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Thanks for the help guys, I don't think it does anything that dumb mechanical switches don't. It's just compact and waterproof. They are definitely two neons. Changing one of the resistors to 470k and linking the other one sounds like a good idea and is probably easier than putting a 250k...

Hi Guys, I was wrong on the size, as I said I couldn't remember the colours yesterday so I checked last night and they were, Brown, Brown, Black, Orange with a tolerance band of Brown, and I make that 110K, still much lower than 470K. Although, as there's two (R3-1 an R3'-1) that makes the...

Blagdon PCB pictures

Hi Ban-all-sheds, There are resistors inline to the 240v mains side of the neons but I think they were about 1.64K ohm, (I did check the colour codes but I can't remember exactly what they were). Whatever; they were relatively low resistor values. There were no resistors soldered inline in the...

Thanks for your reply Spark123. The item number is 120905997493 and I've already purchased them. They look like they may be slightly too big but I'll just have to leave the support cover off, once they're soldered in they should be able to stand up for themselves. :) Regarding photo's, I'll...

Hi Securespark, That was the e-mail address the message went to and basically it said that if the product was out of warranty there was nothing they could do and to go back to the supplier. Can't say I was that impressed. :( 8)

Hi All, I have a 4 way Blagdon Powersafe and 2 of the green neons have blown. I am buying what I believe are the equivalent from e-bay to fit, however the instructions indicate that a 470K ohm resistor should be put inline in the bulb leg when used with a 240v supply. Is this required in the...

Not Chalfont - unless Chalfont has moved to halfway between Northampton and Milton Keynes :P . Thanks Agile. So as long as it's covered you think it's probably ok to concrete it in then? 8)

Thanks for you answers guys. It's still open to hallway at the moment and I'm still loathe to concrete over it. :? He did put metal inserts in the ends of the Poly pipe so I don't think that's a problem, I'm mainly concerned about whether it could cause any problems in future. :!: ...

For the third time, (it's a long story - and not my fault!!) I had the same leak in my hallway CH pipework, - which is buried in the concrete floor :( :( :cry: A few months before this I opened an account with Homeserve (:?:) and they sent someone to repair the problem; and he decided to...

Cheers Rich, I've looked at the links you provided and I don't think I need anything as weight bearing as the manhole covers in the first one as, although the manhole would have to be fully sealed, it wouldn't be load bearing, and I would like to close it permanently, (otherwise access would...

I already have a conservatory but to the left side there is a 6ft x 8ft gap which I would like to either extend my existing conservatory over, (if that's possible), or build a new one over making the (new) conservatory 11ft x 20ft. The problem is there is a sewer access hole in this area. This...