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Hey all. I don’t post on here so much these days due to a change in circumstances but just thought I’d share with you a picture of one of my most recent installations. Hope you enjoy! (This isn’t a wind up by way!)

Been to have a very quick look at an RCBO tripping fault today. So far haven’t had anything in bits or done any testing so I have no idea what is causing it. The symptom is that the RCBO trips most times when the lights are switched off in one of the rooms. The lights switch on fine and stay on...

Hello everyone. My mother has just ordered a new kitchen, and the new kitchen has a 50mm upstand at the back of worktop. The existing sockets are original from when the kitchen was built in the 90s and are in a poor position anyway for moulded plugs as you can see. There are 4 sockets on this...

Hello. I’ve been to look at a job which has a decent control set up for the car park and external lighting. There is a second car park to the rear of the building which has lighting currently controlled by a photocell only. They would like the rear car park to also be switched by the main...

I’ve been asked to act as a consultant between the contractor and the client at a charity run community centre who are looking to replace their incoming mains distribution. The job comprises of installation of a new 250A TP&N Schneider panel board feeding submains to approximately nine...

Hello all I’m trying to source a metal clad back box with square corners to mount a fire alarm call point on in a steel conduit installation. As you can see it looks a bit rubbish on a box with round corners, especially an MK box with the flanged lip. Something like this box with it’s...

I’ve got a commercial property which has a car park lit with 400w SON floodlights using a mixture of white and orange lamps. They have asked me about replacing the existing lights with LED fittings to reduce energy usage and maintenance. The customer is happy for all the new lighting to be...

Hello I have an RM stainless hot water cylinder installed in 2013. The immersion heater brass blanking plug has corroded through and started to leak. I measured the plug and it’s about 2 1/4” across and saw that Screwfix do a 2 1/4” blank plug, but it is too big for my cylinder. here’s a...

I was snooping around in our main LV switchroom today and spotted this: We have a 2kA per phase supply fed in to our panel board from an 11kV sub at the other side of the wall in the picture (to which we don’t have access) The cable from the break glass unit disappears through the wall into...

This is a bit of an unusual one! I have a flush mounted back box - the type which is used for a 6 or 8 gang grid switch. I’m looking for a blank plate to fit this box. I’m hoping to make a custom plate from a blank plate to accommodate some audio connectors, so a grid plate full of blank...

Today I have experienced full page popup adverts whilst using the site. This has happened occasionally when clicking a link and is happening on both my iPhone and my MacBook Here's a screenshot: Is anyone else experiencing this or is it an issue at my end?

We’ve had the plumbers in our building and they’ve left some holes in the walls which need fire stopping. The walls are about 400mm thick single skin stonework. Here are some pictures of one of the walls. The gas pipe runs through the wall in a steel sleeve and has some gaps around it...

We are about to have some new aluminium windows installed. These windows will be fitted with two electric openers per window This is the sort of opener. There will be two motors operating a single window. There will be a YT2 plastic trunking running left to right on the horizontal transom...

*Off topic content split from a different thread You made a statement saying that DIY electrics is illegal in Ireland. This is incorrect.

I had a call today from a colleague regarding the installation of a supply to a new hot tub. It is an external tub sat on a flagged piece of land in the garden. In your opinion, does this fall within the remit of section 702 “swimming pools and other basins” I can’t see any wording which...

Does anyone have experience of dimming LED? I’m currently working to specify equipment for a job. The client wishes to have approximately 36x recessed 600x600 LED tiles installed into a suspended ceiling grid divided over 3 circuits. Due to the varied use of the space the lights need to be...

I’ve got an emergency light to replace, but I’m unsure as to which direction I should fit the arrow to point at. The current convention in this building is an up arrow above a through door. To use this fire exit, you must take three steps up, go through the door onto the external fire escape...

https://www.screwfix.com/images/general/assets/pdf/product_safety_LAP_floodlights.pdf This was installed using the correct shape and size of flex. Utter junk.

Had a call out to a library today. They said the kitchen light has stopped working and just buzzes when they turn it on. It’s a 125W 8 foot fitting installed in 1973 Sorry it’s not a great video but it was dark!

I’ve just been browsing the Screwfix forum and noticed something. Now I’m sure it’s just a funny coincidence and definitely not the same person. https://community.screwfix.com/threads/aerial-connection.229947/ ————————————————————...