Electrics - Other

751 topics in this forum

1. This is weird (huge spike)

   By NSS, August 8
   • 10 replies
   • 338 views
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   • BotusBuild
   • Yesterday at 08:32

2. Where to mount LED driver for ceiling mounted light strip

   By markharro, August 9
   • 9 replies
   • 250 views
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   • LnP
   • August 11

3. Fire Alarm smoke detectors on walls not ceiling

   By Great_scot_selfbuild, July 27
   • 9 replies
   • 327 views
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   • Gone West
   • July 28

4. Pulling wire round a 90deg corner

   By Spinny, July 27
   • 6 replies
   • 195 views
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   • Spinny
   • July 27

5. Any experience of dry wall socket fire proofing backboxes and / or fireproof inserts

   By MikeSharp01, July 25
   • 9 replies
   • 436 views
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   • Nickfromwales
   • July 27

6. Do I need to have someone produce a fire alarm design?

   By Great_scot_selfbuild, July 19
   • 1 reply
   • 328 views
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   • JohnMo
   • July 19

7. Smart meter connection via home broadband

   By joth, June 18
   • 0 replies
   • 748 views
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   • joth
   • June 18

8. Moving a BT broadband socket

   By David001, June 8
   • 8 replies
   • 963 views
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   • joth
   • June 9

9. Electrical conduit for bringing armoured cable into house?

   By flanagaj, June 1
   • 7 replies
   • 853 views
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   • Nickfromwales
   • June 2

10. How to get Electrical Box Out ?

    By Spinny, May 24
    • 11 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • Mattg4321
    • May 25

11. Pole mounted EV charger recommendations welcome…

    By G and J, April 29
    • 2 replies
    • 663 views
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    • G and J
    • May 2

12. supply tail removal.

    By jfb, May 1
    • 7 replies
    • 1k views
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    • ProDave
    • May 1

13. Advice on economy 7/9/10 tariffs for meter upgrade due to RTS switch off

    By jfb, April 29
    • 4 replies
    • 922 views
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    • Susie
    • April 29

14. Electrics under slab - cutting down the number of conduits

    By Bancroft, April 16
    • 6 replies
    • 1.2k views
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    • Spinny
    • April 18

15. Wiring for freestanding lights?

    By Alan Ambrose, April 13
    • 17 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • dpmiller
    • April 16

16. Battery new guidelines

    By saveasteading, April 16
    • 0 replies
    • 863 views
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    • saveasteading
    • April 16

17. Looking for a mcs-certified electrician

    By Bosi, April 9
    • 7 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • Nickfromwales
    • April 12

18. Run cables in external wall cavity

    By allthatpebbledash, April 1
    • 13 replies
    • 1.4k views
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    • allthatpebbledash
    • April 7

19. Screwless Switch Recommendations

    By Spinny, March 29
    • 19 replies
    • 1.4k views
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    • billt
    • April 1

20. Pulling Cables through Ceiling Void

    By Conor, March 18
    • 11 replies
    • 1.4k views
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    • dpmiller
    • March 22

21. Someone acting as my Electrician won't come back

    By boxrick, March 16
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
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    • Owain1602
    • March 16

22. Recover, Battery Storage units £745 for 5kWh

    By BotusBuild, March 16
    • 1 reply
    • 699 views
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    • SimonD
    • March 16

23. Securing backboxes - Plastered and proving challenging

    By boxrick, February 9
    • 4 replies
    • 1.7k views
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    • boxrick
    • February 26

24. Options/recommendations for replacing failed Zappi

    By NSS, December 12, 2025
    • 7 replies
    • 1.9k views
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    • Nickfromwales
    • February 17

25. Electrical interference/leakage

    By James94, January 24
    • 23 replies
    • 2.3k views
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    • James94
    • January 28