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I'm with you now only quicklt scanned throu before. Yep there will be JB'S in the ceiling above the mains or above each lighing sw drop and fitting to give the impression of a rewire. i wold guess that that the lighing is not earthed. Very odd way and not normal practice to connect up new...

First thing first; 1) Identify the immersion heater circuit at the mains board. I notice that there is a normal peak board and an off-peak board. The imm should be wired to the normal peak board via a 16A circuit breaker. This is the board which feed the house lighting and sockets. 2) Now the...

I would have to agree with the above thread. Most electric showers are very poor when it comes to output of hot heated water. The shower is a glorified kettle if you like. It heats the water up asyou use it and there for the hot you want the water the less water output you will get. This why...

Does the lighting circuit have a cpc(earth cable) The cable should be a 1mm or 1.5mm twin and earth. Which means there should be three cables within one sheath. Live, neutral and a bare earth wire. If the wiring is of a rubber construction or a pvc construction installed prior to 1968 then the...

Hi, having worked for the MEB and city council in Stoke many years i can confirm all of the above. You will have to provide the isolator yourself. The supplier will make a contact between your isolator and their meter/clock. They will not ask you for proof of who installed the device. If you...

You will need the following tool. 1) An approved voltage tester. This will give a reading/indicatio if there is 230v between live to neutral, live to earth. Not much to buy. This is slightly better the a neon screwdriver which just indicats a live voltage of between 5v-230v only on the red(now...

Re: Radio teleswitch Posted: Nov 24, 2008 10:18 AM Reply Just received the below setup drawings. Thanks for your help. Drawing of the terminal arrangements. http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp163/YoungScud/RTSTerminals.jpg Drawing of the metering setup...

I have just taken on a half done off-peak mains job whereby the previous electrician, who completed both normal and off-peak boards and the earth, found that the off-peak board was not coming on at night. Now there is a Horstmann Radio teleswitch fitted, which links into the norweb elec...