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Evening My father would like to know if there is a conversion kit available to convert a V.W Golf carburetor, Type 2E3 from Auto to Manual? VW 1990 1.3 Litre or 12.72cc If so, where can one be bought whether online or otherwise. Thanks Everybody.

I did a topic regarding this myself last summer, on how I think some things are going a bit too far, even an electrical engineer (MIEIE) I knew some years back thought this way with the 16th. http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=139526

Of course though, any new electric cable that you buy will be in the new colours: i.e Brown for Red Blue for Black Green/yellow earth sleeving is the same Brown sleeving/tape instead of Red for the switched Live. Also, although I am not too familiar with downlights, it may...

I have heard/read several times about DNO seals been tamperproof or to put it another way I've heard it been said 'They can tell if the seal has been interfered with'. My mother years back worked cleaning a holiday cottage and the chap who owned it when he was doing some electrical work had a...

HI Everyone In my parents home I installed two smoke alarms three weeks back, an ionosation at the top of the stairs with an escape light and an optical in the living room near the meter and consumer unit area. I done the latter thinking an electrical fault around here would smoulder first...

OK Everybody, Thanks V much indeed for everyones help!

Afternoon all My father needs to cut some perspex and would like to know what is the best way to go about it e.g what tools etc are needed e.g a scriber etc? could somebody please give me some idea on this or suggest any suitable website etc? Many thanks

Evening all, I have heard a few other times in the past about burning etc always going for the neutral especially shower units/switches, immersions and main switches etc. Is this true or just pure coincidence? I read an iee article on it before as well, in the topic saying that the same...

You have Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats UKIP BNP It has always just been one of the first two in charge in my and most other peoples lifetime. You have to think carefully about who to vote for I think and let's face it-none of them will be perfect. What is everybody...

Earlier today, I went round to change the pullcord in my sisters new house which was faulty(been dismantled by someone and not put together properly and wouldn't work after). I switched the mains off when unscrewing the cover from this switch,had to go out and buy another. Put old switch...

HI Everyone, Sorry for not replying sooner, but anyway the message I get when signing in to the websites mentioned is as follows: Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage Most likely causes: You are not connected to the Internet. The website is encountering problems. There...

HI Everyone!! Since my home computer was maintained, had the disk cleared and had anti-virus put on it etc just before christmas, I have not been able to access yahoo email or sign in to yahoo and my father has not been able to sign in to msn hotmail or email (although obviously I am still...

What I meant was good for all bathroom circuits except lighting, again over the top to protectsay a single light in the middle of the room well away from the bath,shower etc.

Looking at the new regulations and topics etc about RCD protection I think of it as a good idea to have all sockets protected and all bathroom circuits but again except the light if only in the middle of the room. But I think of it as a bit too far just for cables buried in a wall less than 50mm...

Went to B&Q on Tuesday and have now found the dreaded Volex split load kitboxes with 10 MCBs for sale for 39.98. How many people now will be changing their CUs now noticing these been sold at an attractive price I wonder? Mind you for just an extra 15 pound you can buy a fire extinguisher as...

I would say that this IS considered bad practice and should be removed and done properly-somebody may plug a powerful appliance in too strong for the capacitty of the lighting circuit.

Thanks for the advice. What I did not say is that I have relevant qualifications regarding TV servicing but have only ever done practical testing and faultfinding like that mentioned when I was doing the course around five years back. I understand about capacitors working with DC current etc...

When testing the smoothing capacitor as mentioned on the Highland Electrix website below, with the capacitor been in the mains power supply area would the voltage across the capacitor be tested with the multimeter been set on to AC Volts or DC Volts? I know it is quite a basic question but it...

HI Yes there is an ADSL MF50 filter plugged in where the pc is but not where the telephone is downstairs-yes I was sure there was one dowstairs when we first had the internet which is what I was trying to tell everybody else at home. Anyway, thanks for your help and I will get back here...

HI Everyone Problem is when I use the house phone and the internet is in use there is always a soft shhh but quite loud sound which makes it difficult to hear especially when someone rings up the house. The pc is upstairs and was run from a long telephone extension lead and was doing it...