Background: I would like to replace my wired, under cabinet lighting with dimmable LED under cabinet lighting. Can you suggest a product or solution to my problem of a 10" space
Details: Ideally, I would like a dimmable LED light that is hard wired to AC switch that turns on/off the other two...
Hi all, I am hoping someone can help me with my problem. Just started renting a place and it has under cabinet LED lighting in the kitchen. It's connected to a wall switch but it takes anywhere from 2 to 50 flicks of the switch before the lights come one. I have tried slow on/off patterns, long...
I have just had my house fully rewired. I lifted a few of the loose floorboards to clean and noticed at junctions there is a lot of exposed copper wire. Is this normal or even safe?ī
Hi there, I've just moved in to a new place, and it looks as though there's been some under cupboard lighting installed previously, but I've never had it and don't recognise the socket type, and which lights (and where to get them) will work with it.
VERY basic question, I know, but it's one I...
Just had a call from an M&E client of mine and good mate asking to pick my brains.... large 3ph biomass boiler with (I assume variable speed) 1ph fans internally. Says he's got 230v L-N/E on the connecting plug but when the fan gets connected there's nothing on the internal fan connections...
Happy new year guys. I'm gonna be in the process of slowly rewiring my house over the next 12 months. It's an old house with wooden floorboards on the ground floor and a subfloor. The consumer unit is at the bottom of the stairs in the cavity. To get upstairs I plan to run cables underneath the...
Hi, I'm doing DIY and need to run some coaxial cables from the roof space into the house through the stud wall. Can anyone advise if this requires to be installed by a professional to wiring regs?
Does anyone know about regulations around fire protection of you have several coaxial cables going...
Hi,
Just after your thoughts on the following-
I am running a 25mm armoured from a KLM switch fuse to a consumer unit under the stairs in a domestic property. I intend to gland into a joint box and take 6181Y meter tails to the consumer unit. Under the 18th a edition the consumer unit needs to...
2ga is what i think i need for the runs. ill have 220v out there so ill do 3 runs for hot/hot/neutral and then ground. reading the current code it seems i need grounding rods out there as well as a dedicated ground from house to garage? is that right?
can i sleeve cables for wire color change...
I want to add a 30 amp RV outlet to one end of my house.
My Breaker panel is at the other end of my house (about 75 feet away)
10/3 wire has gotten ridiculously expensive (10/3 romex is over $4/ft).
Is there any reason I shouldn't use a 10 gauge 3 wire outdoor extension cord for the run under...
hello
theres a damaged cable under floor boards in either the living room, hallway or dining room.
the 'downstairs sockets' mcb type b in consumer unit trips as soon as i flick it back up, so the problem is in one of the rooms above.
how do i detect which cable under the floorboards it is...
Hi all.
I’ve been asked to light a menagerie.
I will have to take a sub main from a nearby chicken shed to a point near the entrance where I will distribute from. It will be tt’d at this point and I am able to get the rod a good 8 m from where any horsey traffic may pass.
My problem is the...
Hi can anyone recommend an instant water heater for an ensuite hand basin. I'm after recommendations of products that people have fitted/ used that actually give a good enough flow even in the winter. I looked at some of the smaller rated heaters 4-5kw in eg screwfix and most have bad reviews...
Hi.. not posted on here much but im after a bit of advice.
I have recently qualified 18th edition (level 3 electrotechnical EAL)
Im looking into joining either NAPIT or NIC for the ease of contacting building control to sign jobs off. i then found out i will need the 2391 testing and inspection...
Hello, need some advice here if possible. Went to quote for lighting rewire at house client has recently moved into, He says next year or two that they having a loft conversion. Anyway he had some recent gas works done at the property and the gas/heating person said that as the gas meter is...
Just wondering what your thoughts are about this before I renew the facias/soffits/guttering.
Any help would be appreciated as it's my sons new house.
I've attached some pics
Hi, I'm currently looking at moving a socket so it's under the worktop for a washing machine in the kitchen, however I need to be able to switch off the socket. Am I right in thinking that I need to fit a fused spur above the worktop in order to do this?
Just needed some advice because a lot of people say it is a scam and i have already studied some of the course from their material. Would be nice to know if there are any other students with them too and know their experiences
Hi guys here is the situation,switching all 4 heaters in induction hob(7.4kW)and it stops working.Taking out the oven (2.5kW)which is just underneath and find out that hob and oven are both plugged in to double socket.There is no cooker connection unit but there is cooker switch above.From the...
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