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Hi, looking for a bit of assistance if anyone can help. my brothers boiler was recently serviced by british gas. he was left a safety advice notice by there engineer stating "ELI above 200, please seek electrical support" he has a TT system, the house was fully rewired about 6 years ago. Please...

could any one tell me the o/d of 25mm meter tails (including the double insulation). Thanks

Could someone explain to me what the difference is beteen GU10 bulbs and GZ10 bulbs. As far as i can see they look the same.

I am going to buy the stuff for my new cooker circuit (i know it will need to be fitted by a "propper" spark) but please could you tell me what size cable and mcb i will require for a 4kw oven, taking diversity into account. Was just gonna get 6mm as i am sure this will be more than suficient...

This may sound like a daft question, but will 6 LV (240V) 50W downlights cost more to run than 6 ELV (12V) 50W downlights?

Could anyone tell me if there is a new version of the on-site guide, relevent to the 17th edition out yet or due out in the near future?

Which certificate should i get after having my CU changed, is it a full installation cert or minor works as it was like for like

In an extraction fan installation, what is best practice or regs for cable coluring. ie switched live, perm live and neutral, which colour, brown, black and grey. should go to which. Thanks

Hi, just wondering if anyone can give me some advice. I have recently had a new combi boiler fitted. The problem i have is with the bonding. The old bonding on the old boiler was simply an earth cable running from the pipes to the earth terminal on the cooker outlet, which i know is not...

Hi, a friend of mine has had his house partialy re-wired, by someone who i suspect is a bit of a cowboy. I am an industrial spark but used to do a bit domestics many moons ago so he has asked me for some advice. The trouble is that he has no equipotential bonding on any of his water pipes. And...

Hi, what size eathe cable should there be from my consumer unit back to the distributors earth point my my neter (its about 3m away).

My sisters house has a shower circuit in 6mm cable, the shower is 8.5kw, is this cable big enough, she was considering installing a 9.5 but i guess this will be too big?? Should i advise her to get it re-wired?

Is it ok to use a dimmer switch on 240v halogen downlights?

Hi, i'm just checking if the cable and breakers in my house are the correct size. Is 6mm t/e sufficient for my cooker from a 32A mcb running through 45A switch. Also from my consumer unit there is 6mm cable again through 32A mcb running into the garage consumer unit (16A & 6A MCB's). Are these...

Hi, i am building a garage next to my house, it is about 20m away from my house, what depth and protective cables etc do i need to be runing in?

What are the benefits of using LSF cable as oppose to pvc? In a normal domestic installation is there any real benefit?

What are the required heights that a socket should be from the floor, also is there a standard height for a light switch?

In my living room i have 2 ceiling lights and 1 double switch. 1 switch operates one light and the other 1 is supposed to operate the other, however the second light will only come on if the first is also switched on. Can any one help? Maybe show me a drawing in the wiki to tell me what should...