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I know this is a 'how long's a piece of string' question but ... If I were to do either 2381 and/or 2391, what options do I have (types of establishment, courses, duration etc) and what is likely to be the (range of) costs? I have a 9-5 job so would prefer out-of-hours, correspondence or...

My girlfriend is secretary of a local football club; when I was there on Saturday I noticed that the kitchen water heater (one of those wall mounted barrel-shaped things with a chrome pipe outlet over the sink) was powered by a length of twin and earth terminated in a 13A plug and plugged into...

Sorry, having a bit of a dense day today :oops: One may take a spur off a ring main, not a spur off a spur, or off an already-spurred socket. I understand the rule, but can't work out why it's so? Is it to do with the ring protection being 32A rather than 16A as for a radial? I have a...

Thanks to all who helped along the way (here and elsewhere), my shed electrics had the big switch-on last night and all seems OK. One final question, if I may; the cable to the shed goes to a 'garage CU' with one 16A and one 6A MCB. The cable from kitchen CU to shed is 6mm T+E (inside) and...

Hi all I'm installing a lighting circuit in some (already present) 25x16mm rectangular plastic trunking (the sort with a snap-on cover) fitted high on my garage wall. What's the neatest, simplest and safest way to make cable connections? (e.g. to add cable down to switch etc) Coming out of...

Could one of the pros please advise the rest of us as to what en electrician needs to have and/or should have passed - sorry, that could have been better put :shock: - before (s)he's fit to do residential electrical work? Thanx

I want to cut a round hole in a pane of glass, to take an extractor fan. Can somebody please explain how it's done? Thanks!

Sorry if this has been covered before .... :oops: I'm renovating a largish shed (actuallya single stabling unit) of about 14 x 11 feet and want to put electricity in there from the house. My kitchen has a 4-way CU (Wylex) with wired fuses, one of which (I think) isn't connected to...