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I am currently wiring a fan into a bathroom. What i want to know is can I take a live and neutral to a dp switch outside the bathroom and from here wire the fan to come on when this is switched. I was going to loop the permanent live into the switched live terminal at the fan as i dont want the fan to come on whenever i switch my bathroom lights on ...

HI,Any advice please,ive been offered a job as a maintenance man,I am a carpenter to trade.I can do basic plumbing electrics.The jobs at a nursing home.Not to keen on working on electrics as it can kill, i thought in 2012 are you allowed to work on electrics?.I thought even electricians couldnt touch domestic if they werent part p .Can anyone shed any light on the subject.And even plumbing with preventitive scalding system surely you cant ...

Hello. I am currently 'revamping' my bathroom, ( I can already hear the cries of Part P!), anyway i am moving the existing shaving socket a few inches. I will have a 'back to wall' sink adjacent to a concealed cistern toilet. I want to put the socket over the cistern lid, and only a few inches from the edge of the sink, so it's near the mirror. I also don't want it to be ...

Can anyone help me please. this is my first post.

I have just gone under my stairs, where the electricity fuse box is, and i noticed a strong smell of burning plastic...

I then noticed that my electricity box wire has melted.

It is the Red wire that come from a black box thing, that goes to my pre-payment meter. - It looks like it has been like this for a while as the plastic ...

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Can anyone tell me what I can expect to be charged to have a new domestic consumer unit fitted? I live in Lancashire :dunno:

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I,m installing underfloor heating in my living room, the area is 12m2 and is 1680watts. Should I be ok with a fused spur from rcd protected curcuit or do I have to go back to the comsumer unit.

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Hi, can anyone advise me whats going on here. I have a Honeywell C21 timeclock (new). When the hot water is on any position, AUTO, ALL DAY 24 HRS and OFF, the hot water never fires. The only way I can get HW working alone is to have the heating on and turn down the room thermostat so we just get HW. Its a fully pumped system with a mid-position valve and cylinder stat. Any ...

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I am in the process of insulating, using 200mm rockwool, between my ground and first floor as I had to take the ceiling down after water damage (previous owner). This is mainly for sound proofing and to increase the 'efficiency' of our home for when the planned extension goes up in a couple of years. Anyhoo...
I have read the forum with interest. I have learned that insulating near lighting cables (1mm) is ...

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what is the minimum space should i leave between the shaver socket and basin?

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I've installed a 2-gang power socket spur from an existing socket. The spur is on a dividing wall with the next room, where I'd like to install another 2-gang socket.Could I run a cable from the existing spur a few inches through the wall to the new spur? The books say not to run one spur from another, but it's only a few inches and neither spur would be much used. If this is ...