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    Shower fairies!

    We had a 60A fuse in our old 2 bed terrace. Mrs was taking a shower, I was making a cuppa, a few lights were on and the TV was on. POP! I thought it was a power cut until I checked with the neighbours! Called my supplier and they came round within a few hours and fitted a 100A fuse...
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    Load too heavy for light switch?

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    All I need to do is move a socket! (w/o getting a shock)

    Lights and sockets should be on different circuits, so you should be OK to just turn the sockets off. Plug something in to see if the socket is dead (or better still, use a tester). However, I believe any work on kitchen or bathroom electrics is notifiable to your LABC.
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    Need Upgrading? (with pictures)

    I visited my in-laws over christmas. They think they may need some work on their electrics!! I opened the cupboard and was greeted with this...... They have fairly recently had the meter updated, but I was surprised it was connected up to some VIR feeding the CU's. Where the new...
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    Lots and lots of tiny LEDs running off the mains!

    I thought of doing something similar in my daughters room, but using a set of christmas lights and poking them through little holes.
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    Servis fridge freezing up - stat changed

    Hi all, Long ongoing problem with my Servis (I know - sorry) fridge freezer. The fridge section keeps freezing up, even when its turned right down to minimum. It even freezes drinks left in the salad draws! The freezer section is also very cold. You have to leave ice cream out for 20...
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    How to wire up 2 outside low voltage halogen lights to a PIR

    Sounds like it's picking up a live and neutral from inside the switch (the two blues connected together). I assume the two browns are connected to different terminals on the switch? The neutral and switched live then go to a light. The next light is daisy chained in, and then the next...
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    How to wire up 2 outside low voltage halogen lights to a PIR

    mmm. Maybe your lights are getting power from the Hall live in the switch. The only thing I can think is that one wire in the light is from the switch and one goes to another light. Take a look in the switch (after making sure it isn't live!) and see what you have there. Basically...
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    How to wire up 2 outside low voltage halogen lights to a PIR

    How is the switch wired? How many cables go to it?
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    How to wire up 2 outside low voltage halogen lights to a PIR

    Are both lights wired the same?
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    How to wire up 2 outside low voltage halogen lights to a PIR

    You have 2 lots of twin and earth at each lamp. Where do they go to? A switch? To another light? etc....
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    How to wire up 2 outside low voltage halogen lights to a PIR

    :? Sounds odd. What are the other ends connected to?
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    How to wire up 2 outside low voltage halogen lights to a PIR

    In that case, power goes to the light fitting first. In the fitting, are the two lives connected together but not to the light?
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    How to wire up 2 outside low voltage halogen lights to a PIR

    4 twin and earth cables? I'm getting a bit lost as to what cables go where currently. You should have one of the following arrangements - 1 - mains feed goes to a light fitting and then to the switch 2 - mains feed goes to the switch first and then to the light. You should be able...
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    How to wire up 2 outside low voltage halogen lights to a PIR

    The PIR needs to go between the switch and the lights. I believe you said 1 switch controls both lights. You say each light has 2 x twin and earth cables going to it. What is the other end of the cables? (the connections sound a little strange to me)
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    Kitchen sockets

    It's a work colleague and she lives in Birmingham. So correct me if I'm wrong, but the socket cannot simply be moved because - 1 - its in a kitchen and that means its notifiable. 2 - that means the circuit has to be tested - 3 - but it will fail because it's not on an RCD and the earth...
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    Kitchen sockets

    This is a close up of the CU Here you can just about make out the main earth, just under the meter tails.
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    Kitchen sockets

    OK, I've seen the CU now. It's an old 8 way Wylex which has been upgraded with plug-in MCBs. I'm not sure that you can get RCBOs to fit these! :roll: In that case, does it need changing for a kitchen socket to be moved? Is it possible to install a seperate CU with RCD for the kitchen...
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    Kitchen sockets

    Hi folks, A friend of mine is having a new kitchen installed shortly and needs a socket moving, because it is currently where the new oven will go. She has had a electrician out today to quote for the job and he has told her that her consumer unit needs upgrading before he'll move the...
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    Ikea kitchens

    Are you sure they are depths and not widths? I know they do 40, 50 and 60cm wide units, which would appear to match with the measurements given above. I might be wrong, but worth checking!
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