Recent content by dave11

Thanks Jurassic for the info, £110 so its an alright one. sorted now thanks will of course use the proper mains lead.

Thanks everyone for your help. Just wanted.to.make sure , should have twigged it when looking at the USB wall socket with it's 5.0v printed on.it. The manual.was scant and it's now obvious the USB outlet is for charging phones etc, cheers to all.

My new DAB radio has a USB charging socket but did not come with a USB lead. Can I buy a USB cable which has 2 male ends and use that to power the radio by plugging one end into a USB wall socket and other into the radios charging USB socket ? I don't really understand what they mean by...

Thanks for the advice opps. I looked at transformers on amazon which were cheaper then the ring one I'm waiting for now, a lot had bad reviews, even a fire in one shown with a photo thats why I wanted to be dead sure about fuses etc.

Thank you EFL just wanted to make sure, of course i see now they'll be a fuse in the transformer / plug. Yes only one socket on the spur. (y)

Afternoon, i have a ring doorbell camera which is battery operated, but the battery can be charged by a ring transformer plugged into a socket. I have a single socket unused nearby and to save keep taking the door bell off and keep charging it up am buying the transformer from ring. The socket...

No the wall is all brick to the side and above the fire place, this property is about 45 years old, I want to make the hearth more narrow though by taking out a couple of the floor slabs either end because at the moment its just too wide, (2.6m), after taking it out I'd like to rebuild with red...

Would like to remove this old stone fireplace and replace with something modern. It looks really well built! Its going to be dusty obviously, the fireplace is not load bearing, actual stack is on the outside of the property, good idea to tackle it with a SDS drill, chisel attachment or just...

Renewed a light switch at weekend, after taking off the cover noticed what looks like green sticky oil on the terminal contacts. Unscrewed a ceiling rose and noticed the same sticky gunk on the live terminals only. Unscrewed another rose to check and this one was clean. Any ideas why this is...