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by jtc
Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:39 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: should the mains be boxed in?
Replies: 2
Views: 2516

KBrownie is spot on, as ugly and unfinished as it may look the job is technically correct providing no exposed conductors and the cables have been clipped and the fuse box doesn't have any broken cable entry points that you can get your fingers in( or various finger sized objects
by jtc
Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:32 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: refitting a bathroom fitting
Replies: 5
Views: 2850

yep, your right ... black goes to blue and red goes to brown. If you have to earth your new light fitting and there is no existing earth wire in the bathroom light you need to run a seperate earth from the new light to another junction on the lighting circuit that has an earth connected. ( if you ca...
by jtc
Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:02 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Wiring 3 gang switch - light is always on or always off
Replies: 6
Views: 7856

sounds like the switch wire is missing, any chance of you posting a picture of the wires in the switch and wires at the light, or find a friendly leccie with a tester it shouldn't take long to trace it
by jtc
Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:11 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Electric Rangemaster 110 Tripping
Replies: 1
Views: 9433

you don't say whether you have a RCD that is tripping out, if you do have RCD that is tripping out then its probably being caused by earth leakage in the elements, a range cooker can leak enough mili amps to trip a RCD, if this is the case you have to isolate the circuit away from the rcd get a elec...
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