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    Replacing a 'thingy' with proper wall plug sockets?

    Another possibility is a pattress box such as (link): https://www.toolstation.com/wessex-pattress-box/pAB255 and then use whatever double socket you like. However you need to be very careful about the current cables. Which is the supply and which is the load? The white cable is wrong, you...
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    Is it just me

    I imagine quite possibly a Ferranti Atlas.
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    Window catching

    Thanks for correcting me (every day's a school day).
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    Window catching

    I'm only thinking out loud here. There's a brass (?) screw which is partially hidden, would loosening that allow some adjustment? Other than that, work out how to move the complete (6" long?) black strip.
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    Adding two extra loft lights to existing light

    If I've understood you correctly, you'll probably have 2 cables coming out of the JB, one goes to the repositioned (roughly) central light which then daisy chains to an extra one and the second cable goes in the opposite direction to the final fitting. In the interests of being condescending...
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    the low‑voltage bathroom extractor fan and the fused spur

    sorry do not understand the question. if you are looking for information then please let me know which section of the EICR I need to look at to massage it to you MIs is short for Manufacturers Instructions. I believe Murdoch is asking whether the manufacturer says the fan is suitable to be so...
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    Ginger men who now identifies as a woman.

    Ginger men who now identifies as a woman. I assumed Elsa was using rhyming slang, rather than referring to hair colour (Ginger beer).
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    Domestic Aircon power supply

    Do you mean "should NOT be run". Knowing me, I'm probably talking Bow Locks but at 1.4kW would this be suitable for a ring final (assuming the startup current ain't too bad).
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    NICAD -> NiMH

    Do you have some sort of adaptor so you can plug AAA batteries into AA slots?
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    Pulled from another thread

    I believe it's really a Pie chart (e.g. apple pie).
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    Blocking off an unused 13 amp double socket

    I believe that should say: fatallyflawed dot org dot uk On my MK sockets (all at least 20 years old) the shutters aren't pushed down by the earth pin but they rotate (one goes up, the other goes down) when the Line and Neutral pins are pushed in. Does anyone know if MK still make them like that?
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    What size and make of boiler ?

    To this diyer, that sounds like balancing is needed.
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    Help: Light Bulb connected to two gang switch and one gang switch

    No, both switches (1 on first floor, 1 on third) have to be (what's known as) 2-way switches. Has this ever worked as you want it to, or is this an enhancement?
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    Spurred fuse terminal capacity

    I suppose they might have been frightened of blowing the fuse with so many sockets on the load.
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    Bathroom fan with separate timer?

    If you google (other search engines are available) "retractive pull cord switch" you should find some.
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    Internal Gutter Problem - Victorian Houses

    I live in an area where normality is to have the gutter inside the parapet wall as in your case. Some houses (but not my one) do have a (properly done) hole through the parapet wall for when the downpipe can't cope. I believe this takes some careful planning as it needs to be below the level...
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    Junction box for moving socket

    I don't believe that is OK because your blanking plate will not be visible and so there won't be a safe zone above it.
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    Devices to meter kWh

    Ahh, I should have said "have an inductive (rather than capacitive) component". I didn't mean to imply "purely inductive".
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    Devices to meter kWh

    AIUI when we have an inductive load the current sine wave lags behind (peaks after) the voltage sine wave, but in a capacitive load the current sine wave leads (peaks before) the voltage sine wave. However most loads are inductive, any coil of wire is an inductor so transformers (e.g. taking...
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    Insulation resistance test

    Residual Current Device which you expect to find in your Consumer Unit (CU) (aka Fuse Box). The usual advice is to post a picture of the CU so that we can see all the "switches" and their labels.
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