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I don't have a rcd portable plug. I will try on the 30amp ring and report back. What are windings and how would they mess up. Don't forget it works off the 12v car battery so the motor spins the blade and trigger works.

I will check what amp breaker I have. It's tripping the breaker yes. There is no rcd, just the breaker in fuse board/consumer unit. How can I tell if brushes are worn? They are touching the circular thing at the rear of the motor and I have removed them and there's a about 1.5cm of grey...

I grabbed this saw off my father before he binned it in the hope I could fix it. The problem with the saw is as soon as I pull the trigger it trips the electric . I've stripped the motor housing off and the brushes are ok, I've cleaned them and blown all dust out of the saw and nooks. The...

so would it be better to slowly run my hot water tap or let it run fast?

the cold water flow/ pressure is pretty good, it flows out of the cold water tap very quickly and spalshes everywhere (in the kitchen sink) so i have to only slightly turn the cold water tap on, so i suspect the cold water feed is pretty good to the boiler. as for the length of pipe, i dont...

i have just moved into my new house, 1950s 3 bed. it has a worcester combi boiler. when i turn the hot water taps on the demand light on the boiler turns on, it ignites andthe pump runs. but it takes literally 2 mins to get hot water to the kitchen tap which is on the same level as the...

i have an awkwardly sized bathroom, i am tiling the whole floor and all walls. due to the size of the corner where i want to put my shower and the distance from the corner to the window edge, the enclosures that are available are very small and poxy. i would like to make a shower tray/wet...