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LOL, it's like you read my mind I was actually thinking of that. THen I thought while there why not run a feed back to the CCU just for the hi-fi Then I thought better still run 2, one for the power amps and one for the "electronics". But then I thought why not run 1 feed per power amp and...

Banana plugs are fine! I would have no chance of getting my cables into the through holes that they put into binding posts unless I cut my bass cables in half ;) If you're really worried (and anal) about it then periodically service them! (I do :D :D ) A quick run over with fine...

I'm in the process of replacing my upstairs bathroom and I'd like to swap the extractor It's currently a mainrose jobby with 240V fan body screwed into the ceiling directly above the tap end of the bath I'm going to replace it with a remote fan ducted job with a 12V GU10 downlighter built...

Surely it depends on the type of DHW supply too? I've just done the exact same thing. I piped a downstairs cloak for hot using 10mm microbore from the upstairs hot tank. Since I have mains pressure hot it takes < 10 seconds for hot water to arrive and the flow down approx 10M of microbore is...

Trevi is probably what you're thinking of John? There's loads of info about them on here so a search should throw up huge amounts of information

Could it be that socket is worn and arcing extending the switch on surge from the cleaner past the trip time ?

In reality I would say if you're just wiring up a dvd player system then yes bellwire would be OK for the surround channels It's unlikely that a DVD output for surround channels is going to be all that high quality and I doubt you'd really notice the difference If you were running a decent...

In theroy yes I think they are Although RMS and peak volages are the same regardless of frequency voltages are all the same the probability of breaking or making at peak value is higher. You could maintain the spark over a slightly larger airgap with higher frequency too In practise I...

:oops: Never even thought about that. I just jumped on the interweb to ask the rest of the world :D :D

I know the obvious answer is to pick up the phone and ask directly bt since Bournemouth BCO officials wouldn't answer the phone today does anyone have any guidance ........ I'm currently renovating my upstairs bathroom However, I'm also planning to refurb the kitchen in the mid-long term...

Yup, 115V 400Hz (+-5%) is standard so you can get away with smaller transformers, smaller smoother caps etc etc. Although the brownout requirements (which are long enough that you could make a cuppa if the kettle had enough volts :D ) usually means that capacitators have to be much bigger...

How bizarre that should come up There's a reason why I know this works just fine :shock: ;) Great, or perhaps not, minds think alike

Oh well, I have a suspicion he was just trying to keep me quiet. I hope so since he's been on the tools since we left school 20 years ago. I think I'll just stick to tried and tested methods. Probably the sensible thing to do with electrics :) Ta muchly for the advice Right, to the...

Actually, one last question if I may Should this have been blindingly obvious to a genuine spark? I'm slightly worried that my friend didn't spot it unless he was just trying to humour the idiot

So, long story short yes it's crazy and yes it contravenes the rules I must admit the short thing never occurred to me since I assume switches would always be break before make Oh well, idea dead and buried Looks like I'll be ending up with 3c&E from switch to pendant for power and...

Hi there, I'm planning a light circuit rewire as my vintage 60s circuit is a cpc free zone :( I am as yet uncertain whether I will get this done via a friends company (which is NAPIT "registered" and hence able to self-certify through their scheme) or whether I will go through the LBC route...

This is the plan. NB, top left unlabelled box is the hot water cylinder, bottom left is boiler What I'm unsure of is whether the boiler circuit can be unvented. I don't think so and the jist of what my guys say is neither do they :( Anyone know if the new Vaillant ECOTEC 600 series will...

LOL, the doing it in stages sounds sooo familiar I still have valves in place that will let me run off hot water under gravity from the F&E tank in the event that the heat exchanger system goes mammory verticale or in the event of a power cut ;) :D :D It would not be great but I'd still...

Dagnabbit, meant to add this too Now the following doesn't make a great deal of sense to me but measurement shows it to be true. Go figure..... I actually find that the recovery time from a large DHW demand has improved with the new setup. I think I was probably running the original setup...

I'd ditch the tanks personally. Remeber though, I'm a DIYer not a plumber lol In fact I have a pair of galvy ones here you can have if you want :D There's even a new float valve (or ballcock until the word filter gets hold of it) They are also full of crud but underneath the conctreion they...