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Guys Storage heaters or Convector Heaters? 2nd floor 2 bedroom flat with concrete floors. We have the choice of storage or convector. ich is the better option and why? We've done the BTU calculations and know what size but I'm at a loss as to which option is best.

Guys The previous owner has pointed out a 'Contactor coil' which is switched from the 10a switch. I've never come across a domestic shower using one of these. Are they common? How do they work? I have also just read an article on the web that says that they could be a fire risk if...

Abacus A\switch switching a switch somewhere? I never thought of that one. Surely though the 2.5mm cable would still be carrying 40A and therefore a fire risk?

Guys Give me your professional opinion on what I have found. 40A breaker 9Kw shower 10mm cable at both the shower and the CU Isolator switch is one of a 3G bank of switches on the outside wall of the bathroom with the other two operating the bathroom lights. The cable behind the...

A friend of mine showed me the mains set up in a house he has just bought. There was a metal clad box containing the main incomer and mains fuse. The main fuse box tails came out of the bottom of the box and into the fuse box. Coming out of the top of the box were tails to the meter and a...

My Step Daughter has just com back from Spain with an MP4 player bought there. Is the voltage the same in the UK? and Can I simply cut off the EU plug and rplace it with a 3 pin UK one? Thanks

"If God had meant you to moan he'd have taken your teeth away" - Life of Brian.

No offence taken Some on this site regard me as a glorified kitchen fitter or worse. I have to say when I see some of the work done by so called C&G qualified sparkys it horrifies me. Qualification doesn't always signify quality of work. Just fighting my corner. Let me know if you need...

Smiths' Part P through Domestic Installers Qualification not C&G. I was sick of paying £40 for inspections and £150 for PIRs and £20 an hour for someone to come out and tell me I had to spend another £20 an hour to diagnose what I already knew was the problem. 2391 next. NIC registered...

No Smithy Being Part Pd I wouldn't do it any other way. All accessible.

Hi Smithson I have added an extra earth connection to another earthing point under the floorboards.

Hi guys Some great feedback. Grounding the earth did the trick. The fittings were metallic and were earthed to the covers only. I have earthed to the back box as well and this appears to have sorted it. The meter was showing 25 volts L-E and 19 N-E. L-N was 243 as expected. What causes...

Thanks for the replies guys The Volt Stick is a basic Fluke bleeper and flasher so no it isn't reading a voltage. I'm testing with my multimeter and installtest tomorrow. I didn't have them handy today. (All left disconnected tonight by the way!) The earth is definitely not connected to...

Guys I'm baffled - Scenario - Junction box with 4 cables - Main feed, Switched T/E, Cable from switched live/neutral to Light, Feed to FCU for seperate outside light. The cable to the FCU is LSF cable. The cable to the light is LSF cable. Other cables grey pvc. Why LSF? My customer wanted...

Hi Guys I have two light switches that make up a two way circuit. A builder has taken off the switches and has put them back on but I can't get them to work. I have in both switches two red strands and a black strand. There is continuity on one of the reds switch to switch and the black...

I have just bought some LSF cable. to re-cable a light fitting across a barge board. The reason I bought it is because it was white and I won't have to re-paint my barge board. It seems to be very rigid. Can anyone tell me what it is and what it is generally used for? Ta folks

I have just read the archive and don't get an answer to this question. Can anyone tell me if there is a legal requirement to have appliances ina domestic rented property PAT tested? How does this apply to HMOs? Ta!

Sorry Breezer. Maybe I'm not understanding the logic of two way switching. When you have a switch with a common, L1/L2 3 core and L1/L2 two core coming into it for the two way switching to work isn't there always a live charge flowing one way across the switch to feed the 3 core at the other...

Breezer The dimmer isn't overloaded. 2 x 50w halogens on a 400w channel. What my friend said to me made sense sort of but I can't reconcile that against the fact that the dimmer was made to be 2 way. Can you give me any technical info as to how the 2 way bit of the dimmer works to avoid...

I have a dimmer on a two way switching format with a rocker at the other end. One of the dimmer channels has burnt out. A friend has suggested that this is a problem with two way dimmer systems that the charge is always running across the coil and therefore burns out quickly. Can anyone tell me...