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Hi, I have a job coming up in which I need to cut a new cable entry for a 25mm armoured gland in an existing consumer unit. There's plenty of space for it in an existing 3 phase protek board. But it's awkwardly situated and no precut knockouts available. Just wondering if any of you have any...

Hi everyone, I'm a recently qualified electrician and I've been asked to look at a storage heater that's overheating. Getting too hot to touch apparently. I don't have any experience with storage heaters. Where do I start? I figure it should have a top limit thermostat. But this document...

Hi everyone, I was in my sister's bathroom today and noticed that there is a fused switch for the boiler in there. Is that safe/allowed? So I've been googling it but can't quite find the answer. It's outside zone 2, but it's within 3m of the bath. That said, it's behind a big sort of cover which...

I've added a circuit to a consumer unit, the cable didn't fit through the existing hole, so I knocked a new in the top. In order to ensure it is IP4x, can I just use electrical tape to seal it? And if not, what product would you recommend? I don't know the name of the plastic thingy that goes in...

I need to run a length of SWA along the back wall of the house. The route crosses the back door. It won't be very pretty to go up and over it. However, there is a recessed gap between the door threshold and the patio slab. Obviously it's in an area of foot traffic, but it would be visible and...

Hi, Last year we fitted a new central heating system and through last winter it all worked fine. But now 2 of the downstairs radiators are cold. As far as we can reach them in the wall and the floor upstairs, the pipes running down to them are cold too. We've checked the TRVs and the pins...