Hi guys,
I'm not a sparks so i'm looking for some advice and help on a few issues. I've recently had all my sockets chased back and new switches chased in and some replaced as well as other work.
My first issue. I've had all my sockets moved up a few inches from there original locations to accomodate for a normal height skirting board (i've got the lowest skirts you've ever seen. glorified bit of wood.) This has been fine, other than 1 socket i've been told can't be heightened. What are my options? The sparks has said the cable needs to be replaced with a longer length. I'm only needing to get 3 to 4 inches more from it. Is there anything i can do to get the extra length needed? otherwise having all the others raised was pointless.
Secondly, the big one. Recently since the light switches have been replaced i've seen some strange behaviour.
a) Kitchen lights (4 led's) turn themselves off. Sometimes turn themselves back on as well.
b) Lights in the lounge flicker when the kitchen lights are dimmed. I can recreate this by using the dimmer in 2 other rooms on the same circuit. Strangely all the upstairs dimmer and lights are the same and all work fine.
c) Yesterday, when using a blender (1560w) my fuse controlling downstairs sockets tripped when blending (this is the first time i've used it at this property)
It's worth noting that my kitchen lights seem to be on 2 circuits (4 on one circuit) 3 on another. On the circuit with 3 lights, only one works and the other 2 are faulty at the fitting.
Lastly,
I have had 2 x outside light installed. The sparks has recently fitted 2 TimeGuard outdoor PIR lights. The original owner had a 2 gang switch for 2 way switching of one set of the kitchen lights and (im assuming) a switch for the outside lights they had. Since the security lights have been swapped, the lights wont work when wired up to the 2nd gang of this switch. The sparks has disconnected the 2 way switching of the kitchen lights here as it's just not needed. When i first had them installed they tripped the CU 3 times within the hour. Strangely now they've settled and havn't done it since.
I've uploaded a pic for reference (apologies i'm at work!)
Sorry for the long post!
Any ideas?
I'm not a sparks so i'm looking for some advice and help on a few issues. I've recently had all my sockets chased back and new switches chased in and some replaced as well as other work.
My first issue. I've had all my sockets moved up a few inches from there original locations to accomodate for a normal height skirting board (i've got the lowest skirts you've ever seen. glorified bit of wood.) This has been fine, other than 1 socket i've been told can't be heightened. What are my options? The sparks has said the cable needs to be replaced with a longer length. I'm only needing to get 3 to 4 inches more from it. Is there anything i can do to get the extra length needed? otherwise having all the others raised was pointless.
Secondly, the big one. Recently since the light switches have been replaced i've seen some strange behaviour.
a) Kitchen lights (4 led's) turn themselves off. Sometimes turn themselves back on as well.
b) Lights in the lounge flicker when the kitchen lights are dimmed. I can recreate this by using the dimmer in 2 other rooms on the same circuit. Strangely all the upstairs dimmer and lights are the same and all work fine.
c) Yesterday, when using a blender (1560w) my fuse controlling downstairs sockets tripped when blending (this is the first time i've used it at this property)
It's worth noting that my kitchen lights seem to be on 2 circuits (4 on one circuit) 3 on another. On the circuit with 3 lights, only one works and the other 2 are faulty at the fitting.
Lastly,
I have had 2 x outside light installed. The sparks has recently fitted 2 TimeGuard outdoor PIR lights. The original owner had a 2 gang switch for 2 way switching of one set of the kitchen lights and (im assuming) a switch for the outside lights they had. Since the security lights have been swapped, the lights wont work when wired up to the 2nd gang of this switch. The sparks has disconnected the 2 way switching of the kitchen lights here as it's just not needed. When i first had them installed they tripped the CU 3 times within the hour. Strangely now they've settled and havn't done it since.
I've uploaded a pic for reference (apologies i'm at work!)
Sorry for the long post!
Any ideas?