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I’ve just rewired a central heating system in a church. There are 4 zones, each with a motorised valve. I used Sangamo electronic room thermostats. I installed 4 of them. They all work well but on two of them the LED flashes most of the time. The LED flashes when there is no power to the...

I agree, the guy who changed mine was close to refusing to change the gas meter a it was losing pressure. He said it was just in the permissable range so changed it. After he changed the meter there was no pressure loss as it was the conecton to the meter that was leaking (I just hope it was...

Thanks for this JohnW2. It is really interesting to see actual figures. I hope that if tidal, or wave power, comes on stream in a meaningful quantity we will use even less gas.

I remember being shown how to do it in a woodworking class at school but as I left school 57 years ago my memory has faded. The rubber and figure of 8 sounds familiar.

We've got an old table that is French Polished and has a few stains where someone has put wet cups or vases on it. I have a vague memory of French polish being a mix of shellac and mentholated spirits. Can anyone tell me a bit more about how to prepare the surface and how to apply the French...

Can you move it to a position which shortens the cable? You say it is fed from a junction box so is it a spur or is it a radial and what rating is the MCB that supplies it?

I ordered one and it has arrived and is exactly when I needed. Thanks Astra99 for your help.

My parents did not have a Redifusion TV but they did have a Redifusion cable across the back of their house. They got paid to allow it, I think it was 2/6 per year (twelve and a half pence in today's money)

Yes, it is at an odd angle and we did find it difficult. I have cut the door and hung it opening inwards and that does not give a decent width of entrance.

I’ve redone my bathroom and it is good. All tiled and it looks good. My plan was to have the door opening outwards, but we have found that this is dangerous as it opens across the hallway. Opening inwards will not work because of where the shower tray is positioned. I think a nice wooden...

I must be getting old but I find the internet to be a strange place where mostly I find what I want with Google but sometimes it fails. After failures I've just ordered one of these from ebay, thanks Astra99

Thanks, I'll look at aliexpress

I did google it while away in my caravan and got lost in the results (I like to use a pc rather then my phone) I will try again.

I hope you like the slightly cryptic title. I have a caravan and want to fit a PIR in the toilet area so when my wife goes to use it at night the light comes on. There are two LED strip lights with a total load of 7 watts so less than 1 amp at 12volts. I know it is easy to use the switch but as...

I've got three twin sockets and three singles in my summerhouse. It is all on a radial fed from a 16a RCBO. The lights are fed via fused spur unit. The sockets feed, a fan heater, a plug in wireless doorbell, a microwave, a fridge, a mouse deterrent, a fridge, a fan. That is 7 of them, the...

It is not easy to be sure without seeing the job but I'd probably use a hammer and a narrow chisel close to the pipes.

Using old cable can be confusing. A couple of months ago I rewired the lighting circuits in a boiler room, a simple job, one switch, four light fittings. Nothing seemed strange until I realised the cable was red and black 1.0mm T&E. There is a nice sign on the consumer unit warning people...

I look after the halls in a church. One user asked if I'd switch on the induction loop as someone had a hearing aid. She simply could not understand that the induction loop required her to use a microphone for it to be of any use. She thought it made everything perfect without a microphone...

I think the correct term for a cable with a plug on both end is "A widow Maker"

14mm but I wonder why you asked in the Electrics UK forum.