If a house or home has been unoccupied for more than 6 months a new test and certificate is required to get the electricity turned back on. A customer who has bought a house in Dalkey requires this service this morning. The testing will take most of the morning. I hope to have the testing […]
House being done up, required new sockets in kitchen and new light fittings in sitting room and hall. Also wired and fitted new wall heater in bathroom. After finishing up in Knocklyon got a call from a woman whose lights in the house stopped working. Drove down to Shankill and sorted out the problem. Another […]
Wiring in new sockets in a home in Killiney today and then out to emergency call out in Ballybrack. Faulty socket nearly caused a fire, but luckily the customer thought she got a smell and called me out. The wiring in the back of the socket was starting to burn and could have caused a […]
Electric Shock Electric shock occurs when an electric current flows through the body. The human body is made up of 60% to 70% water. This makes it a good conductor of electricity. Burns, damage to internal organs, heart rhythm problems, and death can result from electric shock. Signs & Symptoms Shocking sensations. Numbness or tingling. […]
Undated handout image issued by ESB of plans of the proposed building for their new headquarters in Dublin’s Georgian quarter which will be styled after the historic houses it bulldozed to make way for it BRIAN HUTTON – 11 OCTOBER 2013 ESB will replace its headquarters with a new building styled after the historic houses […]
While working in Rathfarnham and Ballybrack recently, I can across instances where someone had used yellow and green wire as a live wire. This is extremely dangerous as most people will assume the yellow and green wire is earth (which it should be). This is a potential trap that could kill or hurt someone. If […]
I got two jobs today which could have resulted in fire if the customer had not switched off and contacted me. The first was an immersion switch in an apartment in Goatstown. The customer felt the switch was hot and turned off the immersion. On investigation I discovered a loose neutral connection which could have […]
A fire which ripped through Kilmaganny Post Office on Friday evening gutted the building and has left the local community without vital services. The blaze broke out shortly after 7.30pm on Friday night and it took several hours for units of the fire brigade to bring the fire under contol. Eight units attended the scene […]