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Toasty,Are you sure your tv consumes 300-400 watts,I remember our first colour tv telefunken 26" we bought in 1973 and that consumed 350w. In 1982 we bought a grundig 26" and it consumed 60w quite a difference but if a plasma/lcd consumes so much power they can keep them. Also the subject of...

Well what i can tell you and i've done quite a few times when installing internet on virgin media,V/M send a kit modem/splitter/cable/spanner and they give instructions on how to fit it so they are allowing you to work with there cable of couse if you do something wrong and they have come out...

What is your analogue signal like? Try putting your postcode in wolfbane below. http://www.wolfbane.com/cgi-bin/tvd.exe? It will give you a rough idea as to what your signal is like in the area. There's no such thing as a digital aerial,I ts the manufacturers ploy to get more money as an...

I have just found out that the Voltage tolerance of 230 V +10%/−6% (216.2 V to 253 V), to be widened to 230 V ±10% (207 V to 253 V) in 2008. andy

One of you could do with measuring the voltage with a volt meter when the problem occurs,I have seen this problem before and has been the voltage dropping below 200v items like tv's will work 90v-260v so are not affected but fridge and freezer sometimes make a buzzing noise as our,s have when we...

Our wiring is ok the problem here is the incoming dno's wiring. I you don't get power cuts then you are blessed with good fortune you certainly wouldn't like to live here,Up to feb this year we were having several power cut's per week short couple of seconds enough to cause computer problems...

I wouldn't like to apply power to that lot,Impessive though. It reminds me of the old selsyn systems we had when i worked in a glass bottle factory many years ago. It's nice to think we are a lot safer these days. andy

All you need is satellite double screened coax 2 f connectors fitted either end and a coupler have a look at the link below and it will explain what i have said. One word of warning always uplug the digibox before disconnecting the cable just incase you accidently short it out. You won't get...

Thats how i test remote controls that iv'e repaired. andy

I have just replaced a 25W incandesent with a 7W=40W low energy lamp and it is just a bit brighter than the 25W lamp. Another thing to consider is if they are used outside and it's cold that will probibly reduce the light output as they do with fluorescent tubes. Also if you happen to cctv...

The meter shown earlier is an aldi one,I have one as well and they work ok for basic measurements but i will point out that all my meters give false readings when the battery is low. andy

I got a phone call from a freind of mine to say his landing light is flickering on and off even though he had switched it off,So i popped round to have a look when i unscrewed the light switch all there was two bare wires and a pile of rubber in the bottm of the back box. I replaced that...

At the time the nominal voltage was 240v plus or minus 6%. One teatime we were having our tea and off goes the power for a second and the tv came back on and the video and other stuff stayed off thats when i get the meter out and find 120-160 at the sockets and then the phone rings people...

About 13 years ago i fitted some security cameras and recorder for a newsagent freind of mine and did the job on a sunday afternoon and everything was fine. The following morning the phone rang and it was the newsagent he said there was black bars on the pictures,So i called in to have a look...

Hi i will get back to you in a day or so i'm going to take some pics. andy

If it's for cctv then the time it takes for the pc to start whatever set the pir off might have gone,I tried something similar many years ago with a video recorder. I have an old pc with a two dvr cards and and five cameras around the house and you can set up zones on the picture,When it's...

I take it your recieving winter hill like myself as the aerial group is C/D for analogue and freeview,I think you would be better off getting a variable amplifier so you can adjust it to suit the incoming signal. The noise figure is also important the lower the better,Have a look at the site...

Yes it wil be ok as the tv will be drawing less than 1amp. andy

5 amp is ample you could easily get away with a 3amp,But why they have supplied a lead with a 10amp fuse is beyond me but at the end of the day the tv has internal fuses anyway. I always fit 3amp fuses to my equipment and when i used to repair tv's it's suppising how many had 13amp fuses in the...

It certainly was on of those adaptors but not in the bathroom because they didn't have one,There was an outside lav and a tin bath in the cellar and lead water pipes. andy