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  1. EcoTechnologies

    Installation above suspended ceiling issues

    Hey guys Got called to a job where the entire installation was fed above a suspended ceiling on a commercial premises wired a few years earlier. All the cables are draped across the ceiling grids, all light fittings not double insulated and made off poorly with the possibility for the grid to...
  2. MyWifeNowDave

    extractor fan issues (as in, it doesn't work very well)

    Hello all, I'm new to the forum and I was hoping to get a bit of advice please:D I'm a plumber and I've put a new fan in my bathroom. The old one was ineffective and didn't clear the steam very well. What I'd like to achieve is to be able to run a shower without the walls and mirror steaming...
  3. G

    MCS steering group meeting on Fire issues at BRE Tue 12th Sept - installer input needed please

    Hi all, Next Tuesday 1-3pm at BRE Watford the MCS technical steering group will be meeting to discuss the implications and potential changes to the guidance stemming from BRE's solar PV fire risk report. The last meeting didn't have any actual working solar pv installers attending*. Without...
  4. L

    Any issues with replacing accessories for neighbour?

    Hi all, 1st time poster here, possibly a daft question and sorry for the long post but I like to make sure I'm by the book in these situations. A neighbour has asked me to change some light switches, socket face plates and possibly a kitchen light fitting (all like for like changes with no...
  5. M

    IKEA bathroom light issues!

    Hi all, Looking for a little advice on hooking this IKEA bathroom light up to the connections in the picture. As shown, the IKEA light has just a live and neutral input. I need to take the rose off so assume I'll need to connect some of the wires up in a block. If anyone can provide a step by...
  6. John Bailey

    RCD and replacement fails to operate

    On completion of some recent minor work , I carried out the usual testing and noticed the incoming 100A 30mA rcd on the Consumer unit was failing to trip at X1 and X5 at both 0 & 180 degrees Further investigation revealed that the test button on the device failed to trip it as well . All well...
  7. Soulsurfer

    EICR issues and small works.

    Hey all, Been to do an EICR on an oldish property before rental plus add in some sockets in garage etc.. Problems mostly been sorted while doing the new sockets etc.. but have no r1,rn or r2 on what I presume is supposed to be a ring final covering the entire house. I haven't gone any further...
  8. Andy-1960

    Forum Issues / Problem logging on?

    Anyone else having issues logging on and accepting conditions?
  9. edexlab

    India advice - entering the country with tools, test meters etc and customs officials

    Evening gents I've a short term job in mid May in Bangalore should only be a few weeks And I'm looking for advice from people who have worked in India Innoculations , medical, malaria ,food issues and insurance etc all in hand Any general advice would be very welcome I'm particularly...
  10. leep82

    Main earth and bonding issues

    So today i go to a job to remove 3 x dual sockets, 1 x light switch and 1 x light fitting from a bedroom that the customer is converting into a bathroom, so that the plasterer can get in and make a start. As i will be returning to do the job i took a look at the mains and checked out the...
  11. K

    PIR Issues

    hi im having an issue with a pir detector currently installed at home, it is on the top of a wall which is approx 5ft high, mounted on a bracket so it sits above the line of bricks by about 200mm, i am getting a lot of nuisance switching, have replaced the sensor but still happening, i am...
  12. Soulsurfer

    Old building lighting issues!

    Basically been asked to look into a solution for a customers dwelling / dwellings where they have flats in the same building as they live. At present has old mostly 2 gang switching along ground hallway and up various stairways and between landings and these are junction box wired from two...
  13. peeko

    MCB then RCD

    Hi everyone, hope you can help Recently we've completed an EICR on a commercial property and it's thrown up some issues with the lighting. The installation method is rough as, T&E just chucked on top of the ceiling tiles as we've all seen a million times before so we'll be sorting this as part...
  14. A

    **HEATING GURUS** Help!! Ferroli boiler issues

    **HEATING GURUS** Swapped a wireless stat to a wired one due to connectivity issues the customer was having. The boiler is a ferroli domicompact f24d and the new Stat is a select thermsave, bog standard room stat. Now ever since the boiler is showing a F9 fault and producing no hot water, which...
  15. W

    3 lights off one lighting spur? any issues

    have this arrangement in loft: 3 lights going to a 3 gang switch, each live going to each L1 terminal, neutrals connected together in wago block, each com terminal linked with small link cable. supply comes from junction box which is spurred off lighting circuit, live from supply goes to com...
  16. the pict

    PS3 flight stick issues

    Can I get my cyborg fly to work on blazing angels, and can I have cockpit view with full control, I cannot stand 3rd person view. this is my first PS and so far I prefer the PC for games more flexible or I am I just old school P
  17. M

    Flourescent lighting problem

    Recently, I have had issues with fluorescent tube lights flashing in the house and shed. Also low voltage bulbs in the living room have flashed on occasion. Can anyone please offer some advise on this? I'm worried that we have some issues with the electrics throughout the house. I haven't asked...
  18. M

    Double Socket issues - help needed

    hi guys and gals could really use some help at my girlfriends property, there is a double socket which is behaving rather strangely! one side of the socket works fine (cuts the power when switched off etc.) however, the other side is permanently on, regardless of the switch position. i have...
  19. Soulsurfer

    Testing issues !

    long story short, Pre-rip out test really old install, TN-S,16mm tails, 6mm main earth ! Ze was 0.22 ohms and 1.2kA fault current. DNO been up this morning to connect new tails 25mm I supplied through switch fuse and 16mm earth. Fit board new, go to check Ze and get 0.00 ohms ! PEFC 10.0kA &...
  20. Rocboni

    Alpha combi tripping rcbo

    Having a few issues with our alpha boiler 4years old, had a bit of bother with it last year in the back end towards summer, no issues over summer months, now the cold weather has started, its started tripping again. Then again no heating has been on over the summer! Recent consumer unit change...

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