I’m replacing an old 100mm extractor fan in the kitchen with a new one. The old one was a pull cord fan whereas I bought a timer one (no pull cord) thinking I could use the isolator switch (which is directly below the fan) as the on/off switch.
The cabling is a 3 core and on the new fan there’s...
My son has moved into a house with an obsolete Lutron system. It has started to go wrong and I'm looking at replacing it with a wireless Quinetic system. Although I am very capable of doing this, I'm not a qualified electrician so my question is, if I did this work myself, is it legal in the...
We bought a house with an array of broken (some cosmetic issues, some functional) downlights under cupboards in our kitchen. The bulb seem to be integrated into long wires and tracing them back up it seems there's a bunch of what I presume LED drivers on top of the cupboards. Should I be...
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I currently have 4 led bulbs in the bathroom and 3 of them arent working. The bulbs that are currently in are
LOMAS LED GU10 220-240V 6000k 6w Not-Dim. I cant find any 6w online would it be okay to fit a 4.6w? Also the bulb doesnt say what colour they are what would they be? Or should i just...
I live in a warehouse condo, converted about 20 years ago. The building dates to about 1870 but with the conversion, all of the electrical was replaced. Most of the branch circuits use armored cable, running from the panel in the bedroom up into a drywall ceiling that covers about 20% of the...
I have a detached garage with a 60 AMP subpanel which has lost power. I traced the failure to the wire running under the walkway via conduit (about 15 ft) and can see it fried on the detached garage side. I suspect age, critters and or water got to it and shorted it out.
If I replace the wire...
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We have recently replaced our central heating programmer with a Honeywell ST9400C. We now want to replace our old wireless room thermostat with a compatible one. We've purchased Honeywell DT92E (with receiver and controller). Next to the boiler, underneath the programmer, is an...
One of the fluorescent tubes in my undermount lighting system burnt out. There are 3 independent tubes/ballasts under the length of the kitchen cabinets and the others were still on.
After carefully replacing the affected tube, it seems that all three lamps are now not working.
The breaker...
I have an inground pool with a 22 year old, 120vac light fixture in a niche connected to water-holding conduit running to a switch in an outbuilding. I removed the fixture to clean the niche. The fixture was just floating at the surface, still connected, with the wall switch off. A little extra...
Background
Two weeks ago, lightning struck a tree in our yard. Many circuits tripped and several electronic devices failed. There was a strong smell of ozone/electrical burn throughout the house that has since dissipated.
Two AFCI breakers are still problematic. Both serve bedrooms (hence AFCI)...
Hello mates. i have an MK CU to replace. As you may know, the main switch in MKs is on the left hand side.
There's no way to replace the meter tails. Is there another manufacturer that has a left-hand main switch CU, or a flexible position option?
Thanks muchly!
I need to connect a replacement motor for a septic tank agitator.
I've identified that the motor needs to be connected to a 4mf run capacitor but the wiring diagram (attached) looks strange.
I was expecting to see one set of windings connected straight to live/neutral and the other set connected...
An isolator had heat damage and was replaced, not by me, but the new isolator is 125A instead of 40A. They found one and threw it on.
I locked it off last night and today it is back on line, deemed okay to run until a replacement arrives.
This is on a 20yo piece of packaging equipment.
Anyone...
What does everyone charge for replacing a light fitting? Price worked
With slack on cable using existing cable there.
Without slack on cable (extended w/ Wagos)
Materials used
FIXINGS
NON SCREW COMPRESSION EXTENDERS (Wagos)
1.5mm T&E 1 Meter
I have a two metre length of 2.5mm T&E running from the loft to a spur under galvanised metal capping (installed during building). Its needs replacing with some new cable ( long story).
As the cable is buggered, I decided to see how much force it would take to budge it, and it appears to be...
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I have an Electric Range with a junction box. I have turned off the circuit breaker to this ( 100% certain this is the right breaker as the hood light turns off but not the electric range as indicated on the circuit breaker panel (Cooktop + Hood )).
Is my only option to turn off the...
Hi. Looking for some guidance please as I’m wanting to replace a ceiling rose fitting into a ceiling pendant. Done this many times but never come across a ceiling rose with so many wires. What should go where please? The rose has blue, red, black, brown and yellow/green and the new light has 1...
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I'm hoping someone may be able to advise on whether my LED floor lamp can be repaired or not. The cable has split from the plug, as per the below photos. Can anyone recommend a replacement plug/transformer + wiring? There's a join under the base of the lamp, which you can see in the...
I am organising a switchboard upgrade to my property and have recently had a smart meter installed.
I am receiving conflicting information regarding whether the meter provider will need to also come out on the same day as the electricians to re-install the smart meter after the new switchboard...
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