Recent content by dk1uk

Hi - I have this mixer tap with a shower head. It’s dripping. When I turn the hot water supply off, it drips less and the same when I turn the cold water supply off. I can’t remove the piece that controls whether water goes to the taps or the shower head. It turns a bit and I’ve applied some...

Hi, just wanted to double check something. Just replaced an old three way switch (porch light removed as part of building work) with a two way switch. Pictures are before and after, does it look right please? Many thanks.

Hi, I’ve stripped paper off walls. The plaster is in good condition but there are imperfections so I can’t really paint them yet. The attached photo kind of shows the problem, ridges are maybe half a mm deep. I wondered if anyone knows a product I can use that doesn’t involved getting the walls...

Hi, I’ve had new windows put in and there’s a gap where the old windows where removed. I’ve attached a picture. I have a plasterer round next week to do the bathroom. Do I ask him to fill the gaps with plaster or should I do it myself with some filler? Many thanks

OK, yes thought so… I want to repaint the entire wall anyway. Will try with the steamer and see what happens!

Hi - I want to get rid of this wallpaper border. It’s stuck quite well to the painted lining paper underneath and I’m worried about ruining the lining paper and then having to replace it. I fear that using a steamer will also soften the lining paper. Or that using some fine filler to fill the...

OK thanks. I can’t just replace the faulty driver with a lower current? https://www.mr-resistor.co.uk/item.aspx?i=19734

I have yes, it definitely the driver.

OK thanks, it’s six lamps, one dimmer switch. Each lamp has its own driver. I didn’t install them so I don’t know exactly how they’ve been set-up, it was only when they stopped working this week that I disconnected/reconnected them all to establish which was one was faulty.

Or this? https://www.mr-resistor.co.uk/item.aspx?i=19734

For instance, despite the crazy price, could I use this instead? https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/led-drivers/7772752

Thanks very much, I can’t find anything with 230ma other than overseas. Silly question, but is there an alternative option, such as lower wattage? We hardly ever use that room, so I don’t mind if that particular LED is slightly dimmer than the others. Or do these things not work like that?

Hi, I have pinpointed the problem with the LEDs in my dining room not working to a single faulty driver. Now I need to replace it and I can’t find the exact model. Having searched for alternatives, I’m a bit baffled by the options. Could someone please be kind enough to post a link to what I...

Hi, hoping for some help. I have a Caple 1 boiling tap. It’s three years old and suddenly the electric boiler under the sink has started to trip the circuit board. There are no signs of leaked water and nothing else has changed. I have tried plugging it into another socket and it also trips...

It’s ok Terry they’re all working. Having taken them down and put them back up again, they work. I’m normally very careful but I can only assume that I wired something incorrectly the first time around. Thanks for your help.