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  1. B

    A few tips needed

    I am making up a switch plinth for my classic car. The components will be as follows: a clock, an auxillary socket (for charging of mobile phone or lighting a cigarette even), a reversing switch, a map light switch. Will I need to individually fuse every component? Is it OK to splice all the...
  2. M

    Spark needed in Huddersfield

    I need an electrician that knows how to provide feed for hot tub, 32 amp constant, 40 amp peak. Was going to get a friend of a friend to do it but he gets me to order gear then tells me he can't give me the ticket. So anyone who can terminate 10mm swa into an adaptable box next to CU, run cores...
  3. D

    EMF dangers - advice needed

    My flat has high levels of EMF, Electromagnetic Field from floor wiring / Electric Field from ceiling wiring. It is often is above safe levels for continued exposure. Two years ago I had 2 incidents when EMF was so strong it made my entire body shake visibly - I had to run to get out of the...
  4. S

    Advice on Wiring DIY Camper, Curious on Wire Guage Needed

    To start, I am an extreme novice to electrical and trying my best to learn. If I am posting this in the wrong place (looking for novice advice), please let me know where to go. I have not bought anything and am very open to counter-recommendations if you have them. I was thinking of using 12 or...
  5. T

    UK MICC/Pyro wiring - new DB needed for EICR?

    Hi, Hope someone may be able to help with some advice. I have a 2 bed flat From 1960s with MICC/Pyro wiring (see photos of distribution board). The flat is now to be rented out as bought a house with wife so will need An EICR. I haven't had the EICR completed yet (and am aware this will...
  6. bigspark17

    Help needed with commercial kitchen food order printer

    problem is this printer has the plug on the end As seen in pic. Has anyone been able to extend this cable using cat5e or use an adaptor of some kind. I have aspare cat5e nearby i can use, otherwise running a wire will be a nightmare in a newly refurbished property. Ps the other end of the lead...
  7. RutlandFox

    Electrician Jobs Electrician's mate / helper / labourer needed, Loughborough, 2 days

    Electrician's mate / helper / labourer needed, Loughborough, 8 and 9 July Commercial site (office aircon supply install, 3ph EV charge point install) Just me and some air con installers on site Work is: Helping me pull through 3 phase cable Digging earth rod hole Helping hand Probably one...
  8. westward10

    Reported content: Post in thread 'Domestic - Help needed finding low voltage led lamps'

    Post in thread 'Domestic - Help needed finding low voltage led lamps' by Markyd has been reported by westward10. Reason given: Content being reported:
  9. Markyd

    Help needed finding low voltage led lamps

    Hi everyone..Help needed finding some low voltage led lamps that will run off of a 12 volt transformer not a driver,as the previous so called sparky has made all the transformers impossible to get at without tearing the ceiling apart. Any recommendations will be appreciated,
  10. I

    UK Some advice/help needed

    Hi there, I’ve been asked to do a homer by someone I know and just wondering best way! They have a shed no more than 10m away from house and want a feed to it. I was thinking spurring of the house ring with a 13a swfuse spur to a jb on the outside wall then a SWA to a 20A DP switch inside the shed?
  11. S

    The Dreaded Hot Tub.what is needed?

    Hi all, Asked to price up installing a hot tub supply, just wanted some guidance. Customer not sure on tube yet so doing a couple. 13A Hot tub usually are just plug and play ... BUT.. the tub is going roughly 15 meters away from house, i have no problem with fitting a socket to supply the tub...
  12. baldelectrician

    Poor PV install? Advice needed

    We carry out wiring checks for rental properties We have just carried out an ECIR on a bungalow which failed (no gas or water bonding) Now, someone has installed a solar PV system without any bonding in place (132.16 anyone?) My main question - do PV installs require a certain type of RCD? I...
  13. U

    Advice needed - reconnect power supply

    Hello, I am new here and looking for your advice for my poor friend. He owns a 3 bedroom apartment, which has been turned to a cannabis farm by his 'tenant'. It's a big mess to sort out but since police have asked SSE to cut the electricity supply of the property, how to reconnect the power...
  14. J

    Refurbishment. Help needed with spooky ancient meters.

    Hello. We are doing a refurb for an elderly lady and her family. Its a Victorian house. the local network has said it will upgrade fuse to 80A or 100A depending on capacity etc. she needs more power due to electric showers, stair lift, and our electrician will upgrade tails. But there is a...
  15. Paul92688

    Help identifying part needed. Box missing lid.

    I am getting my dads house ready for sale. I need to fix a few things before it is listed. This piece needs a cover and I am not sure where to turn. No one at the hardware store to be found for help. Possibly you can help Thanks!!! Paul
  16. dlt27

    Faulty external lights Help Needed

    Hi All, thanks for any advice. I fitted some spike lights about 12 months ago in a customers garden and also some in my own (14 in total). Last October customer phoned to say lights were tripping RCD and when I investigated it turned into a nightmare. It was my fault partly because I...
  17. F

    Double switch wiring help needed. NOOB!

    I need some wiring help. I have been putting new switches on throughout the house & have had no issues with the Y block backed ones. Just copied & swapped how they previously were. But this lastest switch doesn't have a Y block it has one big block with L1-1 & L1-2 on the left hand side of the...
  18. J

    RCD for boiler replacement? When is an RCD NEEDED?

    When does an installation NEED an RCD? I thought that all new circuits need one but I now believe that I am mistaken. Regulation 411.3.3 for socket outlets up to 32amps and regulation 411.3.4 for lights. Then for special locations like bathrooms. If the cables are less than 50mm deep into the...
  19. C

    Boarding attic, wires over joists, advice needed.

    Hi there I’m boarding my attic and the wires are going over the joists, I know I can chisel a grove in the chipboard board or take the wires out of light fixture. I was just wondering would it be a bad idea just to made a grove in the top of the joist with a round rasp just big enough for the...
  20. J

    Supp bonding needed with RCD + testing supp bonding

    Hello there all, I'm a fairly newly qualified electrician and have been doing more and more EICRs lately, if someone could actually trawl through my long question and answer it then I shall be eternally grateful I have tested 3 electrical installations in the last week with no RCD devices, all...

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