electric

Hello all, After some advice please. Currently have a 32A switch on my consumer unit with a 6mm T&E cable going to a cooker switch in the kitchen - unsure what appliance this fed before. I am wanting to add an electric induction hob and oven that I understand both need to be wired into a...

Hi All, DIYer here, no real knowledge as an electrician. Was just trying to fit a new light in my landing and I am doing so on the rose that has a lot of wires coming from it. Rather than taking the rose off and trying to wire up a new light with a junction box myself (as this would probably...

Hi all, I have tried to change my hallway and landing light switches, both metal front plates. I cannot seem to figure it out. The backplate has an l1, l12, l21,l22 and 2 common. In this case none of the incoming 3 sets of cables are labelled, (below is a picture of the wires. Please could...

Hi all, I'm a DIYer with metal fabrication & a little carpentry background. Electrics isn't my thing so I'll get in a sparky if I need to, but was hoping wiring an exterior light would be achievable. The old one was a rotten mess with rounded screws and rusted fittings. Getting it off took a...

Hoping someone can help me here. Today I turned on the electric shower (Triton Madrid II) but it didn’t power on. The isolator switch light turns on initially but the light turns off when I turn the shower to any power mode. The LED power indicator on the shower does not turn on at any point...

Hello I have an ancient Mira Sport Electric Shower that drips from the shower head when not in use. It drips every ten seconds or so. Not sure if this is diagnosable from photos alone? If it's clearly something simple for a non-DIYer like me to fix then that would be ideal. Otherwise I'll look...

Hello all! I've just bought my first home, a small one bedroom flat. Just me living here! Unfortunately it doesn't have gas, so everything is electric. Heating is with a few wall mounted oil filled electric radiators. There is a Gledhill EnviroFoam cyclinder and immersion heater. My question...

Hi, I have a Smeg sc336x oven and the oven light has gone. I have two problems - 1) I can not loosen the light cover (top left in photo) by turning it anti-clockwise. 2) there is a metal grill I can not find a way to remove. With this in the way I can not take the cover off and get to the...

Hi All, Some weeks ago one of our ceiling lights stopped working. It’s one of those where 3 switches operate it, in our main corridor. With a multimeter I tested the fixture which holds 3 Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs. The bulbs themselves are all fine (tested in a different room)...

I've got a plan to wire a 3 pin plug to a wago box that will then feed 2 single sockets, one on either side of the bed (effectively an extension cable with fixed outlets as far as I'm concerned). I'd like to do this instead of a spur. Any reason not to do this as long as the plug is fused...

I am having a sub meter installed in a property (to separate out cost of the hallway lighting and a flat). An electrician has been to the property and told me there is no isolation switch after the meter to turn the power off. He said the meter is a liberty 100 and the manufacturer should have a...

Found these four units (3 are live). My guess that they may be voltage regulator or some kind of supply regulation!

Hi all, Recently moved house and there is a double switch downstairs which controls the upstairs landing and downstairs hall way light but only a single switch upstairs for the landing light. Is it possible to change the upstairs switch to a double switch and have it control the hallway light...

See: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-61030903 Any truth behind this, what feels a little to good to be true! Regards: Elliott.

Sunday's roast pork dinner was cooking nicely then suddenly BANG all the lights went out. Soon realised the problem was the oven itself. Switched the oven off and reset the mains RCD and all Ok. Then switched the oven back on and it all lights up ok, reset the clock and then turn the dial and...

Recently started having issues with it tripping the RCD when the gate is closing, only appears to happen when the temperature outside is above 15 degC (never happens on a cold day) I've replaced the RCD with no luck, motor capacitor has been tested and is all gd. Photocells have been inspected...

Not sure this is right place to ask question. I was given from my neighbour a Bosch rotak 36 which has stopped working. Plugged machine and sparks very bad for few second and then I guess thermal goes in and stops working. I cleaned up commutator making looking like new. Replaced brushes with...

Hi, I need to run a power cable from a double socket to spur off a new double socket but there is a water pipe ‘in the way’. Seems a silly question but I can’t think of any other option as the water pipe runs the full horizontal of the wall and the power comes from bottom left corner of the same...

I wanted to find out more information about the possibility of using solar panels in my home in London to reduce energy costs and be more sustainable. I have a garden flat, with a long garden and a garden studio that has a flat roof two areas that solar panels can sit on, one half is about 2.2...

Hi all, I hope someone can help me with any useful advice which is easy to follow. I live in a one bed flat and use minimal energy (at work, socializing, dining out) I dont leave lights on etc when away. Have no PC equipment etc running. Have all other stuff turned off except fridge, one...