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  1. L

    Wall sockets in utility room not working but there is power to them Nothing has tripped fuses ok

    Sockets in utility room not working but power reading when checked with meter Consumer unit hasn’t tripped Lights ok
  2. B

    How good is underfloor heating in a large room

    Morning all, I'm about to embark on some home renovation and the kitchen is the first target. We are looking at making it bigger, all in the room would be 32m2. I have read that electric underfloor heating systems are better and more efficient for smaller rooms, but that they can take a while...
  3. H

    Single switch to double switch (adding second light in same room)

    Hi all, As per the subject, I am looking to change an existing single switch for a bathroom to a double switch to control an additional light in the bathroom. I have looked at the wiring and there seems to be: 1. one feed (T&E) to the switch (i.e. no return for the loop so I imagine there is a...
  4. S

    UK Running power to garden room

    Hi all. I'm thinking about adding a garden office and will obviously need power. Can power be taken from a normal plug socket somewhere at the rear of the house, or does it need its own circuit from the main consumer unit? If it needs it's own circuit it's a non starter project as I don;t want...
  5. N

    Controlling plug sockets room by room

    Hi Would really appreciate some advice on this as I have pretty limited electrical knowledge I live in a fairly new build home with 3 floors and the fuse box can either turn off all the plug sockets on the ground floor or turn off all the plug sockets on the 2nd and 3rd floor in every room...
  6. MrGwythers

    How many downlights in a room?

    Hello I'm an apprentice looking for tips and techniques. I asked this question before but got no response. When it comes to installing downlights what is your method for how many downlights you require? Do you do the lumen calculation or are there other quick ways to do it. Thanks.
  7. D

    TVs keep powering off but only in one room

    Our TV kept powering off, so with it being 13 years old, we bought a new one. But the new TV does the same thing. So I tried plugging both the old and new TVs into sockets in other rooms (problem is in the living room only) such as a bedroom and hallway and both TVs work fine in these rooms...
  8. H

    Room prewired for fans with lights. question about switches.

    I just moved in and had rooms prewired for fans. There are two switches on wall. My new fan has remote controlling fan and light. I removed ceiling fixture which had two bulbs. From ceiling are two sets of black and white wires and on set had ground. My fan only had one black and one white and...
  9. O

    3 phase ring main in a tool room. X6 16A sockets

    Hi, I have been tasked with installing 3 phase ring main in a tool room. X6 16A sockets. Each pice if kit will pull no more than 5A. Planning on using 4mm SWA cable protected by a 63A breaker. Tool room dimensions are 7M X 5M. Any problems with this?
  10. X

    Wiring help for a double gang switch one room

    Hi there, need help wiring this (image included) one part of the switch is suppose to light up 3 lights on side of the room and one the other side. But, I'm having trouble wiring it up with these cables pulled in and named like so.. Anyone any clues. Much appreciated. I included a link to an...
  11. J

    Trying to install downlights into a room

    Hello, I am trying to install three downlights into a room. But, I came across this problem where there are three wires hanging rather than one? I am totally lost. Any help would be appreciated. 1599411822 Not that savvy but what is that?
  12. Doomed

    Interesting place for a room stat

    In a cupboard in the corner of a bedroom I find this
  13. D

    Rec room/man cave recessed lighting help

    I just bought a house which has a rec room with recessing lighting. I put some pics below. It has 11 120v MR16 GU10 circle recessed light cups. All the bulbs were 50W Halogen bulbs and they were controlled by a single toggle dimmer switch. The first thing I did was to replace the the toggle...
  14. F

    Plant room light fittings

    simple answer guys, don't need any smart arse replies. Plant room with Boiler, do the luminaries have to be vaporproof? If so whats the reg. (Yes I've got the BBB). Also another silly question, is the vapour proof fitting, just one with clips on the side? (Oh feel I'm going to slammed for that...
  15. Risteard

    Smoke head in same room as DB

    The scenario is a fire alarm panel within several flats/houses fed from a landlord's DB. Apparently these qualify as HMOs despite being separate flats. The person who will be commissioning the fire alarm is adamant that a smoke head needs to be fitted in the same room as the DB in each flat. I...
  16. S

    earth bonding in shower room.

    Hi everyone ,thanks for letting me join. A little about myself first, only do part time work now as getting to that age 60+;) been in the trade for 3o+ years doing contracting ,council,shop fitting and factories. Yes there has been a lot of changers since i was on the tools, some good and some...
  17. sythai

    Multi room extract fan

    Hi Guys Got a full refurb job coming up which includes x3 first floor bathrooms, each to have extraction. Currently have priced 1 x 4" wall mounted unit/ per Bathroom. On this occasion Client has asked if I can run all x3 bathrooms off x1 unit in the loft. Never run x3 rooms off x1 fan to be...
  18. J

    Splitting aerial cable to supply another room

    Evening all Customer asked me if she can have an additional aerial point for her bedroom. Thing is her property is ground floor of two story house so no real possibility of access to loft to run new cable via amplifier. She currently has tv point in living room have contemplated splitting this...
  19. P

    Wet Under floor heating manifold and multi room stats...

    Evening chaps hope you’re al keeping well. Quick tech help question, I’ve got two large high spec new builds to wire up early summer and they’ve both got wet underfloor heating my task is to wire it up obviously. I’ve never done one before and it’s also got 5 room stats upstairs alone. Have any...
  20. G

    DIY upgrade lights to LED in room converted to office

    I rent an old property so need to minimise any changes to it. My office is a large room (6m x 7m) with a single bayonet pendant light socket which eats thru 100W bulbs and as I get older I'm finding that there is insufficient light. So I purchased some LED light panels to install over my desk...

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