I have just moved into a new apartment (in Hong Kong - a place with some slightly dodgy building practices). The owner of the apartment had someone remodel the entire apartment, rebuild the walls and build a kind of ‘media centre’ area in a cupboard behind the TV.
It has a load of sockets and a...
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I have noticed something very odd in my home. All of the small bulbs keep blowing. When I say small i mean the fridge bulb, the freezer bulb and today the cooker bulb blew, tripping the fuse and this was a brand new bulb fitted only a week ago.
I was just wondering if anyone knew what...
Hi, A few minutes ago all the text on the forum appears to be much smaller and in a different font where all the letters are squished together. How do I make it bigger again so I can read it! I'm on a PC. I'm having to zoom in with Firefox but that is rearranging the layout...
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Hi just wondered if any one could settle this disagreement me and another sparky I work with are having.
Basically do lighting circuits need rcd protection? The circuits I am on about are already existing (doing eicr?) and it is all surface mounted in pc trunking one of the circuits goes into a...
Long story short, builder I do a fair bit for, in a rush tried fitting some customers light fittings ! Prob caused a dead short and has said breaker tripped but also a pop from luminaire ! Sent me a pic of LED driver that he said had back blown off it ! It seems lower rating than most and I...
Hi thanks for reading. We have more than 600 jobs to be carried out over the next two weeks throughout the UK all of which are identical. The work consists of a simple visual check and installation of an additional componenent part. The original works consisted of more than 2000 and typical time...
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Any electricians in Malvern area willing to do a small job for a retired electrician?
I need a smoke alarm replacing. The original one wouldn't stop sounding so I removed
the alarm leaving the base attached to the ceiling. The alarm is an obsolete model so I
need a...
I'm looking at putting a heated floor in my 1mx1.3m downstairs toilet to help with the room temp.
The room has a radiator but the floor is always quite cold and I'm gutting the room in the next few weeks so wanna do something whilst it's all up.
I'm looking at something like this. Klima...
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On opening up case wire came free where does the resistor connect to? Apologies for unprofessional diagram I did it to try to understand it myself
Need some ideas please chaps. Ground workers have damaged a 12V cable running to a light - so I need to put a joint in to it. Its 12v DC so only 2 cores to worry about.
So far I've considered:
Wiska Shark - the 6A version
and
The TubeTee IP68 inline connector
Are there any others I...
Hi All,
I am designing a few small single phase power distribution boards for stage use.
A 63A CeeForm inlet will supply multiple 16A CeeForm outlets
Between the I/O will be a dual pole breaker > a RCD > then individual MCB's for the 16A outlets.
There will also be a panel meter displaying...
Hey all,
Been to do an EICR on an oldish property before rental plus add in some sockets in garage etc..
Problems mostly been sorted while doing the new sockets etc.. but have no r1,rn or r2 on what I presume is supposed to be a ring final covering the entire house. I haven't gone any further...
Anyone got any brilliant ideas for a over sink water heater for pretty demanding washing up environment? Could be under sink I suppose. Actually doesn't need to be brilliant could be just a good recommendation.
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Is there a Solar electrician/installer available to help out for this small cash job, please?
I'm after 2Kw worth (9 from memory) panels and their supporting frames to be uninstalled/removed from a north facing side roof in London E13.
Pretty flexible with dates, still nothing planned as...
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I'm about to do a kitchen refurbishment, where my client is buying socket faceplates, lighting etc, I know!
They have bought some under cabinet lighting under cabinet round light in cool white 6000k - https://led.me.uk/kitchen-lights?product_id=240, which only has a 75mm of lead. I had thought...
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