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I'm still at college and time to time i come here for a little advice since you guys have been in the trade a lot longer than me!!! basically my nan was having trouble with her landing pendant which had a 12 w compact fl lamp in, during the night (and day i presume) it would flicker every 10...

can't afford one at the minute on only 50 pound a week ah well never mind just thought some of you would help me out

oh c'mon!!! i ain't got the regs at home, we use the colleges ones.... i knew you guys would make it hard :cry:

whoops!! edited any clues?

please all you friendly big electricians, just doing some college work, need a little help if any of you would be so kind?? what are the 3 documnets to be completed during a PIR?? :oops: i should know this right?? :? thanks

no nothing there at all, even put a little volt stick by all cables and nothing!!! when placed by plug socket starts beeping like crazy so i know its working!! pardon my ignorance put where should the supply for the stat come from??

nope deffo only one cable there...a 1.5 twin and earth live neutral and earth...but not even getting a reading with a multimeter between live and earth god i hate things sometimes :evil: wish i would've checked if i had a supply there in the 1st place, i'm stoopid ah well

room stat cover has been missing for a while!!! decided to change today as wires exposed.... there was one cable there, twin and earth 3 core, a live, neautral and an earth.... switched my spur off and changed like for like.... switched spur back on and heating fires up but goes off...

sorry boys...i meant an old circuit that had been in use for years!!! say for instance a periodic inspection and you found no continuity for example on your phases!!! like reading about all your methods please keep them coming if anyone has anymore one more question...if for example we...

alright fellas, in college still but i'm fine at everything apart from my fault finding could be a bit better!! just interested in your methods if say i had continuity on neutral and earth but not live?? just a case of checking all sockets for loose connection? what about no...

well my mm shows nada wen put onto the terminals were its selv :?:

do'nt know multimeter only goes down to 110 so 12v wouldnt show am i right in thinking? will i need to buy an instument that can measure if 12v is coming out? and then i suppose i'll know if its the transformer or the fan thats faulty? have i just answered my own question? :roll...

Fan not working in the bathroom?? fed from bathroom light to tansformer and from there to the fan... what you guys reckon? got 230 going into the transformer

An electrician stated that on my upstairs lighting circuit between neutral earth he recorded 0.00...all above 15mohms for other circuits.. how dangerous is this? and what would happen if it stayed on sysytem, itsbeen working fine for 10 years ta

what about the spring and toggle type fixings? Do you think they would support the weight of a 5 ft tube light :?: :idea: