Advice please on new electric oven and gas hob wiring for a new kitchen. It will be an integrated type oven with gas hob inset into the work top
The oven is a single electric fan oven approx 14metres from the distribution board
What size cable should I use for the oven supply ?
The gas...
I’ve changed an upstairs light before with success, now I’m changing the 2 kitchen lights, currently the living room light or kitchen light won’t come on now, everything else ok.
I changed how was before.
1st pic is the old fixture.
2 black wires to blue/neutral, should be ok
Green yellow to...
Hi all. Had a phone call about a tripping RCD. The customer had narrowed it down to the kitchen ring. When I go there,it was indeed the kitchen ring causing the tripping. Firstly checked the usual,nothing plugged in to any of the sockets. Checked the connections at the sockets,these were all...
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I'm about to price up a kitchen we wire for a friend
I've done work for mates before and know how it goes.
Anyway, was hoping to get some guidance as I'm an improved and steadily taking on larger jobs myself.
Job:
Kitchen rewire.
3 sockets 3 single sockets chased in
4...
other than aico can anyone recommend any? Im looking for mains powered with battery back up and will require a combination of smoke, heat and Co detectors. Nothing against aico have used them many times amd will do again. The customers on a current job have asked about alternatives as they dont...
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I will not be carrying out EICRs for friends and family ever again as my judgement has become some what cloudy.
Thoughts on the below breakers in a commercial kitchen covered in grease? i have suggested new fuse board ?
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I have just changed my ELV Cabinet Down lighters from ELV to 240v because the transformer kept blowing the fuse (5A), I put these in over 20 years ago, so they have had a good go, as you can see from the pics, they are not located inside the cabinets, there is a pelmet and flat board joining...
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I have an open plan flat and want to get power to a kitchen island. I really want to avoid getting it through a pole from the ceiling. It's a new build approximately 13 years and has under floor heating. I believe it is electrical under floor heating, and from making a drill hole under a...
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We currently have under cabinet lighting installed in our kitchen (by the developers when buying the new build). Keen to extend this lighting to above the cabinets, there are additional unused connections available in the current electrical supply. Struggling to...
Any recognised / best practice methods / conduit types for routing cables under floor. I’m looking to feed an island kitchen unit so will be looking to supply an induction hob and sockets.
Will be a completely new floor with insulation on top of concrete, underfloor heating pipes, screed with...
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I think I'm posting this in the right place - apologies if not. I'm wondering if I could ask for a bit of help here.
I'm renovating a house for myself to live in, and I've spoken to an electrician this week to have it fully rewired. There appears to be a problem though with my planned...
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Just a quick question, my aunt has asked
Me since she’s having her kitchen redone can I fit LED lights under her cabinets,
It’s not somthing I have done before Or even seen done so I was just wondering if it’s a tricky job.
I was thinking I could do the job...
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I am fitting a new kitchen and would like to know if it's ok to connect switched 13amp FCU onto a radial circuit. The kitchen has a radial circuit with 4 x double sockets fitted - 2.5 twin and earth cable. I would like to add 4 x 13amp switched FCU's - one from each double socket so as I can...
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Its your trainee sparky here.
Just a quick question,
If I was to install downlights in a kitchen unit to illuminate the worktop, where would I get the supply from?
A guy I was speaking to who isn't a sparky said its best to get it from the nearest kitchen socket to where the lights...
Hi there, I'm after some advice. Last week we had really heavy rain and it leaked in through me kitchen roof. On the inside of that roof I have a chrome bar light with 4 spots. The morning after there was a bang, the fuse had gone on my lights (old electric meter, still on the old fuse wire) . I...
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