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Yes, thanks, probably best to assume it might be present. This might of course have something to do with the botcher's reluctance to renew it, hmmm. So all the more reason to lift it out the top, and not through the house. Which brings me back to my original query....

Woodburner, the flue has a 6" stainless flexible with insulating jacket (thatched). The liner is over 40 years old and the jacket is f*** me heavy. The flue is about 25' tall. The liner has pulled out of the top clamp. I say clamp, but here's a little tale will make you laugh or not... At...

OK, so I put away the library steps, go get the stepladder, now I can see over the top of the RCBOs. Yes, it says, something. Down to the garage, get my specs. N out. Well, who knew that. Connect it up, it works wheeeee. Thankyou chaps, the power of the forum. And it's clever, isn't it, how...

Whole CU is RCBOs since 6 months. Fine, no issues So, I put in a new wall light, one 25W incandescent bulb, connect to the RCBO for that room, switch on, the bulb lights for a nano-second then the RCBO trips. Oh, think I. The cable to the switch might have a screw through it. So I bypass the...

Aha, thankyou. Where do I put it/them? In the live feed to the switch, or from the switch to the light, or the live to the PIR?

I wonder if it's RFI from the spark as the contacts break. I see this filter for DC applications, https://www.directindustry.com/prod/act-meters-international-ltd/product-116273-1401185.html perhaps there's one for mains.

Both incandescent. One is 1 x 40W, the other 2 x 40W.

External LED flood with standalone PIR. There are two house light switches, which when switched off, cause the the flood to come on. One switch is about 3ft from the PIR on the same level, the other about 5ft down on the floor below. The flood comes on for its normal timed On period, then shuts...

Just to finish off... not only was the quarter-turn valve leaking, but also the pressure gauge itself started leaking, which at last prompted me to move this from the To Do list to the Do It Blooming Now list. This happened after the Water Co was mucking around with the pressure while...

Ah yes, median, mean, average. Interesting observation. In the attic I have over 200 incandescents, bought in a fit of indignation when the EU gave notice that they would be banned. Since then of course, LEDs have been developed that ape the shape and light pattern, so my incandescents are...

They should, but I suppose like most things they get hijacked by our obsession with 'cheap'. Our halogen was the same, leaky but working. The thing is with thatch though, can't put halogen too near because of the heat.

Those Steinel look the dogs. But due to the vertical space available, or rather not available, none of the 50W will fit. However, I found this Crompton https://www.ledbulbs.co.uk/products/crompton-phoebe-led-atlas-mini-led-floodlight-ip66-50w-4200lm-cool-white with an eight year guarantee - not...

Curses. You're right. It flashes. Thanks for the tip. So, need a new one. It's a 50W Eterna, came from LED Hut, They no longer sell Eterna. This is it, I think https://www.bltdirect.com/eterna-ip65-cool-white-50w-black-led-economy-floodlight although all Eterna floods now have Economy in the...

Bathroom extension, single storey, 60s, hard concrete blocks, cavity. About 10 x 15ft. Slight horizontal cracking in the cement render most of the way round the three side. Mainly along the same course at window cill level about half way up. External cracking only. Been filled and painted by...

They're about a foot apart, so, no, I can't be sure. The replacement PIR arrived. Same model. On the box it says LED capacity 200W but not exceeding eight lamps. Previously our (halogen) flood was at the bottom of one barge board. A tree had grown, as they do, and was obscuring it. So I put up...

Eterna PIR failed after 30 months. It's switching a standalone 50W Eterna LED flood, both PIR and flood are tucked nice and dry under the eaves of our thatched. At least, presume it's the PIR. The flood is flashing on/off continually when triggered and I can hear click click, it stops at the...

Haha. But you're not wrong. I never used to wear specs, now I have a host of the damned things. Perhaps I should wear them more often.

Side connections.... yes, but only the earth, and they are sunk as well. Thanks for highlighting the L&N. I sussed that by buzzing them out, but I shouldn't have to, surely? When did you last see a socket with unlabelled terminals? Even back in the days of roundpin.

Couple of pics. First one shows no L&N marking, and I looked very carefully for it. Second shows the screws sunk into the cutaways. Yes, but on any other socket the driver can be vertical, on this one it has to be at an angle.

We have a four-ring Bosch. Don't recall the model. Unless you're running a commercial kitchen, I doubt you'll need 3kw. It heats soooo fast. Try it.