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i have two way lighting in my lounge/dinning room, ie, two light switches in both rooms, so any the lights can be switched on and off any room. her in doors brought a dimmer for the lounge so i proceeded to change the original switch 2 commons at the top, and a 1 way and 2 way for each switch...

Hello, I am new to this forum and would like some advice if possible. I have got to move my fathers central heating timer and fused spur it has been powered off because he is having his wall plastered and he said he would like them moved to a more convenient position as he is getting on and he...

yes i will have to sit down with my pen paper and calc, could you give us a link to the method of extending the cables please, i am still un sure of the method? cheers andy..

thanks all, as usual you all have honest excellent advice and thats why i use this forum, to skip through after the information you have all gave me and update my situation, i am qualified but newly, this is why some of you guys are probably cringing.. but i got to learn and start somewhere...

My friend wants some work doing, firstly a new consumer unit. he has an old 8 way domino fuse type and want's to upgrade? do i have to install a 17th edition type consumer unit or can i get away with a conventional 10 way split, 100dp isolator, 30ma rcd,and so on.. if i can use one of these is...

kme,, thats true about 3, im off to bed will give more details tommorow. chers ands

1, can you spur off a spur (quite a few sockets to add) 2, 2 cookers in 1 premises, require two seperate breakers is that right. 3, granny flat extension and kitchen probably 80 mtrs from infeed and consumer unit, power will have to come from here, because of the distance do i need to up the...

newly qualified, not my main job doing as a foreigner, worked out parts to be

Do both sockets and lighting circuits require and earth, or is it just the lighting circuit, we live in old house that has no earth, cheers andy

so its no illegal to run a light switch from your sockets providing its through a fused spur, andy..

Regarding fitting sockets and a fan/light in a conservetory. i can't really get in to the lighting circuit to take a feed off it. the floor upstairs in the room has been glued down and can't be lifted. also in the conservertory they need sockets on both dwarf walls the positioning of the doors...

i don't want to get registered at the moment... for two reasons.. one i am still looking for a job, so i may return to full time employment soon, and secondly forking out

kme, i would'nt be self certifying as my mate whos nappit registered, would be inspecting and testing and signing off my work. is that legit...? andy..

do i have to be registered niceic, ect to trade? andy..

hello all, im new to to domestics and have just passed my 17th edition,im from a maintenance backgraound, and paid for the course myself.... i already knew a fair bit anyway, but i just wanted to convince myself.. anyhow while im still waiting to here about future job ventures, as im out of...

hello all, After doing jobs for friends and family over the years..... i decided to sit my 17th edition and my eal modules to give them reasurance that i knew what i was doing.. i had no problems with my ability and quality of work.. anway getting slightly side tracked, i will get back to my...

yes thats thrown me even further now... oh crap... andy..

where should i take my feed from? cheers andy...

Hi, am i looking to deep into this.. i find it confusing is this right.. here i go..on the back of my double 2 way i have got my 2 seperate switches consisting of 2 commomns. two 1 ways and two 2 ways. do i run my 3 core and cpc from one switch ie (the left one) to the down stairs light fitting...

could anyone help us out.. i want to wire in a double switch downstairs in the hall and one double switch upstairs on the landing, so i can operate either lamp from any switch? i realise i will have to run new cables. cheers andy...