Recent content by islandman

Thanks guys. This gives me ammunition to convince the good lady that we should keep what we've got!

Thanks Burnerman, I'd be happy to retain the combi supply however the pipe travel from said boiler to outlet is quite lengthy so it does take a while to deliver hot water.....not a problem for me but my wife thinks it is! So if we do end up going for a 'normal' electric of say 8 to 10 kW do...

We are planning to install a new bathroom from scratch. We are doing away with a bath & having a walk in shower. Our present shower in located in the bath and runs directly off a combi boiler. We are looking at switching to an electric shower. I realise this will cost more to run plus the cost...

Thanks for advice. Moving the light unit is not essential so I think I'll leave things as they are. I assume leaving the panel in place untouched is perfectly safe??

We have a now internal rear porch, which was originally (before us) an external open porch. The ceiling panel is the original, about 30 years old I believe. This panel looks like plaster board but is very hard. There is a light fitting attached to it which I want to reposition slightly...

Well that's good to hear re the earthing. In fact we did have the earthing tested when we had some extra sockets fitted and i recall it was ok. I use a sparks that i use for our office work so I get him round. Like gas, electricity is not something i want to take chances with. Our set...

JohnW2........... I think this is going from ok, to not so ok & now to worse! There is an earthing 'rod' in the corner (nearest the house) in our attached garage/workshop. I suspect you are going to tell me this is not good................but it does have a 'hat' on the top,......if that...

Will also get some pics!

Right, had a close look with a torch & i'm afraid the thing is a VOELB! It's written across the top! I think i'll speak to my sparks tomorrow to get this sorted asap! Thanks for clarifying this

Thinking about this further & apols for my lack of knowledge in this area. My present set up has a RCCB (i think that's what it is) .... Black box with red test button & sliding off/ on switch. This is between the meter & the fuse box. There is also, before the meter, another black box with...

JohnD ........ Thanks for the PM to which I tried to reply but unable to as it says we are 'not friends'! Anyway, I will reflect on the best way forward before any further action.

Thanks again guys, some really good help & advice which i will give some thought to. I guess the old 'if it aint broke don't try to fix it' applies a bit here. Re the blown led, it was a bit frustrating tracking it down. Circuit blew one evening without warning so i couldn't tell what had...

Thanks for comments. Whilst i had been thinking of upgrading for some time I admit the main reason for it now was to re assure my wife. As said previously, we have switched over to led's for our main lounge lighting with 10 units. The one going down actually blew the fuse and knocked out...

Thanks. Yes, the RCCD is before the before the fuse box - actually between the meter & box. Electrics all seem fine. We did have a lighting fuse blow some months ago which was caused it seems by a LED going down. The LED was returned to supplier for testing and a replacement given...

For many years i've been meaning to replace my wylex fuse box with a new circuit breaker unit. The present box has the colour coded fuse cartridges: White 5 amp Blue 15 amp Red 30 amp I have now thought about converting the present box using wylex plug in MCB's which will be cheaper &...