Recent content by Carol1

I went to visit my daughter and 4 year old granddaughter at their new rented property yesterday and was surprised to see the consumer situated about 3 feet from the floor just above the radiator in the entrance hall. My first thought was to think how easily accessible it was to my granddaughter...

It's the whole house. I can't recall exactly how the switches were terminated as I was just looking for loose connections, I willl go back and check. I do think however there was just 3 wires going to each switch. What puzzles me is thats its all the original wiring (house is approx 30...

My elderly neighbours called yesterday to say none of the lights are working (its a bungalow). The man said the kitchen bulb went so he tried to change the bulb. When he did so the lamp holder was cracked so he changed the lamo holder. Now none of the lights work (I have checked the fuse and its...

Some interesting comments thanks. The power is for a booster and I know from this site that you can get round pin plugs and sockets which can be added to the light circuit. I mentioned this and they said they still would like a normal power supply 'just in case'. They won't be converting the...

Some friends of mine have just bought a brand new house and they want to put a power socket and a light in the loft. There is no easy access from any of the upstairs sockets as although they are stud walls there are battens going across. However in the Immersion cupboard there is a switch...

Thanks for the replies gents. John, I had a go at removing the beading but it doesn't look as though it will come off, the beading continues along the opening window also. Alastair, there is a rubber seal (which was a bit dodgy anyhow) so I will remove this and try taking the beading out...

Hi Everyone. My kitchen window has got bad condensation within the double glazing. Its got so bad I can hardly see through it. I assume I will need a new window pane or possibly even a whole new window frame. I have tried to show the problem with the enclosed photo's. At first I was told...

I forgot to ask if they were LV or ELV but I assume that the fact he didn't mention transformers meant that they weren't. It looks (sounds) like a right mess. I will take my tester over in the morning and try and sort it out. Thanks for the help/advice

Hi everyone, I have just had a call from a friend who has asked for some help. 3 of his 5 downlights in his bathroom had blown and he couldn't get the lamps out. The downlights were old so he decided to buy 5 new ones. When finished he turned them on and the fuse blew. He is confident he...

Hi, In my garage I have a pendant light which is controlled by a switched FCU taken direct from the power circuit. I want to replace the pendant light with 2 flourescents and make the switch 2 way (the current switch is by the back door and I could do with one by the garage entrance also)...

I brought some downlights from Wickes reduced to 97p each including the transformer and lamp. I only noticed that it was a maximum of 20w when I opened the box. I am interested in knowing what part of the kit is setting the maximum of 20w. The transformer has 'max 4.9a' written on it which, with...

Thanks Gasguru. Will do as advised.

Hi everyone, I hope I am in the right place for this query. I have a Fireglo Slimline gas fire. When I light it, it burns ok for a while (30 mins on average) then it suddenly gives a quiet 'pop' and goes out. When I try to re-light the pilot there is no sound or smell of gas and I can't...

Right, I see now. I am not going to use it I was just not sure what it was for. There was nothing plugged into it, so all I could see was some sockets for 3 small pins and thought it may be something to do with alarms or telecoms. Thanks for your help

I found one of these behind my mothers sideboard. There was nothing attached to it but when I plug it in a red light comes on. Can anyone tell me what it possibly could have been used for please (she didn't even know it was there and how long it had been there for)