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    kitchen under cabinet lighting

    I appreciate 840/865 and i agree with you. Neighbour has 865 and she likes them so to avoid bickering will go with it. Luckily do not get the flickering and yes replacement will have to be electronic ballast. Googling the part numbers is not Getting me the results? Am assuming it is electronic...
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    kitchen under cabinet lighting

    Hi John yes she wanted daylight so 865! I will appreciate if you can help to confirm if installed ballast Are magnetic or electronic fyi they have individual starters.( google says electronic donot use starters) Thanking in advance.
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    kitchen under cabinet lighting

    thank you very much 333rocky333 & ericmark all very valuable advise.fluorescent relamp is the way and 865colour code . also thanking all others for input.
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    kitchen under cabinet lighting

    Hi 333rocky333 1.t5 short with 16mm diameter 2.t5 with 28mm diameter 3.t8 with 28mm diameter Fyi the control /linking box is fitzerald Yes they do have starters.
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    kitchen under cabinet lighting

    Ericmark thank you very much for the detailed information i am sure it will benefit many.
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    kitchen under cabinet lighting

    Hi with couple of tubes not working am looking at the options. current set up is inter link system with individual option on/0ff.I have 2 lights L8w/535 (approx length 300mm) 2lights L8w/535 (length approx600mm) and 2 lights L30w/535 (approx length 900mm) 1.Do I just replace the burnt ones...
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    Do I re rate mcb

    John some LEDs are 5w some are 6w.to be added 3 bedroom+ 3floresent in loft+landing+passage +meter cupboard+porch.outside pir is 120w. (not led)
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    Do I re rate mcb

    Apologies! the old halogen were 50w. figure of 1091 is incorrect .The correct figure is 671 this includes outside pirlight .(my wife was adding up on calculator & got MR function wrong. kindly note all the lights are on One circuit. conclusion with the formula given by Winston 1 & if my maths is...
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    Do I re rate mcb

    TTC FYI besides other lights the house had 56 MR16 halogen which are now gu10 led lights on 240v(each with 6w bulb)
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    Do I re rate mcb

    Hi I have replaced all my halogen + other lights with led gu10.I added up all the bulbs & get total of 1091 watts. (I am novice with electrics) my current MCB is 10amps 1.Am I right to convert 1091÷230=4.75 amps so need to replace MCB with 6amps if my conversion is incorrect kindly advise the...
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    Do I re rate mcb

    Hi I have replaced all halogen lights + others with led gu10.I have added all the bulbs & I get 1091watts.my current MCB is 10amps.kindly note I am novice on electrics. 1.Am right to convert 1091÷230=4.75 there for I should get 6 amps MCB 2Does the cable size has any bearing on mcb FYI the...
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    Replace 13amp immersion spur switch

    Hi At the moment I have 13amp fused spur switch for my immersion heater.(it is mk switch with screw to get to the 13 amp fuse it also has two metal prongs which slot into spur body) 1.I want to replace this with identical switch with neon and am looking at cb4827/3 and cm2369 the second does not...
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    dimmable Gu10 bulb with non dimmable switch

    thanks very much for all very valuable advise & help will get the necessary checked.
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    dimmable Gu10 bulb with non dimmable switch

    Hi sorry typo it should read 10amps thanks
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    dimmable Gu10 bulb with non dimmable switch

    Hi My lighting circuit is 16amps kindly advise if I need 10amps switch or 20 amp ones. thanking in advance ih
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    dimmable Gu10 bulb with non dimmable switch

    Hi 1.Is it OK to use ordinary non dimmable switch with dimmable Led Gu10 bulbs. 2.is it possible to get budget chrome dimmer switches with 0 minimum load(if not what min load can I get) Max can b 250/400? if so pointer will be appreciated. thanking in advance
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    replace stop cock with lever type valve

    Hi I wanted to replace both stop cocks on CWS ( loft water storage tank) and F&E (header tank) with lever type valve! are there any water authority restriction thanking in advance.
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    memory upgrade aspire 5552

    thanks for the quality info ! you are spot on for the memory usage! her main complain is laptop taking bit longer to open and close so am asumming it is question of bottleneck! perhaps you can give advise which can perhaps speed up a little. I will disk clean+defrag and clear browsing history...
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    cable help

    just wanted to know if frequent software update is required &how it is done! no worry's thanks again.
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    memory upgrade aspire 5552

    i want to upgrade my wife"s laptop. With a memory scan it is possible to upgrade it to 8gb. It currently has 3gb Ram which is 1Gb + 2 Gb (2 slots).i was going to replace 1Gb with 4 Gb to bring the total to 6Gb. Is this upgrade in order (normal recomendation is upgrade in pairs) 2. Does it matter...
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