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My flat is heated by a Creda Comfortaire AB Warm Air system which uses off peak electricity to heat up bricks (like a central storage heater) and then has a fan controlled via a thermostat to distribute the warm air though ducts in the flat to each room. It's a brilliant system and I'm very...

Hi, I fitted a new shower back in July, went for the exact same kW and everything has been great until this week when I stopped getting 240V at the shower. All I can find is the breaker but there doesn't seem to be an isolation switch anywhere or a fuse, I don't have any power at the shower...

Hi Yesterday our toaster started tripping the main rcb - we believe the toaster is faulty but would of expected the kitchen socket rcb to trip not the ring main rcb - the entire ground floor tripped) - is it expected the main would trip? echo0EA4E3BB-6F23-421E-BE44-7286D7BB619C by bainbrij...

Hi, I have moved to a house with a oil Combi boiler and a thermostat (Grant) which is on the wall in the kitchen. Can I replace this with my hive receiver do you know? I'm a joiner to trade so very limited ability with things like this although I replaced my old one but it was like for like...

Hi, I’m not an electrician so won’t pretend to understand anything. But I’ve just lost all power to my flat, nothing tripped off but the power had been intermittent on and off when ever it rains. I’ve visited the meter boxes and there were a smell of burnt plastic like when a capo blows and the...

Hi all, I had a similar thread a while ago but not wanting to necro-post it and also to try and ask a more specific question, I wanted to start a new one. So: I have a double socket in a hallway, with 2 cables going into it, so assuming that it's either part of a ring circuit, or the mid-point...

About a month ago, I was in one of the office wings of the building that I work at. Went out the fire exit to enter the internal fire-escape stairwell of the wing that I was in to grab some network cables that were in a box that I needed (box of cables was in stairwell). On coming back into...

Hi all I was wondering if anyone can help, I've been battling with my Videx entryphome system for months now and have some of it working, I'm a joiner by trade and not very close up on electrics as you can probably tell. It was not a like for like handset replacement so I improvised but the...

I’m currently redoing an old house, I am abit of an amateur when it comes to electrics. The decorators have taken the light switches off and I have since bought new ones. In the master bedroom there is a double switch that controls the dressing room and the bedroom (there is another single...

If cable is installed perp to joists, threaded thru a series on in--line holes in joists, does the cable need support additional to and between the joists? The gaps between are 320-350 Not that it seems to have made much difference to the original sparks that wired the house, there's a 1.5mm...

I got a new Immermat flash timer. It 4 terminals: Live in, Neutral in, Live out and Neutral out. There are only 3 wire coming into the timer: brown, black and grey. How do I connect the wires to the terminals.

Quick electrical question I currently have a floodlight outside wired into a fused spur which has been taken from a socket many years ago. I've recently had two more flood lights added (mrs not me!!), everything on LED so not an issue with load. When the builder put the lights up he ran...

Firstly, I am new to this forum so please forgive me if this topic has been done to death. Secondly, I am Lucifer's gift to DIY, I once sawed through the rafter I was stood on! I have a Triton shower and have had it for a while so no warranty etc. however it has been working fine until last...

I have a faulty obsolete (20yr old) oven thermostat incorporating a separate oven fan/light switch tab. Can't find a 'universal' replacement. If I fit a standard 2 tab thermostat, and connect the fan and light, they will switch on and off with the element which is not ideal. I have a Stoves...

Hi All, I’m doing a DIY project but needed some advice before I comitted and would really appreciate any help/advice you can offer. I have recently moved in to a new house and wanted to put in electric underfloor heating in the hallway. The property is a bungalow and all the wiring goes in to...

Hi all, Looking at the attached photo, the fan I have for my bathroom needs the normal double pole switch, but also another connected to a 2nd live called T. Surely this could simply be hardwired to the live and use the dp pull switch to turn the fan on and off?

Do MEM still make domestic consumer units and how do they rank against makes like Schneider and Hagger? Also is Eaton and MEM the same brand these days, I had a MEM CU in my old house that was built in 2003. Regards: Elliott.

Hy guys, I’m looking for automatic blackout blinds for my bedroom operated from wall/app. 2 windows : 135W x 150Drop 1 window : 135W x 180Drop I’m living in North of London.. if you have any company in mind which is dealing with this kind of installation please advice. I’ve been quoted...

http://www.wickes.co.uk/Kudox-Flat-Electric-Towel-Radiator---White-400-x-700-mm/p/137752#tab-details_content We are thinking of installing this in a dry room in our house, its a utility room which does have a washing machine in but this will be on the other side of the room (about 3m away). Can...

Lots of good advice on these boards about external wiring, but I've not found anything similar to my problem ... I plan to install a shed about 7 metres from the main house where the electrical run would be across a tarmac parking space and lawn. I can't suspend the cable due to trees. The...