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Please get this checked out to confirm it is indeed safe to reconnect before going any further. The fact that no earth present means nothing. It may be an old lighting circuit but you should not connect this to a shaver socket until it can be traced back and confirmed safe to reinstate. Hope...

Thanks for the replies, they are most helpful as always. Jack

Peeps, I have got to give a proposal to a customer about econ 10 system. Has anyone installed this before. I have installed plenty of e7 consumer units and storage heaters before but can not find any useful info on the way the meter works other than the hours for off peak etc for circuit...

Thanks for the reply and the handy tip. It works very well, you have saved me a few quid.

He may not die, someone else in the bathroom may die as unsuitable equipment fitted in unsuitable areas do not differentiate between the numpty that fitted it or one of their children. You may be ok for a while until it gets damp with condensation as their are no seals fitted, it will start to...

It is indeed very dangerous, the last time I was in a church roof I could hear "pop, pop, pop" when I looked a bit closer I found a weasel. :D

Hi. My dual element has burnt out and I have lost the bit of paper with the connnections on. Does anyone have a wiring daigram for this model. I have connected from left to right viewed from rear of oven Yellow, earth, Black and then other end of element Black and then Yellow/Red. When the...

Just a quickie as not 100% sure on this. Old house with lots of code 1's on PIR. Supply to detached garage is in plastic conduit buried in ground. 30 amp fuse from house supplying garage fuseboard fed in 2.5mm singles. No earth from house fusebox but garage is TT, house is TNS. I have...

I work on the following. Price of all bits per socket. switch, sfcu etc. Includes flush mounting box, grommet, raw plugs, screws and of course the switch etc. Costs x to buy. Add mark up and this is the cost of each fitting. Add on the cost of the cable and then the labour time. Thats how I...

Sounds to me like this install has not been carried out by a part p registered electrician. I would speak to the local Building Control to see if this has been registered with them and who carried out the install. I would then ask them to inspect the said works as it i do not know of any...

Hi, Can anyone tell me how I can add a comment in the excel starter 2010 spreadsheet. Just got new laptop with windows 7 and have done the usual right click and add comments but add comments/ edit comments is not an option when right clicking. Help on f1 is no use either. TIA

iCraig, Personally I think your budget should be about the £3,500 sort of area but do get a few quotes. It is possible to live in the house whilst it is being rewired but it will be messy and also floorboards will need replacing and power restored after each day, this will also increase the...

To have two wires in a mcb for lighting circuit is quite normal, lighting gets added to when extension are being built and quite often the easiest way is to take the supply from the mcb in the consumer unit if there is no room to add another mcb. This saves ripping up floorboards / carpets etc...

Peeps, can you help settle this difference of opinion at work. Lighting circuit with no cpc, I say run in a seperate earth core throughout the whole of the circuit back to the consumer unit. My mate says its ok to just link it to another circuits cpc such as the ring main. I personally don't...

I am looking at replacing my GU10 50w lamps in my kitchen and would like some advise on the best replacement. I have tried 1 low energy 11w but the light is not bright enough and the light dissipation is a bit poor. Anyone got any suggestions on type, light dissiaption and also the brightest...

Thanks for the replies, so the frost stat and pipe stat are wired in parallel of the room stat hence she has no effect on the boiler with it when the frost stat kicks in. What is the temperature setting for the pipe stat normally set at. Thanks again.

Friend of mine has an oil boiler in the garage with a frost stat fitted. She says that when the frost stat operates the boiler, the room stat has no effect on turning the boiler off and has to run outside to the garage to switch off the boiler. Heating engineer carried out a service and she...

Need some pointers if this is ok. Need to get 3 two gang rcd protected socket fitted in three welding bays. Each bay has a 32 amp three phase sockets on a 32 amp mcb. Would be a nightmare to run in 3 new circuits as building layout is rubbish. Quickest way would be to take 4mm cable from a...

No sh1t Sherlock :D

The Code of Practise for the In Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment states "Other than the fixed installation, all electrical equipment in an installation, whether permanently connected or connected by a plug and socket outlet, should be inspected and tested in accordance...