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The consumer side is for easy installation, them flaps push down, , the load side is not, that is connected during manufacture. To release them use a paper clip pushed in them small holes or sometimes just pull the wire hard, often though the load side is not reusable and the new cable fails...

Never seen a 10 way wago?

I was called out to one of them bleeping, unclipping from base does turn unit off. I had a look inside it and im sure there was a battery, , so long ago I forgot what it was, but in the end just binned it

From screwfix if 600mm or 900mm will fit, Sylvania SylPipe https://www.screwfix.com/p/sylvania-sylpipe-300mm-led-cupboard-batten-light-4w-500lm/564vn https://www.screwfix.com/p/sylvania-sylpipe-35mm-led-cupboard-batten-light-11w-1300lm/163vn

A lot of the cost is the batteries, some of the cheaper sets look good price but look close and they have smaller batteries Also don't discount b and q, its easy to get a trade card in your employers name and when they have a tradeday buy from Trade point and get 20 percent off, the store...

It looks maybe a 13watt T5, colour warm white tube (3000k) though i think there longer at 500mm + If its 400mm then it's maybe a 13watt T4 warm white tube. The fittings these fit tend to fail before the tube, so a new tube may not even work, unlikely there's a led replacement lamp...

You should have turned the tube 90 degrees first to remove it, take the tube right out again and use the tube end to twist one at a time each one 90 degrees Then slip the tube upwards through the two slots then turn 90 degrees

Been a while, turns out back in 1992 before gridplus the mk 891 was sold as flush or surface as you say,. I had only ever used or seen them surface with metalclad fronts, these metalclad fronts at 76 x 76 fit snugly on that 73 x73 box, however not much tolerance when that box flushed in...

Its more for children with small fingers pulling out the plugs.. I remember a call out early 80s where a bloke nearly died, he plugged in a kettle and the plug blew up, he said his son gave him the kettle. On inspection there was what looked like 5 amp fuse wire wrapped between the L and N...

Is the above switch and the fuse for the same appliance, as too me the above seems like its for two appliances fridge And freezer as mentioned in your first post. Maybe im reading it wrong but (live from flex outlet into L1 fuse linked to L supply switch ) ? Wired as you say above a...

Is it to stop insects getting in

If its got unsleeved pins then its not advisable to use it

They were made foe use in floorboxes back in the day

Any adverse effects like arcing etc will be dampened by the compound

Carefully use a screwdriver on one of the 3 ridges and tap it round to start it, the heat warps the metal and makes them bind in, sometimes best to remove the fitting from the ceiling to. do it If you don't want to scratch it use a bit of wood rather than a screwdrive