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  1. S

    Dodgy meter move, how to fix?

    Hi all I have just bought an old house. At some point in the past someone moved the meter and consumer unit from their original position next to the incoming head (?) to about 8m away, using pyro cable. There is also a 60A fuse next to the meter. I don't know what size the fuse in the head is...
  2. weevilward

    Dodgy website - “element lighting”

    Hi all, Hope this doesn’t contravene forum rules, but thought I should send out a warning. I think I have been scammed by a dodgy website: https://www.elementlighting.co.uk/ The Website seems fine. A month ago I ordered over £200 of track lighting for a job and I’ve been chasing it ever since...
  3. Gavin John Hyde

    Dudley 'electrician' in court for dodgy work

    Saw this online and makes a change to hear of a person claiming to be a spark end up in court. Electrician in court for failing to carry out work to a safe standard - http://www.dudleynews.co.uk/news/16610327.dudley-electrician-alan-riley-in-court-for-failing-to-carry-out-work-to-a-safe-standard/
  4. Gavin John Hyde

    £land selling dodgy lights for... well a quid!

    popped in poundland over lunch time to grab a bottle of something to drink and a snack. saw these 'downlights' on the display... turns out poundland have gone into downlights... I started to get all excited thinking of the mark up if i could fit these on a forthcoming job instead of the £12...
  5. Ib≤In≤Iz

    I've lost the job, Dodgy electrician gets it

    I had a call from a commercial landlord about 6 weeks ago who rents out a unit. There's a mechanics garage, hairdressers and hand car wash there. He wanted the existing supply split up so every business had their own meter. So I told him as I'm very busy it would be a month or so before I could...
  6. S

    Hi from a gran with a dodgy socket.

    Hi everyone, I have a problem I hope you can help with. Today I plugged a small fan heater into an extension lead with 4 outlets. Also plugged in was a tumble dryer and small dehumidifier. The dryer was OFF, the dehumidifier was on. After around 15 minutes I could smell that distinctive...
  7. D

    Turn me on, fused out with dodgy light fitting!

    Looking for assistance and advice. I have damp coming in my ceiling and it caused one of my lights to short taking out all the lights in my house. I changed the main fuse and turned the socket off for the dodgy light but still it keeps randomly making the 'popping' noise and I am worried about...
    • Diane Charlton
    • Thread
    • dodgy fitting fused light out
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  8. Gavin John Hyde

    Dodgy socket testers being recalled

    Saw a notice on screwfix that a batch of socket testers are being recalled. Might give a new meaning to the bang test if somebody uses one of the dodgy ones then...
  9. J

    Dodgy shower installation

    Hi everyone, I am not an electrician myself but I am after some advice regarding an installation that was recently carried out at my elderly mothers house. She has recently had a shower installed where there was one many years ago, the pipe work was still usable but no one could find where the...
  10. Gavin John Hyde

    many house fires a week caused by dodgy white goods!

    According to story I just had pop up on my sky news app 60 house fires a week are attributed to white goods catching fire. the link says 8 a week so havent a clue which is correct???? Makes you wonder if they ever managed to recall and fix all them iffy tumble dryers? 60 house fires a week...
  11. Gavin John Hyde

    Building control finally prosecute dodgy tradesman

    Just seen that in Cardiff the building control have for once actually prosecuted a builder for dodgy trading practices, the cowboy was hired by friends to do a loft conversion and made a right mess of it by all accounts. It poses the question if they can prosecute him, then why cant they deal...
  12. S

    Dodgy electrician consumer unit change

    Hi guys Being to a job today where a customer wanted a quote for doing the bonding to water and gas. She had told me that an electrician had fitted a new board with no main earth present and had told her that it would cost an additional 300 pound to get the bonding done when the main earth has...
  13. mrhorse

    Dodgy DIY pic thread?

    Hi everyone, I've been looking for that thread with all the pics of dodgy DIY electrical jobs that was on here a while back. Could anybody point me in the right direction of it please? If it's still about, that is... Cheers
  14. G

    Dodgy meter keys and electric credit

    Visited my cousin today and her neighbour recently had a guy knock her door offering her £50 of electric for just £10. They have a key they put in the meter that adds the credit on. she said she was tempted but couldn't afford to pay it back if it all comes on top for her. I have heard of this...
    • Graham Hyde
    • Thread
    • credit dodgy electric keys meter
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  15. polo1

    Another tripping rcd.....

    In case I've missed something- 40a mcb in an old Simplex cu feeding a standalone, plastic cu consisting of a 63a, 30ma rcd as main switch and a 40a mcb. 10mm t&e serving a 9.5 kw Mira shower via a 45a dp switch. Random tripping of the rcd when the shower is off ( power to the switch internal to...
    • polo1
    • Thread
    • another dodgy plastic rcd shower switch tripping tripping rcd
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  16. H

    Dodgy kitchen and lighting circuits

    Hi there, I'm new to the forum and looking for some advice on what is and isn't acceptable when it comes to household wiring. Our flat was wired by questionable electricians (before we moved in) and over the years lots of problems have cropped up. Each room has at least 4 spotlights, 90% of...
  17. sparky1508

    Dodgy wiring

    Hi all, Changed some standard pendant lights today and the wiring was a bit dodgy. The first light I looked at had 3 red ( normal ) 1 switch line ( normal ) but 3 neutral and 2 cpc. One I the cpc was sheathed in black and connected in the neutral of the light a continuity check confirmed it...
  18. D

    Dodgy

    Light switch in a bathroom/shower room, least of the worries, look at the exposed wires [img=https://s32.postimg.org/v35xpigcx/elec.jpg] shower area is like 3 feet from the switch. btw its not my bathroom, this is an NHS hospital room. :-S
  19. NDG Elecs

    Dodgy 1363 plug.

    Noticed this a couple of days ago on a Wahl hairdryer my daughter has. The cover section of the plug is made from a less than rigid plastic, allowing the cover to easily bend and expose the fuse and live pin. I will email Wahl about this as this is the factory fitted plug. Whether it has...
  20. H

    Dodgy wiring

    Been speaking to a neighbour who had an outside light installed a couple years ago. Apparently the light worked for a while. The 'electrician' apparently wired the neutral for the fcu to the switched line of the ceiling rose. I'm guessing the line of the fcu was wired in to the permanent line...
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