electrics

Mate is going to get rid of gas and set up a 6 Bed HMO with all en-suites and wants to makes sure he asks the electrician (& other trades?) the right type of questions / instructions so everyone is safe and it all works. There are two issues as far as I can see: High amount of electric load...

I've just bought a 12ft diameter outdoor swimming pool. its a bit like this one...

By all means I'm no electrician. I'm changing the spot lights in our house from halogen to LED. I have the GU10 fly leads (converters) but when I take down the old halogen leads and affix the new ones it doesn't work.... What am I doing wrong? It is literally just 2 small black wires L &N coming...

Kitchen Wiring by Megachicken posted 3 Jun 2016 at 5:32 PM Hi Folks, First post so be gentle. I'm trying to plan out my new kitchen and think I am going to need some new electrics. Just wanting to know if this is possible before I go any further into planning where stuff goes. As the image...

Hi, I am getting a lot of conflicting information regarding my query. Can you have a 32 amp ring main (two 2.5mm cables) into a 20 amp DP switch then to a single 2.5mm cable to a single socket? So 20 amp DP switch - 2 cables IN (on the ring) and 1 cable OUT (to a single socket) Thanks

This is not a question but actually an answer that I couldn't find anywhere else on the internet so I thought I'd share. A week ago my receiver suddenly 'died' - if I pressed either button or both it was unresponsive - I also tried turning the power off and on again to try to reboot it but no...

Hi all, Hope you're all keeping well. We're embarking on some building work on the house shortly, and we're getting a lot of the garden landscaped. I'm a keen DIY'er and would like to get involved in the build as much as possible. Being a cable enthusiast and having done internal electrics...

Maybe PBC_1966 could eighteen me on a few questions I have about electrics in the US: 1) Do you have rewire-able plugs and are they common? 2) Do modern plugs have the insulated ends to stop one from getting a shock when plugging them in? 3) Do all modern circuits from the DB have...