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I am convinced the EIT have had a sanity transplant. How can "how far up the outer terminal" comes affect whether it is polarity...

It is the case if you want to do things to be as safe as they technically can be. An electrician can in a few seconds determine which...

So personally I would check continuity and first confirm they are all connected the same way around. Or take advice from others and...

Using a continuity tester or a multi meter. Once you have identified which is L and which is N mark them with some tape or sleeving.

You can hope it does, and trust that you can't touch the screw thread of the lamp holder, or very simply you can choose to connect it so...

I disagree. That is an SES Small Edison Screw lamp holder. The bottom / left contact in that lamp holder touches the bottom of the...

Looks like a bit of second-hand butchered flex to me..? Otherwise those fine strands would have ferrule/crimp over them. I would start...

What do the manufacturers instructions say? If it's second hand and has no instructions then all bets are off. Post a picture of the...

Or use an extension lead as suggested before, you can get some neat small trunking for that sort of thing that could go around the top...

Looks like suspended wooden floor. Down from existing socket, under floor, straight up to new socket. All in safe zones.

click CT101

I would expect all of that to be within the scope of a competent electrician. Having done a safety check, known as an EICR, Electrical...

The "brick" is the tv's power supply, you must use that. You need to fix it to the back of the tv or the wall somehow, cable ties are...

That's 300W of lighting. More than twice what I consume with every single light in the house on. Instead I would be replacing the...

I have only seen pipe stats normally on hybrid systems with a stove with a back boiler, to make sure the circulating pump comes on when...