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I had a call from a regular client who has one of the dodgiest electrical installs I've ever dealt with. She had the RCD controlling two socket circuits and the cooker trip during the night while they were asleep, the RCD wouldn't reset in the morning, she left it a while then tried again and...

Today's find, Ring abuse, my favourite

Attempted to edit my post to blank out the customer, but I can't find where to do it

So I get to a client's house to do an EICR to then have him tell me about building control not allowing the certificate issued by the previous polish electrician to be used because the registration number he provided did not match any part p bodies. He presented me with the certificate He has...

Still waiting for someone to make socket outlets with 3 pushfit terminals per live/neutral/earth

Think I'll go with 4mm. It's only a very short distance running free under kitchen counters, 6mm would be overkill

One of those things where I'll have a reel of 4mm t&e in my van for a year again

I'm going to be running a dedicated circuit for just a washing machine, tumble dryer and dishwasher. I want to just run a 20A radial for this. (10m cable max) With all of them going at once, would this be enough? Whenever I try and find out ratings of white goods I mainly just get the kWh a...

I use one and also prefer it to Fluke. I had a loan Megger while I was getting it repaired once and couldn't get on with it

Hager supply the dual-rcd 10 way boards as either two neutral bars or three. Ask for the right one

Went to quote on updating a fusebox and walked into see this... He was worried about possible fire in the future I told him he should be more worried than that...

funnily enough every time the PIR was switching it was making a nasty buzzing noise. took it apart and a melted spider dripped out. Magic Gelled a few junction boxes and the buzzing pretty much stopped

I got called out to sort out a tripping RCD the other day. A junction box in a bed of soil was full of mud and moisture. So stripped it all out, re-did the SWA glands with new ones, Wiska box, with wiska earth clamps, wagos etc. We turned it all back on and no RCD trip. Great I thought. As I...

how can you have two Ze results? A DB remote would be Zs

Ok similar one. In my own house, turning off the loft light (T8 tube) will make my subwoofer on my sound system thud.

Depending on the situation I'd get rid of the RCD in the garage unit and have an isolator instead. Boiler should be 6A MCB or 2.5mm Smoke alarm circuit doesn't need to be on the RCD unless wires are going up chased walls (same with alarm). Get out of the habit of saying "Ring main".

I always found the idea of leaving one with a halogen in counter-productive. We're installing LEDs so lighting is a fraction of the cost. leaving 1 50W bulb in when one set of LEDs can match that wattage, means you're effectively doubling your electricity usage on that set. To think most small...

I remember a customer randomly spawning a "while you're hear, can you move this 4 gang lightswitch 3m across the wall" 4 hours later... Too cheap, make sure he's certifying and signing off

I clip, then proceed to argue with every new plasterer who's not worked on a job with me because they think it should have capping

I used to, back when college hammered it into us until the day I carefully looked at how sockets were made and realised the earth terminal and screws were all connected. Logical thinking. What grates me about some of the questions asked here, if you thought about it logically rather than look...