Hello,
I am not an electrician but I want to change my light switches and I have experienced a problem as I didn’t take a picture of how they were wired before. Please help.
I have one double switch in the living room which should be connected to the living room light and the bedroom light and...
Hi all,
I 'm hoping some kind clever person can help me out a little. I'm nearly finished swapping some 30+yr old 70's light switches but have ran into a spot of bother with the wiring on what I believe is a three way light setup :(
I've attached two photo's of the existing wiring and new...
Hi all,
I'm not sure if I'm posting on a forum specifically for electricians? or if this is also a forum for the general public looking for advice from electricians? Either way I'm the latter and hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
After a serious house fire last summer, as a...
had a quote on this job not sure if it's decent price any help needed ???
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Hi Guys,
Mind has drawn a complete blank I've been out of electrics for quite a while now and i'm going to be putting some Ceiling Downlights in my bedroom and was just wondering on the wiring;
Would the attached diagram be correct?
I have a ceiling rose as my main light, So if I was to loop...
Just bought a xpelair 12v humidistat 100mm fan to go in zone 1 and reading instructions it asks for a d/p switch. Is that the regs ? I assumed it could be wired as normal i.e. live from light switch and perm live etc .. having looked into it a bit more it seems i could go 230 v if rcd protected...
Anyone know of a bathroom suitable shaver socket that doesn't require an earth? I know the safety transformer load side doesn't need earthing, but all the ones I've come across, even the plastic ones, still have an earthing terminal presumably to earth the supply side (metal components within...
Hi all, hopefully someone can help. I have a 2 year old Neff u14m62n0gb double oven. Last week it tripped the house out when using the main oven. On investigation the bottom element spade connector had become welded to the chassis, it had got free from its location tabs and come into contact...
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I only have 1 socket in one my rooms but would like to install 2 more double sockets, the kitchen backs onto the room and i thinking about spurring of the one of the sockets in the kitchen, i was going to install fused spur (fused 13A) then off the load side install 2 double sockets. Is...
Hi.Im a new apprentice electrician and was after some advice on fixings please!? I today's had to fit an emergency exit sign in stud wall but it had double layered plasterboard. I thought plasterboard fixings(pig tails) would work but they never gripped and kept spinning out! Am I using wrong...
I was on a site yesterday doing work experience.
The head honcho was wiring in a double switch that seemed to have 2 commons, 2 L1s and 2 L2s.
There were 6 terminations mostly in brown 2 browns with brown tape (I assume the switch lives?) And one was grey.
Apart from the taped browns how did...
Hello All,
Hoping someone could help me with a problem I have trying to change a light switch.
The switch starting feeling a bit 'loose' and didn't click anymore. Then it reached the point when the power would trip out downstairs every time I tried to use the switch. I thought it would be a...
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