Just thought I'd share this quick sobering story that happened to me a couple of weekends ago....
Overhead 230v lighting festoon, LED golf ball ES, zig-zagging it's way merrily down a street in Central London used for market stalls underneath. Not my installation! High vehicle managed to...
Hi just fitted a 2nd hand light fitting to an older light I removed , now the wires a from the ceiling are 3 red 1 black and earth wire . I connected the 3 red wires together to one wire of the light fitting and the black one to the other and the earths together, now unfortunately the wires on...
Just to let you know, I forgot to mention this on EF but have on the other forums. My bad.
When you're using a mobile phone or tablet to access the forum, and you use your keyboard / keypad on your device to insert a smilie face (emoji) into your post, it looks like it has inserted, but the...
I have a DC 24v Fan, which at full load uses around 7Amps.
I brought a DC 24v 13A PSU Driver, which when i first tested the fan powered it just fine.
After a week or so went by, I reconnected the driver again, and now the fan doesnt spin even 2% of what it did before.
The fan just about...
Hi I would like some advice in my flat I have two heaters in the living room these two work fine but the ones in each bedroom don't work I have swapped the fuses round and the ones in the bedroom still dont work can anyone help ? I have no idea what make it is the instructions I have for it...
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A few weeks ago my bedroom light was on when all of a sudden the light flickered badly while making a crackling sound then BANG, it blew and the light went off. The next day I could see the light bulb fitting was a bit charred and all the upstairs lights had gone. I changed the...
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Hello. I got a new clothers dryer and before I attached the wire to the dryer I stupidly attached the wire to the wall!:banghead: then touched the other end of the wire to my fingers, and pow! I didn't feel any pain luckily. The end of the wire that attaches to the dryer was burnt and I had to...
Hi, i replaced a dual grill element in a freinds cooker this weekend and all worked fine, then i got a call tonight saying that he used the grill or oven (cant remember which) and said the fan wont turn off it just continually keeps blowing cold air unless he turns it off at the ccu , both the...
I completed the wiring on an extension of some relatives of mine and certified it about 5 months ago. Now, the main part of the house has some old wiring and I have fixed, repaired and moved sockets and lights but I haven't carried out any testing on this side of the house. The extension wiring...
Hi, (im not sure if this topic should be posted here or not but im AnGrY! and i need to VENT!) my apologies before hand... anyways,
as the title suggests.
basically, we are all out there trying our damn hardest to make a living and to make ends meet...
Ive just spend a tonne of cash to get...
just done my first private job which included a new lighting circuit, new radial, and extending a ring, in a workshop/ car port. the board had been installed new 6 months ago and had no rcd on any circuits so i put an rcd covering all circuits. do i now have to re test every circuit for the...
I changed a distribution board on a TT system to a new one but both RCD's won't trip when i have pressed test. Is it possible both RCD's are faulty? Everything is installed correctly
Hi, i swapped a cu yesterday and now the combi boiler wont operate off the wireless room stat. it works on advance on the boiler on still gives hot water. I did I/R reading between L-e N-E so can't be that, and rcd auto test in the board. The only thing i did was ZS from fused spur. I have tried...
Hi Guys,
this is post that Rob put up on the thread "route to become an electrician" about one of my replies
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Originally Posted by Rob
ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzz and on and on and on he goes....
Carry on the way your going Rednik, you are going about it the right way.
This is TC3's reply to...
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