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    intermitent fault upstairs lighting circuit

    went to a call today, upstairs lighting fault. customer saying that her upstairs lights just stop working, then just start working again. She stated that sometimes it can be 2 days or even a week before they start working again. at time of visit all upstairs lights worked and switched as they...
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    RFC testing , downstairs ring going upstairs to a long radial

    so end to end L-L 0.4 N-N 0.4 E-E 1.1 very reasonable , but when the l-n are crossed over at the consumer unit . ok down stairs but the reading goes up to 16 ohms upstairs but when l-e are crossed over at the consumer unit the last four sockets upstairs give no reading. at this point i am...
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    shower in downstairs on rcd upstairs

    hi guys can i connect shower in downstairs to the rcd circuit which feeds downstairs lights?/ as there is no space on other rcd
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    RCD keeps tripping!!!

    hi guys and girls, I'm new to the forum, recently left the army and did a short electrical course. (doesn't make me an expert by no means) my problem is this: my sister has just bought a house and as a favour I said I would sort her electrics. The house is old (bout 1930s) had old style MCBs...
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    Wiring for upstairs lighting

    Hi, Was fitting a new light in bedroom today. Have two earth wires, two live (red) and two black in the ceiling rose. Connected it up and the switch is not working, the light is on all the time and will not switch on/off. Have put the two reds in loop and light is in connected in the rose with...
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    Borrowed Neutral on lighting circuit

    Hi All New to this forum. Im currently doing a Electrical condition report on a domestic house that I have just fitted a dual RCD board and Equipotential bonding in The Neutral on the landing light is taken from the downstairs circuit so is a C2 on the report Its not practical to rewire this...
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    fault

    I was wiring central heating in energized ( supposidly tested ) house, with only the upstairs lights breaker turned on i was getting 240v N - E on the heating supply ( seperate 16 v supply ). Dug a little deeper and had crossed neutrals / lives on the upstairs/downstairs lighting. sorted that...
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    Terminating SWA to existing sockets

    Hi everyone, I'm looking to put two power sockets in my garden shed. The shed is about 10 meters from the house, about 20-25 meters the way I plan to route the cabling. I've researched this and have come up with the conclusion show in the pic which I hope is mostly correct. I plan on using...
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    Rewire Upstairs Lighting

    Hi, I'm in the process improving our recently bought 1930's 3 bed house. The loft has been completely cleared out to spray woodworm treatment, but before the insulation back goes down, I thought this would be a good time to rewire the upstairs lighting. I should point out I'm only a DIY'er...
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    HOUSE upstairs lights

    domestic house call out today- upstairs lights not working , loop in system looks like bathroom lights is first on circuit , got power leaving breaker but no power anywhere upstairs ,no power at any light or switch. although the stupid volt pen was flashing on initial contact of some of the...
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    Heating system

    Looking at a heating system tonight, grasslin 24 hr time clock and 3 Zone valves ,down stairs heating , upstairs heating and hot water. Upstairs heating and hot water not firing boiler. But valves are lit up. So when I turn upstairs heating stat down the valve light goes out but you don't...
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    Upstairs Circuit

    Hi, In your opinon is 20amp more than suitable for an 3 bedroom upstairs circuit, cant think why they really need to be 32amp maybe if you started plugging in 3kw heaters :) thanks
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    Discrimination on upstairs board

    Saw an installation today where an upstairs consumer unit is run off a 40A MCB in the main board. Two problems 1) Both boards are protected by 30 ma RCD so no discrimination. 2) There's a 40 A MCB in the second board as a dedicated shower feed - the installers have put a 10.8 kw shower on...
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    One to confuse you all!!

    Right then this has now happened to me twice.. and ive not a clue whats going on so if anyone has had the same issue it would be good to see what causing it. Anyways SO i have a 2G2W light switch upstairs and a 2G2W light switch downstairs.. I Wire them both correct.. Up have Brown from 3-core...
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    Immersion Heater Circuit

    I have a plumber mate who is installing an (3Kw I believe) Immersion heater into a property and needs it wired in. I know in an ideal world, i new circuit from the CU, 16A CB and 20A FCU, as we all know the world is not always ideal and getting a new circuit from the CU to the airing cupboard...
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    Strange voltage readings

    Been to look at lights today that was not working properly. After investigation I think the problem is in a switch which seems to have a feed from the downstairs lights and what I thought would be the loop to the next lighseems to have a voltage from the upstairs lights. When I put my tester...
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    Extra two way switch

    Hi Chaps Thanx to everyone who sorted me out with the last query . on to the next. I have been asked to install a second two way switch in friends hall way. The existing switch is just inside the front door and controls the hall and landing lights as normal , what she would like is a secondary...
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    HELP! Water leaking through the light pendants from upstairs flat

    I am a fairly new electrician and recently received a call out from an elderly client who says that on 6 occassions over the last 5 years there have been numerous water leaks transpiring from the flat above hers. She says on at least 3 occassions the water was pouring out from the spotlight...
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    Upstairs Fuseboard

    Hi guys got another quick question. I am going to change 2 fuseboxes in a house tomorrow. Now the main one under the stairs does all the ground floor sockets, kitchen etc and i will fit a 17th edition dual rcd board. The second fusebox is upstairs fed from a henley block under the stairs and...
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    Lighting Circuits

    Maybe a bit of a silly question but im interested in what you would do...... 2 gang switch situated in the hallway at the bottom of the stairs, 1x switch operates light in downstairs hallway off the downstairs lighting circuit and the other switch is the 2 way switch operating the upstairs...

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