electrics

Evenin' all, So my house used to have storage heaters, they've been taken out and scrapped and the separate mini consumer unit for them taken out as well. This has left a switch that does nothing on the wall and a piece of cable (stranded twin+earth, 7 strands on the live, 11.5mm across width...

Hi everyone, I can't believe my first post in this forum is asking for help to change a lightbulb, but it is so. I have recently moved into a new house and I've never had bathroom light fittings like these ones. I have tried twisting and pushing up (the outer ring turns but clicks in a way...

I am swapping my old Timeguard dial stat which is 3 wire for a Honeywell THR870CUK digital programmable stat. The installation instructions are not the best so need a bit of advice as which wires go where, I have included a picture of the old stat wiring and a wiring diagram and connections of...

I've currently got 4 no. downlights in my bathroom which return to a single rocker type switch in the hallway, all of which is connected through a typical ceiling rose in the loft above, however it is currently a bit of a state - the incoming cable from the previous rose, and outgoing to the...

Basically I wonder if anybody could give me any tips on making my loft space into a nice clean usable area. First of all I am not putting in any stairs I am still going to be using the existing loft ladder the space up in the loft is very large indeed I was hoping it would be okay to keep the...

Moved into this new house in Dec 2016 , house was built in 2008 - and I notice that although every heating controls (time clock, zone valves, boiler, pump) says protect with DP switch fitted with 3a fuse that the only thing that is protecting the circuit is a SP 10a MCB in the consumer unit...

Hi all Long time reader, first time poster... I'm about to purchase a pond pump and filter which have a 3 and 5amp fuse rating respectively. I planned to wire these into a fused IP66 switch box next to the pond which will then run to the house. At the moment I have an RCD double socket on the...

Hello - just want to double check I am wiring this RCD/RCCB correctly only its only got 'N' stamped on the left hand side. - it is feed/supply from top and Load from bottom isnt it? Thanks.

Hello - my sockets RCD tripped the other day and all sockets upstairs and downstairs went off - all well and good so far - but all the lights in the house were on , and I see in the (GE Euroline) CU that there is only one RCD trip and that is protecting the sockets only - the Lighting Circuit...

I have a Mira Azora shower - not working as switch is cutting out. Can anyone give me any advice please?

I am planning to do the wiring for my new kitchen extension. All my power sockets will be low level and run of a new ring circuit. Is it best for the cables to run: a) From the socket downwards, under the floor insulation on to the next socket, b) Out of the socket horizontally, behind the...

I am going to purchase some high end AV equipment and would like to protect it against unexpected surges (e.g. lightning). What's the best way to do this? I know I could buy something like a belkin surge protector to plug into the wall, which covers 650 joules...

Mate is going to get rid of gas and set up a 6 Bed HMO with all en-suites and wants to makes sure he asks the electrician (& other trades?) the right type of questions / instructions so everyone is safe and it all works. There are two issues as far as I can see: High amount of electric load...

I've just bought a 12ft diameter outdoor swimming pool. its a bit like this one...

By all means I'm no electrician. I'm changing the spot lights in our house from halogen to LED. I have the GU10 fly leads (converters) but when I take down the old halogen leads and affix the new ones it doesn't work.... What am I doing wrong? It is literally just 2 small black wires L &N coming...

Kitchen Wiring by Megachicken posted 3 Jun 2016 at 5:32 PM Hi Folks, First post so be gentle. I'm trying to plan out my new kitchen and think I am going to need some new electrics. Just wanting to know if this is possible before I go any further into planning where stuff goes. As the image...

Hi, I am getting a lot of conflicting information regarding my query. Can you have a 32 amp ring main (two 2.5mm cables) into a 20 amp DP switch then to a single 2.5mm cable to a single socket? So 20 amp DP switch - 2 cables IN (on the ring) and 1 cable OUT (to a single socket) Thanks

This is not a question but actually an answer that I couldn't find anywhere else on the internet so I thought I'd share. A week ago my receiver suddenly 'died' - if I pressed either button or both it was unresponsive - I also tried turning the power off and on again to try to reboot it but no...

Hi all, Hope you're all keeping well. We're embarking on some building work on the house shortly, and we're getting a lot of the garden landscaped. I'm a keen DIY'er and would like to get involved in the build as much as possible. Being a cable enthusiast and having done internal electrics...

Maybe PBC_1966 could eighteen me on a few questions I have about electrics in the US: 1) Do you have rewire-able plugs and are they common? 2) Do modern plugs have the insulated ends to stop one from getting a shock when plugging them in? 3) Do all modern circuits from the DB have...