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http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp;jsessionid=D5TCRF3EJCRXUCSTHZOCFEY?id=12443&ts=43190[/url] Not necessarily electrical question but... Has anyone got or used a telescopic ladder like the one in my link. Firstly do you know if it can be extended part way rather than the full...

As much as you can believe the BBC these days (socks the blue peter cat etc etc) only one street light was affected that was right outside her house. With the aid of a walkie talkie or mobile phone the reporter was outside under the light at night and with a "all right turn it on" and as if my...

Or if your wallet doesn't squeak when it opens then try this. There are also versions for double plugs too. Loads of companies do them, search for ''electrical box sinkers' Link

You don't sound 100% confident about your wonky switch. Don't be tight fisted and change it!!!!

A general point! Please be careful taking advise off any Wiki, book or Forum before undertaking your own wiring if you are not 100% confident. If you do this for plumbing and it goes wrong you get wet and annoyed. If it electrics you might not live to regret it. There's a very good...

TLC don't do 45A, but they do 60A. http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/AAJB60.html

Are the lights all bright when they are lit up or are they getting dimmer the more you add on. They may have been wired up in series rather than in parallel so there could be a voltage drop problem. (ie the voltage is not 230V (or close to it) across all the lights). Got a picture for us?

Oh! STOP PRESS for all you Great Billing street light fans out there. The spotty youth faced electrician/technician just shugged his shoulders and has given up!!

Just watched a local BBC story about a little old lady who when she switches on her kettle the street light goes out and visa versa. Any ideas? Additionally, any one ever had a complete electrical mysteries ..and maybe the cause and solution if you worked it our...

I had a similar issue with a kitchen where a Victorian kitchen had been extended sideways and therefore the new opening where wall once was had a lintel holding it all up. Below this was a breakfast bar and downlighters required. Obviously the lintel is solid and recessed downlighters were...

Thanks for the links. With regards to the over night electricity - I only have incoming suppliy through one meter, but it shows two readings and I am bill in this way too. I was assuming that the tele meter altomatically switches from night to day and all of my electricity supply is cheaper...

I am wanting to take advantage of cheap over night electricity as I use my washing machine very frequently. In my kitchen I have a FCU which then goes feed the plug socket positioned down low next to the machine which it plugs into. This plug is quite constricted and it is not very practicle...

What is the maximum current a 2.5mm ring main can safely carry before you need to update to 4mm cable? Is this rating in a table anywhere?

Would some kind person help me with the design procedure - namely cable and protection selection. I am trying to do my C&G 2320 part 2 and want to get to grips with this. For example I am building a new extension and plan to have a lighting new lighting circuit consisting of 6x 50W downlights...

Screw Fix also do well priced Fire Rated Downlighter Hoods. As well as meeting regs it is also a small price to pay for safety.

Spark123 I thought I was just getting it but now I am not so sure! Table 4D5A still states that 2.5mm clipped is 27A. I understand about the ring being fed from both direction, but still how does 32A protect a wire that has a 27A maximum current capacity?

So in reality am I right in saying the cable is bigger than 2.5mm as it is feeding in both directions. Is therefore the table I mention earlier for radial circuits only?

Can somebody please explain. In the 16th Edition reg a 2.5mm cable current rating when clipped is 27A for 2 core cable (Table 4D2A). Why is it that the ring main circuit is protected by a 32A Type B MCB. Does this mean you could have the situation where the cable is running with an...