electic nightmare

Hello everyone, Looking for some advice/opinions on some work that has been done so far to get electrics running down to our garden office. Essentially, it seems that the works done on getting electrics and an ethernet cable down to our garden office has not been done properly. I have attached...

Morning all. Hopefully a quick resolution incoming… I’m fitting a dimmer in the bedroom! Stupidly I forgot to take a picture of the previous switch before removal, however, there were two brown wires wrapped together and a single live wire. I copied what was the wiring from the previous...

Hi I’m looking at replacing 2 light switches 2 gang and a 3 gang however when I’ve looked at the wiring I’ve noticed the new switch are slightly different and confused me I will attach pictures of the current switch’s and wire and the new one if anyone could point in the right direct that would...

Hi all, woke up this morning to a buzzing and crackling sound coming from one of the sockets in my bedroom when I turned it on, which also caused the lights to flicker at the same time, what is the 2nd socket inline on the 20A radial socket circuit. Stuff was not working/powering up on this...

Hi, fixing a new dimmer switch for some new LED light fittings. I have took the old dimmer switch off (see image) and tried to attach the new dimmer the same way. It hasn’t worked. The dimmer has two switches one for the ceiling light and one for the wall lights. There is also a light switch on...

I have no knowledge about electrics and I really need someone's help. My landlord is unfortunately one of those not really good ones. To the point that I had to take him to court as the condition of our property is beyond description. Electrics has been flooded on multiple occasions due to all...

Hello Problem - No lights or sockets to the back of house RCD resets momentarily and then another switch goes. Sockets now now sensitised (no more tumble drier or hoover). its pot lock if it resets and we are leaving the lighting one off as nothing resets if that remains on. Context - We are...