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Just how many times can a person do the same test and get the same results without trying something different? Another walking distance job from Sunrays house. Customer had a water leak very early Sunday morning resulting in water running out of light fittings, he described as: "The clicker...

Today a tripping problem in a new build property purchased 8 days ago, I measured ~100KΩ L-E. It turned out to be rain getting into an outdoor FCU feeding the garage, non sealed back entry T&E from the kitchen socket ring. The CU:Note how PV & EV charge point switched off due to not yet fitted...

Been done to death but... Our kitchen has 3 5ft flou fittings in a line above the suspended ceiling used as a two and a one and time to replace the tubes, actually one failed to strike properly last week so replaced with one retained from last change. So time for a change to LED? Until...

I've had a very quick skim through my 2008 regs and not found the answer. Today I've been out to resolve some findings on an inspection, this is a small industrial unit with remote cutout, 1ph meter, 80A fuse and 80A RCD. The feed cable is 35mm² 4 core SWA to this type of 100A TP&N with bolted...

I saw on the news that several energy providers have applied to courts to be able to gain a court order for access to replace the meter with smart after 10 attempts to do so have failed (hopefully that makes sense) I'm not sure if I heard correctly that they had been successful.

Just had an interesting phone call. A customer in the middle of self build has had a temporary supply for about 4 years, that might seem a lot but covid changed things a lot for them. We installed a GRP enclosure on a couple of wooden fenceposts, this is somewhat bigger than a regular meter...

I have been out today looking at a job. there are 2 gardens, each side of a river so not able to run cable, and both have loads of intermediate switches operating mostly bollards. Both systems consist of a line of switches, roughly 200m & 500m long controlling several contactors operating the...

Todays little just job; customer has complained of frequent fuse blowing since changing to LED tubes in recent fittings from Flou. The situation is far from domestic or DIY and in a bid to stop it happening customer recently instructed an electrician to change the submain fuse box to all AFDD...

I was out visiting earlier, talking to a fellow radio amateur, on the way he was giving me directions to my final destination and stopping outside my destination I could see lights going on and off each time I started transmitting. There was no issue for the 10 minutes I was inside but...

At the weekend I was working at an event, customer had stated mains power was available at the location I was to be working. On the day he provided an extension lead: "There you go, it plugs in over there." He didn't understand why I opted to use my own.

Has anyone experience of these https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/AP603.html A friend of a friend has a problem with a metal PB box (not come across one of these myself) where the PB is breaking up at the sides where the lugs and flanges are. I'm wondering about fitting them top and bottom...

Been out for a couple of hours tonight to help rig lighting for an AmDram . This is the lead for a stand with 3 LED lights: And how it was intended to be plugged up (with some different lights at home): Allegedly the missing person (and why I was asked to assist) is an electrician and he goes...

Todays little just job? "Just assist me with changing an RCBO". Being a rental he goes 2 handed. Split load Volex VCU 16 slot CU consisted of; Main switch, SPD & MCB, 32A MCB for garage -not on RCD 2x 63A RCD, 2x ring final, cooker, shower, immersion & 2x lights. So completely full. EICR...

A letting agent has asked for a second opinion on a CU, Apparently the elderly and long term tenant passed April 2020 with covid, they took the opportunity to do some refurb including new CU and some rewiring and cert issued at the time shows an existing submain to shed on 25A MCB. and existing...

Saturday morning I encountered a 32A/100mA 4 pole 3 phase EDIT non maintained active RCBO. Not seen one before. It is installed as part of a portable generator inlet to a building. Builders hired the single phase genset and connecting cable to do some building work where the mains feed required...

All electric including NSH rental 5 bed house, multiple C1, C2 & C3 on EICR in January. I can't tell whether they were justified as all of the work has been repaired by the inspector, including 2 Schneider all AFDD RCBO CU' with surge protection. Maybe 30 pieces of paper left for customer and...

Tangential comments from another thread: I've lived in 4 properties where I've operated transmitters, the first was FM CB from childhood home, caused havoc on neighbours TV, there was basically 6ft between our aerials and feeders, moving mine to other side of house sorted the problem...

The phonecall: "Do you know where such and such court is?" "Yes Boss little bungalows behind the garage." "Ah right could you nip round and sort out a 2 way switch, it sounds like they have f****d up a switch change." "Now?" "If you can mate. Oh by the way it's a rental." I was given the details...

Hi guys. I have a Remeha conventional which is some 12 years old or so, fairly regularly serviced averages about 15-16 months, last done in summer 22, and has worked seemingly faultlessly after the initial installation fiasco. Twice recently, during the snow last month and today with very...

I've been out today to look at a friends rental EICR for an opinion. To put it into perspective it is the 4th EICR/PIR in 4 years and the first 'failure'. 1 RCBO fails tests - C2, my Robin puts it right near the time limit so nearly fair fault code. While there I moved the spare to replace it...