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With gas, if you have even the slightest doubt, I'd call a professional. The fact you don't know what connector to use shows potential gaps in knowledge. I say call a CORGI registered plumber. If you'd read all of the correct literature relating to how to install gas equipment, then you'd...

Ah, the olympics. I'm not a fan of them, though I do like the way they promote international harmony with a friendly sense of competition.

And don't call in the village handyman for DIY. Honestly, village handymen are probably a godsend to electricians who earn money by doing work.

There is a slight frequency issue. What are the specs for your doorbell and what type of doorbell is it? If it is a standard 'bell' type doorbell it may have some problems.

I think whoever designed meters is a twonk. Would it be too hard to have tails that could be removed, and everywhere else sealed, so that one doesn't have to breach any seals. That way it could be arranged so electricity cannot be stolen, and one can disconnect the supply (they could hold the...

More people seem to have bricks over there too... In fact, a lot of people had brick phones until very recently. Obviously it's not the same fashion statement it is in Europe... I was always told that the hysteria and resulting regulations about 'phones not being used on forcourts was...

Strictly speaking this belongs in the 'Appliances' forum... I haven't a bloody clue.

See why colour harmonization might be good after all? At least we won't be telling Italians to connect live to earth in the future!

THis is somewhat humourous. The first step to your eyes coming into contact with water is to irrigate them with... Water!

Usually Ground Floor socket ring: 30 or 32 amps Upstairs: 30 or 32 amps Kitchen ring: 30 or 32 amps In our house we have a kitchen ring and a 'rest of the house' ring. There is also a basement ring simply because adding a new ring circuit was the easiest way to put 5 double sockets down...

Yes, but you can't copyright a turing machine, or any other physical device other than a distinctive 3D image, or a distinctive smell (i.e. the smell of lynx is copyright, as is the smell of gas)... The BIOS was originally copyright and it was up to Compaq, American Megatrends, Award, Phoenix...

Why the ??? To make posession of creosote illegal would be absurd, as it would turn unsuspecting people into criminals overnight.

I've always wanted a grid interconnect system with those photovoltaic solar arrays...

Ah... good ole pub installations. Dodgy countersunk metallic 15 A sockets, which look like they have taken a good beating... Ancient MCBs, not to mention that Armoured cable that somehow has been connected to a regular junction box :shock:

Not only are VOCs bad for the environment, but remember a few years a back the problem with sheep dip being responsible for the early onset of Alzheimers, and memory loss and othere neurological diseases? Well, Sheep Dip is a VOC, and that was what was causing it. The stuff in paint is almost...

Indoor TV aerials that give excellent results in poor signal areas. 'Super Realistic Sound', etc. on midi hi fi systems.

Unusual. I take it back in the old days that Amstrad were quite strict then. Nowadays there one of the few companies that allows their ROMs to be freely used for emulation purposes, and don't tend to bother with their copyright legacy. As for the EUCD, I am totally against it, it is utter...

Yeah, I'd say the sockets may be at fault, so I'd reccomend replacing them, and if it still doesn't work, replace the breakers at the distribution board.

The reccomendation I heard is not to touch the connection actually DURING a thunderstorm, because you risk yourself being blown apart when you touch the connector. A long shot, I know, but unplugging before a storm is near is reccomended.

That's stupid. They don't want us to do it, so they make it unsafe. Making those people stop posting such things by alternative means perhaps` :shock: