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    Short circuit after water damage- advice please ?

    Hi all. Advice please. Had a flood 36 ish hours ago where several tens of gallons of water came through kitchen ceiling passing over the kitchen lighting circuit. The lights (6) are ceiling inset 240 downlights, no transformers. The lights are connected in the circuit with connection blocks and...
  2. D

    Cell damage

    Hi during some recent work at a customer's place we noticed one of their solar panels cells was damaged, pictures below. The array is about 5 years old. The Voc of that panel was ~26v, whereas all the others were at ~35V. As with shadows etc, could this one panel affect the output of the whole...
  3. M

    Running a cable along railing

    Moving office onto portacabin on the other side of yard . Told my boss could do a straight run across underground across yard ("that fine ") ,told him it needs to be 600mm depth as we have wagon run over the area (not fine) . Now he's talking about going the longer way round and could i attach...
  4. Lou

    iPad Air 2

    I've broken my iPad Air 2 screen. I can still use it but there's loads of spider cracks radiating from the smashed bit. It's making work hard lol. Does anyone know the best place to get a repair done or get a screen from? Thanks :iphone::mobilecalling:
  5. T

    Underfloor heating fault

    Hello, I have electric underfloor heating in our bedroom under ceramic tile. there are two systems wired to one touch screen stat, (1x15m & 1x5m) they were installed about 2 years ago and worked great for about 8 month. now the larger one does not heat up? i have tried wiring it direct to the...
  6. N

    Clipping cable/conduit on a fence?

    Years ago this issue was a bit vague whether swa or conduit could be clipped along a fence rather than running it underground which is often a pain to do with certain garden layouts, as well as more hassle and expense people don't want. So would clipping swa or conduit along a fence be...
  7. J

    Insurance Or Client Who Pays?

    I was called to a property where they had a water leak causing a fair bit damage and I have repaired or replaced what is needed but the consumer unit is old who do I charge customer or the insurance who is paying for everything else?
  8. P

    What to issue, a visual inspection?

    I was called to a job that had a dryer blow up and cause smoke damage to a launderette. Machie. Had failed due to age etc. To Keep it brief there was no visual damage whatsoever apart from the machine that has been scrapped anyway and taken before id even seen it. i did usual tests on switch...
  9. C

    Utility company charges for our damage to lead sheathed electricity cabling

    Hi, I am looking for some advice, my bungalow was built in 1926 and in the 20 years that I have owned it there has always been an ugly lead pipe half chased in the plaster and half not, running behind the front door, making decorating in the hall awkward as well as being unsightly. Having...
  10. P

    Tightening Positive Battery Terminal, Hit Chassis and Shorted Out?

    Hey everyone. Bit of a silly noob question. On my dirt bike, as I was tightening the positive battery terminal lead(it was loose), the allen key slipped and hit against the subframe causing a short and sparks everywhere, and causing the allen key to be extremely hot to touch. It was only for a...
  11. Dan Brown

    cracked socket outlets and fcu

    Hi all I've come across a double gang socket outlet with a crack running from the earth upwards and one from the live downwards What could have caused this would excess amperage cause this Same goes for the switched FCU, it has a crack on the face where the fuse input is situated
  12. E

    Rat and mice damage to cables

    Got a job where another electrician was supposed to do an EICR, but spotted a couple of cables that were eaten by rodents and switched the power off, telling the tenants that it was dangerous and a fire hazard. His testing didn't yield any results, or none he put on the EICR, just a couple of...
  13. D

    Malicious Damage

    Guys just wondering what types of damage u come across vandalism wise. Got a mate who works in street lights and a guy complained when he fitted one being to bright and to close to house window etc etc. Anyway week later goes back bulb shade broken small hole and found a air gun pellet inside...
  14. M

    Eicr codeing

    Hi, What code would people put for a lighting cable going along skirting board with no trunking ect, its in a really old building so not sure weather this complied then or not as its in an exposed position, i want to put c2 But is it c3 Would be thankful for your input Regards Kurtis Randle
  15. calpol91

    Deductions from pay for damage to van not caused by me

    Im sure some of you have had some severe weather lately, i live just outside of Keighley near Bradford. its a dump. we had some hailstones the other night the size of golf balls, my van, one of the other lads vans and my gaffers car have a couple of dents here and there from it. as it goes my...
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    Advice Needed Regarding Potential Rodent Damage To Electrical Cables/System

    Hi All, I was advised by a member of another tech forum to ask for help over here. We have had an influx of Rats & Mice at our home over the last six months. We got very badly screwed over by a Pest Controller that was recommended to us - he told us that he had checked the drains & that was...
  17. J

    Insulation Resistance Test with RCBO

    Hi guys, I was going to carry out a IR test on a CU with a few RCBOs, but I wasn't quite sure how to proceed. Which neutral do I use - the one on the N-bar or the one going to the RCBO? Because if I use the one from the N bar I will actually test just that short piece of cable and through the...
  18. B

    fire damage job

    Hi Chaps, I have been asked to price up a fire damaged flat and was after some advice... I was thinking to carry our a EICR firstly to highlight any non compliances and obviously to assess the fire damage etc. The fire in question apparently was only in the front room but almost every ceiling...
  19. 1Justin

    CH tools cable stripper. Cable damage problems?

    I am about to blame my tools. 48 hours after installing some 2 way lights, my customer called to say the switch had "blown up". (The Varilight switch has a transparent surround and she got to see the fireworks as L-E fault popped the RCBO). Close inspection revealed that my CK tools cable...
  20. D

    flood damage electrics

    Hi all Any suggestions, for dealing with flood damage circuits the property had a leak on the bath now one of the circuits is tripping randomly I have IR the circuit and it is giving a 000 reading tried splitting the ring but with little success on establishing exact location its a very old...

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