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I bought a Clarke Drill press and a vice from Machine Mart. The vice is listed as being suitable for the drill press but I can’t see how to attach it. The slots do not line up. The vice is part number CDV40C and the drill press is CDP5EB They are listed as being compatible. I must be missing...

That display which looks like 88888 seems to be normal. Mine constantly changes from the correct reading to 88888 and then back to the correct reading.

I will agree with anyone who says this is not a DIY disasrter as I am not doing it myself but it is a disaster. Why is life so difficult at times? My wife finds it difficult to get up and down the stairs to our home (we are in a first floor flat). We talked about it and decided to get a...

I live in Scotland and think the new regs are not too bad but could be better. I'd rather have all alarms linked by MICC than some wireless link.

Exactly Thank you very much. I will bookmark it.

I appologise, I've looked for this but am missing some key search term. I while ago someone posted a photo of dials that showed how much power was from wind, from gas, from nuclear, from interconnectors, from hydro etc. I thought I'd saved the link but can't find it. Can anyone please help me by...

I do wonder why the OP did not ask the person who installed the new meter all these questions. It would be helpful to know what the installer said about it all.

i was thinking back a few years and wondering how many posts our old friend BAS would have put on this thread?

No matter what electrical differences people might have I wish you and your family all the best and hope that when your Christmas Day comes it is a really good day. Take care of your daughter and be happy.

It seems the only problem might be a hum on the phone caused by induction currents. I’ve run it on the surface for now, with a nice big loop of cable stapled to the skirting behind furniture so I can try the suck it and see approach (thanks John W) by running it in the buried conduit when I...

I can agree, but singles are so much easier to pull into conduit than twin and earth. I'm starting to think the sensible way would be to add an extra layer to the telephone wire, I could add a layer of heat shrink to it (I am thinking what I have available and I've a few coils of heat shrink)

Thanks, I'd not considered the danger to some engineer, that certainly is very important. I think my option is to run the wire on the surface untill I have time to bury it and redecorate.

I asked this in the Electrics forum but wonder if this is a better place to ask. I need to put in an extra phone socket and want to avoid running the 6 core cable up a wall. There is a length of plastic flexible conduit with three single core 2.5mm cables in it. These supply a socket next to...

The only reason I need the extra socket is that my wife keeps falling over and the local NHS have suggested a personal alarm. If she pushes it she can then talk to control viw a single box that seems to have a speaker and microphone. The only phone socket in the house is under the worktop in...

I need to put in an extra phone socket and want to avoid running the 6 core cable up a wall. There is a length of plastic flexible conduit with three single core 2.5mm cables in it. These supply a socket next to where I need the phone socket. Is it legal to run the phone cable in the same...

I remember some years ago doing plumbing work for a Chinese Takeaway. The building inspector said he wanted me to chsange the plastic pipe outside to cast iron. I said I did not realise that was needed and asked what regulation he was quoting so I could read up on it. He said it was not a...

I agree that was my thought but the dish was professionally installed with some system that enables the dish to find the correct satellite anywhere I stop in the UK. I guess it is set up so it can feed two TVs, it certainly works well.

I am puzzled by the televisions in my caravan. I have two, both the same make. I have a satellite dish on the roof of the caravan that finds Astra 28.2. This is handy in places where there is no decent terrestrial signal. There is one co-ax cable from the dish that is then split into two...

To try to get back to the original question. Why does he want to replace them? A cheaper soloution might be to paint them if it is because they are looking dirty and worn.

Get in touch with the worktop repair company and tell them you are unhappy with the work that you paid them to do. Tell them to come and check it. If it is failing after 6 months, they may do another repair free of charge.