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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...

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.

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,

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...

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...

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...

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...

any ideas for this problem,an outside light was fitted by electrician,taken from the kitchen light down to a switch then out to a standard 500w halogen security light without pir. it kept blowing the bulb,the electrician gave up. another spark fitted a new bulb,this one later burned out the...

want to double check that i am going to connect thermostat to boiler correctly. the thermostat is voltage free,in the boiler diagram it shows a voltage free thermostat,but it has a live and neutral,my thermostat diagram only shows L. my thermostat is not going to any time clock,just direct to...

problem with my mothers boiler no water or heating.it fires up but after a minute or two it shuts down and shows a fault code L then F.what parts could be at fault,and whats the best test sequence. thanks

if a consumer unit is being replaced,and the tails and main earth uprated. do the earths to the gas and water have to be upgraded,or can they be left as they already are i:e 4mm (or is it 6mm?) or if there are no earths on water and gas,are they ok if certain continuity readings are met.

been reading some threads concerning running cables in walls and needing rcd or metal conduit. can i ask what sparks do if someone just wants an exra socket or two or a light switch moving. if the customer has the old wired fuses,do you have to fit a new consumer unit or an extra rcd...

two ordinary drops both from same switch,tried putting low energy bulbs in them,but they flicker,and if you put your ear close you can hear a sort of crackle. if i remove one, the remaining one still flickers,but if replace one of them with a normal bulb,the low energy one stops flickering...

talking to a neighbour who has just had a rewire,but they told the electrician to leave. he had done the first fix,they decorated he then came back to finish but sayed someone had damaged wiring in different locations,(no other work had been done)he then started channeling out the newly...

got a call from mother,her boiler would'nt fire up,but when i got there the problem was that there was no lights or display showing on the front panel. so checked fuses all ok,dropped the main pcb,there was power going through the on off switch,which came from and returned to the pcb,found a...

heard a spark talking about a cable, that i assume can be used for say putting a new switch cable down a wall where the circuit is not on a rcd, i want to move a switch and this sounds the easiest way. it seems the cable outer casing is in contact with the earth core throughout its length.is...

what size meter tails need to be used for a separate shower cu,it will have 10mm cable to the shower. can they be 10mm or do they have to be the same size as the original tails,or do all the tails have to be uprated to 25mm. thanks

what would be the best way to add rcd protection for a cooker cable to be moved and reburied {not in the kitchen} and a few sockets added in bedrooms,, the consumer is an old wylex with just mcb's and a main switch, i don't think that you can get rcbos for them.

i was putting a couple of wall light fittings up.and was testing for voltage with a multimeter,on both lights it was showing 143v between live and earth,also 3 or 4v on the earth and neutral,what would cause such a low volt reading,there are no other problems,and the lights work ok.

a mate of a mate has just moved into a 40 year old house,and he knows my interest in electrics,he asked me to help him find the consumer unit as he couldn't. it was'nt that hard,it had an outside meter on the kitchen extension,but the cu wasn't directly on the inside wall,a washer was...