Been to a job where a young couple want to replace their white sockets and light switches with chrome finished. I took a look at their CU and it is a wylex re-wireable fused board with separate RCD covering all circuits. It then became clear they had no idea what a rewardable fuse actually...
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I have read so many of your questions and responses and have learned a lot however I still cant seem to find what I need to know.
The switch system on the wall in the utility is for the two under unit appliances washer and dryer and above boiler.
I am not a novice with electrics and when...
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had the plumber in today and he was soldering.....
because of this i removed the upstairs smoke alarm from it's housing
its is wired into the mains with a battery back up
the battery has a label saying do not remove so didn't
put the alarm back and they both now cheep
tried...
Hi all, new member here so be easy on me.
I'm looking to replace me existing ceiling rose pendant fitting in my bathroom with a short (700mm length) of track lighting, 2no. spotlights to be used. I've bought the new items from Ikea, a power connector, track, and the spots (Ikeas365+ Sanda)...
Have a homer to replace old Eco 7 heaters , do you guys know any suitable replacements , they want te be instant heat so don't know weather blow heaters will be two much of a dry heat.
we used new dimplex ones in a bus station recently which were I think 1.5kw which wansnt bad for the size and...
Bit of advice required guys.
i have to do some refurb work on a listed building where previous works have been required to be in MICC
this works will require a completion cert when finished.
However, recently an approved contractor has carried out work on part of the installation where a...
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I'm hoping to get a bit of advice, I am clueless with this sort of thing. I have an electrical shower running from a fuse box that has circuit breakers. Other the the shower, other things that run from the same box are the amercer and an electrical fire.
Last week when using the shower the...
Im preparing a house Ive rewired for an niceic assesment. The supply requires upgrading from 60 to 80amp. Ive dpoken to the distributing comany who say it can be done. Should I get my supplier ti do this or can i do it myself. Would thry also reconect the tails for me to the new Cu. Im guessing...
Hi all, first post. Sorry to say I don't have much of a clue but I'd be grateful for some help.
My wife and I have just got our first house, it's a 1930s 3 bed semi. We've had a new board and pretty much complete rewire (lots of badly needed new chased outlets etc).
The electrician who did the...
Just to check... I'm doing a job for the plumber that recently rang me up ranting at me on a previous job and has since been using me for his electrics now :-)
I am replacing a bathroom light for an ip rated one. There is no RCD protection which isn't needed as its like for like.... But I...
Hey guys,
I need to replace some barge boards on the front of a house, these boards have a fitting for the houses mains electric attached to them.
How would I need to go about removing this fixing so that I can replace the barge boards?
Can the power company temporarily shut off the power?
Got one that's not very happy - claims to be full when it isn't - and a quick look suggests the pack will pop open and can probably replace whatever the cells are straight off the RS shelf.
Anyone tried this before?
[have posted this here and not tools as it's equally an electrics issue!]
I need to replace my laptop keyboard I think as my clumsy missis spilt her brew on it then a few keys now stick whilst others don't work at all or stick on where can I find the exact model number or make all I know it's an acer
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I am working through my house, replacing 100 x 12V 50W MR16 halogens with 240V GU10 Megaman dimmable LEDs (previous owner installed the halogens - obviously not aware of electricity prices!).
I was told I needed to buy a special LED dimmer so I got the Aurora AU-DSP400X.
The existing...
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