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This is a diagram of the rose and the junction box under the floor above. Am not able to trace all the cables in the JB, but am fairly sure the switch cable is in there and the cable with the red cut off. May also be one of the T&E with both conductors connected. Ericmark, had...

Hi, Yes, loop is empty. Light works fine as it has done for the last 20 years or so, no dimming etc. Am just wondering if all the switching and is in the junction box under the floor above and all the installer did was send the return to the rose rather than using the loop. Seems an odd way...

Hi sparkright, thanx for the reply. In the ceiling rose there are the usual 3 seperated connector bars, Neutral, loop, live. The neutral is taken up with the Blue of the lamp holder and a RED of T&E. The BLACK of the same T&E is connected to the live bar next to the brown flex of the lamp...

Thanx for the reply, but to reaffirm: two twin and earth cables going into ceiling rose, one has live and neutral connected albeit on the wrong connectors, i.e live is on neutral side and neutral connected to live next to flex connector. Second twin and earth has ONE conductor only which is...

Hi, Just bought new ceiling Pendant to replace a rather sorry looking one in my fathers bedroom. After isolating the lighting circuit at the CU, I opened the existing rose ready for removal only to find a peculiar wiring arrangement. The existing rose is a normal loop type, but the 2...

Hi, was wondering if it is possible to retrofit Espagnolette locking systems to upvc double glazed windows that would usually close by means of a handle either side of the of the opening section which secures shut on a wedge type plastic fitting on the frame. The windows themselves are about...

Actually it's option c) POT as in smokes too much of it!!! lol

Good news they came when they said! Did they re-site the dish or have you still got an access problem? I had a similar experience with the signal strength as reported by the meter and the box. In the end I got the missus on the phone in front of the box, and tweaked the dish until the strength...

Many thanx for your replies guys. I was/am intending to let a Part P spark do the job as my next door neighbour is one. However, when I showed him the RCD and told him what he thought best way to install it was, he scratched his head and said 'dunno to be quite honest, lets look at the...

I agree, generally speaking it is not your place to fix it as you have had them install it. Having said that for the piece of mind it would provide I would be incline to sort it myself so I knew it was done right. 3 new CT100 cables from the LNB to your boxes should do the trick nicely for you...

Hmmmm, I smell a rat!!!

And there openith another can of worms!! I was reading a reply on another shower topic from a regular member on here and he was saying how the different brands were deliberately streaming their products to 3 consumer groups. These were the cheap as chips 'Paupers' as he termed them, the 'mid...

Agree, I use channel 36 for RF out for the Sky. Is quicker to tune on the VCR and analogue distribution around the house if you have one.

If you have sky HD with the new EPG you can do a similar action and get ITV HD. Having said that, I've yet to find any ITV HD programme to watch other than the footie when it was on!!!

Just an 'out of interest' reply! How is your FTA box connected to the LNB? if it is sharing a cable with the Sky box and split down the line somewhere, are you not reducing the signal strength and also causing a frequency conflict (vertical or horizontal) with the LNB if watching 2 different...

Thanx for the reply Goldberg. Bought an Argos version of the Triton T80si (Zante III) in the end. Whilst I agree with your point about not being able to judge quality from the merit of a Manufacturers website, in some respect it would sway my opinion as to who to give my cash to if their...

Ericmark, many thanx for the reply. :) To clarify, all the kit (CU, RCD and Split load kit) is MK Sentry. I would hope that if MK sell a split load kit there would be provision to make the relevant modification as you intimated. The only difference is I want to protect one MCB only instead...

Hi, having successfully replaced a defunct shower with a nice shiny new one, with some reassurance from you guys (Another 6mm or 10mm shower cable question), I was wandering what your thoughts were on the following. The existing shower circuit is fed with a 45A MCB in a circa 2003 16 way MK...

Many thanx for your swift replys guys, and apologies for the long winded paragraphs! Just wanted to include all the relevant stuff so loads of extra questions need not be raised. Out of interest, what are your opinions on these 3 as Shower manufacturers: Triton, Creda, Mira? Was...

Yes, to clarify, the wall is definitely uninsulated! The existing shower was fitted by an electrician so I'm hoping it was done properly.