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    Is there any ceiling light that can act just as a cover?

    Given the standard height of plaster board being 2.4m, then something's going to have to change.
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    Best way to connect up downlights in soffit

    ...including making the subscription fee mandatory, for continued operation.
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    Bulkhead lamp for modern bulbs?

    Probably, only Daily Mail or Telegraph readers believe this. In fact...
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    Cleaning Fernox stains off concrete drive

    True. This 10% stuff seems to be readily available. For stronger concentrations you have to start filling in government forms.
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    Cleaning Fernox stains off concrete drive

    Domestic bleach is 5% or less; sodium hypochlorite for swimming pools etc tends to be 14-15%. I have used this for killing lichen on a drive with good success (though this is not what you are doing with it). There is also brick cleaner made from hydrochloric acid, but I haven't tried this and it...
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    Solar panel usage

    By comparing the generation meter with the import meter, or for a real time display buy a suitable meter with sensors on import and export cables, and you can have an instantaneous net import figure. I use the Wattson, but that is unfortunately no longer available.
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    Appropriate power feed for burglar alarm

    Just interested, nothing more, but do you happen to know which part of BS EN 50131 covers this requirement? { Part 1 System requirements Part 2-2 Requirements for passive infrared detectors Part 2-3 Requirements for microwave detectors Part 2-4 Requirements for combined passive infrared and...
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    New ovens in kitchen

    By the way, if you live in Llw******y, it might be an idea to also hide any QR codes you post on-line.
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    Small sized plug socket

    It was hard going finding it but I think it's BS 4662:1970 Specification for boxes for the enclosure of electrical accessories. The date doesn't make much sense - maybe there was an earlier one. Trying to access the spec on my file server but it's playing up.
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    Landing and Bathroom Switch Question

    But he also said: which is simply not true - unless you don't have a light in the room.
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    Landing and Bathroom Switch Question

    I must have one of those very few. And your edict did not allow for exceptions.
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    Landing and Bathroom Switch Question

    Surely it depends on the bathroom?
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    Hi Fi front panel bulbs

    LEDs use MUCH less current today than the early ones. You can light a modern LED by holding one lead and touching the other lead on a random piece of metal. Every time we buy a new batch of LEDs we have to raise the resistor values in the circuit to avoid burning out the customers eyes.
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    Hi Fi front panel bulbs

    With the 300k resistor, the breakdown current will be limited to well below a damaging one, so you are safe on that score. Breakdown voltage is how zener diodes work in their normal mode of operation.
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    Ugly kitchen switch panel

    Yeah, we know.
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    bathroom extractor flat roof installation for loft conversion

    My son has a new old house. As the toilet ceiling fan didn't seem effective they decided to put a new fan in. On taking out the old fan they found it went into a duct , ran a meter towards the other end of the ceiling, and came down through a vent again.
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    Bathroom extractor fan keeps dying

    Where on earth (in your case, flat earth) do you get that from.
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    Led security light feed from existing light circuit

    It was a dangerous joke.
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    Henry motor

    Citation needed!
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    40W drawn on lighting circuit even when everything is off

    Well, I guess that can only measure current, and the 40W assumes 230/240V (174mA). It doesn't take into account power factor. So something like a permanently connected power supply with no load connected may be able to give this, but usually lighting 'transformers' are switched at the input so...
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