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Do you own the "Flat" and are you permitted to do any electrical work on it?

Yes. However. a Fridge/Freezer on a Radial Circuit also supplying some of the Socket Outlets in another room is unlikely to suffer many Kitchen Overload problems, as is the case in my home. I have three 20 A Radial circuits supplying various Socket Outlets in my Kitchen - including the Fridge...

Let's not worry any further! At present, it can be unscrewed using one's fingers and I used a wrench to unscrew it, initially - since it was not particularly tight. Replacement washers are on order and I probably may obtain suitable adaptors for my 3/8" rachet socket wrench. Thank you, all.

But this fitting requires a 3/4" ratchet, for which I have no other use ! Yes. However, 12 mm is "used" for that size. Perhaps the use of 13 was considered unlucky ? As I stated above, 2" pipe is referred to as 50 mm (when it is 50.7 mm) Also 3 1/2" pipe is referred to as 90 mm (when it is...

Of course, it was not manufactured in SI but in "Imperial". However, all pipe fittings remain of the same actual dimensions, however described, so that new can fit with old. (A 2" Galvanized Iron pipe is 2 " on the inside but the associated "fittings", manufactured to accommodate the...

You are planning to replace a single General Lighting ceiling pendant light with 9 Down lights, each focused on an area limited to (probably) a 60° Beam Angle - or lower. On wonders why. You might be better off using larger diameter lamps with a wider angle of illumination. You then may need...

Below is a photo of a brass Access Bend in a 50 mm (2 ") Waste Pipe - under a sink - which must be about 65 years old! . While I have been able to removed this Plug - using a wrench - I know that there is/was what might be called a Square Spanner for unscrewing the Access Plug. The hole in...

The NTE5 socket represents the official demarcation point between the internal/domestic wiring (at the removable front of the socket which is the customer's responsibility) and the external telephone line/cabling fixed at the rear (which is BT's responsibility) the physical disconnection of the...

However, is it possible that any such "power outage" would also affect the "cabinet" where the Optical Fiber/Copper interface is located, unless the "Cabinet" also contains "Back-Up" batteries?

The -6% to +10% was a "fudge" - so that Countries using a nominal 240 V could go on doing so when the IEC/EU "decreed" a "standard" voltage of 230 V. "Household" Solar Panels (EXPORTING energy) tend to push-up the voltage in the "local area". This must be so, since the only way that such panels...

I am attempted to query your motives for posting such "questions". However. one problem with LED devices is that (mostly) most LED lamps cannot be used in "enclosed spaces". The reason is not because of the LEDs themselves but because several of the associated components cannot tolerate...

Taylortwocities comments are quite correct. Your problem has been temporally "bypassed", allowing other devices to "function". To correct the actual "problem", further work and replacements are required. Why would you think that any "worker" would come out a second time (for free) just to...

Wet Area "Zones" applicable in Australia. https://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/trades-and-businesses/construction-and-trade-essentials/electricians/standards-rules-and-notes/switches-and-sockets-in-wet-areas

However, the "Radiation" would not be Zero, especially if the Insulation were Black. "a great deal more from the contacts to the fuse." If this really is true, it seems to be a case against having fuses - actually, with miniscule "heat output", while operating below their "rupture" current -...

Heat travels by Conduction, Convection and Radiation. Half-Insulating "Pins" will not reduce Thermal Conduction, if it does not reduce Electrical Conduction. As I believe that I "demonstrated", a BS 1363 Pin is a significant "heat-sink". Convection could be slightly reduced. However, it is...

Better still, a "Low-Impedance" ANALOG multimeter (https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=analog+multimeter&crid=2Q31N3GNVD8IR&sprefix=analog+multimeter%2Caps%2C351&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 ) to avoid chasing "Ghost" or "Phantom" voltages - seen via a "High Impedance" Digital meter."

This has been stated before BUT how does the "half-insulation" reduce the heat transfer to the socket "fingers"? These "fingers" are in contact with the bare metal of the pins and are not in contact with the insulation. The minimum dimensions of the Line and Neutral Pins of a BS 1363 Plug are...

Australian Plugs do not have Fuses in them. While they are rated at 10 A, they are usually supplied by 20 A rated Circuits. (Power Strips are required to utilize a 10 A Circuit Breaker, which will operate if more than 10 A is drawn by plugging in a number of devices drawing more than 10 A in...

While it may be "Implicit" it does not yet appear to be "Explicit". I await the "complaints" of others - so perturbed - as you appear to be ! We all work in our own ways, for good or ill. Now "whack a mole" is an interesting expression and I could not resist the "emphasis" - and Italics.

Which is the "opinion" of ONE person !