Got a call to Dalkey from a customer that they smelt burning under their sink. I discovered that the socket and plug were badly burnt. This was due to the socket failing due to age.

Got an emergency call out to Dalkey this morning. Sockets not working. It turned out to be caused by a leak under the sink causing the RCD to trip out. Had problem sorted in about 15 minutes.

Was in a house in Bray this evening and discovered that the electric shower was not protected by an RCD. If an electrical fault occured in the shower someone could have been killed. The shower had been in for a number of years. I connected the shower into an RCD and showed the house holder […]

Got a call out during the week. Fuse keeps blowing. On checking the apartment, I found bare wires under the sink. The tenant was lucky the fuse kept blowing.

Since the power black out last Saturday, (see previous post) I have had to change 3 time switches in Stillorgan and Cherrywood. Busy putting up new lights in Sandycove, Changing a fuse board in Cabinteely and fixing faulty lighting in Dun Laoghaire.

Thousands of homes across south Dublin are without power this morning following a fire at an ESB substation. Source: Thousands of homes left without power as fire hits ESB substation – Independent.ie

Got an urgent call to PAT test some tools for a customer. They dropped the tools into my house and I had them ready for collection next morning. The customer was very happy.

Very busy day yesterday. Started off changing a fuse board in Ballybrack. After that over to Killiiney to wire and install two extractor fans one in the kitchen and one in the bathroom. Then an emergency call out to the Sue Ryder foundation in Dalkey to check faulty lighting. While there I got another emergency […]

Very busy week this week. Replacing Halogen down lighters with LED down lighters for customers in Dun Laoghaire, Dalkey and Shankill. Also wiring up fuse board in Bray. Replacing faulty socket in Monkstown. Fitting new emergency lights in Rathmines A very busy week this week

Time to test RCD’s, ELCB’, RCBO’s etc. It is important that the RCD is tested every three months as it can save lives.