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No, don't tin stranded wires that are held in screw terminals. The solder is soft and will flow under pressure and cause a poor contact eventually. Frank

Now where did I leave my crystal ball? Sealed lead-acid battery? Most likely needs a new battery. Frank

Sounds like clutching at straws to me. However, fix the neutral wiring and keep persevering with the faults until they accidentally discover the "real" fault. Frank

Using a petrol generator to just power an electric heater is GROSSLY inefficient. If you just need heat, I would buy a calor-gas heater. A 500w heater is not going to heat much more than a dog kennel. Frank

OK, the fault is beyond the two output fuses. Now you need to get technical. Replace the 800mA mains fuse and remove the two output fuses. Power up and check the transformer has the correct output volts and doesn't blow the fuse. Use a multimeter to check the bridge rectifier. Check...

Can you please clarify exactly which fuses are blown. Do you have a multimeter? Frank

The fact that the output fuses are blown points to a fault after the transformer. The transformer may still be duff but you have another problem. Looking at the ratings, you need 35-0-35 to give 52c DC. Power rating for 90w output would be 120VA Frank

Ah! the SENSIBLE colours, carefully thought-out by our ancestors many thousands of years ago :-) Red = Danger Green = Safe How sensible and logical.... Frank

I have serious doubts about the competence of your contractor. Frank

Its an un-metered point for the gypsies to connect to, :-)

Sounds too much like an advert to me :-( So what are you making in your newly instilled still?

Its a bug...no doubt! Frank

These things usually have a mains switch that operates from the outlet socket(s) and so should not buzz with nothing plugged in. I suspect that this on/off switch has jammed on. Frank

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Time_Signal Accuracy The pips for national radio stations and some local radio stations are timed relative to UTC, from an atomic clock in the basement of Broadcasting House synchronised with the National Physical Laboratory's Time from NPL...

2.5mm twin and earth would have been a lot cheaper:-)

Problem is: Most (all?) bathroom shaver sockets are powered from the LIGHTING circuit which will not support a hairdryer, legal or not! Frank

That sounds OK but I would suggest getting a powered splitter for the TV aerial unless you are in a VERY strong signal area. An Octo LNB is a good choice unless you need any future expansion. FDJ

In fact, it will be less than halved to each output as all splitters have a small inherent loss. Frank

If you do this, then you can cause a lot of undesirable effects. Some channels could disappear whilst others are OK, If you unplug one of the downleads, it affects the other, On analogue TV, it can produce ghosting etc. With aerials and cables it is important to preserve the impedance match...

With all SDS drills, you must apply a reasonable pressure as the mechanism works against a spring. If you do not do this, the percussion mechanism will have no effect. HTH... Frank