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  1. N

    Dangerous DIY

    Hi all. New to forum, although I have viewed many many posts. I decided to join as I came across a dangerous situation today which I have never encountered before when pricing up an exterior light replacement. Asked where light switch was and was shown a single gang socket in upstairs bedroom on...
  2. uksparks

    First job of the day, Jeepers!

    Hi, 08:30 this morning, plugs not working, ive been decorating and pulled plugs forward... Yeah ok, be there shortly... Every socket in the house was pulled forward, all on radials, only one leg in every socket, so probably mounds of junction boxes under floors. I said hmm, probably just...
  3. H

    Where is the most dangerous environment you have worked

    As the title says really I only ask As this week I'm working in Rampton and I tell you what, I'm Not easily scared but even I'm On edge all week!
  4. A

    Dangerous electrical supply cable

    Hi , I'm new here so please be gentle. I am the owner of a ground floor flat in a converted block of 3. The meters for all 3 flats are located in my cellar. The issue I have is that the main 3 phase lead sheathed supply cable spans across my cellar on a flimsy piece of wood. Above it is the...
    • andybenw
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    • cable dangerous electric electrical supply
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  5. N

    EICR Code C3 Meaning

    Current GN3 p.80 says C3 means "Improvement required". Current GN3 p.105, model EICR form, says C3 means "Improvement recommended". Your thoughts? Bit of a cock-up if you ask me.
    • NickD
    • Thread
    • code current dangerous eicr installation protection required
    • Replies: 58
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  6. O

    From the BBC Website:

    10. Electricity The arrival of electricity was an extraordinary innovation. At first, people didn't know how to use it - warning signs advised them not to approach the electric socket with a match. In the early 20th Century, electricity companies sought to interest consumers in electric products...
  7. S

    Power shower wiring

    Hi wonder if anyone can help me with some conflicting info I'm getting. My daughter has recently had a triton belize power shower replaced by Triton appt engineer. This shower replaced a previous Triton shower several years old. No RCD was fitted to the circuit when the new shower was fitted...
    • simjohnson
    • Thread
    • dangerous engineer fitted power power shower shower triton wiring
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  8. GLENNSPARK

    more dangerous rubbish on Ebay

    Mains electrical neon tester screwdriver, insulation tape, + 2 conector strips | eBay
  9. C

    Dangerous mete/boiler location

    Hi My mother-in-law has just moved properties and the electricity supply ie Main fuse, meter and consumer unit are all in a low kitchen cuboard.Directly above the worktop is the gas boiler with all the attendant water pipes. Any leak or accident during servicing would almost immediately...
  10. O

    Dangerous connections

    Hi all, I am not a spark just a reasonably competent diyer. My house suffered a fire and a building company appointed by the insurers have been renovating. Their electrician went in last week to fit faceplates and ceiling roses etc. Today I changed a plastic ceiling rose for a metal fitting...
  11. R

    Is this dangerous

    To All You Experts If say for example you have connected a hairdryer to a fused spur and then realize after the breaker is switched back on, the hairdryer do's not work because the live incoming cable leg is snapped off as part of the ring and you are restricted on time to fix the fault...
  12. zap

    Faulty Metrel MI 3125B or dangerous thumb!

    I have an MI 3125B. When testing for Zs at a socket I touched the test button with my thumb, the tester buzzed and displayed the 'dangerous voltage on PE' symbol. So I de-energized the system to look for the fault. There was no fault and insulation resistance at 500V DC was >999 MOhms. I...
  13. C

    EICR code thoughts please?

    Hi all, Just done a EICR and have found on one of the 3 phase DB's that most of the neutrals and cpcs on one side of the DB are all mixed up and not in correct terminals. To rectify needs a few hours to strip it all back and re terminate due to how messy it has become over the years with add...
  14. infinity

    Fuse discrimination code?

    While testing an industrial building today (machine shop) I came across a discrimination problem and cant decide on the code. There is a switch fuse with a BS88 gG 315A fuse that supplies a busbar trunking run in the machine shop that the machines plug into. There are various units plugged...
  15. D

    This seems very dangerous...

    Went to a house today fault finding, RCD tripping.... Faulty RCD but thats not the issue. I noticed that there didnt actually appear to be a main earth. The supply upstream of the meter and teleswitch (now out of use) is a pyro that is a single core 10mm with a strap on the sheath that...
  16. E

    Heating system with only one two port valve. Is this dangerous ...

    Came across a heating system which had only 1x 2 port valve which was used only for the heating. There was another valve which had been disconnected from the mains but set in open position. I assume this was for the hot water. Then From the junction box there's one three core going up to 2 x...
    • egginyourface
    • Thread
    • boiler cylinder dangerous heating system valve water
    • Replies: 39
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. S

    is this dangerous

    Could you clarify if this is dangerous the wire that change from from blue to red seem to be have been extended by twisting together as there no block connector there as there is further on in the circuit this seems to be some sort of extension to wire up the light above the mirror in the...
  18. K

    Mercury exposure, some graphic photos (if the link works)

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/ebeb7oph0394f6m/MercuryExposure.pdf
    • KevinS
    • Thread
    • around dangerous electrical work photos playing shelf works
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  19. J

    A dangerous observation

    Hi all, I noticed at my friends home that his shower isolator was fitted to the top step on his wooden staircase at floor level. It could quite easily be stood on when anyone either ascends/descends the stairs. It's right next to the bathroom and it is in a very dangerous position IMO. The...
  20. D

    NICEIC Certification Scheme supposed niceic registered dangerous work

    Hi, i have a bit of a situation i was wondering if anyone has any advice on. My recent ex had a new bathroom fitted by some cowboy supplied from her letting agent. He removed the shower to tile and re fitted. I decided to look at the board when he finished and was gobsmacked to find no RCD...

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