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I tried all the ways I though it should work :)

Thanks for the reply. I bough it because the guy at the shop said it was the right one :( I forgot to mention that only a single mains cable goes to it (grey cable with earth and live wires inside).

Hi. I replaced the bathroom ceiling light pull switch yesterday but I was totally confused with the wiring. The old one I took off had 'Comm' and '1 Way' connectors. The new one I bought was an MK one (16 volt, wrong one apparently). But the connections were labelled 'Load (L and N)'...

Thanks for that. Just something like 'LMN Silicone White' possibly? The roof is a K2 systed with these clip on brackets for the guttering. We took the guttering down as it has been leaking but snapped one of the clips. Can you buy the clips on their own? Cheers.

Hi. I've been installing solar inserts in our conservatory roof for the past few days (nightmare of a job) and while I was up there I spotted that there are gaps in the 'external' corner joints, which would explain the little piles of dead flies we seem to accumulate in each corner...

Hi. Well, we have had the electrician out to have a look at it and he checked the fusebox, light pull and shower. He found a mess of cable behind the wall to the shower. Rather than cut it back when installed the cable had been folded and folded and folded and then rammed back into the...

Hi. It is a WYLEX and the only number on it I can see is: Cat. No. NSES5404. BTW I tried it out last night and it worked fine. Could it be something to do with the time of day / drain on the supply? The mains used to go off at least twice a month around the entire estate. The other week...

Thanks for that. So, if it were 6mm cable, it 'could' be okay? My butt cheeks are beginning to implode with the stress of thinking that something really bad might have happened :shock:

I've just rang one :D But I have a question. A question I'd probably rather not know the answer to... If the cable isn't 10mm the shower is going to have to come out isn't it? It'd be a pain to upgrade the cable :(

Right. Got you. I'm just going off the cookers I've seen being installed... around two :) I'm pretty sure they were 10mm and I am pretty sure the one to our shower is 10mm also. I know that doesn't exactly fill you with confidence either ;) I'm hoping for a loose wire in the pull switch...

Oh... how thick are they then... usually? I hear what you are saying :D Okay, what would you suggest then? And why has it worked fine for 3 months? I'm at a loss on this one...

I remember it being quite thick and unwieldy. A lot thicker than, for example, a regular mains lead to a socket. It was about as thick as the one to a cooker. The plumber then commented about it being 10mm and it "should be fine..." But I wouldn't be adding anything 'new' to an...

Sorry. The Bristan B85 is 8.5kw. It is 10mm cable (I remember checking this when the old shower had been taken off the wall) so I guess I just have to get a 40A breaker then? Odd how it 'seemed' to work fine for 3 months first though :?

Hi. Around three months ago we got a new shower installed, a Bristan B85. Everything was fine until yesterday. My wife switched it on by the pull chord and the trip switch went. This morning it went off twice while I was in the shower. I have no idea what is causing it. But have...

Hi. Last week our (rather noisy) Myson CP53 finally packed up. I managed to get a plumber to fit a brand new Grundfos UPS15-50 Selectric pump. Very pleased with it I am too. Radiators which only got warm are now getting as hot as the others around the house. The job turned into a...