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by FicksIt
Wed Dec 28, 2022 6:05 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Getting the right electrical appliances for Zone 2 in a bathroom.
Replies: 1
Views: 1007

Getting the right electrical appliances for Zone 2 in a bathroom.

I'm refurbishing our bathroom and as part of this I am replacing the extractor fan and the shaver socket (both 35 years old now!) Not all suppliers give the British Standards or Ingress Protection for their products, which makes selecting one, near impossible. Can anyone guide me towards the correct...
by FicksIt
Wed Jan 26, 2022 11:12 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: All of my downstairs ceiling/wall lights won't work!
Replies: 10
Views: 1561

Re: All of my downstairs ceiling/wall lights won't work!

Thanks again for your post and advice. Yes, down to me but I understand a lot better what is going on. I'll see what my electrician has to say and if there is anything interesting to report then I'll get back on the forum. I have attempted to upload a picture of my consumer Unit for background infor...
by FicksIt
Tue Jan 25, 2022 9:34 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: All of my downstairs ceiling/wall lights won't work!
Replies: 10
Views: 1561

Re: All of my downstairs ceiling/wall lights won't work!

Thank you for your post. I think that I understand it a bit better now. I noted my RCBOs are rated B6, B16, and B32, depending on the load they carry. My troublesome circuit is a B6 as it is a lighting circuit, I assume? More research using the part number shows it to be a single-pole switch. As my ...
by FicksIt
Mon Jan 24, 2022 8:48 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: All of my downstairs ceiling/wall lights won't work!
Replies: 10
Views: 1561

Re: All of my downstairs ceiling/wall lights won't work!

Thanks for the post. I've Googled the part number on what I thought was an MCB (Cp B6 RT060630B) and it turns out to be an RCBO, What are the implications of this? It could be a neutral-to-earth fault? What might that be? A cable fault seemed unlikely to me, but what do I know! The cable was install...
by FicksIt
Mon Jan 24, 2022 2:51 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: All of my downstairs ceiling/wall lights won't work!
Replies: 10
Views: 1561

Re: All of my downstairs ceiling/wall lights won't work!

Thanks again for your post Just hopefully, to answer your questions: The lights are in four groups, each being switchable. All of the lamps and fittings are the same in each group. Wall lights in the lounge: (4) and diner(4) are E14 9W fluorescent lamps. Ceiling downlighters: (8) are 2.4W LED spotli...
by FicksIt
Sat Jan 22, 2022 6:42 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: All of my downstairs ceiling/wall lights won't work!
Replies: 10
Views: 1561

Re: All of my downstairs ceiling/wall lights won't work!

Thanks for the post. Sorry, yes it's an MCB. I date from the era when "trip switch" was used commonly!lamp I'm moderately competent at home electrics so I could check the lamp holders, presumably with a multimeter set to the correct AC voltage? Before all of the circuit failed, one lamps (...
by FicksIt
Fri Jan 21, 2022 3:44 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: All of my downstairs ceiling/wall lights won't work!
Replies: 10
Views: 1561

All of my downstairs ceiling/wall lights won't work!

All of my ceiling, wall, under cabinet lights, have sopped working downstairs. The trip switch has tripped and won't reset. When the trip switch is flicked the lamps come on briefly. By this method, I have checked that all the lamps are now working. Before all of this happened, one of the ceiling li...
by FicksIt
Mon Jul 13, 2020 2:34 pm
Forum: Brazing, Soldering and Welding Forum
Topic: How to make a metal box?
Replies: 1
Views: 2399

How to make a metal box?

I've got a couple of projects on the go, which would benefit from doing some basic metalworking. 1. I want to make a metal door to fit inside a wood-fired oven in the garden. The idea is to cut the door from a metal sheet and make a box to the shape of the door. It needs to be a box so that I can fi...
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