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The junction boxes used in spider wired lighting systems years ago, typically about 6" square or more. I have a broken one that needs replacing don't want to rewire the lights, just want a new box to transplant it all into.

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I want a simple electric towel rail for an elderly customer. Back in the day I would have just bought a "wet" towel rail, inserted plugs in all but one port, and an electric element in one of the bottom ports. Job done. Turn it on from the wall switch outside the bathroom, it heats up...

I am trying to diagnose a fault on one. the install manual is useless not even a circuit diagram of the internal workings and a request to the manufacturer has so far been ignored. I won't wear out my keyboard until I know there is someone that may be able to help reading this, then I will...

Trying to order some parts. Parts are in my basket. Try and proceed to checkout, asked to log in, it does not recognise my user / password. Choose to reset password. I receive an email to reset my password but my browser warns me The link you just clicked seems to lead to another site than...

If so I have a cat question, but little point typing it of no vet.

https://gtec.co.uk/clause-5-8-octopus-opens-up-the-solar-pv-market-with-a-paragraph/ So it looks like finally, anyone, a competent electrician, or a householder themselves can install solar PV and get paid for export. without having any involvement from MCS Lets hope other suppliers follow.

I recently wired a new heating system (someone else did the plumbing) It is a Gledhill thermal store cylinder heated by both an oil boiler and a wood burning stove. All the heating side of it is working fine. The problem is the hot water. This tank uses a heat exchanger and a pump to draw...

Okay, what could go wrong here?

To help fish cables in awkward places

Honestly not seen this one before. It's a 3 core flat cable form, with red yellow and blue cores all insulated and no sign of a CPC not even one cut off and not used.

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It was still connected. But someone decided that is where the wall needed to be added.

Today I was doing a job for a customer who has just taken over a shop unit and getting it ready for his needs. My task was just to move a few sockets to suit the new layout. But what I found was shocking. The shop has just had a satisfactory EICR organised by the landlord. According to the...

Context. This is the heating system at our village hall, an industrial sized Dimplex Ground Source Heat Pump operating from a borehole. We have the instruction manual for the heat pump, that is a basic unit and only details what is inside it, compressors and valves etc. The HP is controlled...

I am sure we have discussed Fisher Future heat heaters here in the past and concluded they are largely snake oil. they are pretty much posh panel heaters with hardly any element ot storage and heated mostly from the daytime peak rate electricity so we have argued before how can they possibly be...

I have to do the PAT testing at the village hall. What is the re test interval these days?