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...this evening and I don't want to ring a random one from phonebook. He said it was odd for the MCB to trip at random times with nothing plugged in. He then asked if I had put any pictures up or had a plumber in, but the answer is no, and I don't really understand why he asked that!!!! can...

Hi. Yesterday evening (TV and lamps has been on a few hours) the RCD in the consumer unit tripped taking out the MCBs on the downstairs and upstairs sockets. I re-set it which worked for 5 minutes until it tripped again. This happened several times sometimes with the downstairs MCB alone. So...

Hi Apologies not sure of this fits plumbing but I am fitting a shower. Short version - replacing a bar shower fitting in place of an old one. The person who installed the last one made a right mess. The tiles are mounted onto, I think some kind of plasterboard. However, my issue is that...

Hi all, appreciate any insight on this Electrical novice here. I have an 1800W infrared heater mounted on the wall in my conservatory/lounge. This is plugged into a 4 way gang plug (as built-in lead too short), in turn plugged into a Meross smart plug so I can turn off and on remotely. All...

Hello, Thought it would be easy to attach wire to end of free standing oven and then wire plug to end of it - fine works. However only using 13amp in plug socked so when I turned on fan oven, this was overload - now nothing works. Should I simply replace 13amp fuse in plug for 30amp. Or is...

hi, newbie here, reasonably experienced in diy incl electrics, but a mate who's just moved into a new house today has had a problem - plugged his washing machine in, and the plug smouldered and eventually set alight - he switched off at mains (it's got mcb's but they didn't trip?) and...

[b] Hello, we recently redecorated our kitchen. In doing this we changed the positions of some of our plug sockets. These all work fine and have no problems. However since doing this 4 different plug sockets in 2 separate rooms have stopped working. We have tested the electrics and using...

Hi, I am fitting some LED downlights (Torches...yes, yes) and brought some blue click in plugs which make the cabling neater and safer. I have 6 lights in this particular room. The first hole n the ceiling has 4 cables (feed in, feed out, switch and the link cable to the next light). All...

i went to make tea this morning to find i have no electric in my 3 plug sockets down stairs and no plug sockets working at all upstairs. The fuse has not tripped on the main board and i have swapped the fuses over to see if one of them has broken but still nothing. There is no reason for it to...

I pulled out our washing machine to lift some old vinyl flooring from underneath it, unplugged the power cable and then when i was done plugged it back in and pushed the washing machine back under the work top..... only for it to stop working. I've investigated, the washer works in another...

Hi, can anyone help me. I have received a laser light that had a danish plug which I have removed and tried to use a uk plug. The wires seem finer than usual and are a pale red and black. I have assumed the pale red goes to the right and the black to the left (live) but nothing is happening...

Hi, My cooker is plugged into a wall socket, a normal 13 amp plug. Its been like that since the dawn of time. It is quite inaccessible. Looking in the loft that single socket is on a heavy duty cable so it looks like it was wired up for the job. Nothing else on the circuit, just that one...

Hi all, i'm drilling holes for shelves today in my bathroom, i'm using 8x65mm plugs, so i drilled a hole that deep, and actually a bit deeper. 830mm is the depth of this hole, i know because that's the entire length of the 8mm wide drill bit i used, i kept going hoping to hit some brickwork and...

I have already searched this forum looking for help. I found lots of related threads here = https://www.diynot.com/diy/search/75855794/?q=nothing+plugged+in&o=relevance&c[node]=8 But I am still stuck and need help. A bit of background: I own a flat (ground floor and basement). I lived here...

Hi all, I live in a flat where my washing machine is installed (next to the boiler) into a purpose built cupboard in the hallway. Inside the cupboard there is an on/off switch labelled washing machine which has a fuse, and then a plug lower down the wall to plug into. My washing machine...

Hope someone can shed some light on this please. My daughter runs a dog grooming van and has an issue with a 13 amp 'heavy duty' 3 pin plug getting hot and sometimes blowing the fuse. This tends to happen when she is using a dog drier which has a rating of 2400 watts. The van has the circuit...

i just moved to france from holland. took my telephone with me and it has a wire with a dutch telephone plug with 4 connectors protruding from it. now i want to change the plug to a french one which is flat and had 3 connectors on each side of it, so 6 connectors in total. now the question...

Decided to service my car before the car test. I don't have it very long. But I just thought I'd give it a fresh service. Did the oil change, changed out the air filter and cabin filter. Checked fluid levels. And then went to change the spark plugs, thinking I'd leave the easiest and least messy...

Hello all. I want to add a plug socket in my bedroom and since I know nothing about electrics I would like some advice! There is a plug socket a few metres away, so would the normal procedure be to run a cable from that one to the new location or does it not work like that? Also, it...

Hi All, On Saturday night about 1am (give or take a couple of hours) our RCD tripped, if we turn the socket breaker off then the main RCD will stay on, (lights kitchen etc) Our kitchen units are on a separate breaker so it won’t be the fridge/freezer. We have unplugged all appliances taken...