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Been to have a look at a local call centre where the flourescent fittings are playing up. Place was totally refurbished 3 years ago. Around 100 recessed 4x18w T8 HF fittings with 2 ballasts per fitting. At a rough count I found 200 tubes unlit which would account for 25 percent of the entire...

Anyone know who stocks these?

Just going through the pictures on my phone and found these, taken when I was building Trade show stands in Korea last year. This is the distribution box for our stand and yes, it was live. Interesting combination of colours and a few exposed terminals. The following two are taken in my hotel...

Just done a periodic on our offices as the lease was up and we decided to move after 22 years. System is roughly 45 years old but has been added to on numerous occasions. It's never been tested in our time in the building. The distribution boards (2 of them) are original - MEM rewirable 100A...

One of my neighbours asked me to look at their shower (I think they assume because it's got a pump that it's an electrical job but I didn't mind taking a look). The shower is fed from a cylinder via a pump. The pump activates fine when the shower is turned on but after about a minute the pump...

We have just leased some new premises for our design consultancy (which I used to work for before branching out and occasionally do the odd job for when i'm not busy) and i'm about to sort out extra sockets and network cabling. Been down today to check out what's required and noticed that...

Just having one of headbang these moments. Just starting a rewire where the meter tails are past their best. Meter was replaced last year. So, being a rule abiding electrician, I rang up YEDL to find the supplier of the property to get the fuse pulled. British Gas. Rang them up - here's a...

Got a call today from a local indoor market where my other half had dumped a load of business cards a while back. The lady who co-runs the place has a cafe and she'd lost power to half her sockets, the workshop unit were having issues with their 3 phase saw and the dry-cleaning unit had lost all...

Bit of a weird job this one. This guy is setting up a car wash business outside a gym. The gym is letting him use their power and water so he asked me to put 2 double sockets outside for him. He has no access to the building so needs to be able to control the sockets from outside. So, I...

Years ago you could get a fixing lug that screwed into old light switch wooden back boxes that enabled a modern accessory to be fitted without the need to put a metal back box in. I remember my Grandad used them in his house in the 70s when he replaced his light switches. Anybody know if you can...

Fitting a Mira Sport 10.8Kw shower for a customer. Whilst installing a new RCD unit I had to remove main fuse for safety reasons (let's not go into this here :z :z). Took the opportunity to look at fuse rating and, as I expected, 60A. So, obviously, it's not enough. Rang up YEDL and the form...

Sorry folks, another mundane pricing question. Customer has dropped neutral on ring that's caused conductors to scorch and insulation to melt. Not been able to locate break and the circuit is in pretty dire condition so recommended it be rewired. Straight cable replacement to existing points...

New one for me - need to organise ducting for a new supply entry to internal meter position. 38mm. Electricity Association (EA) Technical Specification 12-24. Anyone got any info on this?

No pictures on this as it's pretty self explanatory. Today's job of installing storage heaters in a flat turned 'interesting' when investigating the mains downstairs in the shop. Originally the flat had 2 storage heaters but these were taken out. Lucky. 1 x 30A rewirable fuse had 2 heaters wired...

Need to extend a shower circuit. 10mm T&E. Join will be inaccessible. Wagos not big enough. What's the best way to ensure compliance?

Got to sort out new supply for this flat i'm working on. Spoken to DNO and got the form to fill in. Never done one of these before. Most of it is OK but a couple of parts need clarifying. Where it states choice of either single or three phase it says that the single phase supply provides up to...

Just been to see a customer who owns a hairdressers with flat above. At the moment the whole premises are fed from the meter in the shop (installtion looks as if it was done by Stevie Wonder). Old Wylex board feeds most of shop. Meter tails are split and one feed goes to a 45A fuse that runs in...

Finally, the day is here. Tuesday at 9.30 it's Elecsa time. 28 years after I first discovered I had an unhealthy interest in wires and sockets i'm putting the dodgy DIY days firmly into the past and making it official. Strangely, i'm not really nervous about it although i'm thinking I should...

A friend recently passed his NICEIC assessment and the assessor told him that he couldn't use 230v power tools in domestic work. Had to be recharge or 110. Is this complete ballcocks??

Been to have a look at a job today. First big one for me and a promise of more similar jobs to come. 3 bed 1970s terrace. Been totally gutted so nice and easy to work in. Bloke who owns it is a builder so no making good. Complete rewire including bonding. Lounge: 4 x sso, 1 x TV, 1 x pendant...