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    New consumer box

    Why can't your "friendly" spark issue a cert or notify the LA of the work he/she has done? Are they employed rather than self employed? Doesn't matter if he/she is being paid or not. Any work done shold be tested and certificated and notified to LA (if applicable). If he/she is...
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    Proline Microwave Not Heating

    Common fault. Near to the transformer will be a large glass fuse (usually protected by a plastic cover) that will have blown. You'll have to remove the outer cover, locate and note the size/rating of the fuse and replace with the SAME. There will also be a second fuse mounted on a PCB...
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    Help! Do I have major problems?

    Gonna get shouted at by someone for saying this but Hell, who cares? As the original spark was Napit (National Associaction of Professional Inspectors & Testers) registered you can be assured he was FULLY QUALIFIED and insured for the work involved. All Napit registered sparks are fully...
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    Swap single blub for strip lights

    It is as simple as that. You are running T+E cable (1 or 1.5mm T+E) connected to the outer two connector blocks on the ceiling rose these being the switched live returnung from the light switch and neutral. The earth of course should be connected. Although the work is not notifiable to your...
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    Condensing central heating boilers and freezing

    Had same problems with my Dear Old Mum's condenser boiler. Ended up with the bathroom extractor ducting bored out next to the condensate drain to give some form of "heat" near the outlet. Hasn't frozen since (i'm touching wood!) with just the passing warm(ish) air :)
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    weired rcd tripping.

    My Metrel multi function tester can show live leakage to earth to give you a real idea of what is causing leakage and where which allows you to check all circuits live. Have you got similar or can you borrow? Would save you a nightmare of searching... I've had similar problems in the past which...
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    Caple fan oven heating element

    They're called Torq or Star fixings. You'll need either a T20 or T25 bit probably although you can usually get em off with a small flat bit :)
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    Cooker connection unit

    A CB in a DP cooker outlet would be bliss but untill that happens you can have a DP outlet with one cable run from there to the hob and the other outlet supplying a separate 13A switched FCU for the 13A oven innit :D You can keep the 10mm flowing right from the MCB/RCBO, through the cooker...
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    Swap single blub for strip lights

    You/ve already got the junction box (ceiling rose) fitted. Just remove the pendant fitting from the existing ceiling rose and run a separate T+E or 3core cable to each 5' strip from there innit :D
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    Indesit WIXL126 washing machine fault - all lights flashing

    (sorry for slow response - working away with no PC) Which capacitor? On the motor? Not au fait with appliances, I stick to the supplies etc myself. Had a look thru the stickies but couldn't find anything pertaining to this. A bunch of error codes yes but nothing to explain all the...
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    Dimplex Storage Heaters

    Have you checked for any foreign body stuck in the terminal blocks? Are the elements being clamped when you tighten the terminal block screws? The elements are all linked so if one block has power all should, so...
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    Indesit WIXL126 washing machine fault - all lights flashing

    Hi, Does anyone know why all the lights are flashing on tut washer? I suspect the pcb is the faulty bit, just would like confirmation from someone that knows before spending oodling large amounts on a new one. Many thanks in advance :lol:
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    2330 course

    When I took the 2391 along with approx 30 other people (one of which was my main college tutor) only two people passed. Both of the those that passed had the completed the 2330. The others hadn't. Maybe just my experience but I believe it speaks volumes. The two that had passed? My...
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    Alarm and Data Cable Near Electrical Cable

    There are specific factors in the regs bout this (no more than 30cm per 10mtr run and separated by 30cm whenever possible or something like that depending on the shielding) regarding the contact/length etc of alarm/comms cabling to mains cabling. In my experience however, it has made no...
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    Wireing a Security Light, my wires dont match the Wiki pics

    Mmmmm. I would've thought that the cable containing two red conductors would be the switch wire (as used many moons ago) and the cable with the red and black conductors would be the supply (prob to an older light fitting that the the security light has replaced). The other light that isn't...
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