Hello, ive just been to look at a job with a light not working, after checking found voltage between live and neutral is 170v, between live and earth is 230v, is it just a case of a neutral issue, eg, loose connection, water ingress any suggestions would be great, cheers
Hello, I have a remote control ceiling light fan which has stopped working via the remote control. The light still comes on and off when using the main wall switch but that is it. The remote used to control the light and the fan movement but now nothing. I did the obvious and replace the...
I often install loose wire systems , mainly because of the shape of the room and the fittings like showers and toilets , the question is are there any out there that can be trimmed to length and sealed , the amount of times I have to keep living and relaying to use the full length is a pain ....
Hi I have a Loncin 5.8 kva generator that gives me power for a few hours then stops. Nothing trips on the generator or my burger van I just lose power. The output on the generator is 32 amp. I have a 16 amp lead and a 16 amp input socket. Could this be the reason for the loss of power?
So I was called out to a faulty light today. turned out it was just a loose connection.
Anyway it got me thinking about poor termination procedures when fixing back accessories. One of the first things I taught my previous apprentice about installing items was to check for loose connections...
Hello, I am new to the forum and I hope someone could help me with the following please
I have a family member who lives at a very large property with an indoor swimming pool and hot tub. This however uses a lot of power
its an old house so the original main incoming board is still intact...
Went to help neighbour replace lamp in outside halogen lamp because "the lamp has gone". The screws are all seized up and there's no way to get in without drilling the screw, so said for sake of £5 it'll be easier replacing the unit. I was off home again as she said "it comes on sometimes, and...
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We've been trying to to track down some alleged RF interference at home, and one of the suggestions was that it could be a poor connection somewhere in our electrics. I decided to switch off at the meter cabinet, where we have an isolator on our side of the meter which switches off...
Grateful for some expert advice with reference to relevant wiring regs if possible. The company who installed my kitchen has taken a spur (non-fused) and wired it into a double metal pattress box for dishwasher connection. The box is lying loose on the floor immediately under the sink/DW area...
Came across this today in a property no idea if asbestos or not so told client put all floor back and tried to minimise disturbance as much as possible
Absolute nightmare trying to organise a asbestos inspection without waiting weeks
Property is 1890 build flats and this is only in two rooms...
So I'm running an Ethernet cable through my roofspace, using only the downlight holes for access. Bit fiddly but gets the job done with a little perseverance.
Each downlighter is fed from a junction box. I've been taking them out and for a little while they've been supported only by their...
Hi, I am after some advise on track lighting never dealt with it before. there is a loose connection in the lamp holder of the pendant, ive searched online and I cant seem to find anywhere that sells replacement parts, anyone know of somewhere that might sell spares or parts, as new pendants...
Ok, so twice this week my MFT has reported no earth - this is obviously due to a poor connection to the connector - so has anyone had the same? Has anyone taken theirs apart?
I'd rather not send it to Metrel and not have it for a week minimum!
Thanks
Went to a job today as a follow on from another sparks on our firm. Was a "fishy smell" reported, and was advised that the cable was undersized.
Get there today and find a 6mm cable, 40a MCB and 9.5kw shower; and this in the isolater...
Now, the supply voltage is 242, the cable run goes from...
Just sitting down for tea and door bell goes neighbour tells me his main fuse is hot to touch and a smell of burning is present goes across and he's right burning smell and very warm main fuse so isolates consumer looking for any burning or loose cables in consumer all ok fuse is sealed but...
Morning chaps
Im going to look at a job tonight on my way home where a guy says he has a garage fed from a 13 amp unswitched fused spur in his kitchen. { theres no rcd protection in this house }
He tells me the spur is red hot to touch and also a few months back a socket melted in his garage...
Just noticed a fault with my cooker as in the cooker will not switch off from the mains switch on the wall. Isolated the cooker at the CU and took the switch off the wall and investigated what was going on.
When opened I noticed that there was a live wire sitting loose in the socket and it has...
Sockets that can be used for outside equipment warrants a code 2, i get that. Yet you can stand in your bathroom using your non rcd protected power shower (if installed to earlier regs of course) covered in water and that only warrants a code 3? am i missing something here:dizzy2:
Thx.
Hi , the switch to my shower gets very hot after the shower has been running for around 3 minutes .The shower was fitted about a year ago and has been fine up to now, the wires in the swutc are all in place and tight.. thanks
I'm doing some work on my own house (makes a change!) and have had a ground floor extension built which will soon be ready for 1st fix, heating is going to be electric underfloor as it can't be part of existing rads due to building regs.
Just wondering what you guys use and recommend?
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