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Hi All, Anybody know of any products that allow two way switching of USB power? I have a USB light over the bed which I want me & the Mrs to be able to switch on & off using something similar to those inline switches you get with a table lamp. I could of course get some single pole double throw...

The other thing to remember is the mechanical aspect of the cable. Vacuum cleaners are pulled about a lot putting strain on the cable. A thicker cable will be more robust and is probably why you find it used rather than much thinner wire

You need to replace that whitecable, it's rubber & is breaking down as can be seen by the breaks in it!

Shower pump? TV aerial booster? Towel rail?

Is this a mechanical meter or a smart meter? My parents have twice had to have their smart meter (gas one) replaced due to it going haywire & running up bills of several thousand pounds. It possible for it to go the other way too. If it is in your favour I would keep quiet. Obviously just...

I've seen both types, the advantage of the time clock one is that it can go out of sync if you have a power cut & can therefore get some daytime energy at reduced rate. I'm not sure on my rates. i did the calculation some years ago. However, I know I am paying £65/month for gas & electricity for...

Hi Guys, I have just had a message from Shell Energy stating that the teleswitch signal is being switched off permanently in March 2023 & I have to have my meter changed. I used to have storage heaters but many years ago moved to gas. We still use about 1/3 of our electricity at night so it...

Well done. They are quite simple. I use molegrips on the cones & axles for safety when I need o adjust mine. Note: you are not supposed to use grease on the runners. A mistake a lot of people make.

By a 20A fused spur I wonde if he actually means a 20A switch/isolator.

I'm not surprised you have damp issues. Clean out the guttering!

Not like any i've seen before but maybe storage heater blocks?

You need to take tension off the spring. But be careful as you can mak the situation far worse. Google, the make fo your garage dooe & there will be lots of videos on how to replace the cables

Just make sure the socket isn't in the way of the TV bracket & aerial socket. My sister in law had her house rewired & got a socket behind the TV, changed the TV a few months later & the TV aerial socket ligned up with the plug socket & now the TV is offset to the wall centre & looks a right mess

Howdy Folks... Slightly oddball fault. I've had a 3 phase inverter for some time but never got round to fitting it, lent it to a friend as his went wrong, he used it & all was fine. He gave it back to me the other week & I decided to fitted it this week to my garage. I have wired it in to its...

Hi, I have stramit board walls upstairs in my house. I have fitted many normal metal back boxes into the walls. Just use patching plaster to bed the back box in & screw at right angles/diagnolly to the wall. In fact I find it easier to fit bak boxes into this stuff as you can do it with a...

Corrected post - bloody predictive txt.....

Hi, pics are of the old heat exchanger on an Ideal ISAR HE24. Should they look like this? I believe it is the hot tap side that has gone like this. I would even go as far as saying that some of the stuff could be plastic from the plastic pump housing it mounts to

As per title. I bought a listed as "new" heat exchanger for an Ideal ISAR HE24 off E-Bay but it has marks on it that makes me think it might be used. See attached. Appreciate any feedback

Who bodged the 13 amp mains plug fuse into that PCB? Is it blowing the 13A fuse? I suspect the fuse should be much less than that. There appears to be two TO-220 device on the PCB what is the other.

In the past when I needed to buy 2nd hand obsolete MCBs I took them to work & X-ray'd them to make sure they weren't fakes. Not an option to many but gave me some confidence in my purchase!