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Old 09-11-2006, 17:04   #1
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Electric or Gas?

Hellooo, right my electric fuse box has stopped working its the box that controls the timer for the hot water!

i have tried to change the fuse that didnt work then we bought a new fuse switch box and that wasnt it so now i dont know who to call do i call a gas man or an electric man? i was thinking british gas coz they do both but will they be expensive?

Humm i dont know we only bought our council house last year and we have not had to call anyone out yet.

Im baffled.... help please
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Old 09-11-2006, 17:08   #2
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Re: Electric or Gas?

Is the fuse box not working, just affecting the (gas) heating, or other electrical things too?

It might be the thermostat?
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Old 09-11-2006, 17:11   #3
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Re: Electric or Gas?

its just the fuse switch that sends the electric to the timer on the wall maybe i need a new timer that has gone a couple of times since i have lived here?
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Old 09-11-2006, 17:13   #4
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its just the fuse switch that sends the electric to the timer on the wall maybe i need a new timer that has gone a couple of times since i have lived here?
God I'm a dumbo with anything like this, but it might be the thermostat.

Before you call out anybody have you no friends/neighbours who could advise you as to which sort of person you need to help?

Good luck hun x
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Old 09-11-2006, 17:19   #5
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Re: Electric or Gas?

hum well not really anyone round here gets it all done by the council! i dont just want to call any random person out.
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Old 09-11-2006, 17:22   #6
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hum well not really anyone round here gets it all done by the council! i dont just want to call any random person out.
It is a lottery. When I was in London I was always being ripped off if I needed to just chose someone out of the Yellowpages. Happily I now know a man that does, for nearly every job now.
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Old 09-11-2006, 17:28   #7
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Re: Electric or Gas?

here is a picture of the little box thats not working it might help a bit....
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Old 09-11-2006, 17:29   #8
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the picture is lying on its side! typical eh but its the little white box under the timer!
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Old 09-11-2006, 18:08   #9
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Re: Electric or Gas?

The "little white box" is a switched fused spur.

Get a lecky to look at it. Any decent house-basher should be able to sort it.
Have a look in the Yellow Pages for a Nic-Eic (Nice-Eck) registered electrician. It stands for National Inspection Council - Electrical Installation Council. This will ensure that you are not hiring a cowboy with a terminal driver and a pair of wire-cutters.

I hope this helps.
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Re: Electric or Gas?

Thats a bit unusual. When you switch the switch on does the little red light under it light up or not? If not and you have changed the fuse in it, have you checked you have not blown a fuse in your main fusebox ( or tripped a trip out if you have those instead of fuses) ?
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Connect it: Red > Yellow, Yellow > Blue, & Blew to ....'kin bits!
Don't you mean Connect Red > Brown, Yellow > Black, Blue > Grey, Black > Blue and wonder WTF we listen to europe for?
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Don't you mean Connect Red > Brown, Yellow > Black, Blue > Grey, Black > Blue and wonder WTF we listen to europe for?
No, mate. If I were to follow the European directive, I would connect it:

Brown>Black, Black>Grey & all hell would still break loose.

Those buffoons in The Hague can swap the colour codes all they want, but they cannot alter the end result!
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Old 10-01-2007, 18:48   #13
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is it not your mains fuse thats blown?
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have you checked you have not blown a fuse in your main fusebox ( or tripped a trip out if you have those instead of fuses) ?
oops already been asked
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Old 10-01-2007, 19:58   #15
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This is an old thread Panther-surely mummiboo would have it sorted by now? lol
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