Search results

I've read on here before that national house builders have labourers do the wiring of these new estates, all of which are identical. An actual qualified spark then does the testing and sign off. Since they are all the same they will happily sign off work done by semi-skilled labour. However...

Remove all of the existing connections. Put the red wire onto one of the silver terminals. Put one leg of the first resistor onto this silver terminal as well. Put the second leg of that first resistor onto the other silver screw. Put one leg of the second resistor onto this silver screw...

We need a photo of the wiring in the contacts themselves.

That wire link you have between tamper and relay shouldn't be there. Put it in the bin. Then move the resistor that you have in the two tamper terminals so that it is in the right hand tamper terminal and the left hand relay terminal. Leave everything else in the PIR unchanged - including the...

What's to stop Billy the cannabis farmer taking the lid off the cutout and powering his horticulture straight off there?

Your best option is to find an electrician now and tell him what you want to do. He will then tell you what is possible, and what work he is happy for you to do yourself. He will need to sign paperwork to verify that it is all above board - and will refuse to do so unless 100% happy. You'll...

The stuff available on the high street is generally consumer grade tat. If you know what/where to buy you can get much better kit for not a lot more cash. The Swann stuff from Maplin is awful. What are you hoping to achieve? Give us a clue and somebody will be able to point you in the...

Sorry, I missed the word 'enclosure'. Nice! It looks very professional - I assumed it was something off the shelf.

Loving the wooden DIN rail :D What is the controller out of interest?

Errr...

I fitted our uPVC doors with grade 2 slim contacts from CQR. I don't remember where from - but eBay has the same ones here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/White-Alarm-Door-Contact-with-1m-Tail-CQR-SC525-/380634561318 On our doors there is about 15mm between the door and the frame - so these fit...

That would be the act of creating a new circuit - which requires sign off from your local authority Building Control dept under Part P regulations. It's possible to have them come and certify your work, though probably easier and cheaper to call in a professional electrician and have them do all...

If you have the engineer code you can temporarily disable line monitoring in menu 56. Otherwise no :-)

Whatever you do don't buy dummy cameras with flashing LEDs. There are no real cameras on the market featuring flashing LEDs - so the dummy ones stand out a mile. As with most things you get what you pay for. Cheap cameras will give you grainy pictures. Presumably you've done the obvious...

You've got a 6a breaker protecting 1.5mm cable. You're not going to run a microwave off that. Your options are to: - Spur off an existing socket that is on the ring main, use this to provide you with a double socket. The other socket in your utility might be a good candidate, though you'll...

Rob: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tripp-Lite-Extender-Plate-White/dp/B001CJ9392 They appear to sell for $20 in the USA - you must be able to find them cheaper than £130 here. Oh, and they are definitely American faceplate size. I look forward to watching you on Dragon's Den

I've found these: http://cpc.farnell.com/1/1/86615-hdmi-over-cat5-wallplate-system-psg03677-pro-signal.html but they require you to have plugs crimped on the back. They also need 35mm boxes. I'm very surprised there isn't a punch-down version. Edit: There's these...