Hi
Apologies, I'm not an electrician, but wondered if someone could suggest a reason for the following:
Last night, around 10:30, I put the tv on in my bedroom, and headed downstairs to make sure everything was locked up - ended up watching tv downstairs for a while, and eventually headed for...
Hello
I am currently rewiring an old house which has tails in basement from meter going into a 60A fused isolator which feeds all the existing circuits from a fusebox in an inconvenient location, to be made redundant.
I need to send power to both a consumer unit in the basement, and a separate...
Hello all!
I've come across a bit of a problem today as I was changing a socket and got a tingle (Isolated the MCB of course).
I tested the voltage and it was pulling 12v.
I've found when you isolate the upstairs lights the 12v on the upstairs sockets disappears.
Its a 17th edition dual RCD...
Taylor_J
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after
induced
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ring
ring main
socket
upstairs
voltage
Hi all, new here and after some advice on a twin dimmer switch purchased from a large warehouse type diy store.
It is marked as a two gang two way dimmer, so I was expecting to find six terminals; one common and two switched live on each of the two sides.
Yet there is only one common.
Now...
Itisonlyme
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2 way
common
downstairs
light
lights
switch
terminal
upstairs
A joiner friend of mine called me round to a job he's been doing to try and get him out the brown stuff. Basically he's put a laminate floor down and damaged a telephone cable that comes from the master socket and goes to two points upstairs. Aswell as this cable that comes from the master...
Looking for the easiest way round this scenario
Customer runs a small business, at present 1 x telephone line in office. They have built an additional office upstairs and would like 2 x phones, 1 in each office. They would like that when someone phones then the phone in the downstairs office...
I have a confusing wiring. It's a 70s council house.
Hall way has two switches one single , one double.
The double and single switch the hallway light, however in both switches there are three wires red yellow blue. This two way switching works fine.
The double switch in hallway also...
midgetman
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black
landing
light
light switch
switch
switches
upstairs
wiring
yellow
A customer wants the light switches changed from white plastic to brushed nickel and has already made a start. Needless to say the 2 way switching needs sorting as they don't work as they should. By the front door there is a single gang switch for the outside light, then about 6 inches along...
LeighSawczyn
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cable
going
light
light switch
live
switch
upstairs
where
Hi, I have a double switch in the hall, one switch turns the upstairs/landing lights on and off and the other switch turns the hall light on/off. Obviously there is a single switch upstairs to turn the upstairs landing lights on/off.
I've bought a new switch but there is no COM connection in...
Looking for some advice,I'll briefly explain what I have done:
i installed a new television in a bedroom upstairs,have put an amp in loft and ran cables as follows:
amp to sky box
external aerial to sky box
amp to new television
here is my problem,when I connect new television straight to...
Hi
Instead of my lighting circuit being (GGG) (R) (BRR) (BB)
I actually have (GGG) (RRR) (B) (BB)
The light circuit 'was' working, however I went to change the end fitting and found this, now it doesn't work and blows the main fuse.
My problem is, I do not know which is the mains feed, or the...
Firstly I must apologize for not posting this in the DIY section, the post new thread button couldn't be found!
I have been laying floorboards in my attic and now 3 out of 5 upstairs lights have stopped working. I am sure I have not screwed through a cable, Im a qualified plumber so laying...
Rich_uk87
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after
attic
electrical work
help
help please
lighting
lights
please
upstairs
work
working
Hi all,
I am in the process of re-wiring a small domestic unit in the middle of nowhere which has a overhead TT supply. The meter is outside and backs onto the bathroom, the previous installation had 16mm meter tails through the cavity upstairs to a 30ma RCD and small re-wirable fuse board...
quick
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downstairs
installation
meter
moving
tails
upstairs
hello there happy new year and all that! please help me I currently have a job where a customer has tried changing 2 lights, up and downstairs landing lights. I got called due to the lights will no longer switch on. The up and down lights are on the same MCB x2 1g 2way. I seem to be able to get...
Hi there reader merry xmas, i got me a puzzle, i have 2 Glen panel heaters in 2 different kids bedrooms upstairs in my house. They are wired to switches ( looking like a light switch rather than a fused spur) and they work when i switch them on ( i do this by using a heating switch in my...
hi newbie post here but seems best place to get an answer.
i have a radial circuit of 5 9w led downlighters, with 2 on lower hall and 3 on upper hall, with a 4 way switch setup (1 switch downstairs the other 3 upstairs).
This arrangement is bizarre and i'd like to split the circuit in two so...
Alan Mcgroarty
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circuit
light
other
radial
someone
split
switch
upstairs
Evening all,
Went to look at wiring a heating system today, the house has underfloor heating downstairs with 4 zones controlled by a heatmiser uf3 with stats in each room and radiators upstairs controlled by a stat on the landing all brand new. I have never come across one of these uf3's...
Shaun1987
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controlled
heating
system
underfloor
underfloor heating
upstairs
wiring
Pricing a rewire where they want underfloor heating, through out the whole gaff.
This equates to over 70 amps.
Is there a simple way to bring to demand down, like some how controlling that the upstairs and downstairs cycle seperatly etc
surreysparks
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diversity
don't
heating
temperature
underfloor
underfloor heating
upstairs
went to a call today, upstairs lighting fault. customer saying that her upstairs lights just stop working, then just start working again. She stated that sometimes it can be 2 days or even a week before they start working again.
at time of visit all upstairs lights worked and switched as they...
so end to end L-L 0.4 N-N 0.4 E-E 1.1 very reasonable ,
but when the l-n are crossed over at the consumer unit . ok down stairs but the reading goes up to 16 ohms upstairs
but when l-e are crossed over at the consumer unit the last four sockets upstairs give no reading. at this point i am...
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