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I went to visit my daughter and 4 year old granddaughter at their new rented property yesterday and was surprised to see the consumer situated about 3 feet from the floor just above the radiator in the entrance hall. My first thought was to think how easily accessible it was to my granddaughter...

My elderly neighbours called yesterday to say none of the lights are working (its a bungalow). The man said the kitchen bulb went so he tried to change the bulb. When he did so the lamp holder was cracked so he changed the lamo holder. Now none of the lights work (I have checked the fuse and its...

Some friends of mine have just bought a brand new house and they want to put a power socket and a light in the loft. There is no easy access from any of the upstairs sockets as although they are stud walls there are battens going across. However in the Immersion cupboard there is a switch...

Hi Everyone. My kitchen window has got bad condensation within the double glazing. Its got so bad I can hardly see through it. I assume I will need a new window pane or possibly even a whole new window frame. I have tried to show the problem with the enclosed photo's. At first I was told...

Hi everyone, I have just had a call from a friend who has asked for some help. 3 of his 5 downlights in his bathroom had blown and he couldn't get the lamps out. The downlights were old so he decided to buy 5 new ones. When finished he turned them on and the fuse blew. He is confident he...

Hi, In my garage I have a pendant light which is controlled by a switched FCU taken direct from the power circuit. I want to replace the pendant light with 2 flourescents and make the switch 2 way (the current switch is by the back door and I could do with one by the garage entrance also)...

I brought some downlights from Wickes reduced to 97p each including the transformer and lamp. I only noticed that it was a maximum of 20w when I opened the box. I am interested in knowing what part of the kit is setting the maximum of 20w. The transformer has 'max 4.9a' written on it which, with...

Hi everyone, I hope I am in the right place for this query. I have a Fireglo Slimline gas fire. When I light it, it burns ok for a while (30 mins on average) then it suddenly gives a quiet 'pop' and goes out. When I try to re-light the pilot there is no sound or smell of gas and I can't...

I found one of these behind my mothers sideboard. There was nothing attached to it but when I plug it in a red light comes on. Can anyone tell me what it possibly could have been used for please (she didn't even know it was there and how long it had been there for)

Hi everyone, I am having some downlighters put in my kitchen. Above the kitchen is my sons bedroom. Because the old ceiling was a mess I have had a false ceiling put in. My electrician said that because he will not be cutting into the actual ceiling then there is no need for fire rated...

Hi Guys, I posted a few weeks ago about trying to find a RCBO for an oldish proteus cu for my downstairs sockets. I am struggling to get one and the guy at CEF said I would be better fitting a seperate RCD protected cu just to feed the downstairs sockets. I have read a lot of posts about using...

Hi Guys, Quick question for you. Are there 2 types of FCU's you can get. The reason for asking is that I have seen some with flex coming out of the bottom which connects to a boiler or something, but I have also seen some being used for feeding a socket behind a fridge or something with no...

I have just had my light circuit renewed. As I am interested in DIY I had a look at how it had been routed in the attic. I traced the cable from distribution board to all the upstairs lights where either a junction box or ceiling rose had been used, eventually it ended at the bathroom light...

This may be a simple solution (well I am a woman!), but knowing that you should have rcd protection on ground floor sockets, if you wanted to add a simple spur to a ground floor ring that hasn't got an rcd, could you simply not replace the MCB in the counsumer unit for for a RCBO