Recent content by briwire

Agree with above, what looks to be a tranny, supplies AC. You need a DC power supply for your LEDs.

Measuring the outside diameter of the cable could be misleading as different grades of cable have differing thicknesses. Tri-rated for example. It may be close enough to give a 90% estimation. But the only true way would be to measure the diameter of a strand of the cable, divide it by two to...

On the odd occasion that I run a bath, if I turn the hot tap on full, the water is not hot enough, I have to close it to a mid point. When running hot water in a sink or basin, it is fine. There is a room stat, normally set to 20C but it rarely reaches that temp unless it is quite mild outside...

Just to add to my initial post, the plate inside the boiler has the following info Q Hs=33.8kW P=29.6kW Condensing P=31kW

Been getting quotes for the replacement of my Baxi 105e 31Kw Combi boiler. The ones I have been offered are a Baxi 36kW and a Worcester 32kW. My present boiler is working but is old and I'm expecting things to go wrong soon, hence the replacement. When running in winter, it seems to be working...

Firstly, you need some of the earth beneath the square cut out removing so that you have a little play in the cables and somewhere to lose the slack once the light is mounted. Then assuming that there is nowhere to gland off inside the fitting, an option would be gland off each cable just above...

If there are no other switches that control the light then it is a one way switch. You can replace it with a one way or two way switch. The latter will have three terminals, just make sure one wire is connected to C, the other can go to L1 or L2, it doesn't matter.

If you are going down the junction box route instead of using a socket then WAGO connectors are ideal for 2, 3 or 5 way connecting.

Firstly, the cable from the house needs adequate protection. It has to be protected by an RCD somewhere, probably in the house consumer unit. It has to have adequate overcurrent protection at source, either a fused spur at 13 amp or again at the house consumer unit. 2.5 mm could have as high as...

The plastic cup washers with covers will look OK. Not sure if that's waht you have already tried, but you can get a larger size that should accommodate your screws.

Carpet backing can be very abrasive but the marks aren't usually horizontal or singular like that. I reckon he's rested the body of the knife on the skirting while trimming.

A fella I worked with had a can fall out of his trolley on a B&Q car park. It started squirting foam whilst spinning. Foam hit every car in a 10m radius, including the inside of his and one or two others that had their boots open. I reckon the insurance bill was quite high.

You can buy a long specially shaped spanner specifically for that task. Have a look at screwfix or tool station.

Try shutting off all radiators except the ones on the top floor. If they still don't get warm, they never will do. In that case, look at your pump to see if it is powerful enough to force the water to that height. You might need to replace it with one of a higher flow.

There seems to be plenty available, have you seen those from Farnell, ebay, amazon etc? Will they fit?