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    smokey exhaust

    thanx, ill give it a blast up the carraige way and hope to god the engine dosnt sieze!
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    smokey exhaust

    sorry/ it was serviced with an established garage whom i was reccomended to but not a main dealer who was a great deal dearer. it has only done about 3 or 4 miles before i got it home and is a 1.5 petrol engine also i forgot to mention that it had its mot done with the service so surely it cant...
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    smokey exhaust

    hi/ ive just had a full service done on my car and when i reversed to park it up i noticed a lot of smoke coming from the exhaust ,it wasnt black and it didnt smell and it has a cat converter but before the service the exhaust was clean. i was just wondering if the wrong oil has been added could...
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    trv,s

    cheers for putting me straight, now i can go and put sybills mind at rest ,oh and dont mention the WAR!
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    trv,s

    the plumber who installed my boiler has replaced my old manuel valves with trv,s but ive noticed that he put all the trv,s on the right hand side of the radiators apart from one which is on the left hand side is there a reason for this or has he made a mistake without realizing?
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    microbore

    im not having any problems its just that a plumber told me that 8mm is more prone to clogging up thus restricting waterflow and making the pump work harder thus reducing its lifespan.the plumber told me he prefers 10mm over 8 or 15mm pipe so i just thought should i change it to save problems later?
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    microbore

    what are the advantages/disadvantages of using micro bore ,as i have just had the old backboiler replaced with a new condensing boiler but am still using the same 8mm pipe runs to the radiators.would it be feasible to replace this with 10mm and would i still be able to connect to the same...
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    earthing

    it was just an interpritation i got from a diy book it didnt really explain the process clearly but im a little more the wiser now thanks!
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    earthing

    hi ive just had my old lead incoming water supply replaced with mdpe pipe. and from the rising main stopcock copper pipe is installed. i understand that this needs to be supplermentary bonded in 10mm earth cable back to the main earth block near the cu and that it has to be within 600mm.the...
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    junction box/light switch

    hi just a couple of simple questions 1)what size junction box should i use for breaking into a lighting circuit to install a couple of wall lights 20amp or 5amp? would it make much difference. 2)how is a 2 gang light switch connected up to supply 2 seperate lights, is it red to common and...
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    mcb,s

    ok thanks, i,ll just stick with a radial and save a few bob on extra cable.
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    mcb,s

    i was thinking of a radial, but wouldnt a ring be better as the electrical current can flow from either end and raise the current carrying capacity of the circuit without increasing cable size or changing to a 32 amp mcb?
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    mcb,s

    is it acceptable to run a ring main off a 20 amp mcb? i ask this because i have a spare fuseway in the cu and was thinking about putting a seperate ring in the dining room. it will only have 3 sockets one of which will be spurred to a security light. there will be roughly 11 to 12 meters of...
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    floodlight wiring

    the cable run from the fcu to the floodlight is just under 2 metres and the light itself is 300w ,so i assume a length of 1.00mm cable and a 5 amp fuse would be suffice. thanks for the tips/
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    floodlight wiring

    hi, does anyone know what size cable i should use for a security floodlight outside?. i have a spur running off a junction box on the main ring curcuit and this goes into a switched fused connection unit. but what size cable should i use going from the fused connection unit to the...
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