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Customer who owns a resteraunt phoned me the other day, saying the guys who work there had seen sparks upstairs and the sockets are now not working. When I got there they took me upstairs and showed me a 4 way extension lead which had two joins in it. They had joined each wire together by...

Hi A customer has bought some LAP brushed S/S sockets, cooker point, etc. but a matching 20 amp DP switch does not have a flex outlet on it for a storage heater. She got them from S...Fix. I have searched the internet, but seem to be drawing a blank. Does anyone know if they are available...

Hi all Just wanted to see what your thoughts are on having two extractor fans running from the same 3A fuse? 6 months ago I Installed a 4" ceiling extractor fan, ducted via the outside soffit. They now realise (even though at the time I told them it would not be man enough) that it is not...

Hi all Has any one ever tried to wire a dusk till dawn light with a seperate PIR? My customer wants one inside an entry way where the front door is. She wants it to switch on when leaving by the front door, but to also come on when approaching the entry way. Would it need a special fitting or...

Just thought I'd share with you a few things that I have come across these last few months. http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm195/malcolm29858/CIMG1056.jpg Came across this when fitting an extractor fan, droppings everywhere...

Hi All Changing a kitchen light for  4x LED down lights. So I have to modify the wiring. The CU is a Wylex 16th? edition board, RCD covering all ciruits but two lighting circuits. Is it possible to change the busbar to include one of the lighting circuits? I usually just install a seperate...

Hi While reading the Elecsa Connections magazine I came across the following. Has anyone used them, are they any good, better/worse than wagos? Any other info? http://www.idealindustries.co.uk/product/12/557/67825/.html It gives a list of suppliers, but non of them seem to sell them? Thanks...

I received this email the other day. If anyone else gets it, be warned it is a scam. Hello My name is John Smith and I will like to order some few electrical merchandise  from your company. Is there a possibility that,you could get the following items for me: HG JFD306U    63 Amp TP&N...

Hi all I'm looking for a replacement cooker point. The original (in photo) is vertical, which I can find but I cannot find any combined with a socket outlet. The original is made by "Nettle" Can anyone help? Thanks in advance http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm195/malcolm29858/WP_000016.jpg

Hi all I PA Test a friends equipment, some of the machines now come with a RCD already on the extension lead.  Can anyone recomend an instrument that will test these kind of leads or other plug in RCD's for trip times etc? BTW My Tester is a Megger PAT4 DVF3 Thanks Malc

I just want to check as It's the first time I've ever done a EICR on flat. I went to do a EICR for a friend who's bought a flat that is inside a care home. I am unable to verify the supply characteristics and what the earthing system is for the flat, as there is no access to where they are...

Hi All I don't usually do commercial that's why I'm asking for your valuble advice. A friend has asked me to wire a switch into a lighting circuit, in a works unit he has just started renting. The previous tennants used to switch them on using the mcb!! The circuit consits of three 150W High...

Hi Im just having a thermostatic mixer shower fitted, the mains cold supply is 4 bar, the hot supply is from a cistern and is half a bar. How critical is it for the supplies to be balanced or am I worrying needlessly? Thanks Malc

Hi All While at a customer of mine I noticed that they had some work done from the last time I was there. In what used to be a cloakroom, that had a toilet, a basin and, on the wall was a dual fuel towel radiator plumbed into the central heating which was also wired into an FCU for when the...

Can someone please help. I have just got my computer working after suffering a virus. I managed to get rid of said virus but it left some programs etc disabled. So, I copied all my data etc across to a second hard drive that I had installed. I with all the problems encountered I have ended up...

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm195/malcolm29858/10012012022.jpg Customer called me to tell me that her light fitting had come off the celing, it still works she said! Don't use it I said.

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Hi all Does anyone know if there is such a thing and where I might be able to get hold of one? thanks Malc

Just had Domonic Littlewood and his team filming Rogue Traders across the road from me! He should be done under the trades descripion act for his acting, it took him SEVEN goes to walk up to the door and press the bell!!!

Wife says to husband "you only ever want sex when you're drunk. Husband says "that's not true....... sometimes I want a kebab" I bought the wife a Memory Stick, it's great! She hasn't forgotten my beer, dinner or sex once since the first beating. The missus asked if she pleased me in bed? I...