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I ordered one for him from a UK based battery supplier which is listed as suitable, supplier quotes same voltage, and greater capacity (both storage and output. The original Volvo battery is made in China so not all Chinese stuff is bad, you just have to stand over them - ask Mattel what...

Put a chock block on any (ALL) loose wire ends (one per end) turn the power back on and then answer Sunray’s questions about what else works/ doesn’t work and do you have any test equipment e.g. multimeter.

He didn’t say other than that from Volvo it is something like £130! He did find videos online showing how to change it and they don’t use the “Volvo” part.

Dug my multimeter out and the old one is showing 7.9v and the new one 8.2v. Buyer says that it was shipped with the wrong label further reinforcing the need to return, QC processes are really bad there even for China and I wouldn’t trust it. The original is made in China, branded as Volvo and...

They have known it was coming for many many years and should have planned for it…… They have 50 years to plan for the next one - maybe they should build more nuclear, if they start now it may be on-line for the next one!

Possibly should be in auto but…. Father (97) has a Volvo S90 and it has an assistance module fault so needs a battery. He ordered one on Amazon that claims to match - when I checked it was a Chinese seller. Battery arrived last week and I was asked to install it. Original removed and looked...

Thanks, next time I see him will ask if he has another booklet - he is 50 miles away. Not helpful that the back of the installer manual is described as a user guide and there is also a seperate user guide! Now all he has to do is remember his master user code. Edit - after reading chapter 6...

My parents have one of these alarms. Have found the installer manual online (link below, they have a hard copy) but the user manual appears to be a section at the end of the installer manual except . . . . . The section at the back mentions default user codes and says they must be changed on...

Bit of a rant. Just moved into a new build house and it has these https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/products/4651390-150mm-safety-pendant-with-decorators-cover-white. Decorators cover a nice idea as long as the decorator waits for the paint to dry before putting the outer cover back or the paint...

My son said it didn’t work. He was right. Had it about 10 years and doesn’t do a lot of work. Wife used to work at B&Q and got it for £5 as end of range (200ish mm blade so it is a useful beast). Fuse OK, lead OK, took it apart and the DP switch neutral is staying open circuit. Short term...

Installed about four weeks ago. Sensor in dining room (south west facing and lots of glass) has generated false alarms a couple of times, during the day only. Couple of days ago I swopped it with the sensor in the kitchen. It is going off again today (in the kitchen and the alternate now in...

I had wondered about the busbar …. Looks like a separate box or a battery powered doorbell. Will see if I can find a small box for a transformer that I can mount high on the wall so it looks like a bell box.

As above but there is only a single spare way in the CU. It is to power a Ring doorbell.

I see JohnW’s point but the CU is not getting updated this month and the alternative is an extension from the one existing socket which had a 30A rewirable fuse as protection and a single 2.5 able as supply.

Shouldn’t it have been specced as a hardwired connection rather than plug and socket?

The more you look…… There were three connections to the 15 A fuse. The two sockets (2.5) the garage door (1.0) and another (1.0) destination as yet unidentified - I didn’t want to start looking at 6 last night. Looks like the previous owner didn’t know about FCUs.

Ideally, but we had no control over the previous owner. We haven’t been here long.

We have a couple of portable RCDs for the risky jobs (lawn mower, power tools) but a whole house RCD has disadvantages (FiL had one) so RCDs can wait for the new CU. AIUI it isn’t mandatory but a new CU will need to comply with current regs so will have them. Previous owner was a real amateur...

Disconnected it at the CU to reroute cables and realised the answer was staring me in the face. There is a 15a fuse supplying two sockets in the garage, will connect it there. The garage demand is a chest freezer and the occasional power tool, the additional sockets in the kitchen will...

Am adding some sockets in the kitchen. There is already a single beside a redundant tv aerial point and plan is to link to this. On investigation the cable to the socket is a spur taken directly from one of the ring circuits at the CU (about 10 feet away in the garage) and wasn’t put in by the...