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Some body does not worry about mixing their mcb's/rcbo's

On the way home I called into a customers house that they have only recently moved into. The fault in question was an rcd tripping on the left hand side of a dual split load board. I found out that the fault was a N-E fault on an old imperial cable socket circuit which needs the floor lifting...

This was a meter in a garage. Meter was removed but SE said that it will be 5 days before they remove the service head an cable. There is no roof and is open to the elements. I phone saying that it is dangerous and that it needs to be sorted today. They phoned back saying that the engineer said...

Hi all just wondering if you have any ideas on my problem.I have installed 12 down lights in a kitchen all 230 volt with kosnic 5watt led lamps.On the same circuit are 2 outside light fittings,2 under cabinet lights and 2 wall lights all fed from a Protek 6amp rcbo.All the other lights are fine...

OK so we have allW heard stories about rouge traders but what about rouge customers, I'm sure we all have a story or two where a customer will try it on by not paying or getting some money knocked of the bill,like "well the washing machine at the other end of the house worked before you came "...

Started another kitchen renovation today. This will involve having the meter moved outside. I think the oil fired boiler is also being moved and the fuse board is being moved/changed. Here are some pics .

Hi chaps has anyone got any ideas as to why an immersion heater would need to keep being reset. many thanks Iain.

A while back I mentioned that my mother was thinking about getting an electric boiler to replace her oil fired boiler. It appears that she will need an 8-12 kw unit, so I have phoned the DNO to ask them to come out and check what size fuse she has and if the incoming supply can handle a bigger...

I have just started work on a kitchen renovation so i so i have taken some pics. All i have done so far is take down the ceiling and start to take out the old sockets. as you can see i have found some interesting DIY electrical work.

Hello chaps, I have just bought a net book so i can install tysoft easycert for taking on site. my question is that i have downloaded unbutu on to a flash drive. I like the look of it but the internet explorer did not run. My main question is would you recommend installing with windows or...

Hi guys i am thinking of getting a net book and putting Tysoft easycert on it. my question is will i need exel or word or some such, or will easycert run on its own software. also do Tysoft still do discounts for forum members. Many thanks Iain.

had to remove socket as part of kitchen refurb and this is what i found. yes that is a 2.5 T&E connected to a 6mm T&E going back to the board on a 30amp 3036 fuse.

Any body know why the wife's iPod touch (4th gen I think)keeps dropping out of face book and safari? By dropping out I mean you are in the app then with no warning it goes back to the home screen. Many thanks Iain

Hi guys and gals I am In need of some advice please. Story is my mum has old oil fired central heating but she needs a new boiler and a new tank,this is going to a lot of money so she has asked me to look in to electric rads. Question is has anybody installed a complete electric heating system...

Lifted a floor today and found this sitting there.

Was asked by a neighbour today if I thought it was strange that when they turned the kitchen lights off all the sockets tripped. Not at all I said you may have a fault that's tripping the rcd. Any how when I look at the consumer unit I see that the lights are on a rcbo on one side of the board...

Been to a house today and there is no main earth at all. There is an MET and main bonding in 10mm but no main earth.The supply comes from an overhead line but does not appear to be a tns or tncs or tt.I contacted Energy supplier and they said they would have to do a PME check and could take...

Here are some pictures of a rewire i am doing at the moment.

Hi everybody I have a samsung side by side fridge freezer and I have noticed a sort of rattling sound coming from the fridge side just above the veg draws that stops when you open the door.I presume it is some sort of fan that is making the sound. The f/f is just about 4 years old.Any ides what...

Hi all, I am installing a freesat dish and box do you have any helpfull tips. Many thanks.