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I have a 1920's terrace which has a wet rot problem in the suspended timber floor in the lounge. The kitchen (to the rear of the lounge) is a concrete floors and have just fitted a new kitchen and kitchen floor (d'oh!). Wet rot is at it's worst on either end of the timber joists (obviously) but...

So we got called out to a cake shop/bakery today with a new 3P+N oven that wasn't working. Tested all 3 phases to E/N - 230V Testing phase to phase L1-L2 - 0V L1-L3 - 415V L2-L3 - 415V Clearly not a phase down, but seemingly L1&L2 connected to the same phase somewhere. Definitely a 3P+N...

So took down an old Xpelair fan today expecting it to be a 150mm/6" duct. Turns out the duct is 7.5"/190mm. The fan was also in Zone 1, so we're needing a Zone 1 fan, either ELV or IP rated, to cover this hole. There's no width to drill it out to a 9" and the guy doesn't particularly want to...

Not sure there's anything good about this socket. The bare copper actually continued on to the top entry cable, and the bottom entry was long enough to reach the socket terminals, so I'm not really sure how they got it so, so wrong

Wholesalers have come up empty, as has the box of dreams and google. Anybody know where I can find two GE MCBs in >50A or, failing that which MCBs are the same but branded differently? I know the old Steeple range was GE rebadged but they seem just as hard to find. We need to add a couple of...

So a job we're doing at the moment is quite complex, and the guy wants to be able to dim all of his lights in his swimming pool. We have: 9x100w 230v LED floods (I know!) 10x7w ELV floodlights 18x7w 230v downlights The problem we're going to have is that at least the floodlights are going to...

Full info here Hager Miniature 10kA Circuit Breakers sold from July 7th 2016 and 5th October 2016 Risk: Risk of fire and/or electric shock resulting from a raw material non-conformity. If you have an affected product stop using it immediately and contact Hager for further information on...

So this just came up on Facebook news feed. Discuss.....

So, amongst other issues with it I have a 1.3 CDTI Combo whose turbo wastegate actuator valve is stuck closed. I don't particularly want to replace the turbo, Vauxhall quoted £600 and even a used turbo is gonna run me £100+ for a decent one. There is a turbo wastegate actuator on eBay for £35...

http://www.scolmore.com/_pdfs/studbox.pdf Anybody used these? Any thoughts? They look like a good idea, particularly for metal studs, hate trying to fix noggins in those.

Despite it being dog poo messy, how many codable faults can you see?

Doing an extension today, and under the existing floor, found some lead sheathed cable, with LNE arranged the same as T+E HTH would you work with that stuff? Wikipedia is a bit sparse on information. Doesn't seem like it was in service for very long though. Until I touched it, I thought it...

In a metal working factory - no more than 7 or 8 feet up in the air. Yes it was live

Hi, I've got a mixer bar shower that often times, doesn't turn off completely when turned off. It leaks JUST enough to fire the flow switch on the combi so I need to fix it. It regulates it's temperature fine, so it's not the TMV cartridge that's faulty (assuming it doesn't do everything)...

Been lusting after one for a while, but the £50 price tag has put me off. Got an email today from a website selling them for £30 until midnight. To avoid falling foul of the forum rules, probably best not to post a link, unless someone asks me where they can find them at that price....

Seems like a stupid question, but a customer has lost the screws for their BT NTE5 Filtered faceplate. Can't remember off hand what version it is, but I think it's at least MK3, meaning it's self tapping screws rather than M3's. Question is, what size are they? And where can I get them? In...

I guess this is better than nothing

I am after what is essentially a 230v hardwired (not plug) nightlight with sensor. Situation - the mrs house had 2 fcus in living room for the combi (moved the supply for this to the airing cupboard) Bizarrely the supply was taken from the upstairs lighting circuit (old practice??) but the...

So came across this recently, at first I assumed the socket had just been twisted around a few times (as you might to with multiple CPCs if you're naughty) However, looking at the neutral, this appears to have been wrapped around the other two conductors a couple of times fewer than the...