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That might be one of the few times when the name 'plug socket' is a valid one.

Just say it to yourself in a fake Irish accent...

A BS 4573 socket is rated at 200mA continuous. It will suffer no issues.

The myth is what I quoted, that many shaver sockets are not rated for charging toothbrushes. They all are, either because they meet BS 4573, or because they don't have a transformer as not intended for bathrooms. Adding a picture of a toothbrush doesn't change the rating.

A BS 4573 socket is rated at 200mA continuous. In excess of 100W. A toothbrush rarely takes more than 5W when charging. So I'm not sure where this myth arose.

Really, only you can answer this. Drill out the rivets and carefully take it apart and examine it.

Given the standard height of plaster board being 2.4m, then something's going to have to change.

...including making the subscription fee mandatory, for continued operation.

Probably, only Daily Mail or Telegraph readers believe this. In fact...

True. This 10% stuff seems to be readily available. For stronger concentrations you have to start filling in government forms.

Domestic bleach is 5% or less; sodium hypochlorite for swimming pools etc tends to be 14-15%. I have used this for killing lichen on a drive with good success (though this is not what you are doing with it). There is also brick cleaner made from hydrochloric acid, but I haven't tried this and it...

By comparing the generation meter with the import meter, or for a real time display buy a suitable meter with sensors on import and export cables, and you can have an instantaneous net import figure. I use the Wattson, but that is unfortunately no longer available.

Just interested, nothing more, but do you happen to know which part of BS EN 50131 covers this requirement? { Part 1 System requirements Part 2-2 Requirements for passive infrared detectors Part 2-3 Requirements for microwave detectors Part 2-4 Requirements for combined passive infrared and...

By the way, if you live in Llw******y, it might be an idea to also hide any QR codes you post on-line.

It was hard going finding it but I think it's BS 4662:1970 Specification for boxes for the enclosure of electrical accessories. The date doesn't make much sense - maybe there was an earlier one. Trying to access the spec on my file server but it's playing up.

But he also said: which is simply not true - unless you don't have a light in the room.

I must have one of those very few. And your edict did not allow for exceptions.

Surely it depends on the bathroom?

LEDs use MUCH less current today than the early ones. You can light a modern LED by holding one lead and touching the other lead on a random piece of metal. Every time we buy a new batch of LEDs we have to raise the resistor values in the circuit to avoid burning out the customers eyes.

With the 300k resistor, the breakdown current will be limited to well below a damaging one, so you are safe on that score. Breakdown voltage is how zener diodes work in their normal mode of operation.