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I'm not an electrician which is why I've always employed competent guys. In Feb 2009 I asked a company to come a do an inspection at my domestic property. The guy sorted out the consumer unit before the inspection (as it had a number of additions in the previous couple of years.....Shower...

I have a New Team Nine.Five Electric Shower with couple of problems : i) If I have the Double Pole switch already on & then turn the shower on voa the "Power" knob a "Low Pressure" light comes up and the shower doesn't work, However if I then turn the Double pole switch off & back on again it...

I rent out a property (not to make profit...because I can't afford to sell it currently!)..........So I got all the safety features sorted re electric (5 year certificate) & the Central Heating (warm Air) serviced by the same guy who looked after it for the previous 10 years. He also gave me a...

I'm in the situation unlike the original post holder above that my hot water is supplied by a Gas boiler to a Tank in the airing cupboard, however the tank also has an immersion heater which I'm about to replace the flex to, however I've never used the immersion I've always run on gas. I want to...

I haven't used my Immersion heater for a fair while & only there for back up so I may not even use it, However : I want to replace the "flex" from the switch to the Immersion heater in the Airing cupboard. Is 2.5mm 3 core Heat resistant cable OK for this ? Is there any maximum length & can...

Can anyone advise me what exactly 433.1.1 refers to in BS7671...I would guess its in relation to Overload protection but I would like to know what the exact text says or better still an official guidance to that reg ? Could the same be done for reg 120.1 & what "Functioning requirement" is ...

Now that I've got mega amounts of insulation in the roof space of my house...................I do wonder if it could get so cold up in the loft that the cold water tank & pipes could freeze ? Has anyone experience of this & what have they done to prevent reoccurance ? The tank itself has...

I have a Warm Air Central heating system & would like to rent out the house, I considered going over to a wet system but the cost is too high.............the Boiler & Warm Air unit is going well & supplies the needs of the family.................however does anyone know where I can obtain spares...

I've recently had an electrician in to sort out why my RCCB kept triggering when I put the Ring Main CB on..............the exact cause was never found although a certain part of the Ring main was found to have a low Resistance reading (Less than 200MOhm ?) & when this part was included in the...

I live in a 2nd floor flat (so I can't find where the over flow is !!) Recently the dual flush cistern keeps taking in water in a cycle.....ie 30 seconds filling up then shut off, then 2 minutes later fill up for 30 seconds then shut of all through the night...................doesn't seem to do...

When I turn on my ring main Circuit Breaker the RCCB for the whole board trips detecting in what I thought a leakage to Earth. I've either disconnected every appliance from the main, turned off every socket & where there is both a fuse & a swith taken out the fuse....so basically its just the...

Yesterday my machine didn't pump all the water out after a spin cycle, so after taking top off & the back, I found that there was current going to the water pump but the pump wasn't working (nor could I hear it trying to turn against an obstruction) so I'm assuming the pumps burnt out. Then I...

My Hoover AE130 has done me well................but for the last 2 years the off/on button has got harder to operate..............down to a duff micro switch.........................anyone know where I can obtain a new circuitboard ???? Paul