annedonnelly
Girl from the North Country
- Location
- Blyth, Northumberland
I had a mouse chew through the power cable to the kitchen light. Fused everything and the mouse didn't survive...
Is there an electrician in the house?
- Thread starter swee'pea99
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I had a mouse chew through the power cable to the kitchen light. Fused everything and the mouse didn't survive...
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swee'pea99
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We still think mice. Opened the bin drawer t'other day to find one of the cheeky little blighters perched on top of the bin.
vickster
Legendary Member
You need a cat as well as a sparky...
My feline delight left this for me at the bottom of the stairs on Monday morning
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Tenacious Sloth
Guru
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
If you have all your circuits off and the rcd won’t reset - could it be a dodgy rcd?
Are you able to swap it over with the one that works?
Are you able to swap it over with the one that works?
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bikingdad90
Guru
If you can’t get hold of a local electrician, what about British Gas, Homecall service which specialises in repairs, maintenance and fault finding. They are likely to have spares in the van too.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Look on it as a spot of physiotherapy.
- Location
- Egham
Sounds like the RCD has failed. 10 minutes with a MEGGER should confirm or otherwise.
Go out for dinner, get a sparks in the morning.
Go out for dinner, get a sparks in the morning.
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swee'pea99
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Amazingly the emergency sparks, who said he'd be here in half an hour, came in half an hour. He then spent a bit over an hour going thru' the whole isolation thing. Somewhere on that wall. With two lots of sockets and the central heating. Tried to get the CH going on a workaround. Flipped the switch. So that's it. The boiler. Everything else is now on. Need a boilerman. We came to settle up, on the previously agreed terms: £60 callout charge, + £60/hr. "Call it £60" he said. 
vickster
Legendary Member
So now you can have a more expensive meal...bonusAmazingly the emergency sparks, who said he'd be here in half an hour, came in half an hour. He then spent a bit over an hour going thru' the whole isolation thing. Somewhere on that wall. With two lots of sockets and the central heating. Tried to get the CH going on a workaround. Flipped the switch. So that's it. The boiler. Everything else is now on. Need a boilerman. We came to settle up, on the previously agreed terms: £60 callout charge, + £60/hr. "Call it £60" he said.
Levo-Lon
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Amazingly the emergency sparks, who said he'd be here in half an hour, came in half an hour. He then spent a bit over an hour going thru' the whole isolation thing. Somewhere on that wall. With two lots of sockets and the central heating. Tried to get the CH going on a workaround. Flipped the switch. So that's it. The boiler. Everything else is now on. Need a boilerman. We came to settle up, on the previously agreed terms: £60 callout charge, + £60/hr. "Call it £60" he said.
Excellent news. .
You can talk about sex in your own bed tonight then
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