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More advice sought please. During testing yesterday I found 80 volts on the cpc of a socket ring with respect to earth and neutral. TT installation. Ze, tested using multimeter was 92 ohms. Ring continuity was correct, r1r2 was correct, IR was clear at 299M. All items were unplugged, 3...

Evening all, Please bear with me here! Can anyone offer some advice regarding the installation of downlights in a wooden ceiling.  A customer has had a bespoke summer house installed, I was tasked with providing the electrics which I attended to install today. On arrival it transpired that...

Morning all, A customer has converted a room within a barn to a tv room, it is a largeish room of approximately 50m2 with a high and vaulted ceiling. It contains one electric log effect fire which will be used when occupied but is suffering from damp on the furniture, almost definitely due to...

Found this today whilst surveying for some new NSH's in an empty property. The CU is 8 years old and appears fine. You can see that the service fuse has previously been removed and label was torn but it does have a seal. How can anyone leave the split concentric like that though. Makes you...

Evening all, I don't do alarms but was asked by a customer today if this detector was upside down. I explained my position but said I would enquire. It is part of an Accenta G4 set up but the website does not show specific detectors. Could these have been selected at random and not as part of...

I need to install a new supply in 6mm T&E to a cooker, it will pass behind an Aga which cannot be moved, on to it's final location. My problem is the effect of the Aga's heat on the cable, there is insufficient space to install a duct of any sort to offer protection to the cable. The Aga is...

Does anyone know of a Lockout Kit for a standard 3 pin plug (BS1363). The NIC do one but it looks like it is for commando plugs. I tried but failed to upload an image of it. NICEIC - approving excellence That is the link. Many thanks.

Can any one tell me if a 2 storey, house, being converted into a student let will require any emergency lighting. It will consist of 6 bedrooms, 2 down and 4 up, along with a large kitchen/lounge downstairs and bathroom upstairs? I don't know where to find the answer, sorry. Thanks.

I have been approached by a builder to complete a large refurb he is working on. I know what you are all thinking! I have some experience of him from a previous job and found him to be very good. He has parted company with his previous electrician, I don't know the details but I don't believe...

Does anyone know where I can get hold of some GeWiss MCB's? The same people who make the adaptable and IP rated boxes. I've never come across a GeWiss CU before and need 2 x 20a type B's for a customer. Many thanks.

Can anyone recommend a decent reliable debt collecting agency for the South West area please? It's only a small amount from a landlord, approx

Did anyone else go to the Tech Talk today in Plymouth? And if so did you find it a big waste of time and

Evening all, Went to look at a job today and found the following. Existing service head in meter cupboard adjacent to properties gate, immediately next to it is a second meter cabinet housing a switched fuse and single henly block. Property is approximately 5 meters from meter boxes. 25mm...

Evening all. I am running a new submain from a TT install via Henley blocks then a 80a Switched fuse. It will be run in 16mm T&E. The MET is at the service head position. My question is this, does the earthing conductor have to be a single conductor or can it be formed from 2 seperate...

Evening all, I have no experience of these lights but an existing customer asked me to have a look when there for other work. 2 in number light fittings with these lamps. One of the fittings takes 2 hours to light when switched on, the other is a few minutes to full brilliance. He has...

Afternoon all, Can anyone point in me in the right direction on this one please? I have a customer who wishes to operate his garage lighting automatically when his remotely operated roller door opens. It is a bank of 6 x 6' florries on a their own circuit. They will also still require...

Found this one when the builder removed the wall it was fitted on. It must have been like this from build. The nail had almost completely severed the neutral. The customer tells me he'd had no problems with the switch in the year he's lived there. It was only after the wall came down that the...

Evening all, Has anyone ever heard of used this lot, Electrical Supplies, Buy Brand Name Electrical Installation Products Online Received an email from them today. I'm just a little suspicious of anything out of the blue. Cheers.

Evening all, Been playing with my new toy today, my PAT tester from MM. Used on a few items for practice as I did the 2377 many years ago and have not touched it since. Thing is a washing machine failed on earth leakage. came in at 4.06mA. I looked through the CoP for In-service Inspecting etc...

Big thanks to Megger Mark,or as Albert prefers to think of him, Flukey Luke. I ordered a PAT tester and the very next day it turned up. Good price too. Thanks Mark. Seaward Prime Test 250. I'll review it soon.