I was wondering if you know whether this is something I can safely disconnect and remove? Think it's from old internet set up. The cover said virgin media. Thanks!
Doing a rewire at the minute and was wondering if anyone has ever seen or heard of a lighting circuit being connected somewhere in an installation with 8/9 cables connected.
I’m an apprentice so I’m curious about most things and was wondering if you was to do an EICR how you would code this...
I recently purchased a vacation condo and found this box back behind where the tv goes, next to a coaxial outlet. Never seen one before, and haven't been able to find it on a google search. There are 4 sets of small bose speakers in each corner of the room so wondering if it is for those, but...
Have a contractor trying to run a new electric line to a 'picture light' over the fireplace mantle.
As you can see in the photos, the entire wall has plywood beneath sheetrock (load bearing wall). - As they, nor I, have stuck our heads into the attic, they just decided to staple the new line...
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I had an electrician install GFCI receptacles (as per their recommendation) due to my homes older electrical wiring.
I also have asbestos in my walls so I want to avoid ripping existing boxes out and replacing the 2 with larger ones.
I drywalled over the existing wall in my sons...
I dropped my multi-tool onto a 10/3 wire yesterday when removing some rotted flooring in a mobile home. I could see a bit of copper so I don't feel comfortable just wrapping it in electrical tape and calling it good.
There is a crawl space underneath the mobile home where I can have the wire...
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Looking for more advice please. My electrician has spurred off a cable under flooring using what seem to be wago type connectors (push in, no screws). They are not enclosed in a box and the flooring is boarded and will be tiled over when refurbished. Is this acceptable by current regs or...
Forgive me, for all my terminology is going to be wrong here. My home has an old fuse box that handles a small section of the house. They take the Bussmann T15 fuses. I've recently had a fuse blow in an unconventional way. The metal strip inside the fuse is still intact. Instead, it appears to...
I just changed out a 3 gang switch box in my bathroom to a single gang box with a 3 single pole switch. It works fine but wondering if I need to worry about overheating. It is a deep single gang box which just fits in the 2 x 4 wall but there are 5 wires going into this box. Do I need to get a...
Hi, could anyone advise, this is the fuse box for the private rental flat above ours, its at the bottom of there stairs which is there only escape route, would this be upto spec, we had to have our flat completely rewired with new consumer unit after failing inspection, the owner of the upstairs...
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Looking at putting in either putty or those premade fibre socket box inserts for fire rating + air leakage reasons. Just wondering if anyone has any experience and if the putty you have to mould in yourself is better than the premade fibre boxes or not.
Hello all, I have an outlet box in my house built in the 1920s that I am changing to a GFCI. The wiring is cloth wiring so I have a hot and a neutral.
On this outlet box I have the hot and neutral line wires coming in from the bottom, and on the top I have 2 load wires which go up to the...
Can you put screws inside of a receptacle box to mount it to a stud as it's allowed by the code
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Hi there can you leave a wago connection joint in a wall to plastered over Evan if your using the wago connector box that wagos go on but then iam under the consumption that every electrical joint has to be accessible ?
Getting 120 volts between line 1 and neutral and getting 120 volts between line 2 and neutral but getting 0 volts between line 1 and line 2. Need help in figuring out what is missing?
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Currently, I have a chandelier in my dining room. I want replace the lighting with 2 pendant lights in a single 120 volts junction box. Is this possible?
Your help and advice is much appreciated.
I have a professionally installed Generator Interlock on my 200amp load center in my 1-family residence here in the US. I have 10 gauge wire from the panel going about 10 feet to an outdoor generator inlet box with the big 30 amp RV kind of connection. This setup works well with a larger...
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I hope someone can advise. Just wondering how I deal with wiring this security light. in particular dealing with the two neutral wires with the one from the appliance.
thanks
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Apologies for the basic (silly!) question, but using a maintenance free box (ashley j803) to extend a ring main circuit, in the configuration in the image attached with 4 cables (2 in, 2 out), would it not create issues having the separate 2 cables in and out, in contact with each other...
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