Recent content by clarke24

Hi, I want to brick up my back door but the house that i live in isnt of standard brick construction. the outside brick is more of a grey block, rather like breeze block (but it isnt). i cant seem to find a supplier and dont know what they are called to ask for them. can anyone enlighten me...

can you have hall and landing lights on seperate supplies but same 2 gang switch?

Can anyone tell me what the people who did this conversion have used to suspend the new trimmers an what size the trimmers should be. Also how the new floor is fixed to stop any movement back and forth, i'm assuming they have tied it to the wall but its not clear from the photo.

Thats a good idea durgo. One it will prove it once and for all and when it does go pop ill have the added glee of seeing him jump.

Another electrician at work reckons that if you take a 110v halogen floodlight and fit it with a 240v plug and plug it in it will work, only dimmer than when run at 110v. I argued that was rubbish, it would blow the lamp, and if it did run it would run brighter given that as ohms law states...

Hi all has anyone ever used one of these http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/MTETC.html , if so do they sink flush with the ground or stick out, or can you recommend a flush fitting one.

its been inserted between the 32a mcb and the old wylex unit.

I have a 6mm cable supplying a kitchen from a 32a mcb. the cable supplies an old wylex board which then supplies the cooker and kitchen sockets. the problem is before the cable gets to the kitchen c/u it is terminated into a socket. Is the connection to the socket acceptable

I have want to add a false ceiling in my kitchen to hide some beams. I was wondering what size timber to use and what spacing they should be for a plasterboard finish. Thanks in advance Clarke24

Single Wire Armour although man people refer to it as steel wire amour

Thanks for the response guys , I served my time as a maintenance electrician in a factory (where I still work), so have never had to wire a new circuit in a bathroom but have changed light fittings in the past and never noticed a 2.5mm or 4mm bonding cable although it probably depends on the...

Does regulation 601-04-01 mean that everyone should have the earth terminal of there shower, extractor fan etc. connected to the earth on there pipes and bath etc???? And has anyone ever done because i've never seen it done after all any class 1 appliances should have an earth leading back to...

Thanks secure spark thats exactly what I wanted to know. Cheers

But if I know its a ring main and extend the ring but some of the existing sockets are mounted in the skirting board, do I have to move those sockets up the wall.

I take it that means that I'm responsible for any non compliances in any of the circuits, even the ones that I haven't touched?