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The house was rewired before we bought it just over 2 years ago. The heater is on the lighting circuit just protected by the lighting circuit's 6A mcb. It's on a length of cable from a junction box on the lighting circuit. The rewiring was definitely done by a so called "qualified"...

An electrician has wired a 2kW bathroom heater in my house using 1.0mm cable from a 6A mcb, as part of the lighting circuit. It works fine. However, my maths suggest that 2kW = about 8A, which exceeds the mcb rating. According to the DIYnot website, 1.0mm cable is suitable for up to 2400 watt...

I'll look at GE ones. If I'm still stuck, I'll try and post a piccie (not done that before :? ), but won't be until after next week, as I'm away. Thanks, Spark123

Does anyone know if any other makes of MCB are compatible/interchangeable with Vynckier brand? Thanks

What's the difference between a 'lump hammer' and a 'club hammer'?

I've been trying to get some 'de facto' answers to this from various suppliers, and the answers I'm getting are entirely inconsistent, misleading, and in one case, rubbish. For example, one company said that low-energy bulbs should not be used with photocells because they turn the lights on...

Just went and looked on the box. Switch is rated at 1000w (more than enough), and, lo and behold, it also says "suitable for use with low energy bulbs" (I should have looked there in the first place :wink: ), so may be I don't need to include an ordinary light bulb?

Excellent answer, bernardgreen. Thank you. My one manually switched low energy bulb comes up to full brightness in less than a minute. I am fitting 4 additional lights opearated by one photocell, so I will make one of the bulbs an incandescent version. As a matter of interest, why is it...

A certain well-known online supplier of electrical items states on its website that its low energy bulbs are unsuitable for use with dimmers, time switches, or photocells. Dimmers I can understand, but I can't understand why they are saying that you can't use them with time switches or...

This is much better than the Lidl icing gun suggested by big-all: http://www.drywall-emporium.com/Durgun_webpage1.htm?gclid=CJOi9vvo6YkCFTwHQgodpmtlJw

Is there such a thing as a refillable caulking tube? I've got a bog-standard calking gun (several, in fact) but I want to use it to dispense things like PVA adhesive into long, thin joints. Can you get something like an empty tube with internal plunger which you can fill with whatever gunk you...

Incorrect. It's a valve for which I paid £12.92 (or nearly 13 quid) + VAT (on 25/05/06), totalling £15.18, which is a lower price than I could get from any other supplier elsewhere (at the time) who could also sell me a Range Tribune cylinder at a good price, and deliver it to my door at no...

It was more complicated than this. The discount was arrived at because I was really after the cylinder at an acceptable price, so he adjusted the price of the other items to arrive at an acceptable total. In fact, the invoice states (for the valves) £20.92 each, less 38.25%, plus VAT, so I might...

For the record: TRV4, £12.92 plus VAT, Plumbase Torquay. (I persuaded them to give me a 38% discount - and I got a Range Tribune cylinder pack at nearly 38% less than anyone else had quoted) I already have a bypass circuit. It has a radiator on it which I've installed in an airing cupboard...

I could have used cheapo TRVs from local shop, around a fiver each, but I chose Drayton TRV4s because (supposedly) better quality and they were a better design. The price is relevant as I would have thought that more expensive/better quality valves might have design feature to reduce noise...

I've fitted Drayton TRV4 valves to all my radiators. System works perfectly, but I notice that as the valves close to restrict the water flow to the rads, near the point of closure, you can hear the water squeezing through the valve until it closes completely. When 3 or 4 valves are closing more...

A mate of mine was proudly showing me his brand-new house. The plumber had installed an Ariston sealed hot water system. He has mounted the safety valve in the pipework at the back of a cupboard above the cylinder (fair enough), but physically screwed an 18L expansion vessel horizontally into...

Same question as Joe-90, but this time, for a saw horse thingy that's used for supporting small tree trunks whilst cutting them into logs? A bit like two 'X' ends joined together with some straight bits. A link to a suitable sketch would be useful. (I'd search google myself, but I don't know...

Ah!, good one, Noseall. Thanks

Just had some new double glazing installed in my bathroom. The doub;le glazing is fitted into the outer leaf of my cavity wall. If I want to create a tiled cill, with tiles up to the double glazing, what's the best way to bridge the cavity? I was thinking of using slates or roofing tiles...