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    spotlight removal from underneath???

    Hi, I have 4 brass spotlights in the kitchen I want to take down, but they're in a extension part of the house, which has a flat roof over the top, so i can't get to the top to squeeze the legs inwards to push down into the kitchen!! Does that make sense? I basically need a way to get them...
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    spotlight removal from underneath???

    Hi, I have 4 brass spotlights in the kitchen I want to take down, but they're in a extension part of the house, which has a flat roof over the top, so i can't get to the top to squeeze the legs inwards to push down into the kitchen!! Does that make sense? I basically need a way to get them...
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    spotlight removal from underneath???

    Hi, I have 4 brass spotlights in the kitchen I want to take down, but they're in a extension part of the house, which has a flat roof over the top, so i can't get to the top to squeeze the legs inwards to push down into the kitchen!! Does that make sense? I basically need a way to get them...
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    drafty open fireplace...

    hi, our fireplace is drafty, its an open fireplace with a gas real flame fire, when we look in and up the fireplace up towards the chimney we can see straight into the flu' (is that how u call it?) when its windy u can hear the wind whistling around the top of the chimney and sometimes walking...
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    smoke from fuse box - fuse didnt trip

    i havent read all this page cuz i dont have chance, at work u see.... but thought i'd write a quickie.... our shower was wired up REALLY dodgy, it had the 30A fuse in the consumer unit, controlling the shower, the lights and the fan, last week my Mrs was having a shower and it went off on...
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    wiring a pull cord 4 core and 3 core wires

    yeyyyy got it... we went back to original and its worked... so basically we wasted your time, very sorry mate.... minter though mate, thanks ever so much for your help, if you was ere, i'd get you a pint!!!! cheers again!!!!
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    wiring a pull cord 4 core and 3 core wires

    want me to still try this: 2c red into L1 and both 3c yellow and 3c red into com
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    wiring a pull cord 4 core and 3 core wires

    the switch can be used either 2 way or 1 way.
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    wiring a pull cord 4 core and 3 core wires

    the red 3c is perm. live
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    wiring a pull cord 4 core and 3 core wires

    the light and fan goes on and off - when we have it setup like: Both earths to the earth terminal sleeved yellow+green Black(2c) and Blue(3c) together in a spare terminal block. Red (2c) and Red (3c) together in Com Yellow (3c) in L1 and the light and fan goes on and off when we...
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    wiring a pull cord 4 core and 3 core wires

    just tried this and both the light and fan came on and went off together. so same result! anything else?
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    wiring a pull cord 4 core and 3 core wires

    hi thanks again for replying... we cant get to the fan at all front/side or back so if assuming they have been swapped, what can we swop over at the pull cord switch. Ps... running out of light rapidly...!!!
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    wiring a pull cord 4 core and 3 core wires

    the pull cord switch works (turning on lights & fan) , but the fan isn't staying on after the we pull the cord to turn the lights out, before the fan used to still be on for a few mins... any ideas?
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    wiring a pull cord 4 core and 3 core wires

    thanks for replying, we're in the loft now, thats what we thought, and yeah sorry the black was meant to be blue colour, thanks again, will let u know how we got on...!!
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    wiring a pull cord 4 core and 3 core wires

    hi, help needed wiring a pull cord up, original 4 core cable and a 3 core cable with a 2 way switch from wilko's. see pic - http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=11/32307355255.gif&s=x12
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    consumer units...

    thanks for replying... i will investigate further and let u know how i get on, i wont be doing anything until the weekend... cheers tho'.
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    consumer units...

    at the minute what i have got is a bit like the pic, where you flip the front down and the fuse is free to replace.... (as in pic below) http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Consumer_Units_Index/Hager_Fuse_Carriers/index.html
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    consumer units...

    before i get started, i am a numb nuts when it comes to elecs... just a quickie, i have an old-ish Hager consumer unit in the living room, and i have to replace the fuses when they blow, well.... been told by a chap at work about these mcb's... are they all standard length/width and could...
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    i want to install a handrail, anyone know anywhere online?

    never found rails on there! will look again, cheers dude!
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    replacement bulbs needed anyone know any cheap sites online?

    sorry not replied till now, managed to find someone online, yourwelcome.com i think it was called, very cheap and delivery cheap too... loadsa spare bulbs now!! Mrs now wants new light fittings in the rooms though!! niceeeeeeeeeee!
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