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Going back to the cooker wire. I saw the old cable which was taken from the cooker and so know that the cable there has been replaced. As the cable to the unit is old there must be a join somewhere. Can I rest assured that joining the cable will not result in a fire? The chap today studied the test ...

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Moggie1968 We've just had the other electrician here and he said our readings on the lights also only just pass the guidelines. When the last electrician moved the cooker socket on Friday I had asked him to put complete new wiring from the cookerpoint to the board. He hasn't done this, the wiring to...

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Dear Sparx, Thanks very much for the information. Before I got through to the electrician I tried to contact several other people registered with NICEIC, some didn't return my call and one registered for "Domestic" only deals with petrol stations. The one who came is very competant and has...

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Thank you both for the advice. Unfortunately we know absolutely nothing about electrics so have to accept anything we are told. Our house is 3 bedroomed semi built 1927. We have 14 sockets, some double. We have no paperwork for previous electrical work done to the house. 14 years ago when we moved h...

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We've had a 17th edition unit installed and the electrician says we don't have a proper ring main. He said that the socket fuse was too high at 30 amps and has now split the load over 2 cables and 2x 20 amp fuses. He warned that if we use tumble dryer while wash m/c is heating the fuse may blow. Ano...

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