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Thanks. I was struggling for the right terminology, ‘branch’ is a better description!

Thanks for the responses everyone. perhaps I wasn’t clear but yes, I was expecting the chime box to have an AC/AC bell transformer in it, as it looks identical to every other chime box I’ve seen which did. Instead it had 4 C-cells in it, wired to the door bell button and the chime solenoid...

I am fitting a video doorbell for a friend, what I thought was going to be a simple job turned out to be more complex as despite the chime box being 60 cm from the fuse box, it turns out the chime doesn’t contain a bell transformer at all and is in fact battery powered with C cell batteries...

Thanks for the responses. We've reached an agreement, of sorts. PodPoint are going to send me the cable in advance, I will install it in the conduit (presumably leaving bare ends just hanging loose, they haven't said otherwise), then their installer will complete the installation on the day...

Hi all, I selected Pod Point to do my 7kW EV charger installation. I've paid upfront, they've done all the paperwork and want to schedule the install, but they are being strangely difficult about how it's done. They consider a 'standard install' to be when the supply runs directly from the...

Folks, When my boiler was installed, the installer was 50/50 on whether I needed a plume kit given the location of the boiler. In the end we opted against as none of the neighbours had installed plume kits on the row. Recently in the cold weather the plume steam is sending the motion detection...

How far under ground does MDPE pipe have to be buried to count as insulated in the UK?

Hi folks, I want to run supply pipe to an outdoor kitchen sink. There is already an outside tap about 6 yards from there the sink would be, supplied from inside via a double check valve and isolater to turn the outdoor segment off during winter. My plan is to take a spur off this, into 20mm...

Hi All, I'm baffled by a problem I'm having with some audio equipment. I have two active speakers (with built in amplifiers) each takes a two-pin mains connection and an unbalanced RCA input. I have these connected to a laptop, through a 3.5mm jack to RCA breakout tail. There is no earthing...

I would imagine there is some threshold for 'transient' dips/spikes on the network, especially when dealing with the aftermath of a storm. Either way, I don't have the time or inclination to get into a correspondence battle with the DNO :)

So I'm resurrecting this thread because 8 months later I was still no closer to knowing what it is, but I now have a potential clue. Since I last posted about this in May 2019 it's tripped a handful of times, sometimes months apart, sometimes days apart. Today, it tripped twice within a couple...

Yes it's cheap. You're getting analog cameras with 2MP sensors (2MP is the lowest you can go with 1080P, so don't expect great quality). They will require power sources for each camera as well as the video cable routing, this adds time and effort to the install. Do you trust this company to...

I can personally recommend the Ubiquiti Unifi Video range https://dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/unifi/UniFi_Video_G3_DS.pdf. It's very competitively priced and full-featured. All the cams are Power-Over-Ethernet enabled so only require a single cable, come with IR floods and optional IR extenders...

What are the earth-bonding requirements for exterior CCTV cameras? I've just got into doing a big project and there is a lot of confusion out there because different countries have different rules. On one end of the scale are people saying there must be a lightning strike rated surge...

Sure - but other than me forking out £50, what's that going to prove? Do RCDs 'degrade' over time? It's been fine for the last 5 years.

The ovens were switched on (standby) but not cooking. Same with the shower, on but not running. I mean, there's a lot of stuff running on the ring main... fridge/freezer, tv, skybox, soundbar, modem, router, 3 lamps, couple of computers, couple of mobile phone chargers, printer, 3 amazon...

Hello folks, About a month ago, unrelated to any changes to the system or any new appliances in the house the consumer unit RCD (that covers the ring-mains, cooker and shower) tripped randomly while we were watching TV. It then happened again later that week and once again just now (3 weeks...

Just re-routing the cable, but it needs to go externally and be longer than what's currently installed so I planned to run a whole new run from the dish so I don't need to do any joins on the exterior.

Do you think its possible to do it carefully enough not to move the dish? Otherwise, I'll just cut and join the existing cables somewhere.