Blog 5 - Sean Smith - The Electricians Blog

Energy saving at home

smgelectrical@gmail.com — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:14:00 GMT

Some hints and tips for energy saving in the home!!!

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Ring and socket circuits

smgelectrical@gmail.com — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:38:00 GMT

An article to make you think about the diffrences of ring or radail circuits, and which is the better safer option.

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Periodic Inspection of Electrical Installations

smgelectrical@gmail.com — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:12:00 GMT

Inspection and testing- a brief guide

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Consumer units (fuse boards) – A guide to changing them

smgelectrical@gmail.com — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:44:00 GMT

Consumer units (fuse boards) – A guide to changing them

It has been noted by myself, in the past few months that the installation of new consumer units have been on the rise. Advertisements are rampant in the local news papers with electricians advertising to replace consumer units at knock down prices. While I am sure that there are many of them that will stick to the rules and regulations certain questions should be asked when hiring a contractor to carry out this work as it can be major work and cost in some cases. See below a guide line to what you should consider when hiring a contractor to carry out this work.

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Electric showers - Correct installation

smgelectrical@gmail.com — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:39:00 GMT

Electric showers - correct installation

Electric showers are becoming less frequent in installations and people are turning more so to pumped showers for various different reasons – cost of running, installation etc…. the tendency is for pumped showers to less expensive to install and they can be fed directly of the existing cylinder, so there is no self heating within the coil. Some of these showers come with a shower unit that looks very similar to an electric shower unit however they are not self heating and only supply additional pressure.

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