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thanks for your time.

can I check if the bonding I do have is connected by doing a continuity check with my multimeter and the nearest earth pin in a socket?

can I ask what the point of an earth wire to the first 6" only of the main water supply? Genuinely curious

Just replaced an old stopcock in our kitchen that had stopped working. There's an earth wire on the incoming copper water pipe. However, I also installed a surestop wotsit, which is plastic, so nothing after that in the house will be earthed (pipes, I mean). Should I organise to get a strap from...

looks like I'll have to find another way. thanks guys

Due to a bit of a cock-up, a double socket in our utility no longer has a supply to it. I can access its cable (2.5mm) in the ceiling, but cant easily get this cable to a convenient place on the rest of the downstairs sockets ring. What I CAN access is the lighting radial that supplies the...

Thanks yes they are plugged in. I wish to avoid wifi solutions if possible.

Use case: single light switch next to the door in the lounge to be converted to be a double (if necessary) , one of which will now switch the various table lamps we have in the room. How to do this in the simplest way, please! Intrigued at Lutron lighting....is this one way to go?

Are the hinge positions the same on all kitchen doors? I somehow doubt it but I'd quite like to get decent doors from say Wren but get cheaper cabinets from wickes, for example. Is this feasible?

That's exactly what i did. Thank you for the tip. Appreciated

Thanks guys. Did it. Bit of a tap with a hammer....

There is a screw... Removed it (left hand thread) and the chuck still won't come off .. Brute force?

Its einhell the red one

This one does. The chuck on the drill is just too wide.

I need to remove the chuck on my drill so it can be fitted to a drill stand. How do i do so?

im not sure... I'll open it up and take a look. I only bought bit to try to play a few old family movies we found, with the hope of videoing it on my phone.... If i need to hard wire a cable on i guess i can

Its a boots super 8, from the early 70s i would guess

Just acquired an old 8mm cine projector. It didn't come with a power cable. Does anyone know what to search for to get a replacement?

On this you pinch 2 fingers and it shows which page is home, but offers no obvious way of changing it.

I'm pretty sure on my old one you could do something to say that a given page was to be your home page