electric

I have purchased a smart thermostat from Amazon, I currently have a danfross (tp5000 I believe) Im looking for advice on the wiring or if it can/can’t be done.

I'm a first-time buyer browsing cheap houses in France. I know that when you buy a house, the electricity has been disconnected, and to reconnect it there needs to be an inspection and certification by CONSUEL. I notice that some houses have electric radiators in every room. Generally, would...

I bought an electric Homebase 2kW 2000W Convector Heater s/h which works great, but ever since I've had it, it absolutely stinks! fusty, smell, (not so much burning) but an awful smell which can give you a headache after a few minutes, thus defeating the object of having a heater on to keep...

Just looking for a bit of advice. I just moved into my end terrace, it has an open plan livingroom with an open staircase. I replaced both old storage heaters in the living room and kitchen. The issue is keeping heat in. I have just had the windows/doors replaced and thought this would help. To...

Hi folks. Is this a new circuit or merely a redirected one? I need to run a new 6mm T/E cable to install a 7.3kw induction hob in place if current gas hob. Current CU has an existing circuit with 32A breaker that used to go to an electric shower. The shower is long gone. If I "redirected" this...

Hi All, Can someone clear up some confusion for me please? I'd like to install a 4.2 Kw oven and grill. I calculate that this will pull a maximum of 17.5 amps. As I understand it (...and I'm willing to be corrected), 2.5 mm twin and earth is rated at 27 amps in conditions where it is clipped...

So I’m pretty sure the answer will be NO but here goes! I have a kitchen electrical grid (above counter) that controls all integrated appliances. The integrated appliances all have a sunglasses unstitched socket behind them. I now want to add a boiling water tap under the sink and it...

Hi All, Ok so as most of you know by now parts are getting increasingly difficult to get and am in need of two Howden AA714 15" 3kW IMMERSION HEATER 20A @ 72°C – 16A @ 95°C – AA714 (2 1/4″ Thread) elements. The supplier (only one by the looks of things) has a lead time of up to 4 weeks and a...

Hi, fixing a new dimmer switch for some new LED light fittings. I have took the old dimmer switch off (see image) and tried to attach the new dimmer the same way. It hasn’t worked. The dimmer has two switches one for the ceiling light and one for the wall lights. There is also a light switch on...

Hi. I'm putting a new ceiling light in and wanted some advice. I've got a single core with 3 wires. Red, Black and a bare copper earth. I've purchased some sleeving to cover the earth wire after reading somewhere that I should The lighting rose has an earth wire running from the core My...

Hi, so recently my electric shower started running lukewarm at settings where it would usually run nice and hot. To get it to run hot, it has to be turned to higher settings, but with that, the water pressure drops significantly. I’ve also noticed that the half power light is no longer lit...

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Hi! I am removing the old extractor fan in my bathroom - the old has three wires - live, switched live, and permanent live. It is hooked up to the fan isolator. my new fan only has two wire inputs. Permanent live and neutral. can I use my new fan with two of the three wires which went into...

Hi I want to put a external commando socket on an out side wall. Conveniently my consumer unit is located just at the other side of said wall. Please take a look at this picture of my downstairs toilet room, link here of it doesn't work for any reason What's would be considered the best route...

Hi all, Thought I'd pop a question on here if anyone doesn't mind sharing their expertise it would be greatly appreciated :D I'm fairly proficient at DIY but regs can get complicated with electrics, so wanted to ask first. I understand safe zones for electric cables, I was just wondering if...

Hi after some advice on what paint would be best to use to paint our outside electric /gas meter boxes which have flaked a little. House is 5 years old so the meter boxes aren't to old, I think there fibreglass? I've seen dulux weathershield satin mentioned a few times but would I need to sand...

Some more stupid questions. I'm thinking about different ideas for a bathroom remodel and I want to swap the taps to the other end of the bath and mount them and the shower on the wall. My idea is to box in the area from the top of the bath to the ceiling to put the plumbing in, because the...

Hi, Hope someone can help. I've been changing the faceplates in my bedroom and the double switch to our en suite has me stumped. It controls the light and the extractor fan however, the terminals are different. I tried wiring the brown wires to L1s (notice 1 brown wire has to parts exposed (is...

Hi everyone, was hoping for some expertise. I have no knowledge of anything in this post so please don’t laugh at me lol. Moved into a new flat (2 bed all electric no gas) and we have an economy 7 meter set up with an off peak system for the boiler and heating. I’ve never used this before and...

Hi all, We are trying to ascertain what size cable we have for our current electric shower as we are purchasing a new one and need to know what kw we can get. The current shower is 8.5kw and ideally we'd like to go a little more powerful. Can anyone tell whether the current cable is 6mm or 10mm...