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hi, Slightly confused on new regs with metal boards and retro-fit installations. Where do we stand on plastic boards if we are just replacing mcbs or upgrading mcbs to rcbo's.... 1. Can we change an mcb like for like without replacing a plastic board for metal 2.can we bring a board up to...

Hey guys, I've connected an external stat to my friends Ariston micro genus 27 but the original clock is still in there and will not let boiler fire on heating. Being an older boiler now he has lost all manuals and I'm struggling to find it online so wondered if you knew if I needed to...

Hi, My wml540 now sounds like a jet when on spin. Almost like some bearings are going or something like that. When you spin the drum when the door is open it feels rough and bumpy. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated

Hi, I have wired a glow worm bolier up which has permanent live, and switch live in boiler.... At junction box in airing cupboard i wired pump into the switch live of the valves and is all working as expected. About 6mnths after install the plumber has contacted and said that because i...

Hello People, wonder if you can help? I have got a fault on a smoke detector circuit... wired 1.0 t+e from cu to 1st smoke then 3 core up to next smoke. IR tested and clear on every cable to N and to CPC and to eachother When you put power on with no smoke heads up it holds. When...

I tested a 110 site transformer today and it was only putting out 55v... I done an IR test and no neutral faults and cable is fine... I havn't come across this before. Is it anything to do with the transformer being earthed at the centre point of the transformer and there is a fault on it...

I have had a look taking a supply to a cooker hood, there is a double socket nearby so i am going to take a spur from that to a switched fused spur but i need to chop a metal box in next to the double. The double is on tiles and the position of the "new" fuse spur will be on the joint of 4...

I am currently at a job where the plumber is using plastic pipe as the mains water to 3 separate flats in the property and then all plastic pipe for the rest of the system. Where do i stand with bonding the mains water in a situation like this then people? any advice/ knowledge on the subject...

I have been doing a private job for a shop owner and now the job is completed (25 new flourescents and new ring) test certificate coming but a friend in work swears that you do not need to test a shop.... i disagree, its just a different form needed that the domestic installation NICEIC forms...

My boss wants me to go onto the call out rota so one weekend a month i would be on call. He said i will get x amount just for being on call and then if i actually do get called out i will get "Z amount" on top of that. Just wondering if anyone else is in the same situation and how much you...

I have been to see a job in a small shop today and the customer would like new flourescents fitted which is fine but he does not want to spend any more money on the lights than he has to so wants to opt out of having diffusers. He also wondered if there are any regs of health and safety...

Hi everyone, I am new to the site and can see there is a vast amount of knowledge that could help me :D. I am an electrical apprentice in my third year now and am just learning central heating wiring. I have been shown how to connect the various components but do not really understand the...