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I have a Baxi 105e combi boiler, around 10 years old. Does a good job of warming the house but the pressure drops fairly regularly, and I have to top it up to 1-1.5 bar at least weekly. I noticed a slight weep and a bit of rust around where the heating return is and assumed it was that. However...

Nothing wrong with making leads up. The pins in the connector will probably be labelled L1, L2, L3, N and earth symbol or E. Use one of the Ls for live and N for the neutral, obviously. If you have a multimeter just check that you only have 230v at your socket not 415v. Probably best to use the...

I would prefer to leave the 230v inside the garage, just taking the LV to the planter, but that's a good suggestion. Don't you need a line of sight for the controller to work from the remote control? Will it work if shut away inside an enclosure?

I'm looking at installing LED RGB striptape in a planter in my garden. I already have a 3 core SWA cable from my garage to the planter that was used for old halogen lights in the 90's. The tape I have been looking at has a 13A plug top, supplying the power supply, then that feeds a small unit...

The Steinel type suggested above seem interesting. I see the adjustment range is 0.1-10 lux, so it just shows how light it must be when switched at 70 lux. Regarding the comments on timers, it is actually tied in with a timer but I don't want to keep adjusting it as the nights draw in/out. Just...

I have an existing sensor controlling my outside lights, approx 20w of LED lighting. However they are coming on way too early. It is the panel mounted block type where a circular hole is made in a box and the window containing the LDR is visible protruding. I've searched the various suppliers...

Only about 5m, and cable is 1.5mm

I intend building a rectangular wooden planter in my garden and want to fit led strips on the inside to illuminate the plants. I don't want white, probably 2 green and 2 blue/purple. Long ones will be about a metre, short ones about 800mm. It's in my capabilities to build my own, solder the...

I fitted one of these yesterday. I agree that the clips are a bit tricky. There is a knack, when opening you have to press the tap up as instructed but with the other hand pull the two claws towards you so you are doubling the force used. Opposite operation when closing. As said above, they have...

Been doing some fixing onto plasterboard today, not so much electrical work, more shelving and pictures. It made me realise that the perfect cavity fixing has yet to be invented. I tried the spiral metal ones, plastic collapsible, toggle type. There were issues with all of them, spinning in the...

This is a very common mistake to make. In simple terms, one of the black wires is actually a live when the switch is turned on. You need to identify which of the three cables is the one that goes to the switch. As Android 07 says, you need a tester for this. With the power off, tester on...

I agree about putting a duct in rather than just concreting over the cable, you could always replace it if anything happened to it. You can buy corrugated ducting or simply fit 2 inch plastic drain pipe with couplings quite cheaply. When the cable is installed, drag in a fish wire along side it...

The function you describe is an over ride switch rather than 2 way switching. Just a case of wiring your inside switch contacts in parallel with those in the light sensor.

Very early days but considering having the L shaped flat roof over my garage/entrance hall replaced with a pitched one with roof tiles. The house is two storey, built in 1980. The garage is standard single size. The outside wall of the garage is single brick with a buttress half way along. Would...

Perhaps the one in the photo picked up some damage to its sheath? Anyone remember the screw type pots being replaced by the wedge type in the 70s. I was never happy about using them and they eventually went back to the screw type.

That's fantastic, I appreciate your help.

Thanks for the response. See the attached photos. When I take the plastic caps off I can see the end of the pin which appears to have flats on it rather than being circular. Any idea of the manufacturer?

My composite front door which is about 10 years old has been sticking a bit recently. When I rock the door I can see a little play in the top hinge, it appears to me that the Pin is worn. It looks straightforward to change, there are plastic caps on top and bottom, a couple of socket (allen)...

The vents were built with the house in the 1030s and at that time there would have been no central heating or gas fire. I'm guessing that they are something to do with the coal fires at the time, up and downstairs. Now there are only two gas heating appliances in the house, a gas fire...

It's a 105E and I had it serviced and checked by a gas engineer about 6 months ago. I wasn't actually in the house, he told my wife everything was OK and gave me a receipt but told her that the part of the ducting was overkill and wasn't really needed. not sure which one he meant though. Anyway...