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  1. R

    Plastic fitting between two pipes and electrical safety connections

    Hi again, So last night was very eventful! The fitting that sits between two pipes failed and leaked water all in the kitchen. Luckily my father was awake at the time and spotted this before any serious incident took place. We called a plumber the next morning to get the problem fixed (was...
  2. Simonslimline

    Connections in consumer units.

    When say adding a new circuit to a DB/CU do you tend to check all the connections in said DB/CU are sound and tight! I have come across a few boards recently where pretty much every cable is loose including the main tails literally just sitting in the switch, but no signs of overheating etc, so...
  3. B

    Cooker/hob connections

    Just wondering more than anything really, im not really involved in house works a lot. But why is it acceptable to use twin and Earth from the connection point to the cooker? if I was doing it I would be more inclined to use a flex with a coating resistive to grease and oils etc in case of...
  4. R

    Issues with Shaver Light connections

    Hello forumites, I had a Vysal Shaver Light --- Dual Voltage Charging Socket which was working perfectly until the builders opened it up for Tiling. Now, after they re-connected, it doesn't work. I bought 2 new Shavers and none would work either. On checking, I found that they do work...
  5. G

    Strange fluke 1653b question

    Hi all, Firstly hello and thanks for making this site so helpful, I'm trying to make a career change to be a domestic electrician and this site as been brilliant, so thanks. Now for my question, I have recently purchased a fluke 1653b off eBay and I got it calibrated straight away for...
  6. S

    Downlighter Connections

    Hi all I doing an eicr in a hotel. In the bathroom they have downlighters, some with 12v transformers some with LED GU10 fittings. In a large majority of cases, there are plastic connectors on both sides of the transformers, no junction box, in free air laying on the ceiling. Would you...
  7. Y

    New member - Advice on PIR Light Connections

    Hi, I'm new to the Forum and I'm a keen DIY enthusiast...bt only within the limit of my skills....so I'm after some advice. I am changing my PIR lights NOT the actual wiring circuit. I have two PIR Lights that are connected and operated by oneswitch (in the kitchen). The PIR light has wires...
  8. tigerpaul

    EICR for house

    Hello, After years of working for firms in commercial and industrial I have started picking up more and more of my own work now. Some of this is commercial and some domestic. I've not really done much domestic before, I always managed to stay clear of it. Now, I've just done an EICR for someone...
  9. P

    changing faulty arlen to new helvar ballast

    need to change faulty ballast to new helvar 58. not sure of connections as new unit has only four outlet connections don't want to be zapping anything? old unit (arlen 170) which btw was wrong unit has l.n.e. input and similar 4outlet terminals which feed each end of the fluro tube
  10. G

    Proving Your Neutral Electrical Connections

    There appears to be anecdotal evidence from recent threads and the interminable debate regarding BS 7671 Amd 3 and the non-combustible CU thing that Neutral connections are the source of many overheating incidents that in some cases lead to fires. There is nothing currently in BS 7671 or other...
  11. H

    Roller Shutter door connections?

    Hi I have been called to a job recently to install a up and down switch for a small roller shutter door. Motor and control unit all there but previous owner had ripped the switch out. So just left with a few cables not connected to anything and empty connections. I havent done a roller door...
  12. C

    12v reading on all the negative connections on 240v system

    Had a strange experience today. customets t&p valve keep blowing on their hot water heater (sealed pressurised electric immersion heater fed from a water pump, pped in from a 5000 litre holding tank ) thought it might be the faulty valve first, after testing that and it being fine I went onto...
  13. W

    Balun cat 5e connections and sky HD problem

    Hi all I have repositioned my main tv remotely from my sky hd box and have run two pairs of cat5e and balun connectors to connect xbox360 and sky hd box to main tv have tested all rj45 connections with a lan tester and all is fine have all sound and picture on x box fine on both sets of...
  14. A

    Dual tariff meter connections

    I've had a look at a dual tariff meter for someone as they believe it has been wired wrong, due to receiving incredibly high bills. It it should have a standard supply for the flat power and a lower rate for an electric heating board. When I had a look, there are 5 terminals rather than the...
  15. A

    12V Dual Pole Relay connections...

    Hi all. I have just received a 12V 2 pole 2NO and 2NC and there's no instructions on how to connect it to the power. Normally being a coil negative swapped with positive would make no difference however, this has an LED light and a resister. I am thinking the 12V life wire should before the...
  16. F

    American hot tub connections.

    Hi I have been asked to connect a s series propak hotub. The installation manual is all American based and the wiring diagrams for the connections is all American. I am not to sure if a uk 240v supply can be connected. The terminal block has four points to connect. Line 1 120v line 2 120v ground...
  17. F

    3 phase heater problem

    Hi there, I have a number of 22kw heater sunning of 3 phase supply. There is a dial with 4 settings 1 being the lowest output 4 the highest. The problem I have is when ever it is set to maximum output it is knocking out the breakers not discriminating at the rcd but knocking out the main...
  18. F

    Alarm wiring

    please help!!!! Im wiring a accenta 8 alarm panel but using a texecom siren/strobe outside, but Im stuck on wiring them together. Anyone got a clue coz im clueless, only some of the time that is!
  19. R

    New supply from transformer mast for 9 separate metres property connections?

    Hello, We purchased a plot of land a while ago and we are trying to establish how we can actually connect into the mains transformer mast which is available on site. Originally we had 3 options. There was a Scottish power owned cable that we could tap into this would cost £4500.00 to link to...
  20. J

    Bosch/Neff Ceramic Hotplate Connections

    Hi, I'm trying to replace one of the hotplate elements (Bosch 180mm 2000w hilight 644726) on my Neff Hob (T1373S0/01). I've received the replacement part but the new one has 5 connections on the wiring block compared to 2 on the old one as you can hopefully see on the pics. I suspect the...

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