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was in the loft tracing the cables above one of the sockets and they started working,couldn't find any damage to the cable,sockets tested ok with plug in tester showing no faults? so how do you find a fault thats not showing a fault.

30amp fuse,in bedroom 1,i could only just get hand in to put the tester in the first socket.i know i will have to get at it but bed and cupboards in the way and the cables in the loft are under boarding. the second one in bedroom that dosnt work has single cable so could have been spurred off...

Thanks efli, What is unlikely? Definitely only one fuse for the sockets, Living room sockets work and show OK with tester bedroom next to it,1socket works, next one shows fault and dosnt work, with another behind fitted wardrobe I can't get at. 2nd bedroom, 1 socket OK another behind draws I...

bit of a strange problem,theres only one of the rewireable fuses for all sockets in bungalow,4 or 5 sockets before problem are working and plug in tester showing ok,then 2 out of 3 sockets in bedroom not working 2 sockets in next room (dining) working then none in the kitchen working but all...

thanks for the help,had a look at switch at bottom of stairs and the live for the landing light has been linked from the hall light (double switch),so live from downstairs and neutral from upstairs i am assuming, i was asked by friends wife down the road to have a look because lights had...

downstairs lighting on non rcd side.yes moved live and neutral for upstairs to non rcd side,if the neutral to the landing is on the downstairs is there any way to sort it or will both have to be left on non rcd, thanks yeah yardie it's a two way circuit,so you think the landing light is on...

not a new consumer,just asked the guy,the upstairs was swapped to a spare mcb on the rcd a few days ago,but was working until today

hi,landing light tripping rcd.but with rcd still off the low energy bulb is flickering.all other upstairs lights ok.any ideas what could be causing it,moved it over to non rcd side just to see what happens.and it works ok,now back on rcd side but light left off.

thanks,will get someone out but wanted to check that there are no other faults that i could look at first.

girlfriends boiler is getting a green flashing led and a 60 fault code,she says that in the manual it says isolation pcb faulty but looking around i think it probably says ionisation board.? is there anything else i could check first that could cause this fault,

thanks joe,the manual is not easy to read but found a section that says i can set unused zones to off,is this the same as linking them out, would this solve the problem of not setting? and any idea how to put zones and their settings into a programme,book says there are 3 programmes

mam asked me to fit alarm she bought over a year ago(been trying to get out of it) it's an accentia optima.run cable to first pir,found it only had 5 cores,it had no black but on the reel it said 6 core so looks like faulty roll,anyway leave the tampers off and use 4 cores,so ran 3 cables to 3...

whats a sleeper? and i am not a paid odd job man,i always do my own odd jobs so have picked up a bit of knowledge along the way,and in doing so,i get asked by friends and relatives about any basic problems they have,if i can't help i come on here and ask,i thought that was the purpose of this...

anyone know why immersion thermostats would keep failing,had about 3 in last six monthw,the tank is smaller than a normal one,shorter and thinner,first problem was only the top 9" of the tank was getting warm and it had already had a couple of thermostats, it's for a freind who rents the house...

thanks a lot matte that seems to work ok ,there are no plates on the motor.

it's an industrial sewing machine so i assume it's was 3 phase( how do i tell if it's 3 phase or not),but it's been used for years as domsetic machine with a 3 pin plug attached, it's a brother db2-b714-3 u1 to w2 linked v1 to u2 linked w1 to v2 linked so which do i connect the live and...

my girlfriend has bought a second hand flatbed sewing machine,when we picked it up they had dismantled it and disconnected the motor,but not noted the connection of the mains lead. it has 6 connections on the motor. in this order blue lead to u1 -------- w2 blue lead white lead to...

thanks i will pass the info on,anyone think of any other reason? minime,good one

had a phone call,from someone i used to work for,he helped a neighbour to put some power to a garage, (i know it is under part p but they have already done it) they took a feed from a mcb which was being used for a couple of other sockets in the house,they had no spare one.,(i know they...

have we all give up as well ?