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Well, thank you all very much indeed for your comprehensive and informative replies. I've got enough here to at least engage with the electrician and explore the options a bit more. My reasons for asking the question in the first place. are as follows: 1. I haven't had much luck with...

Sorry to ask another question about outbuildings, but I can't find an answer. Is it mandatory to have an earth spike to earth a detached garage that is supplied from the house CU? Reason I ask is because I am planning to have a small CU installed in my garage to replace an older fusebox in...

Correct. Typo. Electrician will do the work

All, Thank you very much, every one of you, for all your contributions and suggestions. (Especially the picture!) I guess I should clarify a couple of points and then summarise my understanding of the advice: First, the fitter (bullfitter), is intending to use an electrician. That's...

Guys, Thanks for all the replies. I'm still a bit confused, for the following reasons: 1. The original spark that fitted the 50A breaker was clearly aware that it would feed two ovens - he is qualified, so I'm not sure whether he was just wrong or optimistic about feeding two ovens from a...

Any help with the following situation would be greatly appreciated. I'll be as brief as I can: I'm having a new kitchen installed, including two new ovens. These are specified as: Oven1: 3.68KW "total connected load". Conventional oven Oven2: 3.60KW"total connected load". Combination...

Thanks for the reply. Good point! For brevity, I did not mention that I had already contacted BT. I plugged a corded phone into the master socket as per instructions and after a 40 minute call, there was no problem. This does not definitely mean that it is internal to my house, as the drop...

Decided to investigate an occasional slight problem with the BT line (brief drop out on the line. In order to proceed methodically, I figured I ought to improve the current arrangements where the BT drop line meets the house. The drop cable enters the house (near a window frame) and is...

Hi, Could any of you electricians please answer a couple of questions about CH boiler electrics? When a new replacement boiler is fitted (straight swap in the same location), what electrical inspection or test should be performed? Is this notifiable work and if so, what sort of...

Thanks very much for all your replies. I found the empty inhibitor bottle discarded inthe loft. However, there was no sign of the empty cleaner bottle, either in the loft or in the rubbish after the job was "completed". I figured that if somebody was lazy enough to just toss the inhibitor...

I very recently had a new boiler fitted by British Gas. It works OK, but I have concerns about the commissioning of the system. What happened is this: When the fitter was working, I noticed he only drained down the upper floor of the system - the lower floor radiators were not drained. He...

Scarypants, Thanks very much for your reply and advice. I have a couple of further questions: As I am simply dealing here with a CU installation (with isolator from the meter!), what would constitute 1st and 2nd fix? If they do inspect it, are they really going to disconnect circuits within the...

scarypants Thanks for taking the time to read. No, I haven't contacted anybody yet. I'm still in data gathering mode, as the work was only carried out a few days ago. I may contact the scheme provider, but I want to have one last serious discussion with the electrician first. Actually, I am...

alanthomaswatson Apologies for hijacking your thread, but I felt you should be made aware of some of the issues associated with getting electrical work done. Chapeau is right: enhance your own knowledge by researching the subject. Then you will be in a position to better determine whether the...

Let me explain further why I have such a poor view of electricians: Due to pending work in my house, it was decided that we would upgrade our consumer unit. I had previously done all of the electrical work in my house - prior to Part P regulations coming into force. There had been no recent...

First, I am not a qualified electrician. Just a very dissatisfied customer of a "qualified" electrician. You are walking into a minefield here. My very recent experiences make me say this. (See recent post). In electrical terms, qualified does NOT imply competent, in my view. Neither does...

Once again, thanks for all your replies to this. First, I have attached some photos. One shows the general space restriction and the other a close up of the unit with the cover off. I'll try to set all this out logically: 1. As a reminder, the devices are set out as follows, reading...