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thanks for the quick reply :) what kind of tools will I need?, the nut is pretty hard to get at, should I get a 'basin wrench' ?

Hi So in the process of changing a cartridge in a leaky quarter turn tap, I must have done something to the pipe join underneath. It now rotates slightly and there's a constant weeping of water (circled red in the photo). I've tried sealing it with Fernox LSX and home made bandages with no...

right, thanks all for previous comments. I checked the wires with a multimeter and i have the fan wired up as follows: Blue - Neutral Black - Switch Live Brown - Permananet live the fan now works but only on it's timer circuit when i turn the bathroom light off. It's supposed to turn on...

yes i think what happened to the previous fan was that water built up in the inside it, which reached the wiring/timer circuit causing it to burn out. I've gone into the attic to see where these wires come from: they appear out of a metal pipe which disapears off into the roofing. I've been...

Thanks all for the replies. The fan is this model...

I have'nt checked the cores, all i saw was copper wire within the coloured sheathed, unless I'm missing something ?

Hi thanks for the comment, but I still don't know what to do to fix the problem.... the wires are on the same circuit as the bathroom light and that still works. (the old fan was a timer model - it would turn on with the light switch, and then when the light was turned off the switch/live wire...

Hi. My old timer bathroom extractor fan died, I could see burn mark on the circuit board. I bought a new one and wired it up brown- live, blue - neutral and black - switch live. But it doesn't work when I put the mains electricity/ bathroom light back on. i've tested the wire with a voltage...