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Hello, My 14 year old ZWX1605 may need a new belt but I'm struggling to identify how to gain access. You can take the top off and there is a small access point underneath but the back doesnt come off. Given that these new belts are a tight fit it sounds like an almost impossible job. I found a...

Hi, I'm looking for some advice from someone who is familiar with magnetic ballasts being wired in series with one another for vintage thorn strip lights, ie 8ft but specifically the 6ft twin batten. I've bought some 70/75w spl and helvar ballasts off ebay to have installed by a professional...

Hi, I’ve bought a VDSL faceplate to fit onto the master socket in my house to hopefully improve the broadband speed. The house has two phone extensions (neither currently used) and I use a bog standard splitter to connect up the router and a cordless phone. I’ve taken the old faceplate off and...

Hi, Recently had MR16 bathroom downlights replaced with GU10 LED downlights and bedroom (next door) dimmer switch replaced with Digiflux low load dimmer and Digiflux dimmable CFL in the bedroom. Have noticed on more than one occassion, when the bedroom and bathroom lights are on, if the...

Hello, I've had Sky+ since the end of 2007 and over the past few months have experienced numerous problems resulting in receiving replacement Sky+ boxes on 2 separate occasions. The problem I am having seems to be a mini powercut which shuts the box down and reboots it which takes about 5...

Hello again. At the weekend I decided to fit a new light fitting to the shed to replace an old one which was powered from a socket inside the shed (socket held on with tape and not screwed on) :( When I took the old light off I found there was no earth - ie cable had just live and...

Hello, Our house has a PIR floodlight at the back which has recently packed up. The person who installed it drilled a hole in the house to feed the cable through and power it from a socket in our bedroom. Looking at past posts on this forum it seems as though there's nothing wrong with doing...

Hello, I've fitted a CFL to my PIR activated front-door light to save one or two pennies. Before I did this I noticed the lamp would only stay on for about 5 seconds with no-one in range to set it off. Having fitted the new bulb and to try and prevent it burning out too soon from too many...

The Boilermate had a new mixer valve fitted at the beginning of March as the radiators were getting hot each time the boiler came on to heat the stored water. The new valve seems to have failed already as after I had a shower today the radiators were on (at 12pm) and wouldnt go off unless I...

Someone is coming round later to look at the Boilermate 3 to see if it needs some attention and put my mind at rest. I'm not convinced he is an expert on bm's and as I still haven't been able to find an instruction manual for it I thought I'd come back here for some advice. 1) The hot water...

Hello, I've just moved into a house built in 1999 and fitted with a Potterton Suprima 30 boiler and Boilermate III storage tank. I've just had the new PCB fitted to the boiler to fix the lockout problem and all seems fine (hot water and radiators work). I tried to get on British Gas's...