Recent content by burntwire

Hi, My mum and dads water tank has split, it’s a pressure vessel system, the tank that has split it the large water one, we have drained the hot water down, question is can they still use the central heating system whilst we wait for the new system to be fitted- they are going to go with a...

I have the engineer code, where do I find the master manager code?

Hi, I had a friend fit an alarm for me, he did work for ADT many years ago. It’s a euro46 v10, with 4 zones, A)house, B)garage1, C)garage2 and D)garden room and a zone extender fitted. House has 7 Pir’s, Garage 1 has 2 door magnets, (up and over and pedestrian door) Garage 2 has 1 Pir...

Maybe limit the amount of circuits that can be tested per day? I am sure that with car MOT's they used to be able to bash them out as fast as they could, then mot stations were limited to one mot per hour to ensure the appropriate time was spent on each vehicle

Being a small company with low overheads we could match these prices, however the customer will be getting a proper report at a bargain price, whilst I am stressed out, pi**ed off and typing up reports!! Maybe its about time the electrical safety register produced some price guidelines...

I quoted £12 per circuit on the grounds that none of the circuits are labelled, its going to take time to trace out and sort these circuits some will be easier than others, a rough guide of 20 ish minutes per circuit give/take

Electrical testing is something I enjoy doing and would like to pursue as a line of business due to the fact that I do not have to pay out for materials and then wait to be paid. I recently installed 3 dyson heaters which only took a day however materials came to nearly 2k just for a days money...

Thank you for your answers, ok, I will try again!! when I turn the power on it cuts off after a few seconds and doesn't even try to power up the screen, I have unplugged harddrive, screen mouse, disc drive etc but it still cuts out after a few seconds when I unplug the black and...

ha ha - thank you,

hi, Just a quick question about batteries, what would happen if you replaced a 3.6 volt battery in an emergency light with a 4.8 volt? would the batteries simply charge to a maximum voltage of 3.6?? thanks for any help bw

Hi, Sorry for the poor explanation, when the black and yellow plug isn't connected the fan runs constantly and does not cut off however the computer will not 'power up' as such and nothing comes up on the screen with the lead in it just cuts off after a few seconds thanks

Hi, My computer has suddenly started switching off about 5 seconds after pressing the power on button. I have unplugged everything , monitor, keyboard, mouse, dvd drive, hard drive etc etc and it still does it, there is a plug that goes into the mother board with 2 black and 2 yellow wires...

Hi, I want to make a few things for my garden that look like stone, does anyone know what goes in this dry mix? the finish I am looking for is similar to dry cast/semi dry mix for window cills thanks bw

Hi , Have just tested some communial areas in a block of flats, I am putting 5 years down on sheets for retest, Just out of curiosity wondered what anyone else has put!?! Also I have noticed that most new fuseboards I see companies are putting 5 years retest on them(domesitic) I still...

Dont forget to check whether the sensor actually needs a neutral as some dont and work just as a switch would with live in and live out