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    Hidden Electrics

    No. Anything with screw terminals is not maintenance free. Look here: https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/ASJ804.html
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    URGENT: Anything else to try before calling out an electrician?

    Ah, yes, that is not just a switch it is also an RCD, so we can deduce that this is a TT supply and that you have an earth rod somewhere (photo of the earthing/bonding for completeness pls). Proceed exactly as ETAF suggested and let us know the result.
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    URGENT: Anything else to try before calling out an electrician?

    As above - however- "and trips the main switch connected to the meter." The main switch shown in your consumer unit does not have a trip function - which "main switch" are you referring to? Picture? PS: That MK B20 MCB on the far left is not approved for use with the Wylex CU. Hopefully all...
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    VOIP phone recommendation?

    The phone socket on a BT hub is for a normal analog phone and connects to BTs VoIP service. Additional analogue phones can be connected using adapters available from BT which plug into a power socket near the phone and communicate with the router over Wi-Fi and also take normal analog phones or...
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    Old switch New Switch

    No, you need an intermediate switch, as is stamped on the current one, if you want to retain the same functionality.
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    Portable Aircon Unit how best to plug in..

    I'm guessing you bought it through Amazon rather than from Amazon. Inventor are a UK registered company, their contact details are available on Amazon so you could contact them directly.
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    Split DC Inverter Type Air Conditioner

    E1 suggests it's a common error; a likely cause is loss of refrigerant pressure - you'll need a suitably qualified engineer to top it up. In any case messing with aircon is not really a diyjob and can be hazardous.
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    Bi and Omni directional RCD's how can one tell what has been fitted.

    Reads as a normal RCBO to me "earth leakage and overcurrent"
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    Meter tails out of the bottom of exterior surface mounted meter box.

    https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/products/1722314-electric-meter-box-hockey-stick ?
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    13 amp plug overheating

    That only happens with switched mode power supplies. Very unlikely that heater and drier etc. uses those.
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    Why isn't 3-core cable the standard for lighting circuits?

    Just connect the spare core to the earth terminal at each end (as well as the (hopefully G/Y sleeved) earth core). Then it's there if you need it in the future.
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    Oh dear! (Shoddy electical work) (Ed.)

    Thing is, if you don't know and you don't know that you don't know. I wonder if it's on an RCD protected circuit.
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    Bungalow 'ringing' after fibre installed in street

    Fibre is correct in the UK.
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    lighting circuit keeps tripping (Ed.)

    Does your phone's camera not have a flash or fill light function?
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    Unknown Markings on road / pavement

    When they did that down my road it was for a rainwater gully. Arrow indicated direction of flow to the sewer.
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    Adding a suitable heater to a tiny toilet for my mum

    Oil filled radiator with timer. You'll need to install a 13A socket in the toilet, you can't run it from a lighting circuit. It does not require an electrician to do this, it is well within the scope of a competent DIYer. Where is the nearest 13A outlet? It may be possible to take a spur from...
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    EICR Unsatisfactory - FTB

    If the seller has read this forum he'll tell you that the asking price takes into account the condition of the electrical installation, so no reduction, as often advised here.
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    5 gang light switch!

    Always better to leave colours to the wife!
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    Your opinion on the safety and legality of this board please.

    There are ways to extend a busbar - that's not one of them, it may not be making good contact in the terminals and will be physically stressing the devices. Devices not aligned and busbar not fully inserted. Where's the busbar cover? Given that BG busbars are not exactly expensive and are...
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    Which saw to cut and trim kitchen plinths?

    Hire a portable table saw with a suitably fine blade?
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