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hi just moved into a new house and the previous owner had converted the front room to a garage for his beloved harley. We re now converting it back to a living room and have the window that was previously removed. To make it level with the other front windows it needs to be dropped 50mm...

OK, i will take a closer look at the wiring and noticed that the mid pos'n valve is joined to another cable before the junction box. I will check the wiring and get back to you here. thanks for the input so far

Ok here goes we have: drayton time controller sunvic roomstat switchmaster cylinder stat grundfos pump honeywell v4073 mid position valve - 5 wire ideal elan 2 boiler The wiring from the timer is all black I need to replace the tank stat and have a 5 wire...

I just meant he would hopefully pull it and not ask me to get the rec to do it

Thanks again guys. The rec said that they would have to charge a £400 works fee because the unit is being moved at request not because of a faulty/ unsafe unit. I will probably get a spark to wire in the cu (and maybe pull the fuse)

i guess i'll call the rec to pull the main fuse. I have decided to remove some of the wall to get a bigger cu in. Will let you know how it goes. Thanks for all the help guys, its much appreciated

My sparky mate lives too far away to help out. What is the longest you can safely make the tails? What are the regs with regards to routing and protecting the tails?

Ok, looks like I am going to have to find some more cash. We are already going to rewire the lights and my friend who is a spark said we can run 1.5mm in singles in the conduit for the lights and it would be up to regs. Is he right? It would be so much easier than trying to get t+e around...

I posted a while ago regarding my dodgy old wylex metal enlosure CU here http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12138 I am now finally about to change it but the REC arent willing to move my incomer. This means I only have 240mm between the wall and the side of the incomer. I cant...

we dont have a shower yet as I was too scared to connect anything to this setup. The thick wire in there is 6mm t+e for the cooker.

Hi guys thanks for all of the help so far. ban - That strap does connect to the box that the fuses are in from the two incoming thick wires at the bottom. I will phone swalec asap. Some of the insulation has started to melt to gether on the neutral terminal strip too which is quite...

Hi Please take a look at this Can anyone tell from the picture what type of earthing system this is? Can anyone recommend a good consumer unit for whatever type of system this is? Any help would be much appreciated.[/img]

These are just a few of the most common current viruses that spread via email from the infected machine. In my experience norton antivirus isn't the best antivirus solution, I have been running computer associates etrust antivirus on our network for the last twelve months having previously used...

If would recommend downloading these removal tools http://www3.ca.com/Files/CleaningUtilitiesAndTools/ClnNetsky.zip http://www3.ca.com/Files/CleaningUtilitiesAndTools/ClnMydoom.zip http://www3.ca.com/Files/CleaningUtilitiesAndTools/ClnBagle.zip and run them one at a time. If you are...

Aye Some have internal piezo, some have 1" internal coil speaker. this would be the one that connects to the pin header on the motherboard via the system speaker pins