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In the summer I am thinking of starting a refurbishment on my mothers house. She recently passed away and left it to me in her will. The house is now empty and my husband an I (as the queen would say) are thinking of doing most of the work ourselves. We will have an electrician in to do all...

I have water coming from the plastic pipe just inside my shower unit, I have been told that this is due to the pressure relief being knackered. I have a Triton Rapide 4. Is this somthing I can do myself? Yes I will isolare at the CU before trying.

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There is no electricity at the switch, tested with multimeter. Also tested another switch that I know is working just to be sure I am using the MM correctly. :shock:

Sorry, should have said this is the only light that is not working, all other lights on the circuit are working fine.

Hi, The light in my living room has blown and now there is no electricity to the light switch. Before calling out an electrician, what can I do myself to locate diagnose and possibly (safely) fix the problem. I have a small electrical toolkit as recommended by members of this forum a...

Thank you for the latter replies, very informative. Will treat myself to some retail therapy next week and see what I can acquire.

JM was right in that I want to learn the basics. I do not want to access any appliance, but do want to know how to find out what the fault is so that I can either fix it or get a pro in. For example, the other day my bedroom TV stopped working. I did not know if the problem was the bulb, the...

Is there anywhere on Internet where I can learn about electricity. Now, we are talking basics here. Wiring a plug, testing appliances that are not working, fitting a new ceiling light, changing a light switch for a dimmer etc.

Anyone know what might have caused this (guessing that it dried out to fast) and more importantly, how do I repair it?

Lard? hubby already calls me a lard ass,