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  1. Yanni

    Is this suitable for an electric car charger?

    https://hager.com/uk/products/h/ada932u-rcbo-1p-n-6ka-b-32a-30ma-a I'm just wondering if the above is a dual pole RCBO as it is marked as 1 +P Need a 32A RCBO for a Zappi charger. My electrician put a single pole RCBO
  2. Yanni

    Pitacs vs Prysmian

    Have you guys got any preference over these two makes of cables? I have heard that Prysmian are now manufactured in Turkey?
  3. Yanni

    Can I link a fused spur to a ring

    My cooker hood does not have a fused isolator They put the cooker on the ring with a double socket next to the top of the cooker hood I want to bring the isolator next to a socket. Above the worktop for easy access. Am I allowed to connect the fused spur as in the diagram. So basically I...
  4. Yanni

    Are these C2s or C3s

    I had a failed EICR in one of the rentals and i get mixed opinions about it. My electrician said that if the installation has not been modified then all the C2s should have been C3s and they do that so the electricians that carried out the inspection get more work. I went through an agency for...
  5. Yanni

    Routing LED lights

    I’m kind of stuck trying to find the best way of routing led lights in my kitchen There will be one led light strip underneath the edge of the worktop and one lef strip underneath the wall units. One driver will drive both strips. It’s a very small kitchen On the plastered wall I’m...
  6. Yanni

    Connecting 2 x 2.5mm cables with wago boxes

    I went to my loft to checked the electrics after my electrician installed a new CU and partially rewired the house and found that he has joined 2 x 2.5mm cables for the sockets using a wago light box. This box is rated at 16A but the cables are part of the sockets 32A ring. The wago connectors...
  7. Yanni

    20A Radial for Fridge and Dryer

    I am thinking of splitting the house ring as it serves the whole house and create a new ring for the kitchen. I am also thinking of creating a radial for a Samsung Fridge freezer and a dryer. Do you think a B20 RCBO on a 2.5mm cable will serve both these appliances ok?
  8. Yanni

    Adding New Kitchen Socket on the ring

    I would like to add a new socket in my kitchen ring and the way I want to do it ChatGPT tells me is not the correct way! Can you please assist. So I have an existing socket with IN and OUT. I am proposing to add wagos in the back of the existing socket and bypass the IN from the old socket and...
  9. Yanni

    Oven Light not working

    I have a Bosch oven that the light inside the oven is not coming on. The oven works fine, I bought it new from a user on Ebay( not a shop ) about 2 years ago. The light never worked from day one. The bulb is ok as I bought new original bulbs and swap it but it still not coming on. What shall I...
  10. Yanni

    How do I fix this

    I have an error on my panel Protec 6500. I traced this to a smoke head that is not flashing. Protec said called out fee is £650 per day but might be less!! I am wondering can I twist this off and re sit it and check the cables underneath? Also If I need to change this sounder I can buy one of...
  11. Yanni

    Waste too close to the pipe. What do I Do?

    I am too close to the bath waste here as the elbow goes further than the waste and I have no move on the vertical waste pipe to move backwards. What do I do?
  12. Yanni

    Where do I install this rail. Dilemma.

    I want to install a shower rail above the bath. The vertical grout line I want to install the screws on is slightly off centred to the right. 1. I have two options, forget the grout line and fit the rail centre ro the bath tab or 2. Install the rail on the grout line and move the adjustable...
  13. Yanni

    How do you box this up?

    The agency asked me to box this up for a rental. How do you do that so you still keep access to the boiler cover and also allow for the little valve underneath the boiler to fill the boiler !
  14. Yanni

    What do I do here

    I installed this telescopic hob extractor and although a recirculation I am a bit concerned with the hot air that will be coming out of it. Usual with a chimney type the air is recirculated and gets directed at the front of the hood. Now with this what do I do if I leave it like this and...
  15. Yanni

    How do you fix this? Stair step collapsed!

    On of the stair steps collapsed, I found out a piced of wood that held it in place had been like paper. It was the original wood from 1906!. How do you fix it as it is the second step and have not great deal of access. I am thinking to compact some sand at the bottom with mortar and add bricks...
  16. Yanni

    Height between hob and cooker hood

    I’m wondering what height do you install the cooker hood from the top of a ceramic electric hob? The manual says 450mm for an electric hob but I find this far too low. Even 650mm feels low. What height do you use?
  17. Yanni

    Draining port for BAXI 830

    I need to drain the system on my BAXI 830 as my plumber has passed a pipe through the wrong side of a kitchen leg. He has not fitted any drain valves on the radiators. Does the BAXI 830 has a drain hose attachment? This is the back of it.
  18. Yanni

    RCD TRIPPING after hoover gets plugged in

    My tenants moved in and they say the rcd is tripping when they plug the hoover in the three rooms in the house but it works ok in the kitchen. The CU is a split load with two RCDs protecting two sets of circuits. The kitchen is on a 32A ring circuit where the rest 3 rooms are on a 20A radial...
  19. Yanni

    Smart light switch wiring

    I have three neutrals clamped together on the light switch. I want to install the neutral on the smart switch. Do I just take one neutral and connect it to the switch and leave the other two joined together or can I connect all three neutrals to the switch?
  20. Yanni

    Glass balustrade or simple mdf for rental

    I’m moving out of my house and will rent it to possibly Nigerian tenants here in a small 2 bedroom terraced house in Manchester Is it worth putting glass balustrade for being low maintainance or would you rather just raise the side wall and put some painted mdf ? My house is the one with the...
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