Hello! I'm new to this so please be gentle... I have my first ever ELECSA inspection tomorrow. To prove that I know vaguely what I'm doing, I've replaced our old CU with a shiny new split load one. After dealing with wires that were too short, replacing lots of choc blocks that shouldn't be...
  11. K

    Key Meter Broken/Faulty ??

    Hi Folks Recently my Key meter has not been taking credit from the Key but I am still receiving electricity . The little red dial aren't moving/ changing numbers and the orange light on the front doesn't flash .I have contacted my Supplier (EDF Energy) but they don't seem to worried about it . I...
  12. G

    Broken lug on KO Box

    How please was I to find that the plasterer had bent back the fixed lug on my KO box. On easing it forward the inevitable happened and it broke off. Does anybody have a good sound solution for this without having to try and replace the whole box. :(
  13. W

    No Neutral and broken ring

    Hi All, got a call from a friend today who said a socket in the little girls room had got hot and then everything stopped working in the bedroom. I called in as we (family) were passing but had only a voltage tester and screwdriver on me. The smell of melting cable was quite stong in the little...
  14. O

    Broken cpc ring on 30A ring!

    Hi all, I'm new here and looking for some pointers as to how to approach a "problem" I encountered on Friday. My work entailed adding 2 new fused spurs for outside lights on a house. All was going really well until I got high readings on the earth loop test. After some more tests I...
  15. C

    Switching poles

    Hi cud u help, I was just wondering when you have for instance a 3phase isoltor it's classed as a 3pole sw am I right as in it sw's the 3 phases but why do u not sw the N therefore it being a 4 pole sw and y do we not sw the N and in other isolators we do sw the N
  16. R

    Broken cable reel

    Hallo all. I am new to this forum and would like to get some feed back on a problem that I and my colleague have come across. At times we have both experienced the situation where the cardboard flange on a new reel of cable comes away from the central spigot. This makes the reel virtually...
  17. T

    Broken ring?

    Downstairs circuit. No end to end continuity on L, N & E. In C.U 2 cables to MCB and every socket checked for end of circuit in case 2 raidels were run instead. Only one socket in ktc with one cable and this was a spur from another socket that has 3 cables. This is roughly what the circuit...
  18. M

    broken ring live both ends ?

    hello tested a ring final circuit today a one of the socket outlets . (continuity of conductors) r2 .85 ish (from memory) rn .62 ish r1 open circuit turned the breaker back on and found 230 both ends of the broken ring? turn off and took the ring apart some more including at the board re...
  19. A

    Broken Duct Pull Cord

    During the ground works for my new build, I laid two ducts from the house to the end of the driveway. I put pull cords through both but one of them has snapped in the middle! The duct is approximately 150m long and bends underground twice. It's 63mm in diameter and although it's flexible duct...
  20. S

    broken neutral?

    A friend of mine has a mobile home which was experiencing loss of supply, on investigating it was found that certain parts of the chassis was live, so her husband put in two earth rods. The following day the mobile home park owners said that these earth rods had caused the following faults a}...

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