Recent content by tusharinuk

Hi All Sounds really silly to ask this, but some how cannot find anyone selling a round toilet seat. Our downstairs bathroom has a round toilet pot (as against the more common oval or the newer d shaped) , probably used to save space. The toilet seat has done its job for the last 8 years...

Hi All I have 6 tilting downlights in our kitchen extension. There is slanting tiled roof on top with just a membrane under it. The recessed lights are fixed in the flat ceiling . Now on a very windy day, the downlights start whistling and I can feel cold air coming down from them. I have...

Well spotted. Its was a nail that has been living there for the last god know how many years.. Its been relieved of its duty now.. The green cables are 30-40 years old. Any chances that older regs allowed such things?

Great. Thanks for the guidance. Is MET required only if I cannot squeeze another green yellow copper cable in the PME connector? or its a requirement/regulation by itself to have a MET ? (The wiring in the picture is 30 years old, so I am assuming lot of regs have changed) with regards...

HI all i have finally managed to run a 10mm green black cable from the gas meter to the main CU in the flat. Now need to make the connections. 1. One the CU side, I cannot find anything that says MET. Instead I have a box which says PME (see attached image ). Is this where the earth cable...

Got it .. (An learning the language too ;)

Thanks for the prompt reply. 10 mm it is then. I guess a bundle of 25meters will set me off by 30 quid but one more tick in the box. thanks again. wiht regards Tushar

I have been asked to earth the gas meter to the main's earth at the CU when we replaced the boiler. I am renovting the flat ( 1st floor ) now and have found a way to do it. The gas main comes up the central shaft and the meter is in the kitchen. The cable needs to run around 20 meters...

I guess the original one has everything in a small sleek package 1cm*2cm*15cm. So you are right need to check the size of the replacement. Although having a second thought now as ballast will cost around 8 pounds with shipping and the new tube costs around a 10ner then might as well spend...

Hi All Last week the kitchen florucent tube T8 -56W started flickering. (http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9281088.htm) As we were between some heavy cooking we let it do so for a while, but then the tube made a small 'phuck' sound and gave up. I noticed that the difuser has...

Appreciate the thoughts. In fact I was wondering : if you are allowed to put 4 earth wires into a MET and then one to go to the actual earth itself is considered as "continuous" connection to the earth. Then I can use a MET (no clue to what it costs) at the water pipe to connect the earth lead...

Also will it be better to have a earth wire connecting the gas main running from the water mains rather than not having any all?

Not sure. Will check this out today. Is this how a MET looks like (just picked a reference image of web to compare)?