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    Television aerials ... boosters etc.

    Labgear refer to it as a"digital aerial" in the instruction manual. Screwfix are just relaying that information. To say they are "liars" is propostreous . Once again Winston, you contribute to the forum for no other reason other than to correct terminology or take the higher ground. Do one.
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    Consumer unit/ cable identification /gap fill

    I would say that is an earth bond that goes to a water or gas main, which is interteresting as the supply looks like it has been updated from TNS to TNCS. What the implications (if any) of this are - I'm not sure. The wire looks to be green which has darkened with age. Hopefully someone who...
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    Doorbell transformer?

    You can acheive the same effect if you ignore the door bell unless you are expecting somebody. Much easier & cheaper.
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    Wiring a BT Socket

    The phone plug does not look like it is pushed fully home in the socket.
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    Bosch Dishwasher - Lower spray arm - solved

    I suspect the OP has probably got a new dishwasher by now - nearly 13 years later.
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    Ceiling light fitting help?

    Just make sure you switch off the power before tinkering with any of it. Be lucky.
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    Ceiling light fitting help?

    No. Find the cable that lights the lamp, then connect E & N to the lamp terminals, then connect the brown wire to a terminal block together with the brown wire from the other cable. Then connect the blue wire from the other cable to the L of the lamp. Connect all the earths together. Put some...
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    Ceiling light fitting help?

    No! That will possibly hurt your MCB. Connect your new light to one of the cables as you'd exptect - LtoL, NtoN, EtoE, put the other wires into seperate terminal blocks to isolate them. Switch on the appropriate MCB. If the lamp lights, you have the supply cable. If not, you have the switch...
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    Ceiling light fitting help?

    One cable will be the L N &E supply, The other will be L SWL & E, you need to establish which is which. The SWL should have been over sleeved brown.
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    Ceiling light fitting help?

    You're going to need a mulimeter - do you have one? Edit: And maybe a new wife!
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    Changing odd bathroom light

    Are all the LEDs in series, meaning the failure of one taking the whole lot out?
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    DAB radio possessed by the devil, in the form of TalkSport

    It may be doing a scheduled rescan of available channels at * o'clock in the morning or something & defaulting to Talksport afterwards. If so, the s/w developer didn't get it quite right. You may be able to confirm this by forcing a rescan manually & seeing how it behaves after. If you are...
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    DAB radio possessed by the devil, in the form of TalkSport

    A bit hard to say without knowing the architecture of the internals. The "last state" must be stored separately to the presets, otherwise you'd be loosing those too. You say some time ago - how long have you had it? Has it always behaved like this? It may be as crude as a coin cell holding the...
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    DAB radio possessed by the devil, in the form of TalkSport

    And from a reputable brand like "Zennox" from the Daily Mail.* I don't think the mistake lies with DAB. Do you see what I'm getting at?! Send it back & get something else. *Edit: Telegraph.
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    DAB in the car..............what a waste of money!!

    I used to have a Pug 206, I mounted a cheap Halfords mag mount DAB aerial to the inside boot frame so the whip was across the rear window - results from this were acceptable. This wasn't possible in my next car, so I bought a self adhesive job from DAB on wheels - it was absolutely hopeless...
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    Boiler Firing Constantly

    Hoping that someone can offer some advice. Y-plan system. During summer months, HW as normal, heating still running timed program but room stat turned right down. On Sunday, turned room stat up (it was a bit chilly), all operated fine. Until Tuesday, boiler stayed on constantly regardless of...
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    Should I adopt a 3 legged cat?

    Bodd - sounds to me like you are already in love with this cat. So just do what feels right.
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    Best vintage turntable

    If you are serious about SQ. You need to set your largest budget on the source equipment - "**** in **** out" is the equation. You can't polish a turd. There is no way on earth that a graphic equaliser can improve the original signal. And don't play it through a sound bar FGS.
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    Samsung 50” picture gone

    3D TVs were a gimmick from the start - looks like the manufacturers have realised this.
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    Virgin

    Whatever.
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