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  1. D

    Wall uplights - for some there's a pair of red & pair of black wires from wall, but the other has only 1 red & 1 black?

    They're all operated by the same single switch located elsewhere. The fittings that have pairs coming from the wall, each pair goes into a plastic joiner. Then single red & black out to the bulb holder. The fitting that has only single red & black from the wall, there's no joiner, just direct...
  2. E

    Would you get a rewire done if there's nothing wrong with the old stuff?

    Hi all. Just bought a house and it needs some attention to the electrics in terms of layout - loads of rooms that need 2 way switches don't have them, weird lighting set ups where one switch will do an inside and outside light at the same time etc, mostly trivial stuff. I had planned to get a...
  3. C

    GFCI flips when there's lightning

    I'm having an issue at home that I don't quite understand. It's been happening since I bought the house about 16 years ago. I have a GFCI receptacle in my kitchen, above the counter. Nothing is plugged in to that outlet, but it appears to be ran in parallel to another receptacle above the...
  4. P

    Changed a switch, and now there's no power to other rooms.

    I installed a motion sensor switch in our laundry room. It works. But, now the lights in the next room won't work, and a couple power outlets down the hall don't have power. Posting a photo of the box. Please let me know what other useful info I can provide? Thanks in advance.
  5. Dan

    Testing TL;DR Box - There's a poll you can vote on in here, like brexit

    Thought I'd add a new TL;DR box under the area of new threads (the first post only). Not sure I'd like an actual box near the reply boxes, they could be a bit confusing for newbies. Let's see if this works and gets used eh? I certainly sometimes need to use one lol I find myself waffling...
  6. S

    New to the Trade, there's more spiders than I expected.

    G'day, I'm Phil, newly qualified after an unexpected medical discharge from the Army at my 20 year point. I'm bravely/stupidly going out on my own, I know a lot of you don't like us "do a 5 week course and I'm a sparky" types but I do have 20 years of vehicle mechanical and electrical...
  7. telectrix

    There's no such thing as a tidy up fairy.

    as title. been waiting all week. no fairy. so, to attack it meself. before and after pics.
  8. GBDamo

    Okay, there's conventional ways of wiring......

    ....and then there are the mavericks that use their own. but please don't swap and change between the two. Thank you. better Fridays afternoons have been had.
  9. S

    Just when you think there's no more surprises.

    Just been to look at a repair for a friend of a friend, flat over a shop with electric tripped out & won't come back on. Went to the shop 1st to see landlord & found shop half in darkness with staff in a flap as all breakers were OK etc. Told them I'd be back & went to sort out flat, Tennant had...
  10. Dan

    Pat Testing - If there's no earth on the plug, is it a fail?

    Have an old record player that has come into the local charity shop and they want to know if it's worth just throwing. There's no plug on it, but there's only L + N anyway, no earth. I said it possibly wouldn't pass anyway without an earth and said I'd ask. They can bin it if it's going fail and...
  11. H

    Wish me luck

    After 2.5 years since starting in this game, I'm now on my way down to the office to hand my notice in at the school to go full time for my uncle's firm. I've been two days with him for a few months now, and the time seems right for us both to make the change to full time. That all said though...
  12. cliffed

    Cordless kettles

    anyone had any probs Pat testing the Philips cordless kettles,5 kettles apparently failed the test for earth continuity.They have been tested by someone else,& ive been asked to take a look,they look nearly brand new. It looks like there are no Earth pin connection on the base,& it certainly...
  13. Pete999

    Pete's Videos There's more

  14. H

    wago lighting connectors

    Should these be always housed in a wago cable retaining box if under plaster board?
  15. H

    MEM 3-phase board

    Morning all, As the regulars know, I work in a school part-time (while sparking part-time), and I'm going to do a bit work for them - they need power dropping in for 11 PCs. No problem, 2 RFCs should do to share the leakage currents of the machines, bit of dado trunking round the room, RFC...
  16. Paul Dodds

    New multifunction tester

    Hi, I'm obviously new. I'm looking at buying a fluke 1663 but am concerned that when the new 18th edition comes in it will be obsolete. Would I be better off buying a used 1653b, + calibration, and then a new mf tester when the new regs come in? If this has been covered then please feel free to...
  17. O

    Another star bites the dust..

    And now George Michael Who will be next..
  18. T

    max length of a 1.0mm flex

    Testing a school which has had lots of LED upgrades with exor controls. 12 way unit above the suspend ceiling with flex's down to the switches. All the leads were 12/14 meters long with the most of it thrown across the ceilings like spiders wed. I use to have a table of max loads and sizes but...
  19. M

    oven tripping electrics

    Hello, I have a Neff oven that today started tripping my electricity. I ran some tests to try identify where the issue might be without much success. the fan turns on fine, at 150C everything works fine, the thermostat kicks in and out without problems. If I put the temp higher to 175/200C...
  20. Dan

    Testing Emoji

    Just testing some emoji :confused1::grimacing::nomouth::nomouth::car::trafficlight::trafficlight2::tram::catface::mapleleaf:

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