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Safety tips for electrical equipment
What can I do to make electrical equipment safe to work with? Asides from cutting off their power supply?
Dimmer switches in bathrooms
Are dimmable lights or dimmer switches permitted in bathrooms?
Do holiday let electricals need PAT testing?
Should plug in electricals like microwaves and lamps in holiday lets be PAT tested?
EV charge point
My garage has what has been described as a "standard" garage supply box. The box contains a 63A Mains switch along with two breakers B6 and B16. The house /build is about 20 25 years old. Can I run an EV charger from this supply. Garage has 3 double fluorescents and some power sockets for my power tools Other than that an up and over electric door opener.
Are all taps meant to be earthed
Should all taps in the house be earthed?
fixing house hold wiring
i think i have a light fitting that has been chewed by a mouse so it's cut in two, can i use what i know them as chocolate box connectors ( Terminal Block Strip Connector) or should i solder it , is this ok for house hold wiring ????
Quote to rectify issues in 1 bed flat
Good morning, I have been quoted £900 to rectify the issues below in an electrical safety inspection, seems expensive to me? 1 NO SURGE PROTECTION INSTALLED. C3 2 HIGH CONTINUITY READING ON LIVES FOR SOCKET CIRCUIT FI 3 SPUR NEEDS INSTALLING IN BOTTOM LEFT KITCHEN CUPBOARD TO OPERATE APPLIANCE C3 4 HOB ISOLATOR NOT FOUND C3 5 NEW COOKER SWITCH REQUIRED IN KITCHEN C2 6 SINGLE GANG METAL LIGHT SWITCH NEEDED IN KITCHEN C2 7 RING AND RADIAL IN 32A. THIS NEEDS SPLITTING. 1 X 16A BREAKER NEEDED C2 8 NO RCD PROTECTION TO ANY CIRCUIT THROUGHOUT INSTALLATION C2
Rewiring a property
Can one rewire a property without pulling the floorboards up?
Electric cooker switch
Hi, is there a minimum distance the switch should be sited from a freestanding electric cooker? My switch would appear to be in the hot zone above and to the side of where the cooker goes.
Electrical Extension - To Shed
Hoping to get power into a garden shed. I have need of temporarily getting power to the shed for power tools as and when needed - i.e not on any regular basis. Not on a permanent basis. I can run an extension cable outside to the shed, and intend to put a trailing lead socket into a weatherproof ext cover which then connects through the shed into a Metal Clad USB Switched Socket (13A 2 Gang)...my intention would be to wire the tag end of the trailing cable into the switched socket - which is connected to the trailing cable socket in the ext weatherproof cover - which would receive power from an extension lead connected from the house itself. This is setup this way to avoid trip hazards/extension cables running across a shed floor. Is this feasible ? Anything connected to the switched sockets would be on an RCD adaptor.
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