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    Spanish mystery

    Hello. I live In the UK but have had a (modern) Spanish villa for the last 5 years with no significant electrical problems. Our supplier is Iberdrola whose customer services are not great especially for a very poor Spanish speaker like me. We were last here on 07.01.22 and we returned 2 days...
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    Type J-F hybrid sockets? Swiss/Eu? What the?

    I have always had an interest in electrical works and have no problems wiring a new plug or working out how to add a new light socket to the circuit etc. I’ve lived in the UK for most of my life and as most know UK follows good rules and regs with wiring. Spain on the other hand... Weird type J...
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    Replacement hob and oven in Ibiza

    I have to replace the oven and hob in our Ibiza apartment. The existing setup was a combined unit with the hob controls on the oven but the new is two separates. The old hob/oven combo had two live and two neutral feeds with each pair put/crammed into a single connection in the wall plate. The...
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    Gripfill equivalent in Spain

    I'm need to use a Gripfill equivalent in Spain as Bostik say it is not sold there. Anyone any experience with suitable alternatives?
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    My stupid mistake while abroad - Tooth brush charger + European socket!

    Went to Spain a couple of weeks ago to visit a friend. I have just realised while I was out there that I plugged the charger for my Braun electric tooth brush directly into the EU type socket. No 1A fuse, No isolation transformer, nothing protecting the charger other than the 20 Amp MCB along...
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    Spanish Consumer Units and Spanish Electricity bills?

    Hi all, I am from the Uk and last week I was over in the Costa Del Sol area of Spain visiting a friend. Now I noticed both in the hotel room I was staying at (which had a consumer unit) and at my friends apartment, most if not all the circuits were protected by double pole MCB'S versus the...
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