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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:10 pm Hello, I have recently removed a couple of wall vent covers/grilles (they where like chalk) while decorating a couple of rooms in my house (there are no fires etc. in the rooms). Now I've decorated the rooms I would like to put up new plastics...

Hello, I have recently removed a couple of wall vent covers/grilles (they where like chalk) while decorating my house. Now I've decorated the rooms I would like to put up new plastics covers/grilles like I have in other rooms. The problem is I can only find vent covers/grilles (like this)...

I am going to be getting a new kitchen but when I went to B & Q for the quote they told me the electrics in my kitchen would need re-wiring. They also mentioned I need a new fuse box and a RCD. Is that correct that I would need both a new fuse box and a RCD? Also around about how much should...

That has worked a treat. You are genius! All your help has been greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.

Back of the switch (Both are same) The upstairs wiring (for bathroom and top of stairs lights). The live is the brown wire on the right. The downstairs wiring (for downstairs and top of stairs lights). The live is the red wire on the right. I have not been able to take the...

When I get the multimeter what will I have to do toy work out which wires go where? Cheers

Thanks for the help so far. I will get a multimeter but could you explain how exactly would I use the link wire in the setup? Most grateful

It was a friend that unwired it and tried fitting the new one but some confusion over the labelling of the connections (L1, L2, L3 on the new, but L1, L2 Com on the old) led him to changing the wires around and forgetting the original configuration. There is an earth on the wire with 2 brown...

I have two 2 gang switches, one at the bottom of the stairs and one at the top of the stairs. At the bottom one switches the light on at the bottom of the stairs and one the light at the top of the stairs. At teh top of the stairs one swicthes the light for the top of the stairs and the other...

I have just bought a pair of new 2 Gang 2 Way light switches and instead on the three connections being marked L1, L2 and Com they are marked L1, L2 and L3. What is the difference? Thanks