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Hello, I want to install a new TV aerial socket. At the moment, the coaxial wire comes from the aerial in the loft(digital terrestrial TV, not Sky or Freesat) to a powered splitter/amplifier in the loft, then another cable from there through the cavity walls down to a socket in the living...

Hi Just bought a treadmill, with the company suggesting I use a dedicated 20amp socket. I'm unsure how I would know what ampage the socket holds, as the circuit breaker doesn't show a part for the garage (as per attached picture). Is there anyway I can find this out? Thanks

I am under the impression that there is a regulation stating the minimum distance a socket can be placed from a exterior door, could somebody put me right if this is so and what is the minimum distance if this is correct, thanks in advance.

Hello there, I am a novice when it comes to DIY however I have recently been changing my sockets around the house, I have taken the cooker switch off but now can't get it back on. Is there a way to extend these switches just slightly so I can get the new one on, either with a crimp or other...

Just FYI I have no idea what an rcd is but upstairs in our house we have a single plug socket that when I plug my phone into it trips the rcd downstairs which turns off the oven and downstairs light, probably more I haven't checked. Is this an expensive job to fix, do I need to take any...

Hi, I'm looking to install a double socket in a storage room where the circuit box is also located, but I'm having trouble deciding on whether I should extend from the fuse socket in the wall, when bringing power to my double socket, or setup a MCB in a the circuit box just for two sockets in...

I have led strips with transformer plugs which I need to connect to the lighting circuit so the light switch can control them. Is it ok if I add a 13A sockets above each cabinet to plug transformer plugs into?

Evening all, I'm looking to move a socket which will require me to extend the cables in the back box. It's on a ring main circuit so would this mean i need to extend both 2.5mm cables or can i use a 3 gang wago and downsize to one cable running to the new backbox? Adding onto this, i plan to...

First fit has been completed by sparky. They have advised that the new sockets need to be min 450mm from floor. This is for a summerhouse and I’m about to put up the drywall. Is the 450mm measurement taken from the current floor level (plywood), or taken from the level be once the carpet and...

Hey all, We are decorating our little box room. It only has one double socket. Which is a pain.... Ideally the wife wants another. I could start removing a live and see what it does.... If all the sockets die, thst must be a part of the ring main, if only the socket on the other side dies...

Hi, I've got a socket in the sitting room that is fed from above and is part of the main ring circuit. I want to add 4 more sockets into the room horizontally and ensure that these extra sockets are also part of the ring. My problem is that the two cables coming down for the ring, both...

Hi - I have a double light switch in a shed which is connected to 2 overhead lights. I have been trying to connect a socket to this without success. Could I ask if this can be done, and how I should wire switch abd socket together. Thanks!

Moved to a house with a kitchen island - no sockets on the island proving to be a pain. There is already power to the island somehow as the gas Hob is on the island, so must have power for the ignition. I’m no electrician - is it possible to retrofit sockets to the side of the island without...

I am working on an old house with lathe walls. While I was relocating sockets I noticed that when I had disconnected a socket all other sockets became inactive, until I reconnected the socket. This only happens downstairs; upstairs is normal. Why does this happen? Weird wiring, or an error?

Hi all, I have a question that I am hoping can be answered here and hopefully I make sense when explaining. I have a ring circuit feeding the sockets in the house. A ring for upstairs and another for downstairs. I know they are in the ring configuration because on the consumer unit they are...

I'm looking to replace an existing plug socket with an RCD protected one. I'll then plug in to it a supply to the garden. My thinking being that the garden power will be on a single 13A fuse and have its own RCD protection, so as not to trip out all the downstairs sockets if something goes...

Hi, I have an intermittent issue with my dishwasher where after about 5 minutes of use it completely stops, as if it has no power at all. Turning the dial to turn it back on does nothing but if I take the plug out of the wall and put it back in, the lights come on and it will start up again...

Hi there, This is a fused socket that I'm looking to replace with a normal socket. Was an electrical radiator and as the socket is in a corner is won't get much use. However, I'm confused how to wire the normal socket up. The fused socket had a live going into the L and N sections and the N...

Hi, I'm considering installing an audiophile double wall plate. (I realise many will think me insane, but please bear with). Whereas a normal double wall socket has one live, one neutral and one earth terminal, each to receive both the "in" and "out" spurs, the audiophile double wall plates...

Need to replace both these sockets in kitchen. They've just stopped working over time, I assume the quality is rubbish and will now go with simple white sockets. I noticed screwfix sell SP and DP two gang sockets, which one is better? Or will it matter in my case.