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Hi, I hope you can help me with this one, I wish to install a second electric shower, in ireland the standard service size is only 60A so the two showers cannot be switched on together. I was hoping to use a 4 pole contactor to solve the problem (it has been suggested to me). 1. How...

Hi, i have a new garage floor (about 18mts old) , which i want to paint with floor paint, however the floor has been damaged by scaffolding been lifted in and out etc. it's only minor enough marks and indentations. I was wondering what would be the best way of leveling it out before i paint it...

Can anyone tell me what are the main differences between standard PVC Twin and earth and NYM cable. Why would we use NYM

I am having difficulties with my compaq armada e500 notebook. It recently displayed the error "1280 Hard Disk controller failure" (or something similar) I suspected a worn out HD and swoped it to another machine to test it. Sure enough it was faulty. I purchased a new hard drive from expansys...

and there was me thinking that this would be a straightforward excercise. To be honest, i woud'nt be that big into sound quality. The speakers i have are pretty basic in any case. The Ohms rating is more of a consern. Is the problem with going over the 16OHM rating on the stereo? The fact...

thanks lectrician, i have them working at the minute with an old stereo. They work fine, however i did notice that after the were on for a while they became alot louder. When i touched the volume control they went back to normal. The rear of my jvc "all in one" stereo (the one i intend to...

thanks for all the replys. I got them working. As plugwash suggested i bypassed the 100v transformer and wired my bell wire direct to the speaker units. Having never had anything to do with speakers before i didn't understand what i was dealing with. Thanks again for all your help. Declan.

thanks for the replys, I'm only learning! I simply ran a two core bellwire from the two connections on the speaker directly to the rear of my music centre.( A standard cd/radio/cassette arrangement.) I was hoping to have these two ceiling speakers (one in the kitchen, one in the living)...

I have a problem with my ceiling speakers. At the 1st fix wiring stage i installed bell wire from my music centre to two ceiling speakers. However now that i have fitted them, they are very quiet even with the music centre on fairly high. What can i do? the speakers are 100v and have 1.5, 2.5...

yes 12vdc. thanks for the help.

what is the maximum currect carying capacity of standard 3-pair telephone cable? I want to use it to power the external siren (draws almost 1A) in an alarm system. (i had originally planned installing a dummy box with lights but later decided to upgrade and this is the only cable i have in...

thanks for the reply, adam

Does anybody know of a 6 channel central heating timeclock, i believe one exists (quite new on the market) but i have no details. Also is there any website that has a photo of a "horseman" 3 channel time clock so as i could get some info on it. Sorry to ask another question, but is it...

can anybody tell me how to convert from watts to btu's when dealing with standard radiators. Thanks in advance, Declan

thanks for all the replys. I dont have the manual. but ill wire the detectors as a seperate zone. BTW is it possible to add on zones to this panel. Thanks Declan,