Taking your electrical items on holiday

When you are going on holiday abroad you will want to take some electrical items with you such as hairdryer, straighteners and probably items that will need charging such as tablets, Bluetooth headphones and mobile phones. Mostly abroad the plug sockets will be different to the standard UK 3 pin sockets so you will need to buy adapters. Ensure that the adapters that you get are suitable to the country where you are going, and also that they are safety rated to the UK standard. You may also want to take short extension cords with you, these can be really useful as often you get into your hotel room and... Read More »

Do I need a qualified electrician?

If something goes wrong with the electrics in a property most people, if they have not got any electrical knowledge themselves, immediately call out an electrician and usually this is the right thing to do and the safest. There are some occasions however when a qualified electrician is not needed for instance if the trip switch has tripped out. The trip switches are generally next to the fuse board and so can easily be switched on again. If they continue to trip it is usually an appliance that has a fault on it so by turning everything off and turning them on one by one the offending appliance can be... Read More »