Recent content by rossjamesparker

Thanks for the responses, esp. bernardgreen. I would hide it and forget about it, but now the wire is not constrained by the hedge, it is liable to loop out along pavement. Not only is this a potential trip hazard, but if it gets caught in a buggy and snagged it'll knock my phone and internet...

I recently cut back a hedge at the boundary of my property and uncovered this BT-branded junction box: The reason it has a cut black wire coming out of it is, I think, because this house used to be the show home for the development (15 years ago), and there was an office in the garage during...

Aha - this does now make sense, and I think I now know what it is for. I should have thought of it before. Some of the houses on the development of 20 have bollards in their front gardens, with lights in. We don't have a bollard, but I guess a previous owner removed it. Next door don't have a...

I have just moved into a house with this mystery box on the wall. There is quite a chunky electrical feed up to it, and what looks like a light sensor. It is nowhere near the outdoor electrical meter, which I assume is the main way that power gets into the house. My best guess is something to do...

I am having exactly the same problem. Did the OP here ever find out what the problem was - PCB or solenoids?