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    Tripped circuit won't work again so I've no working lights upstairs - please help!

    Hello I live alone, so I have no help here with electric issues and would really appreciate some advice. I have no working lights upstairs at the moment, and don't know what to do..... I switched on an upstairs light this afternoon, and the bulb blew and the rest of the lights in the fitting...
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    RCD Tripping

    Hello guys had a lady on the phone who said she has upstairs and downstairs ring mains, she can plug the 1400 watt vac in upstairs and its fine but she cant plug it in downstairs as it trips the RCD protecting it I am not sure never come across this?
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    upstairs ring - cable routing?

    Hello! I need to wire an extension, and I don't normally do this type of work. Just need to confirm where the wires go, so the downstairs ring will come from the floor joists and chase down the wall to their position downstairs. Now the upstairs (1st floor) will I need to just do a small chase...
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    Two-way lighting x4 switches

    Hi, I'd like to pick some brains, I'm quite new to domestic installs and basically doing my first full re-wire;-) I have an upstairs light and downstairs light, the customer wants a single switch at the end of the hall upstairs to control up light, a two-gang at the top of the stairs to control...
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    dangerous arcing type problem coming from one of the upstairs bedroom sockets and fcu

    When we first moved into our house about 16 years ago the whole of the downstairs power, including the kitchen was re-wired by Eastern Electricity. The ancient fuse box was replaced to a Wylex consumer unit (I think 12 way) with mcb's and 1 rcd in it. Also power was added to the loft...
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    No power to upstairs lights

    Hi, I've been to a job today where the upstairs lights are not working. The breaker is fine and there is power there but it's dead at all the switches and roses. I think a wire has probably come loose in a JB somewhere but I can't get access due to solid wood floor in loft conversion. Can I run...
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    DNO or Supplier?

    Hi, Working in West London I'm getting the runaround by London Power Networks (DNO) and Eon (Supplier). I'm working on a house split into two flats. The suppy is a TNS into 2 1361's. The first fuseholder has one live and 2 neutrals one to the downstairs meter and one to a sealed enclosure...
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    Voltage on gas pipe to boiler - newly qualified question!!

    Hello all, be gentle I am newly qualified and this is my first post! I have a customer who cannot get their boiler serviced due to a 5 volt current on their gas pipe when the upstairs lighting circuit is energised. All the supplemental and equipotential bonding seems ok, tests are within limits...
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    Socket Problem

    Hi guys Hope you's may be able to be help me here as i am puzzled. I have 2 sockets downstairs and two upstairs not working now, they used to work perfectly and suddenly there seems to be no power going to them. I also think one of the sockets upstairs has borrowed a neutral from the one...
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    domestic

    During a consumer unit change today in the ground floor flat of a basement, ground and first conversion we had problems with continuity on ring. I am assuming that there may be some sockets from this circuit in the upstairs flat. This is based on the fact that the upstairs lights and hot water...
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    upstairs & down stairs????or Not!!

    Hi all just wondered if anybody else had seen this before? Ok i carried out a test on a domestic property only to find that the two Ring FC's had been wired so that one circuit was the front of the house both upstairs and downstairs and the 2nd circuit was the rear of the house approx 6-8...
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    RCD keeps tripping

    Hi, I'm new the forum seeking some advice :) My parents have just had their rewireable fuse board updated and some spotlights installed on the landing. The problem is the RCD keeps tripping out (only sometimes) when the landing lights are switched on. Now I know you will be thinking borrowed...
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    Help, hit a wire with a screw, now light on upstairs ets unit is off

    I was putting up a projector on the ceiling, in a stud, things were going good, until.... Sparks came out of my screw. Followed by smoke. The breaker didn't trip when this happened. I opened the ceiling, and there was a wire between the drywall and what I thought was a good stud. Anyway, my...
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    Upstairs Lighting Circuit Nightmare!!

    Evening I attended a job today where the upstairs lighting circuit is dead. IR is >200MOHM across L-N L-E & N-E getting a high continuity reading 1.46OHM but here is the dilemma. I have visually inspected in the loft and corrected a few faults/mistakes and still cant get power into the...
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    HELP!! Upstairs sockets on downstairs ring!!

    Need a little advice. A customer has asked for two additional sockets in a bedroom. Upon quick inspection I have found the only available sockets to work off on the first floor are actually on the downstairs sockets circuit. I have explained to the customer that this is the case. Butt getting...
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    Best way to find where upstairs part of ring joins downstairs part

    Hi all, as the title really. Bit of a logistics query. What's the best way you've found without destroying a house to find the point at where a ring of sockets joins from upstairs to downstairs when splitting the ring into two radials or to prepare for creating 2 rings. Ta, Si
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    smoke alarm question

    hi there can anybody help me out ? im doing a rewire in a property what was one 2 storey house and is now being made into two flats upstairs and down stairs my problem is what do i do with the smoke alarms do i put one in the hallway and kitchen upstairs linked together from the upstairs fuse...
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    CU Replacement - Upstairs and Downstairs Rings Connected

    Hi, newbie here. Done a domestic PIR and Consumer Unit replacement is required (damaged, lighting circuit not earthed or RCDd, plus other reasons). However, another finding was that the upstairs and downstairs ring final circuits are connected (currently installed as the 2 live cables going...
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    quick question-smoke alarms upstairs

    dormer style house do i need one or two alarms upstairs here is one in the lobby beside bedroom enough? i have 2 in entrance and corridor below +kitchen heat and living room optical smoke
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    MK dual RCD busbar help

    Hi all carrying on from my thread last night on testing continuity of radial circuits. I've got my MK dual RCD consumer unit and just need some reassurance to see if im correct or not. ok i've got a picture for you guys to look at ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting so on the...

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