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studentspark, just think of it as the last light, two cables, with a junction in the switch drop, it was probably a red and black cable so the switch drop junction looks like a live & neutral, when the switch is off the red is 230 volts and the black in neutral through the lamp. draw it out and...

does anyone know if the new mk yoke will fit in the older type mk grid back box. need to put some new switches in a 12 way mk grid switch, but as they are not available anymore i plan to rip out the insides of the old one and put in 3 x 4 gang yokes new type switches and new front plate. the...

hi, just defrosted my "frost free" hoover hf39c001 fridge freezer, the sensor thingy, (white in colour about the size of a cigarette) was swinging in the wind with two broken cable ties in the bottom :? anyone know which part of the unit i should cable tie it back onto cheers

hi J, as john says they could well be storage heaters which are very expensive and it may be cheaper to repair the faulty one than replace it. the supply to storage heater only becomes "live" overnight when the electricity meter changes to a cheaper rate.

Bernard is right, make sure relay coil voltage is same as trans output. i didnt look properly i typed in relay dc and that page came up :oops:

Rob, just as a matter of interest which method / way did you solve it? all the best :D

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=getProduct&R=2019157 http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=getProduct&R=7150929 these will do the job or any simular trans & relay. are you ok with the wiring? its just the feed off the trans...

hi Baker, got the whole picture now, i will have a quick look and report back :D just thinking you may be able to use bell trans that can be clipped on a din rail and a relay with bell trans voltage coil and 230 volt rated contacts again din rail mountable

like most qualified electricians i come on this site to help people who have, say taken a light down, but cant get it working and its starting to get dark wife coming home etc lol. i / we dont get paid its just to help and thats all

just read my post he seems to be confident enough to take down and put up lights, at the end of the day, he only wants his lights to work i dont know about you driving skills but in this climate to employ 6 i must be doing something right :D

John, i am a fully qualified electrician with my own company 3 vans on the road 6 employed. if i went round one of my friends house for a drink and when i got there he said "come and have a look at a light i can figure it out whats what" without any meters, using the instructions i have...

err, No. where are you reading i am saying energise a dead short? i am just saying if he wants to fix it without having to go out and buy anything, he can.

hi Rolley, you know the two core red & black in the upstairs switch if you put those across a normal light switch com & L1 does the light come on and work as normal? this will prove the cable coming down from the light is intact, if you know what i mean.

what do you mean by that post John?

well it does matter which you use, i always use the proper brown as the common in a 3 core & earth cable others must be brown sleeved tho. two core strappers should realy be twin brown so these dont matter

well there isnt any real control on these storage heaters just a flap on the top which allows heat to escape slower, the front of the heater is always hot tho,(untill it cools down that is) inside, if you dont know, are concrete sort of blocks that heat up using cheaper electricity at night...

hi delta, switch off the wall switch and switch off the breaker 1st. put 3 sets of three connector blocks one on each of the 3 twin cables you have. put the old pendant drop brown & blue with a known good bulb into one set of blocks, red & black, switch on the breaker repeat this (switching...

if you are hell bent on using a battery room stat connect the two core cable from the "link" terminals across the battery room stat terminals, job done, again :)

hi Baker, your losing everyone i`m sure. on that boiler the link for the central heating, if its fitted, the boiler fires and pumps the water around the rads. if the link is out the boiler doesnt pump around the rads. if you connect a cheap simple switch room stat across the link terminals on...

you could just put a humidi fan in or a fan wth a pull cord?