electric

Hi! We have 7x MR11 20W Halogen bulbs in our landing ceiling. I have bought 7x MR11 3W LED bulbs. Each pack is titled "6 Pack MR11 GU4 12-24V 3W LED Bulb, Cool White 6000K, Equivalent to 30W 20W Halogen Spotlight Bulb, 300LM, GU4 Bi-Pin Base, 120°Beam Angle, Non-Dimmable, for Hallway, Living...

I recently purchased a property and have zero idea on how the gas/boiler system works (photos attached). Hoping for someone with more expertise to give some advice as I've no one else to ask. Boiler with valve & switch: Boiler brand on top: Pipe with meter & valve directly below boiler...

Hi, I’m currently wiring all the sockets and lighting in the new kitchen extension. I run in to a problem where I need to take the cables around two corners. From my understanding safe zones don’t carry around corners. The roof above the sockets is pitched and there’s a steel beam. Do I run the...

Which dielectric matte coatings are applied to industrial electrical cabinets?

I'm not expert - but tried to mockup my garage conversion. I'm going to get a sparky in to do some electrics, but ideally don't want to move the fusebox or change much if possible. I was going to do the work first before he comes, but getting a bit stuck around the plans for studding above...

Hi, I've been mulling over a decision for quite some time now regarding whether to ditch storage heaters in favour of electric panel heaters that operate during peak hours and changing tarifs. We only utilize Economy 7 (E7) electricity during the winter months for heating, which amounts to...

Hi all I have a man Cave down bottom of garden it's been built about 7 years and been run off an extension lead all that time with no issues until about 2 year ago but I'll get into that in a minute. It runs 4 strip lights on a circuit and 11 double sockets on a ring. I never use all sockets at...

Good morning, My electric gates have been playing up recently so I phoned a local company and asked them for their assistance. Over the phone I agreed to a £45 call out fee to assess the job. He said that it would then be £45 per hour to fix the problem. He came to assess that afternoon. He...

Hi, I am currently converting a van. I have been recommended to use a 6mm cable from my battery to fuse box and to have a 20A inline fuse on the cable. I am struggling to find all the correct cables etc that I need. Is it possible to use a 20A circuit breaker instead of an inline fuse on the...

I'm trying to wire in a 230v 4core capacitive sensor as part of a safety circuit. I have a brown, blue, white and black coloured core. The sensor came with no wiring drawings so I'm not sure how it's supposed to be wired I'm trying to supply a voltage to it and have an output voltage when the...

I am going to be doing the wiring for my van conversion this weekend. Just want to make sure I have it all correct. I have 4 appliances that I am going to connect to a 6 way blade fuse box. My calculations are this: 4 LED spolights- 3w each and 12v= 1amp Water pump- 36w and 12v=3 amps Fridge-...

[pics attached] We recently had our bathroom done, I just went to dust on top of the cabinet and found a hole in the wall with wires running out (supplying power to the cabinet-mounted light, and an electric toothbrush charger inside the cabinet). Is this safe?? We've been showering in here...

Hi, Please see image attached of how the cable is wired currently. The 8-core/alarm cable(?) not sure what it is - is wired to a doorbell. I want to switch the doorbell out and fit an outside wall light product that will take Live, Neutral, and Earth wires, space for 3 wires. however the cable...

Can anyone explain how to wire in a wire from the house consumer unit? I have some electrics in my garage which have been fine for years even with using a welder etc.. but the power currently all comes from a socket in the house and of course I know this isn’t really right and probably not...

Hi, looking for some advise. I have a Mira Decor electric shower, couple of years old now. In the winter everything is fine. When the weather gets better the shower appears to have a fault. The top dial controls the setting (high, medium, low) and the lower dial the temperature of the water...

Hi just replaced the heating system with new boiler. Power to feed boiler upstairs using existing Immersion switch down stairs. This switch now needs to remain on. Can you replace with cover What is the best option.

Noticed this coating on the sheath of the incoming 100A mains electric cable, it wasn't there a few weeks ago. Wondering what it is. Pic at drivelink here: https://e.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZeGYhZ5MwUeC4VoHBd6XHXEISDxYuJDCDV

Hi all, Currently own an all electric flat and looking for some advice on replacing my 25 year old boiler. It's a large hot water cylinder which doesn't heat up the best and all parts are now obsolete (but it still get's the job done) So far I've received quotes for the following from...

So I had a room in my house with no plug sockets, It was a very old room and I wanted to use it as a small office. It needed plugs, 3 doubles to be precise. The room was bare brick so I plaster boarded on dabs. To install the plugs I created a spur off a plug on a ring main in the room...

Hi everyone, I was using a Henry vacuum cleaner when it sucked in part of a plastic bag, causing the motor to overload with a faint burning smell, and then running at reduced speed while making a strange fluttering noise. I found that the sparking inside the motor commutator was very excessive...