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Does the second socket give dial tone? If so you can dial 17070 and see what line it is.

Hi, I need to provide power for a fridge when we fit built-in kitchen units either side, and worktop over the top. Currently there are freestanding cupboards and the fridge connects to a normal power point above worktop height. There's insufficient depth to fit a plug and socket directly...

Cheers. I must admit I've never used grid switches. In the lobby has an existing double switch controlling interior light and outside light on the house. I assume that could be replaced with a grid switch assembly incorporating those two existing functions plus the wireless switch to the...

By "sort of" do you mean using a local RF switch that looks like a conventional one? Looking at another product (https://www.rfsolutions.co.uk/downloads/1456311486DS-SWITCHLINK.pdf) these seem to be a change over switch, so if I'm reading the data sheet correctly the N/O and N/C outputs could...

That stuff shows a lot of promise, the floodlights with built in receiver might have other uses as well. Just being tight but it's a shame it can't be two way switched with a local conventional switch.

By the way, what does that pump actually do, is it for a directly pressurised supply to the house? Reason for asking is that our own well pump, which pumps to a header tank, is only 500 or 600W and only needs to run about 1/2 hour per day.

Problem is there's nowhere to put such as switch. Not sure how I can explain without a diagram. The buildings are detached from the house, with a single power feed to the workshop which is the nearest, and everything else is fed from that workshop. Heading from the house directly to the...

I want the light to come on as she approaches the shed across the yard, to save having to go around with a torch all the time, that was the reason for thinking PIR. I was hoping they were more reliable nowadays as I see many commercial buildings where the lights absolutely rely on them. (As...

I believe it's 14A plus 6A giving the often quoted 20A figure. However it's not clear if that's a minimum - meaning the double socket wouldn't comply with BS1363 if it didn't support at least that load, or an across the board maximum - meaning circuits can be designed on the assumption of a 20A...

Hi, This is for an area in one of our sheds where we have the controls for the electric fence, and various feed bins etc. It's approached across an unlit yard, and there's no lighting at present in the shed either. What I'd like to do is have the lights PIR controlled, but coming on when...

Thanks, I also found this cross-reference. So Grade 2 is our 4.6, and US Grade 5 is our old friend 8.8.

If the block was on a PME/TNCS supply, then where does the network PEN split off into N and E for the customer, is there a central point within the building with N and E distributed to each flat, or does each flat have their own cut out?

Hi, I have a couple of pieces of equipment that use what looks like an ordinary bolt as a shear pin to protect their mechanisms. Any suggestions for a source of some sort of commodity bolts that would be significantly softer and weaker than the standard 8.8 grade that is most readily...

The OP's speaking about a block plane, which I assume would be bevel up. So the angle does matter, although maybe not to the last degree. What I'd do if I had a honing jig I didn't trust, is to make a couple of templates for the angles I normally use, then set the blade and check the angle...

Cheers. This transmission's been trouble almost from new, keeps losing oil and nobody neither Stiga nor the dealer could say where or why it's coming out. So if in doubt, like now when I suspected an abnormal noise, I wanted to check it out. A bit of a pain as the blower needs to be upturned...

Hopefully now fixed. The service agent asked me to send the original control head, the new replacement, and the outlet elbow. He first tried a new elbow on the suspect head, and it didn't fit either. He then tried another control head, same part number, and it fitted right away. I'm just...

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right section. Just wondering if anyone has any knowledge of the sorts of hydrostatic drives as fitted to lawnmowers and in my case to a snowblower. The machine is a Stiga 1171HST, as far as I can see this is the same OEM as Murray in the US, it's an American...

The fitting does not fit far enough for the retainer. Old and new side by side. There's no apparent external height difference. The shape is different though, for example on the new part (left hand above) the slot for the retainer is wider. Old, then new shown below .. Next step will be...

Thanks for the pointers, I'd hoped to be posting a success story but no such luck. First part I bought, although from a Karcher service centre and explicitly listed for my exact model (1.180-151.0) did not fit, the detergent connector was the wrong size, too large. The dealer said that's the...

Just by the way, why illuminated switches? Personally I only like illuminated for things that I don't normally leave switched on all the time. So for example in our kitchen the immersion switch is illuminated, the isolator switches for central heating, dishwasher and water supply are not. And...