electric

Hi all I was wondering if anyone can help, I've been battling with my Videx entryphome system for months now and have some of it working, I'm a joiner by trade and not very close up on electrics as you can probably tell. It was not a like for like handset replacement so I improvised but the...

I’m currently redoing an old house, I am abit of an amateur when it comes to electrics. The decorators have taken the light switches off and I have since bought new ones. In the master bedroom there is a double switch that controls the dressing room and the bedroom (there is another single...

If cable is installed perp to joists, threaded thru a series on in--line holes in joists, does the cable need support additional to and between the joists? The gaps between are 320-350 Not that it seems to have made much difference to the original sparks that wired the house, there's a 1.5mm...

I got a new Immermat flash timer. It 4 terminals: Live in, Neutral in, Live out and Neutral out. There are only 3 wire coming into the timer: brown, black and grey. How do I connect the wires to the terminals.

Quick electrical question I currently have a floodlight outside wired into a fused spur which has been taken from a socket many years ago. I've recently had two more flood lights added (mrs not me!!), everything on LED so not an issue with load. When the builder put the lights up he ran...

Firstly, I am new to this forum so please forgive me if this topic has been done to death. Secondly, I am Lucifer's gift to DIY, I once sawed through the rafter I was stood on! I have a Triton shower and have had it for a while so no warranty etc. however it has been working fine until last...

I have a faulty obsolete (20yr old) oven thermostat incorporating a separate oven fan/light switch tab. Can't find a 'universal' replacement. If I fit a standard 2 tab thermostat, and connect the fan and light, they will switch on and off with the element which is not ideal. I have a Stoves...

Hi All, I’m doing a DIY project but needed some advice before I comitted and would really appreciate any help/advice you can offer. I have recently moved in to a new house and wanted to put in electric underfloor heating in the hallway. The property is a bungalow and all the wiring goes in to...

Hi all, Looking at the attached photo, the fan I have for my bathroom needs the normal double pole switch, but also another connected to a 2nd live called T. Surely this could simply be hardwired to the live and use the dp pull switch to turn the fan on and off?

Do MEM still make domestic consumer units and how do they rank against makes like Schneider and Hagger? Also is Eaton and MEM the same brand these days, I had a MEM CU in my old house that was built in 2003. Regards: Elliott.

Hy guys, I’m looking for automatic blackout blinds for my bedroom operated from wall/app. 2 windows : 135W x 150Drop 1 window : 135W x 180Drop I’m living in North of London.. if you have any company in mind which is dealing with this kind of installation please advice. I’ve been quoted...

http://www.wickes.co.uk/Kudox-Flat-Electric-Towel-Radiator---White-400-x-700-mm/p/137752#tab-details_content We are thinking of installing this in a dry room in our house, its a utility room which does have a washing machine in but this will be on the other side of the room (about 3m away). Can...

Lots of good advice on these boards about external wiring, but I've not found anything similar to my problem ... I plan to install a shed about 7 metres from the main house where the electrical run would be across a tarmac parking space and lawn. I can't suspend the cable due to trees. The...

Hello everyone, I have done a stupid thing and not noted down which output my wires go to in my 2 gang switch, as I was putting a new face plate on. I have two ceiling lights going to a double switch. Said double switch has three sets of wires coming from it..so I guess one is from my main...

hi hi guys I'm looking to get some help advice I know very little about the electrics, so hopefully this is the right place to come I have just moved into a property and I'm noticing a few things that are concerning as I'm decorating and I just want to get some advice essentially my electrical...

Hi folks, our existing old-skool Creda electric cooker is on its last legs, and just so happens that my brother was getting rid of his nearly new Belling cooker as he's having a new kitchen. The existing cable connecting to the Creda is 6mm (says so on the outer sheath). The new Belling oven...

Hi Guys, I am in the process of fully refurbishing my upstairs bathroom, with a new suite. All of which shall be put into the same place due to the space restriction. Below is my current bathroom & floor plan which you can tell is a small bathroom. I would like the new bath, basin cabinet &...

Hi, I am building a summerhouse and want to lay an underground cable to the main house for electrics (it's only about 10m away). I will get an electrician to link it up to the house's electrics, but was wondering what sort of cable I will need. It will need to power a maximum of 3KW of...

Plug on fire by Pinkbear154 posted 31 May 2017 at 1:26 AMi wondering if any one can help me. We have just bought a electric fireplace and surround for our living room. We were planning on hard wiring it as we have a switched fused spur for fire on wall. We have just unpack fireplace and am a...

Hi all, I was hoping someone could just confirm that I have the right wiring setup to let me install a Drayton LP711. My boiler is a combi Vokera Linea 28HE. It currently does not have a time clock. To turn the heating on I select Winter in the mode selector. Hot water is on demand always on...