Sorry no photos, but I’ll explain best I can.
Turn on the switch, I’m not getting any light.
Apparently a new fitting.
Description…. A white circular base screwed up to the ceiling, then a much thinner white flexible part… then another part at the bottom.
Inside this bottom part is two...
I have a selection of brand new electrical items
6 MK 422. 1g white telephone socket outlets
2 MK 3632. 2g white moulded front-plate
1 MK 989 ALM. 13a in sw conn unit flex outlet
9 MK 337 WHI 13a connection unit , 1 IS NOT WRAPPED , SO 8+1
5 MK 5423 WHI 20A...
Just introducing myself after much lurking...
Having recently completed my diploma and 2391, the knowledge and experience shared by folk on here has ben of great use.
Looking to get a foot in the door by working with a few contacts for experience.
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Hi. I know this probably isn't the most fitting platform to post this question, but I was racking my brain where I could get an answer to my issue, and this forum is what I came up with.
I have a small bathroom Lasko space heater (1500w). I bought it around 3 years ago and my wife and I use it...
Has anyone come across click accessories spurs burning out?
it seems to only be happening with the CNS200 Trend uk Steibel eltron heaters
Fuse is still fine just the spur itself is burning out had so many of these
Thanks in advance
Adam
Found this nice little nest at a holiday let Barn Complex, it was located under an apartment 2.7m above a vehicle access way, behind timber doors, there are timber beams above.
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Its been ages since I have been on here- Fortunately log in details stored on PC.
I have just had a new boiler and 210 ltr unvented tank fitted in the loft to replace a very old Baxi back boiler. I have now fitted a Solic 200 diverter to utilise all the spare capacity from the 3,84 Kw...
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I live in Costa Rica, which adopted the US electrical code.
On a regular basis, during thunderstorms, I have parks coming out of the outlets and damaged devices, but no breaker ever flipped. I asked an electrician here and he told me everything is fine.
I looked into the wiring and found...
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Several lightbulbs in my home supplied by one circuit breaker dim over time and go out in about a year. Right now, the ceiling light in my living room won't turn on at all. It will turn on, go dim for 1-10 seconds, and then shut off completely. There are a host of other...
I have a sub panel about 75ft from my house attached to my shed that feeds a pool pump, some outlets and a pool heater which is no longer used (50amp). I have built another shed 30 ft from the sub panel which I want to bring power to. I need 1 - 30amp outlet and at least 2 - 15amp breakers to...
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While making my bed I managed to flap my covers around so much that it hooked around my light and ripped it clean out of the socket. Included are pictures of the situation that I've got at the moment. What I want to know is if it's safe for me to switch off the electricity to the...
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I have a client who is developing a plot of land for a single house. Currently, their 100 amp service cut-out is in a cubicle fed by overhead cable, however, this is in the way of the build. Rather than having the cubicle moved before the build and then again once the build is...
Hello All. I have a Westinghouse pxr6988 wall oven. It has a cutting out problem when using it in Keep Warm mode, it heats ok and stat is working. But, when I turn it off the oven goes dead, no clock etc.
The trip switch on the electrical board is not tripping. But to get the oven to work again...
Hey there! I am fitting four lights in my kitchen and have come across two issues (pictures attached - this is really the best quality I could do, sorry).
1: the light fitting takes one live (brown) and one neutral (blue) wire in a white junction that goes inside the fitting.
In two of the...
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After bit of advice please....
Called back to kitchen job today, Hamilton light switch we fitted has burnt out?!
Normally decent gear so just trying to make sure nothing we have done (as Client not so friendly on this one.)
Switch in question is powering all the feature lighting which...
Hello, this is my first post here. I have a little experience with most types of household wiring through a decade of DIY remodeling, and building a new house but am not an electrician.
I'm researching options for getting power to a small cabin in the woods behind a house (Oregon, USA). It...
Hello, Looking for advice on how much to bill out of apprentice electrician on jobs. Do you have a % to add on to their rate to allow for expensies, PAYE, NI, Holiday pay etc?
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I’m wondering if someone could give me a little guidance. Whilst removing some old carpets I pulled out what I now believe is the BT master socket. I didn’t realise it was the master as it’s in the spare bedroom upstairs. Anyway before realising I decided to disconnect it from what I...
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