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Great tks. The one in situ has 3 points for the wire and the new ones I've seen have 4.

Hi, I'd like to replace the below switch with a chrome version. Its a double switch which controls the hall and landing lights separately. What do I need to buy. I'm guessing this is an old arrangement or can I buy this configuration ? Thanks

Got an electrician coming tomorrow to fix it and give a quote for a new consumer unit. It's impossible to tell which fuses do what and whether they are in the right slot.

Tks it's just the switch wire which has already been removed.

Great tks we'll check

Thanks. What fault would cause the fuse not to blow before the wire melted?

I'm helping my brother replace his bathroom. The ceiling rose had the below wiring with all the lives in one slot, the earths together in another and the neutral into a separate slot near the bulb. He tried to replicate this with a modern ceiling rose and put all the lives in the L slots, the...

Ive been given a fuji industries generator that starts but won't run. Going to ask my mechanic friend to have a look at it

Thanks I've got a friend who used to be a car mechanic I'll ask him to have a look.

It has previously worked fine. It just isn't kicking out enough power. The last entry is way too technical for me.

I only have one thing plugged in at once. It managed fine until recently.

Thanks I'll keep checking Aldi

Thanks, I'm going to ask a mechanic friend to look at it before I get a new one.

Thanks I guessed as much. How do I work out what size generator to replace it with. Originally it was bought to run some floodlights but now it will only be used for horse clippers and some power tools

I got the v wrong, my bad. As I said I don't know a lot about generators. I just want it to run my horse clippers and I'm a she not he.