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    Replaced socket faceplate now socket not working

    We've recently moved into a flat which hasn't had nay updating in 15 years, so I'm in the process of replacing the socket faceplates. After replacing one in the spare room today the socket isn't working. There are four sockets in the room, I've replaced three of them. One of the replaced is...
  2. S

    Intermittent beep on heat alarm

    Hi everyone. This is my first time on here so please be kind :hurray: I have a problem with a new house I wired last summer. The first 6 months all was fine, then all of a sudden the heat alarm in the kitchen started to beep intermittently. I have replaced the alarm twice and both smoke heads...
  3. Y

    Downlights/Spots replaced with pendant - is cable OK?

    Hi my dining room is two rooms knocked into one. About 20ft by 10ft. I recently had an electrician replace 6 rather ugly down-lights (R80 spots) with two pendants at each end, as I plan to rent the house at some point in the future, and this would be more practical and economical arrangement...
  4. L

    Price To Replace Board And Rewire

    Hi, How much would an electrician charge for the following work please? It's for a 3 bed terraced house in Romford. Old fuse box changed to a new 12 way one. Earth bonding done throughout All new sockets in the house And an outside light installed in the garden. Any help would be greatly...
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    Broken solar panel replaced and now Inverter shows low DC at start up

    A few weeks ago, I had my solar panels remove from my roof and then replaced. Sadly, on removal, one panel was warped and on letting the fixing screws go, the panel glass cracked. My set up is / was 16 Kyocera KD210 panels wired in 2 strings of 8 in series, then parralled, feedning into a...
  6. B

    Fuse keeps tripping

    This is a commercial residence with flat upstairs. The problem started two days ago at about 11pm the power to all the sockets downstairs and exhaust hood stopped working. We hadn't done anything unusual as we were using computer, when all the sockets stopped working. So we then went to the fuse...
  7. Q

    BS1361 fuses

    I'm doing some past papers for my 17th exam this week and have found 2 questions about bs1361 fuses - their operating times and max zs. I can't find any data in the regs about them. Am I being blind or are these questions pertaining to old regs that have been removed from the current edition...
  8. W

    Part p to be replaced?

    Anyone had a sniff that Part P is to be replaced?
  9. N

    Single Plug Socket replaced - PROBLEM!!

    Hi, i have replaced my single plug socket and am unsure of something. I know how the wiring works as in red is live, black is neutral and yellow/green is earth. There are usually two of each to go in the terminals? There are 3 earth wires and i didnt notice if all three were in the previous...
  10. A

    Can towel radiator be upgraded just by switching element?

    A client has a Dimplex TRS120 oil-filled 120W electrical towel rail. The element has packed up and before it's replaced I wanted to check whether the 120W element could simply be replaced with a higher wattage one, e.g. 175W (TR8404), as listed in the Dimplex spares brochure, a couple of lines...
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    If an RCD fails to operate once, should it be considered faulty and replaced?

    I was doing some temp work as a mate, assisting a fully qualified sparks with testing, and an RCD failed to operate. He flipped it off and on, repeated the RCD test and it operated properly, then assured me it didn't need replacing. The fact it failed to operate under fault conditions once makes...
  12. N

    DNO Fuses In Flats Replaced By Dummy

    Now obviously I have not seen this with my own eyes as it would involve pulling possible DNO fuses which I would never do...but I have it on good authority that there is a certain small block of flats where each flat has, in a meter box outside the front door, its own meter and what appears to...
  13. T

    consumer units replaced

    Good morning sparkies Just wanted to run this by you. I do small maintainance jobs in 4 small flats & 5 small houses. They came under new management a couple of years ago. They have had a full EICR carried out last year & have had all the proteus 16...
  14. M

    RCD Tripping

    9 LED outside garden lights protected by RCD. Originally the client asked me to investigate outside lights as when he switched them on RCD tripped immediately . On investigation found previous Halogen fitting past sell by date most full of water and corroded. Client agreed to have all replaced...
  15. S

    Dimmers for L.E.Ds

    Hi Just replaced 6 GU1O (incandescent) lamps with 4.5 watt L.E.Ds and replaced Dimmer for Aurora dimmer (L.E.D compatible) does not seem to be as liquid as GU10s used to be although ok. My next customer is an ---- mother and wanted to know if anyone knows of better (dimmer)product for 8 x 6 watt...
  16. A

    tripping RCD when I use motors

    Hi, I cannot use any motor in my house, vacuum cleaner etc. the RCD trips all the time. I have had 3 electricians in, one replaced my whole board, still no difference. they have tested all plugs, everything seems to be in order. no problems with the lights I do have 1 plug in the house that I...
  17. B

    Blown dimmer

    Hi guys, New to this posting lark (not good at typing either) but to get up & running I got called to a house a few weeks ago, the dimmer on a cieling candalabra had blown. replaced it with 2g alto 250w dimmer . Got call today to say lamp in mathing wall light had gone,they replaced it but now...
  18. A

    minor works or eic

    Hi All When renewing an existing shower circuit, will the test cert be a minor works as it is an existing circuit or an electrical installation cetificate. thanks
  19. S

    MEM RCD failure?

    I have a split MEM2000 board (15+ years old) with four circuits each with MCBs protected by a single 100A 30ma RCD. The RCD has been tripping out over the last 4 days at increasingly more frequent intervals (initially evry 6-8 hrs now it holds for about 30mins) It trips with the mcbs on the...
  20. stidge

    voltage???

    Hi all just replaced oven and cooker hood new for old , replaced hood noticed metal capping run at angle that had been nicked with old screw ? Anyway did IR test etc everything fine, switched both on just to make sure I put my testers from cooker to hood and got 3/4 or 5 volts varying ???? Any...

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