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Sorry , to clarify , the original wireless adaptor is an internal card in the lappy , it is this " card" that is getting very warm. There is a cable (small two core) which I assume is the power as one connection says "main" ? Cant see the other . These are tiny spade connections .The card has...

Acer Aspire 1690 Laptop After many a happy hour trying to get the w/less to connect and failing I have bought a plug in adaptor ,connects fine everything rosy. The original adaptor is getting very warm even tho it is disabled.Can I remove it and isolate the two cables without causing a...

thanks Igorian. Will try it tomorrow

Hi guys Yes it does get an IP address , according to te router page but I dont know how to check if the adaptor is recieving or using it How can I check it? You will probably guess I am a network virgin

This may be easy for you guys but I'm stumped.. I have an Aspire 1690 laptop with a Intel wireless adaptor and a Belkin 54g wireless AP/router. Laptop connects to wireless network o.k. but I cant get onto the net or pick up email. However if i plug into wired lan (on same router)I can do both...

Anyone point me in the direction of good resources for cctv. I am looking for advice on equipment / technical knowledge etc. Being in the boondocks college courses are hard to come by.

Doncaster cables I think

Want to know if i can run 2 cameras (1A each 12v ) at appx 20 m from psu.

Anyone know the current carrying cap of 6 core alarm cable ? Can't find it anywhere Cheers

You may have an active trip (as opposed to passive) I think MEM rcds are. Look for a thin white wire from the RCD to the earth bar. If so it could be the meter fitter has not tightened the neutral tail in the meter causing it to heat up and break the neutra supply , an active RCD will sense this...

My old firm were threatened with expulsion from NICEIC for exactly this. They don't like it!!

One ex-regular had an ingenious solution in his bathroom. The shower switch controlled the shower, but also a contactor which triggered a bathroom fan on the lighting circuit. Haven't come across this before . I assume the control wire is fused down somewhere so that means one more box on...

Anyone know a good way of testing the accuracy of the meter using normal sparky test equipment. Customer is convinced he is being robbed by the REC. :shock:

`If you have installed a cooker outlet behind the oven just install a 13 A spur off that to feed the oven. No need to disturb the tiles then and the CCU switches both . No nasty surprises for anyone who follows :)

[If you plan to go down this route, I'll post up more details] Can you ? I have a similar job going on and dont know much about this stuff :shock: