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In The Nick of Time
This tiny nick in the wire was causing an intermittent fault tripping the lights sporadically throughout the years in an Edinburgh...

Keith Innes
Nov 16, 20241 min read
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Not Fit For Purpose
Unfortunately a customer had these rectangular bulkheads installed along with an incorrect 7 day timerclock . Stairs require an...

Keith Innes
Oct 2, 20241 min read
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Cheap Domestic Timers
We go to many timers that are not fit for purpose (pictured) . Edinburgh stair lights don't work properly with domestic timers as they ...

Keith Innes
Sep 12, 20241 min read
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Reverse Polarity
Double pole main switch was wired incorrectly. The neutral was live and the live was neutral. Simple enough fix just swapped the yellow...

Keith Innes
Jan 27, 20241 min read
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Burn Baby Burn
Burnt out unit causing all the lights to fail. Replaced with used fitting and connector block

Keith Innes
Dec 2, 20221 min read
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VIR Spaghetti Junction
Full upgrade of wiring, fuses and 4 x Coughtrie LED conversions

Keith Innes
Dec 1, 20221 min read
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Stair Light Exploding Ballast
This fitting was faulty due to exploding ballast. Replaced with Coughtrie LED upgrade

Keith Innes
Oct 16, 20221 min read
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Keith Innes
Oct 15, 20220 min read
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Doing The Twist
Someone had twisted on the alloy back box resulting in the the wires inside the conduit tangling and breaking causing a short circuit. We...

Keith Innes
Oct 15, 20221 min read
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Full LED upgrade along with new timer, consumer unit and MCBs in Stockbridge
Please contact us for LED upgrade quote

Keith Innes
Oct 8, 20221 min read
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Old Wire Fuses Updated with MCBs
Here are a couple of examples of stair lighting consumer unit upgrades. By installing MCBs it makes future work easier. One example shows...

Keith Innes
Oct 5, 20221 min read
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Old VIR Cable rewired with new
If you are unlucky then you may have VIR wire in your Edinburgh tenement stair lighting circuit. This cable is unusable and a rewire will...

Keith Innes
Oct 5, 20221 min read
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Complete Rewire and LED Upgrade
Full rewire and LED upgrade

Keith Innes
Oct 5, 20221 min read
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Oozy Does It. Stair Light Maintenance
Ballast oozing causing another short circuit in Edinburgh Tenement stairwell. We swapped out the ballast with a new one, along with new...

Keith Innes
Sep 30, 20221 min read
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Short Circuit
A small nick in a wire caused the whole lighting system short circuit. We are specialist at fault finding. See our blogs and...

Keith Innes
Sep 30, 20221 min read
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Faulty bulkhead. Replaced with new
Swapped out faulty round bulkhead for a Square LED alternative

Keith Innes
Aug 30, 20221 min read
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Stair Lighting PIR Motion Sensor
Garden fitting rarely used so PIR motion sensor installed along with new Coughtrie LED conversion

Keith Innes
Feb 8, 20211 min read
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VIR Rewire
Updated wires and fuses including new live and neutral tails

Keith Innes
Dec 7, 20201 min read
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Shine Bright Like a Diamond
We installed an additional Round LED Bulkhead for a customer so they can see in their cupboard as their stair had a dark area when the...

Keith Innes
Dec 7, 20201 min read
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Spot the Difference
We get asked a lot about the difference in fluorescent tubes and LED alternatives. Old fluorescent tube fitting (top) vs new Coughtrie LED...

Keith Innes
Dec 2, 20201 min read
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