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Afternoon. I've been tasked with linking up an existing office telephone switching system (panasonic 206) to the new virgin media fibre router. The existing system has 2 analogue lines,these are the standard a/b wires (2 pairs of) which go to 2x CO ports on the panasonic. The new vm router...

A customer has  contacted me about a light switch that makes a noise when walking by it or touching it. I was very sceptical about what he was on about so I got him to send me a video of it in action. Your thoughts?

Ive recently installed (4x) 200w LED floods an a lamp post to cover a carpark and goods area. The lights were to be triggered by timer. I ran a din rail timer to a 25a contactor to control the lights. Believe it or not the contactor has welded shut with the inrush current. I know leds have a...

I have a small business centre i look after that requires some sub metering and splitting of supplies. One of the units is quite large and the landlord is looking to split  into separate units. It is fed single phase from main incommer, through a 100a fused isolator then 35mm swa over to the...

Just put up some Christmas lights that the wife bought from Matalan. Standard thing. Plug in wall transformer with onboard  button to select program. The lights are led and have 2 strings. Programs are various flash, sequence, fade and static. Got the lights up and went to plug the light string...

Anyone else get a letter?. It came today. Registered & signed for delivery. Must be costing them a fortune.

Evening. Ive got my first job involving a bit of cable tray coming up. It is to support the feeds to 2 flats that rise up in the corner of the stair well. They then need to run along  the centre of the hallway ceiling and jump into the front of the flats. Off this tray will be the lighting and...

Just had a call from a client ive done some work for.  One of the first jobs was the wiring for a two storey extension. New ring and a couple of lighting circuits and radials. Two months ago i fitted a new new larger cu as he needed an extra way for a Chargemaster car charger. Chargemaster came...

Been to a flat today with a real head scratcher. The symptoms are the RCD trips when you walk over a certain part of the floor in the kitchen diner Easy eh? TNCS system, all bonds in place. At the board i tested RCD. Ramp, trip times ect. All good. Then on to insulation test. Quick 250v...

Is anyone up to speed with building regs for stairs? Im trying to design access to a proposed extension. Ta

What makes are people fitting at the moment? There's a shed load out there, from the cheap nasty no name to the brand name expensive. Im after the holy grail really. Excellent light output, low running costs, good warranty and low price. Any recommendations?

Evening. On a second fix of a rewire ive been given these to install at all lighting drops http://www.art-deco-emporium.co.uk/lighting/lighting-accessories/authentic-styled-bakelite-ceiling-rose-in-deep-rich-brown Now, to be honest they look and feel rather flimsy (crap), have  2 bare...

Evening. Ive been given the chance to quote for total electrical in a new gymnastics venue. I`m fine with all aspects of the quote apart from spec`ing the gymnastics area lighting. Ive got to achieve 200lm at floor level but aim for 300lm at 1m height. Has anyone done anything like this before...

Post your comedy certificates here. I was given this one today. Its a dual rcd board. cir 1-7 on one and 8-12 on the other. I was on site to make changes to circuit 8. This is a ring in a kitchen that is 5m x 9m that has an r1 and rn of 0.09ohm. Lets see how many more issues we can find. Enjoy.

Ive just had an automatic smoke vent specced on a job. Its at the top of a stairwell in a block of flats. Having never installed one before has anyone any pointers regards decent products? On plan it is a rooflight window type not louvred if it makes any difference. Ta muchley

Evening. Over the past couple of months ive been on a quite high end job. Massive kitchen / house extension. There has been underfloor heating (wet) installed in the new extension and parts of the old house. A new boiler has been installed too. This supplies the new uf heating, the hot water...

Im on a large kitchen / house extension project and have just been given the downlights by the client, all 30 of them. Now these lights are all fire rated and are Class 1. Now with all the other downlights ive fitted that are Class 1 all the cable terminals are enclosed like this- However...

Had a bit of a head scratcher today. Large house in the middle of knowhere been suffering with random RCD tripping. Board is Wylex spit load. sockets on rcd, lighting not. Supply is TNCS, all bonding in place. Ze 0.13 8 circuits on rcd side, there were connected loads on the circuits that i...

Hi Ive downloaded the certificate pack from the downloads area but im having a problem. when i open the pdf i get the message "This document enabled extended features in Adobe Reader.  The document has been changed since it was created and use of extended features is no longer available. ...

Evening. Ive got a job to price and im after a soloution. I have a flat to wire that is going to have all electric heating / water. Its an upstairs flat with the service head / meter downtstairs. The head has been installed already but we are waiting for the meters. The distance from the head...