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I would hardly classify those as problems Eric! Much of it would similarly apply to Radials too to some degree.

yup , I agree, the best way forward get a pro to do the job and ask if he will allow you to dig the trench and perhaps help with some other tasks too.

Yes Agreed Sunray, the starting point with cables at the time I`m speaking off was 85% to anybody with just about all wholesalers as their headline and then they would apply an additional discount between you and them which could be according to your business with them and your "clout" with...

In the "Old Days" of City Electrical Factors they used to be OK in the main, I even had an account with them. But they "inadvertently" overcharged on a few items. Trouble was , in my experience, if you regularly trade with some folks and yes mistakes can and do happen then often you would notice...

Apparently, in Britain, you can buy it from amazon and one or two others but mainstream it appears not- you can buy Brown & E and Blue & E but it costs more so why buy it?

Hello, a concept I heard stated (actually two concepts stated by 1/ person A/ and 2/ person B/. Whether person A/ and person B/ are two different people or actually the same one person or two people who are related in some way or indeed the gender of the person(s) I shall not mention until I...

Well said that soldier, if they working correctly then OK but if they a bit out of calibration (or perceived to be so by the ordinary person) they can be a problem, a motion sensor with a decent time period on the sensor is the best solution if you can not rely on someone switching a light on to...

must admit I had to look twice, perhaps my old eyes though. if I saw it in real life it would be more obvious- note looking on mee laptop, on an iphone not as easy either

Well, depending where you classify the Norf/Sarf divide I am usually considered Norf and I have not seen it for yonks but had seen quite a bit before that, I suppose the elder artisans with all singles and N to Rose and L to switch then switch to rose it was second nature to them until the loop...

Once upon a time you could get single (Black) and E too, I have never used singles sheathed for years. Single and E has often costed more than T & E (perhaps costs more because far less quantity of production runs?) so lots just used bog standard T & E and snipped the unused conductor off at...

I will ditto to what Taylor just said. A decent PIR unit though not a cheapo one - the reason, the bathroom etc can be a hostile environment for electronics components so a PIR switch such as suitable for outside would be OK (but rather ugly in a bathroom), some of these units that look...

For a Ring Final Circuit (often wrongly referred to as a Ring Main) then following basis as so well illustrated by EFLImpedance needs to be followed. The other considerations mentioned by other contributors also needs to be followed. That way all should be well in most cases. A few rules and a...

To learn anything worthwhile takes time, a lot of it. Learning about electrics is simple, it is just about twisting two bits of wire together. To do it safely, that is something completely different. Whether its Electrics, gas, water, medical, roofing, joinery, plastering, all building works...

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I am quite prepared to repent for my sins if anyone requires it. I had a Senior moment thinking streaming the pulsing half waves as plus and minus would also align L with L and N with N. Never mind I know an Electrician (at least 12 months older than me and time served) who always refers to L...

I did it eariler this morning John , after I read Sunray`s comment then thought - by jove he is correct! so I put my initial comment of 7:29 post 65 then covered it a bit later by altering post 64 so as to leave evidence of my shameful error :cry: once I`d had a brew and a bite and learned how...

Is item ten relevant as an observation on an EICR? Whether or not smoke detectors are present or not it is not a BS7671 issue. If it is present and the wiring is defect then it is a BS7671 issue.

My advice is. get an Electrician to check it out - give him all the info you have (what happened when as far as you can remember). There are some problems as has been pointed out by others, there may be some more too. It`s only safe to mess with Electrics if you know exactly what you are doing...

With a bridge rectifier in the rose etc then it would ensure that the flex and lampholder would only supply L & N ir order if wired such and reversal of polarity would be ruled out. Potentially a bit safer, particularly with ES lampholders old and new? Actually your question made me take a look...

Yep I`m in full agreement. The motto "Things are not what they used to be!" including the whitty afterthought "but then again they never were!" comes to mind But joking aside you are correct , even the tried and tested needs trying and testing frequently. Take MK, in the late 60s and early 70s...