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2L1.5, in this case, it's strength was nearly it's undoing. It's obviously been smouldering quietly for a while, so a bit fortunate to find it.
In the roof space of a church with very awkward access, a very dangerous situation.
It's a really strange fault, one I've never come across before in fifty odd years.
The whole cable acting as a heating element. It's quite a ...

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Hi

We hired an electrician to fit us a new firealarm panel. The existing was dated. I believe it was installed when I was in high school. I am 40 this January.

Anyway the electrician for some reason decided to cut the cable going to one of the Sounders. Now out of the three sirens only one is working. The working siren is located next to the panel.
I am wor...

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I have bought a new AEG electric hob to replace an existing Baumatic hob. Opened the AEG packaging and no electric cable provided. Will ask AEG to supply this as according to manual, there should be one. When cable arrives, I know where the earth and neutral wires go in the hob, but confused with the live connection. Photo of underneath of AEG hob shows connections info. Does li...

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Can anybody put an approximate age to this fusebox? It was my grandmothers and now I have the house and intend to change it to a new CU with RCD protection. It's only a small terraced house with 1 lighting circuit, 1 ring main and a cooker circuit.

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Many of you here are experts in your fields, and I know you know your stuff, but I wanted to enrich this community with some historical and fun facts which I'm sure most will appreciate, especially the beginners.

Did you know that initially electricity was conducted through iron wires, which wasn't the most practical choice, as most of you already know. That changed in...

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