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This image is from a property I am thinking of buying. I am trying to use the electrics as one way of negotiating the price. Would you be worried by any of this or is it a 'typical' set-up found in many 1900 built terraced properties? Edited to remove url to original image

I can't put it off any longer - why is it called CHOC block?

Note to self : Remove Quality Assurance label from rating plate before posting a message! :roll: On closer inspection the rating plate actually states: 230-240 volts ~ 50-60Hz watts 2850-3100 On the other issue raised by ninebob, I have always had my kettle plugged into the spare socket...

Hi, I've just bought a new fast-boil kettle advertised as 3.1kw. The plate underneath actually specifies a range with 3100w being the higher value. Does this mean the 13a fuse supplied with the plug could be liable to blow? Cheers for your time

"tape the chuck key to the mains lead" The simplest things in life are usually the best! :) Thanks for that. A chuckless drill? I used to have a drillless drill but I don't know where it is anymore. :lol:

Waiting to pull right out of a T-junction, a car approaches from your left wanting to turn right into the road you are waiting on. Do they let you go first and make things easy? No, they stop right in front of you, wait for a safe gap and then cut the corner as well. People who park their...

Not as funny as some of the stories on here but anyway... Doing some hurried fence repairs in the back garden (it was going to rain) I forgot to take the chuck key out of my drill and fired it up! I watched the thing fly in a perfect arc across my neighbours gardens and smash through a...