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How do I know if my house has an EICR?

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If you are a private tenant in England or Scotland, your landlord must have the electrical installat...

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How do I get my landlord to comply to electrical safety checks?

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f you are a private tenant in England or Scotland, your landlord must have the electrical installati...

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Would it be safe to plug a fridge freezer and a rechargeable vacuum cleaner into a double socket adaptor plug?

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If you are using adaptors to plug in appliances, you can use our socket calculator to check whether ...

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If I can’t find my electrician registered with a government scheme, how do I know if he is actually qualified and how do I go about making a formal complaint against him?

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How can I find an electrician to do a landlord safety check?

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Private landlords in England and Scotland must have safety checks carried out every five years on th...

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My house is unsafe due to botched electrical work carried out before we moved in. Family members have had electric shocks on a number of occasions but it is very expensive for us to get the whole house rewired. What should we do?

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You may not need to have a full rewire depending on what the faults are, but you should use a regist...

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I have three twin & earth cables coming from the kitchen ceiling for lighting. Two of the cables consist of live, neutral and earth wires and one of them is live, live and earth. Why is this and how do I connect them to spotlights?

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It is possible for the wiring to be as you have described, either through design or a wiring error. ...

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What percentage of accessories need to be sampled on an EICR ?

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How do I know if my house has an EICR?

How do I check my EICR?

How do I get my landlord to comply to electrical safety checks?

Would it be safe to plug a fridge freezer and a rechargeable vacuum cleaner into a double socket adaptor plug?

If I can’t find my electrician registered with a government scheme, how do I know if he is actually qualified and how do I go about making a formal complaint against him?

How can I find an electrician to do a landlord safety check?

My house is unsafe due to botched electrical work carried out before we moved in. Family members have had electric shocks on a number of occasions but it is very expensive for us to get the whole house rewired. What should we do?

I have three twin & earth cables coming from the kitchen ceiling for lighting. Two of the cables consist of live, neutral and earth wires and one of them is live, live and earth. Why is this and how do I connect them to spotlights?

What percentage of accessories need to be sampled on an EICR ?