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I had thought about  mentioning that in my post , however i dont normally respond to Diyers and since she/he had  already done the job and had no intention of calling in an electrician i thought lets make sure the cpc's are at least joined. Once again i think its wrong but there is nothing in...

I agree Dave, but its acceptable to the regs. A slot in washing machine or fridge wedged under the worktop also does not need another point of isolation as the appliances can apparently just be pulled out to turn off :C

When i was an apprentice the old sparks used to lick their thumb and stick it in the lampholder to see if it was live. I never tried it .

Its not an oven, its a slot in cooker . Although i would always wire an isolator  close its not in the regs you have to

You have to join the 2 blue wires together. You then join the 2 brown wires together. You then join the 2 earth wires which normally are bare copper with a yellow & green stripe sleeve. So now you have 3 separate connections, each with 2 cables in. Make sure they are tight & make sure...

Not a tester, a few years back  we had 2 drills stolen from a van at Waterloo Station. I was working in the Transport Police office that day, so  reported it. I have my postcode scratched on everything. 2 years later i got a call from Southwark Police Station telling me they that the previous ...

We looked at a job in Southgate yesterday where the 94 year old ladys CFL's  have all blown, only got 199 volts L to  N & L to E at the supply. Bit of a rush on the way home but i suppose i will have to report this as she wont. Not had this before on one house, or maybe the whole block/phase...

Although is preferable to use double pole  Rcd protection on a TT supply BS7671 does not state you have to, only double pole isolation.

If this was a problem i think the house would have burnt down by now, the question  was asked over 4 years ago !

Half 2 and i am home after finishing 2  nice jobs. 1st one an easy board change in a flat with just 4 circuits. I had done a EICR just over a year ago so knew it was ok. I had forgotten about this though, where's  the meter Then i remembered it was out in the hall in a locked cupboard, no...

I spotted one he missed, no 'safety electrical connection'  label on the main earth terminal. 😆

Drawings only came over today and i havent looked yet but its probably in town. Normally we get one month start to finish, all the shops are the same.

Anyone here from Durham, our next shopfitting job is in town for one month starting soon.  A bit far from London to pop over every day.

We charge £480 inc Vat for a average house  c/unit change , thats London

I once found  the strappers mixed between the landing 2 way and the hall 2 way. Most of the time it was fine but with all switches in a particular   order the up & downstairs lighting circuits were joined together. I had tested the house a year earlier and missed this. Could it be the...

Thats long enough to blow a lot of Led's if the wrong type of driver/supply is used.

A few months back CEF had a Led light bulb on display with a bluetooth speaker and remote all in one only a bit bigger than a standard lamp, it sounded great. Not sure  if it was this one, looked similar  ...

They then asked me to check the same fan in their other bathroom

Bathroom fan . Luckily the lady was home and smelt burning. As she went upstairs she saw flames  shooting out

I have had a dimmer make a breaker slightly buzz at my own home for 15 years now. Its a two way circuit and the other switch also buzzes. The switch controlled 8 50w 12v halogens with electronic transformers. I swapped the breaker, dimmer and switch  but no difference. I now have 4.5w LED lamps...