Recent content by JacobSladder

Thank you for adding some further clarity - much appreciated

Thank you for your help and guidance - that has been really clear and useful.

Thank you, so just to be sure I understand the wiring in the Hive plate from L-R is; N - Blue ; L - Brown and Black ; 1 - Grey; 2 - Blank; 3 - Green/Yellow 4 - Blank Presumably I need to earth the plate with a separate Green/Yellow cable and need to mark the cable in 3 with brown or black tape...

I have had a Hive SLR1c receiver, thermostat and hub sitting around for a year to replace the Honeywell set up I inherited when we moved in. When an Ideal engineer was here I asked him whether it was a difficult job to self install but was advised "Nah.....you just match the set-up you've got...

Foxhole.....you're a star! Thanks

Just got a new integrated AEG dishwasher. The door won't stay down BUT the fitted cabinet door panel hasn't been fitted yet. Will this cure the problem? My wife's in a bit of a panic!! Thanks

Following the integration of our lobby/utilty area into our kitchen (which required raising the floor), I now have a level floor of which half is wooden floorboards. These butt up against the new raised concrete floor and the two surfaces are level. However I want to lay vinyl throughout and...

Guess I mean switched live ie two cables into pull switch (one red, one black). Tested with a tester screwdriver, it shows live on both the red and black cables irrespective of whether switch is pulled on or off. I have not tested live at transformer yet. Later I have been in loft and...

The bathroom pull switch does have power on both live and neutral side

Developments!! Having switched circuit breaker back on, I have established that there is current going through the bathroom switch. However, it's not reaching the rest of the upstairs lighting circuit. Two thoughts; 1)one of the bathroom transformers has gone west, breaking the circuit...

Are you thinking in the mains unit, or it could be anywhere in the lighting circuit?

Had a new Mains Unit installed in March. Had a couple of mystery trips since then but last night the following occured- I left bathroom lights on (5 x low voltage ceiling downlighters on a pull switch). Wife nagged me for leaving them on. Wife turns off lights. Two minutes later switches...