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If the meter has a range 0 to 250 AC then with care they can be used to measure voltages up to mains voltage. Bernard : You seem to have a higher and more academic knowledge of this area and I suspect allot more - thank you and may i get back to you later. At the moment I've had to 'change...

]Because the switched live ( you call it return ) is connected to neutral via the lamp Yes I know this (I'm sorry that you think I am that ignorant to have to point this out). because the switched live is capacitively coupled to live and with out the connection to neutral via the lamp...

Ebee - you have taken the time and trouble to try and tell me something in order to help me - I'm not quite sure what you are saying. Could you elaborate - I'm always keen to learn what I don't know or am unsure of.

EFL - 'sorry I'm not familiar with current terms (excuse the pun) - I'm 'old school' -also this 'Forum chat' process is new to me and I'm not too sure how to use it. 'Normal' - the down stairs light switches are indicating the live wire (from the main lighting feed) 'Live' and the return wire...

Kai - No this is not a'spoof post'. I know what you are saying - the feed to the switch is always live beacause this is coming from the Main Lighting Feed. The return from the switch goes to the light bulb vier the cieling rose. It is this return that is indicating 'Live' when the switch is...

With the light switch in 'off mode' the live wire lights my neon screwdriver and the 'return' wire doesn't - OK. If I take the light bulb out and with the switch still 'off' the 'live' wire still lights the neon but now so does the 'retun' wire. All the upstaire lights are like this. The...

I should have asked this before but is there anyone out there in the Witney near Oxford area who can help? Also what should you expect to pay per square metre for sand/cement base coat/s and also for skim finishing coat on existing plastered surface? Thanks Raybuild

Hi Roughcaster, What a gem of a reply - you've echoed everything that I thought and explained it so clearly. Thanks. I feel that I owe you the 'full story'. The house involved in fact belongs to my son who recently bought it in Whitney near Oxford - it needs everything doing to it. The two of us...

Thanks for your reply. No, he said he would "go round once with sand and cement then finish off with finishing plaster." I thought it was always 2 coats of sand and cement so you could "work" the second coat to get it perfectly "spirit level straight. Also the electrical knock out boxes...

I've stripped 2 rooms back to the bare brick in an Edwardian house and am having it replastered. A plasterer says he will apply one coat of sand and cement then a plastering coat of finishing plaster. Am I right in thinking that the sand and cement should be a 2 coat process on old bricks? the...

I'm about to do alot of skimming. I,ve notice my trowel is slightly bowed, Should a finishing trowel be completey straight? If it is slightely bowed is it better that it is bowed outwards (away from the handle) or inwards (towards the handle). As I see it one way would be more favourable if you...

Ive just had some walls in an old solid wall house replastered (he used Hardwall as two base coats on exsposed brick-work and the a skim of finishing plaster) He also skimmed over exsisting old plaster-work. This wqs two weeks ago.The result is appauling and he didn't bother to usre any...

Yes, but my question is if I use Hardwall as the render base coat , will it cause damp in the future, as it is going onto a solid wall and not cavity, in an old property. Ive been told it will encourage absorption of moisture through the bricks from the outside. The bricks are sound.

Re the above query - I am talking about INTERNAL render / plastering. Advice / comments please

Further to my 1st posting, this is obviously INTERNAL, not external render / plastering. Advice please