Currently quoting for a job that needs to be done next week and working out how best to proceed, so thoughts welcome.
Current situation:
-->PME incomer that has just been moved by UKPN within a porch (brick built permanent type) from one wall to another.
-->60A main fuse
-->Meter
-->Large MK...
I have a question about a 4 line wire ( red, black, white, ground). My room was wired with two switches, one was supposed to work the fan, one the light. Our fan had a remote so they did not hook it up this way. This left the black wire (in the fan) empty. I’d like to add can lights to this...
Hi all,
Based in UK (not US although this is showing for some reason).
New here but have a few electrical projects planned.
Firstly, I have 2no outdoor lights served by a single switch (see attached photograph). I am doing the garden (new decking) and intend to add -
4no LED post lights -...
HI all,
customers are building a small house and im coming off thier PME supply to the new build, 25mm 3 core SWA, small two bed house about 40mtrs away
builders have put another MEB box next to the existing one and im fitting a metal clad switch in with 100amp 100ma time delayd RCD to RCBO...
Hi Guy's,
Greetings from Spain! hope everyone is doing well?
Name is Dennis 33 years old and have a small small background in electrical engineering (when I was 20 years old I did 1 year at the university of applied science.) Happy to be here!
So here is the explanation, I would like to add a...
Hi,
I have an outside light that I would like to add a PIR to while keeping the ability to continue to use the switch as normal, do I simply add the PIR in parallel to the switch as shown in my excellent high quality attached drawing? :)
Or will this damage the PIR when the light is turned on...
DIY homeowner here. I need advice, but will hire a pro if major rewiring needs to be done.
I purchased a home with a 200amp service. There is a detached garage about 15’ from the house. I dont think the subpanel in the garage was wired correctly.
There are currently three 4awg aluminum branch...
Hi,
I simply want to add an outside light to an existing circuit in the garage.
There is a single switch operating a ceiling light in the garage, would it be ok to change the single switch to a double switch to connect the outside light or is there a better way of doing that?
Please let me...
Hello
I'm. Swapping over a fan and need some help with the wiring.
Basically the new fan has
L1
L2
N
Please can you tell me which cable goes in which. I have attached the pic of the switch the existing fan and the wiring diagram
I understand the neutral but unsure which is the L1 or L2...
Hi I have just bought a new cooker and it has a cable and plug on it but my old one doesn't. Can I put a socket on the existing cable (6mm I think) and then just plug it in.
Apologies for the complexity of this question, but there’s no easy way to explain it.
This is a remote Norfolk house and workshops, developed over 30 years.
Due to diversification, building B on the plan needs more power than originally expected, and building D is a recent addition. I’d...
On a continuity test on existing lighting circuit, do all bulbs have to be removed, what if there is to many or some can’t be reached.
Trainee Electrician
Hi everyone.
Im new here and I apologise if this has already been asked.
I am trying to connect my thermostat to my existing combi boiler. The thermostat is under the boiler and has 4 core wire coming out of it. The gas engineer who came out to service the boiler said that it can't be...
Hi I am moving into a ground floor flat and would like to have a new electric shower installed above an existing bath tub, unfortunately due to low pressure from the hot water tank a plumber has advised a mixer shower is not an option and neither is a pump. I am rather new to all this sort of...
I'm building a extension in the near future and have recently done a lot of work on my house. During the work, I installed a cable for the heating in my extension (runs from a JB near my boiler to where the extension would be). I'm worried about getting this cable 'signed off' as the cable is...
existing fan w/light;2switches(3&4way);can i put fan one 1 switch and light on the other switch?
So I want to be able to turn off the light and keep the fan going. I currently have to unscrew the light bulb in order to have the fan running without light. Can I have the light on one switch and...
I am working with an licensed electrician but might need to find one with more experience. I understand electronics extremely well but again, am using a licensed electrician.
Our house has 10 solar panels. A small inverter is mounted beneath each panel. All ten inverters are wired together...
I have 1 external light in my garden and would like to install 5 more, what’s steps would I need to take to do this? Could I spur off my existing light? Would I need junction boxes for each light?
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