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i have two way lighting in my lounge/dinning room, ie, two light switches in both rooms, so any the lights can be switched on and off any room. her in doors brought a dimmer for the lounge so i proceeded to change the original switch 2 commons at the top, and a 1 way and 2 way for each switch...

Hello, I am new to this forum and would like some advice if possible. I have got to move my fathers central heating timer and fused spur it has been powered off because he is having his wall plastered and he said he would like them moved to a more convenient position as he is getting on and he...

My friend wants some work doing, firstly a new consumer unit. he has an old 8 way domino fuse type and want's to upgrade? do i have to install a 17th edition type consumer unit or can i get away with a conventional 10 way split, 100dp isolator, 30ma rcd,and so on.. if i can use one of these is...

1, can you spur off a spur (quite a few sockets to add) 2, 2 cookers in 1 premises, require two seperate breakers is that right. 3, granny flat extension and kitchen probably 80 mtrs from infeed and consumer unit, power will have to come from here, because of the distance do i need to up the...

newly qualified, not my main job doing as a foreigner, worked out parts to be

Do both sockets and lighting circuits require and earth, or is it just the lighting circuit, we live in old house that has no earth, cheers andy

Regarding fitting sockets and a fan/light in a conservetory. i can't really get in to the lighting circuit to take a feed off it. the floor upstairs in the room has been glued down and can't be lifted. also in the conservertory they need sockets on both dwarf walls the positioning of the doors...

hello all, im new to to domestics and have just passed my 17th edition,im from a maintenance backgraound, and paid for the course myself.... i already knew a fair bit anyway, but i just wanted to convince myself.. anyhow while im still waiting to here about future job ventures, as im out of...

hello all, After doing jobs for friends and family over the years..... i decided to sit my 17th edition and my eal modules to give them reasurance that i knew what i was doing.. i had no problems with my ability and quality of work.. anway getting slightly side tracked, i will get back to my...

could anyone help us out.. i want to wire in a double switch downstairs in the hall and one double switch upstairs on the landing, so i can operate either lamp from any switch? i realise i will have to run new cables. cheers andy...

where do i mount the transfomer? in the loft space or should i mount it on the wall in the bathroom, there is no pull cord on it, so its just the standard type. cheers..

hello all, i am installing two mains powered smoke alarms in my house, i have a spare 6 amp mcb i can use, so i will be coming off that. my question is, i have to use 3 core and cpc so i can interlink them, but where does the third cable go in my consumer unit? is the cable i need 6243y? cheers...

hello, im new to the electricians world, after 19 years i was made redundant from my last job as a mechanical engineer, and when trying to get back into work, i notice employers require electrical knowledge, i therefore have booked my self on to intensive course, which should hopefully lead me...