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Hello all I understand that when an RCD protected circuit has only the MCB switched off and thus only the live isolated that when cutting cable a N-E fault would trip the RCD What if the circuit was only protected by an MCB and not an RCD? Isolate the live then if you were to cut the cable and...

Hi all - my plumber recently installed a new wall mounted tap/shower mixer plus some new pipework. A direct replacement basically. In doing so he removed a section of copper pipework (and copper elbows) and replaced the copper pipework but used JG Speedfit elbows. the equipotential bonding...

Evening all Would appreciate some expert advice! I've just replaced our sink and tap with a new 'out the wall' type tap. Having plumbed it all in there appears to be not pressure on the hot water side. If I take out all the pipe work and open up the isolation valve the water doesn't even come...

Hi all Thanks for your time to look at this. In front of my house by the bay window is an area where the wheelie bins are kept and the previous owner had this area (not large, say 4m2) laid with bark chippings. Over the past two years this has got wet, full of weeds, muddy and just looks a...

hi all I have a dishwasher and a washing machine both plugged into a 2G socket directly behind the machines. These plugs are not accessible unless you pull the machine out. An engineer was complaining about this and suggested these had above worktop FCU's. How best to wire two FCU's from...

hi all In the attached photo you will see my kitchen light wiring. I had the ceiling taken down for sound proofing reasons. It has been put back up but lowered slightly. There is barely any cable left to play with and very little slack so that further cable can't be pulled through. I want to...

Hi all I'm just about to insulate the kitchen ceiling at the weekend with Rockwool slabs. From the picture you can see copper pipes and electrical cable within the ceiling cavity. What is the correct method for insulating around these? to apply the slabs above the cables/pipes or below them...

Hi all I'm just about to insulate the kitchen ceiling at the weekend with Rockwool slabs. From the picture you can see copper pipes and electrical cable within the ceiling cavity. What is the correct method for insulating around these? to apply the slabs above the cables/pipes or below them...

Hello all I have a Vaillant Turbomax 824E - when there is a demand for heating everything fires up as it should, after several minutes the heating turns off even though the digital room stat still indicates a demand for heating. The pump overrun remains on for ages afterwards. The rads nearest...

Hi all I want to wire up an extractor fan with timer to my bathroom light. I have a 3 pole isolator switch plus three core and earth cable. I have attached photos to show the wiring at the bathroom ceiling light and also at the light pull cord. Could you advise how to wire up the fan based on...

Hi all Thanks for your time. I have Drayton Digistat +3RF, the SCR and the wiring/trunking was removed from the wall to make way for the plasterer to do his thing. I feel that this has been wired up wrong when it was put back on the wall. The problem is that when the digistat sends a signal...

Please see the two photos below, the first photo is of the kitchen light wiring from one switch and the second photo is the hallway lights from another separate switch. I want to connect these both to a 2 gang switch so each switch controls one of the lights independently. The kitchen...

Would really appreciate your help.... In taking down a partition wall in my flat I made the mistake of not recording how various wires, switches etc... were connected. I want to change the kitchen light switch (which is currently a single switch) to a double switch and use this to control...