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Looking at that diagram, we do not have that earth wire from the fuse box going to the pme box. but there is a cable coming out of the fuse box (twin flat no earth) horizontaly (on the pic i posted) into a seperate wall mounted box that has a fuse port inside and we dont know what that is...

Thanks for all the info, My husband has now taken a look at the wiring coming down from the PME box which he thinks might be the earth. Its running down the wall in trunking and ends on the cold water supply pipe running along the wall. He is assuming that is the earth? A couple of...

here is a pic of my electrics. yup he did test more than one socket. sounds like i need a guy out then :( thanks for info. Nadia

We have recently had a fridge/freezer repair man come out and before he started work he checked the electrics by plugging a device into the socket in the wall. He then informed us that he should not be carrying out any work in our home as the ohms were too high! the meter gave a reading of...

Hi and thanks for your reply. I have these taps:- http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/8320593/Trail/searchtext%3ETAPS.htm They are basic but it said suitable for all pressure systems as we do have low water pressure and for some reason i have to maintain the pressure at the...

Hello, we recently had an odd job guy come and install two new taps to our bathroom sink, they were lovely for a week or two but then began a high pitched squeal as the tap was being turned off, this swiftly became when turning on too and now if you turn the tap on slowly it ranges from a very...

Hi and thanks for the speedy reply, of course i will let him finish the job but i wanted to be armed with some information in case he was also just trying to get us to buy a new boiler from him. I can just see him coming up with "new " problems as it never seems to stop at just one or two and i...

Hi all a bit of advice is needed, i have a saunier duval combi boiler (sd 623). It decided to break down on new years day! At first we noticed the pilot light had gone out, so we set about relighing it by holding the ignition switch in etc, this worked for about 10 mins and the pressure gauge...