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  1. B

    Periodic flickering throughout the whole house?

    Hi folks - new to the forums here. Forgive me if this isn't the right place to post. We have a small home, just moved in and noticing that 24 hours a day, once about every minute, ALL the lights in the house flicker at a pretty fast rate for about 10-15 seconds. It repeats this cycle 24 hours...
  2. L

    Electrics to new wooden 'man cave' 10 m away from house

    Hello, I need some electrics to my new wooden man cave. It is 10 m away from the house, I need need lights and sockets for the fridge and electric heater. I have no space in consumer unit but two ring mains down stairs (kitchen and then all other rooms) onto 32 amp MCB's. I have been told that...
  3. R

    What size and what type of wire to use from house to shed my house is 165 feet away

    My shed already has a breaker box and is wired already. My house is 165 feet away my breaker box has a spare 20 amp. What size wire do I need to purchase I want to bury the wire aswell I will be using lights in the shed aswell as plug in to power tool all of which are 110 tools no 220 I will run...
  4. W

    Coverted house flat consumer box needs help?

    Moved in to a ground floor flat of a house broken up into individual flats, only found two outlets in main living area (No bedroom and 1 double in kitchen plus double for oven). I checked the consumer box and feel it doesn't look right, not an electrician just a handyman who recognises his...
  5. V

    Backup Power when working on an occupied house

    Hi, Does anyone provide backup power for when having to turn off power to an occupied house for long periods of time ? I've got to turn off the power to a house next week to trace a ring final fault and it's likely to take all day and the house will be occupied with a young family so they will...
  6. L

    House rewire - no certificate ?????

    Just had a full property rewire completed, My contract was with a registered electrician ( sparky 1 ) , I checked prior to engaging him and he is registered with NIC IEC The job took five days and the electrician had another electrician working alongside him When the job was completed I was...
  7. richardg

    DNO fuse in a house of horrors

    Just been this sent this remotely by a former client who is just about to move into her ‘new house’, survey report did not flag any problems - builder was asked for his knowledge and said all’s good and now a smart meter fitting turned up and looked at this and scuttled away in terror? where to...
  8. B

    Sockets for a summer house

    My mate has built a summer house on to the side of his house. He wants to install two double sockets and a light. can we spur off the ring main( which is rcd. protected), with a 30 amp junction Box to a un switched fuse spur then two double sockets. am I right that if he wants to use a...
  9. G

    Meter and Service Disconnect at Road - What Wires to use underground to connect main panel in house?

    I have 200amp connection, with the meter and service disconnect at the road (see pictures). House panel is about 75 feet from the service disconnect at the road. 1) Assuming I need 4/0-4/0-4/0-2/0 AL wire sizes (considered a sub panel), exactly what type of wires are required to run from the...
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  10. A

    House earthing from an off grid solar system

    Hi everyone, I live well off grid in Wales and am presently renovating a small property. As part of that renovation I have had a full off grid solar system professionally fitted coupled with a generator back up. The inverter charger has a neutral earth link as does the generator. The inverter...
  11. Natosha Jacobs

    looking for whole house lighting designs

    I’m looking for some whole house transitional or contemporary lighting fixtures to replace my ugly builder lights. All the ones I can see are either too cheap or for smaller places. If I look at larger home real estate listings to get ideas, they all seem done up in a traditional and showy...
  12. J

    keep getting shocked at my house

    sometimes when I touch metal objects for example the washing machine, toaster etc I get a nasty shock. almost always the breakers trip, what can it be? Also I am not an electrician I am just curious as to what is the problem. The problem is not happening all the time. sometimes nothing happens...
  13. cliffed

    Eicr on Farm house

    Just wondering your take on this, EICR on property, New DB fitted some years ago, looks ok. & compliant @ the time of install but not now. Its all pvc T&E cabling but with the usual poor workmanship recess lighting,wall lights not ideally connected. Polarity issues @ lights & sockets,no...
  14. T

    Can't get overload circuit in house working again

    A circuit in my house quit working when a toaster oven and portable electric heater where both running on it. Normally the simple fix would be resetting the tripped breaker. However, the breaker did not appear to be tripped. I turned it off and on just to make sure and still no luck. Next...
  15. V

    House Alarm reset after isolation - who foots the bill

    This one has caught me out twice now. Needed to isolate power to house that has a battery backed up alarm. Unknown to me the battery was flat, so when I turned on the power the alarm reset to factory settings and wouldn't switch off, resulting in an call out to a security firm on a Sunday and...
  16. J

    LED Lighting design for new house

    Hi there. I'm building a house and need some help with the LED lighting design. Lots of experience wiring things, some experience using LEDs (did a run of low voltage landscape lights at previous house.) But first time with an LED lighting design this extensive. This house has a very open...
  17. HappyHippyDad

    No power to whole house after water fell on to cooker???

    A friend has just called as his daughter in Belfast (many, many, many miles from me!) has just lost all power after water fell into the cooker/hob. I straight away thought it has to be a main RCD somewhere, but I cannot see one in the pictures they have sent and they don't 'think' there is one...
  18. D

    How can I ascertain if my electricity bills are just for my house? 2k per month bill can anyone help!

    My electricity bills are 1.5-2.5k per month for a 5 bedroom house. My heating was running off ? electric so while this figure is extremely high it (kind of) made sense, as the house is large. I had an electrician calculate the space and electric consumption. As it was so high, I decided to go...
  19. W

    Old house, what is going on in this junction box?

    I've done basic wiring, not a pro by any means. But I know enough to not electrocute myself, which is why I'm not touching this until I understand it. Pic below. I want to replace that old black cable going from this box to an outlet over my workbench. It's the two wire, no ground type...
  20. S

    How to ground antenna that is on opposite side of house from GES?

    I am installing an antenna on the roof of my house to run coaxial through basement to supply TV's. The problem is that the GES is on opposite side of house. I have been reading on-line trying to figure out the best way to ground the antenna mast and the coaxial but am getting rather confused...

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