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My Aunty is moving from her council flat in Croydon to a council flat in Kent to be nearer to the family, and so have been doing some simple electrical jobs for her. Whilst I was replacing the 4 brushed chrome light switches (That I fitted about 4 years ago) in the flat for cheap plastic ones...

Hi I think I have alternator problems as my battery keeps going flat. Its a brand new battery. Vehicle details are as follows Toyota Corolla 1.4 VVT-i T3 5-Door 2005 from what i can tell the alternator has an external voltage regulator. I am posting photos. Can someone tell me which is the...

Hi, I've bought a house and been here a year now but the immersion heater is not working now. It randomly stopped one day so I bought a new element/stat and swapped them over. It's a basic cylinder with a single element entry at the top. I've replaced it of a similar element of the same size...

I want to replace a double unswitched electric socket with a switched socket. I removed the old one and found the ring main to be extremely thick braided cable and the socket had 2 connections for live, neutral and earth which meant the cables had a snug fit. The new socket has only has single...

I recently purchased a new electrical oven as the old one had stopped working (although the grill still functioned). The top (hob) is separate - run by gas. However, when the man from Curry's turned up today, he was unable to install the oven because apparently the cooker's circuit is running...

Hi, I have inherited a rangemaster Toledo 110 gas. I was having issues with the clock. The buttons were all jammed in and bent up. So when the oven went into auto mode I was unable to return to manual and my gas ovens were locked off. After a few days the clock then just died. I've ordered a...

Hi, I am trying to disconnect my electric doorbell from the consumer unit. Can I pull out the fuse? I have tried after turning mains off) but it won't come out? (Pic attached) Any help appreciated thanks!

Man came to look at loft to refloor. I saw him tug some wires but didn't think much of it (as it's his trade). That evening I found all upper storey lights stopped working. I can't see that anything has tripped in junction box, there's nothing to reset. I mailed next day and he said he'd...

Hi I have wall lights in my lounge on seperate switches. In the room next door we had a chandelier light which was ripped from the ceiling accidently exposing lots of wires. The new light was installed in this room however there was one wire left. It appears this was from the wall lights as...

Hi all I was wondering if anyone can help me with this. I have 5 bathroom spotlights taken out. 5 new ones to go in. I thought I had wired it ok but I think I am missing something crucial. Any help? I have pictures in my "lights" media album on here.

At the health club I go to (the same one with the odd looking IP CAM), outside the main entrance what backs on to a main road, there is this electrical mess. I am wondering if it is still live and being used to turn on the surrounding bollard/sign lights at dusk, or whether it has been left...

Hi, The picture below shows a snapped aluminium rod on a turntable. It is very expensive to replace so what would be the best way to make a repair job. Thanks 100_6943 by Jordan Blake posted 13 Aug 2016 at 10:08 PM

Whilst doing some minor kitchen DIY in a house we've just purchase I've noticed the oven is on a plug behind a cupboard. We don't have the manual for the oven but I believe it is an Electrolux EOC65140X (based on google image searching). An online manual (p55) for this oven suggests a 15amp...

Morning all, I have recently had a bedroom plastered top to bottom and the plaster decided to take down the light a tape the wires together (for what ever reason). Now I don't know which wire is which how can I determine what wire is live and neutral? I know the earth wire and my loop wires...

Hi, I am looking to relocate my kitchen to another adjacent room of the house for a better layout and to create a utility in the adjacent rear half of the garage. The question i have is the kitchen is in the original part of the house and the new location is in a later built extension, how...

We are getting a shed, which our children will be using for a games room, and social area in our back garden. The shed is 12ft x 8ft, so plenty of room for them. I would like to have some electric in there for sockets and lighting. The shed will be about 25 to 30ft from the back of the house...

Hi, I've trawled various forums and can't seem to find an answer to this so hoping someone can help. This afternoon I was just about finished trimming hedges in the front garden when stupidly I cut through the cable with the trimmers. Luckily no injuries, however the power as you'd expect went...

I've noticed in our new extension that some cables are in conduit (the white oval plastic tubing) while others are not. It seems they are not in the conduit when they are within stud walls. Is this correct? Photos attached.

Lights n shower n stuff still work but every time I shower I have to flip the sockets back on after. Help please!

Hi please dont have a go as im not great with building terminology and dont know it all. Im chasing out some walls in my house for some new plug sockets. The problem im having is when i chisel about 5-10mm in (i think) the chisel will go through to the brick for the other wall as if my bricks...