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    RCCB removal

    If the mechanism will not reset with the Main switch OFF then I'd say it's bust! Starbreaker boards can have two different types of RCD... a 3 module one and a 2 module one... (possibly both!!) It's not a difficult job replacing a RCD in one of these boards, however you will have to make...
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    Quick Q, what does the 'T' stand for on my extractor fan?

    I've never seen an extractor fan that has required an earth!! I think that the wrong type of cable has been used to connect your old fan up... it should either be 4 core flex or 3c&e.. Never use the EARTH for anything other that EARTH
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    Socket & Outlet Height Query

    So he'd have wanted you to widen all the doors to 3', outward opening WC doors, level thresholds & ramps up to the house???? Ferkin idiot BC's!!
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    Salus rt300 rf

    It doesn't sound good I'm afraid... 1. Is the power to the boiler on? 2. Is the switch under the cover on the receiver on? 3. Is power actually getting to the receiver? If you answer yes to the above then the receiver has had it... Unfortunately they have changed the RF carrier...
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    WARM EXTENSION LEAD

    Normally extension leads are rated un-wound So while it may be 13A un-wound, it might be 8A coiled up! It should be printed on the label!!!
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    Advice on consumer units and wiring

    You'll be better off getting your "qualified electrician friend" around to have a quick look and tell you what you need.... after all he'll be signing it off!
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    Smoke/heat detector linking

    NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! Do not ever use the earth as the interlink!!
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    Smoke/heat detector linking

    To interlink those alarms you will either need 3c & E or you will have to use the RF bases on each alarm (not cheap though) Are you sure that there is no way you could replace the cable???
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    Loo in Understairs cupboard - do i need an extractor fan ?

    How about one of those seats with an extractor built in??? Something like http://www.ventalu.com/bathroom_idea/toilet_seats_d.html Don't know what your LABC think of them though,, you'd have to check
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    Replacing old fire alarm detectors

    You mean you have disabled part of a panel alarm system which protects the whole building?????? :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: You should not be doing this... and anyway, you would need to get the same make sensors as the panel and be able to test the system and provide a...
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    Underfloor heating?

    The people I've installed it for love it! Without getting prices it's got to be somewhere in the £700 region (for 9m2) Kit £350 ish (cost) Day & half to install! + fused spur, RCD (??), supp bonding
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    How do I change a plug?

    Buy a second one and connect them in series?? :P :P :P
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    FCU and single socket?

    CEF are the only stockist of Proteus... All part of the same company.
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    Estimate for wiring new loft extension..

    Reading those bits that BAS has just highlighted has got me thinking!! How can a BC lampholder with a BC energy efficient lamp be classed as an energy efficient building service... you could put any type of lamp in it!! Where as a PL fitting will only take a PL lamp and can be classed as...
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    Picture of the week!™

    Dom isolator fitted to a KQ board???
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    Picture of the week!™

    Ahhhh got it now... Isolator shrouds???
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    Picture of the week!™

    Is that a 1.5mm CPC with 2.5mm L&N (singles cct)??
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    Picture of the week!™

    Wot! No cover?? :oops:
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    FCU and single socket?

    How about a modular socket and FS??? http://www.proteusswitchgear.co.uk/products.asp?category=349
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    Call-out Fiasco

    I had one last Winter.. The Teleswitch had gone faulty and wasn't allowing any of the NSH's to charge.. contacted the supplier and they said 2 weeks, contacted a DNO engineer he said if they put the job through he could do it that day! Got back in touch with supplier and told them that they...
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