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    HENRY Hoover stopped working....

    Please excuse me hijacking this thread. My Henry is dead. I have fault tracked a number of things - fuse/cable, new contacts, bypassed switch, etc etc. I have now removed the motor from the machine and applied voltage directly to the contacts. Nothing. Is this likely to be the brushes...
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    Picture of the week!™

    :lol:
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    Picture of the week!™

    Beat me to it, Lectrician!
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    Picture of the week!™

    Maybe the pic is upside down - it's the floor that is tiled in a stand-up bidet with a very snazzy uplighter! :D :D :D
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    RCD keeps tripping on reconnected lighting circuit in new CU

    Thanks Spark123. Advice gratefully received. Will re-read up on part P - I know I'm supposed to notify BCO first... I'm just trying to prove that there is still a place for careful DIYers, who do as much as they can before bringing in the professionals. I'm slowly restoring a 16c farmhouse...
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    RCD keeps tripping on reconnected lighting circuit in new CU

    Update: continuity testing suggests it is a short. Why didn't it trip the RCD though when plugged in to higher rated MCB? Any suggestions as to how to track down the short? Have multimeter - will probe...
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    RCD keeps tripping on reconnected lighting circuit in new CU

    Confused by this one, and any explanations & advice gratefully received. NB Although I'm a DIYer, I will be getting a professional to do the part P and a PIR when I am done. I have an old house that was last rewired more than 30 years ago (no earthed lighting circuits, etc). I have...
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