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    LED Lights staying on without power

    I have just put up some new lights with modern LED bulbs - the ones with spaded ends. When I turn off the switch the bulbs in the upstairs landing light stay illuminated, but not as brightly as with the power on. Has anyone seen this before - have I wired the light up wrong? The other identical...
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    UK Running a cable for home Welder

    I am planning to run a cable from my house consumer unit to a new consumer unit in my garage. I then want to run a medium duty welder from said garage CU. I am thinking: SWA cable from 32A MCB in main CU in 4mm or 6mm ran under floor through adjacent loft to garage in / not in metal conduit...
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    Immersion heater failure

    I've just rewired my old I.H. and it seemed to be working fine although it was quite noisy. Something tripped the RCD last night and I suspect it was that. Now there is nothing - No noise at all. I don't have the meters to test it unfortunately. Is it likely that it's packed up completely with...
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    Faulty Extension Light Circuit

    I had an extension fitted and a single circuit added for the light. However, the light will only operate from the MCB and not the switch. As soon as I introduce the switch into the circuit and operate it from there it trips the MCB and will not stay on. Any thoughts on what might be causing this?
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    Lighting Circuit Fault

    New Member and wannabe electrician. I'm teaching myself for now for obvious reasons. My problem is an extension light circuit and the conundrum is: The circuit will only work / operate from the main circuit breaker. As soon as I wire a switch into the circuit it will not stay on and...

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