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Some builders seem to be able to have anything "certified". For one customer of mine, they extended a pool house, changed the CU and removed the RCD protection on the lights around the pool. client had no EIC but did have an nic eic building notification cert. Another job I rewired a...

You can get DVB-S (sat) PCI cards with CI slots but sky want nothing to do with it for fear of the inevitable hackers. As for your suggestion, yes you could build a media PC with 2 or 3 channels, HD, unlimited PVR, DVD or evan blu ray burning, network streaming, and that seems good- except...

Type C's will usually resist lamp-failure shorts, at the expense of dimmers in the circuit. A flat small enough to have 1 lighting circuit... RCBO's probably no more expensive... How about an emergency light or two, or if cost is an issue a plugin night light in the CU vicinity? Or one of...

Through niceic, morocco division :wink: You UK guys are getting ripped'. electrical only, domestic commercial industrial.

Thats not that good- I got £5M & £5K tools cover for £240 through my scheme and I believe the tools is half of that. I've paid less than £100 for £1M only in the past. OP- google and ring around. avoid the co-op- they're a joke.

Most vans do 20-30 K a year on lease by companies and drivers that couldn't give a flying fark. Thrashed, bashed and abused, then after 3 or 4 years tarted up for the s/h market by a dealer looking to maximise profit. and evan then they're usually more of a commodity than a personal item so it...

You spent 3 hours checking a light circuit, then changed the pendant, before trying a different bulb? The only people I know do that are $$$-per-half-hour call out concerns

To be fair only a joker quote's what he'd charge for a CU and what a cert will cost on top. Customers want to know what the job will cost; My quoted price for a CU change includes cert, notification, any earth bonding, and limited fault finding/rectification. The only cost on top will be if...

Doubt sky box will have component, should have RGB but some cheap tellies don't. nowt between them really, just that europe went RGB and US/japs went component, component sort of took over cos US has a massive home cinema market that filtered down making RGB the ugly duckling. As for sky HD...

Extension lead is a bit of a shabby way of doing the job but so long as the socket behind the new cupboard remains accessible ie by cutting out the back it'll pass.

Composite is the bog standard scart feed. Sky box should have RGB, so long as your telly does too try that.

You're going to give him some free labour and he wants you to get your own public liability? Walk away man. As for liability class yourself as a sole trader, ie your company name is yourself.

If you're using a scart composite feed it'll look pants. Try using RGB/Component or s-vhs inputs. my 50" panasonics connected using HDMI's and components and does a fantastic job. Plasma is naturally more flattering to SD sources but the connections will strangle it on a panel that size...

"You can do it..." Is that a defence in court? Seriously anyone who finds that sign informative can't faffin do it.

Like said the 12v lamp connectors need changing, and I'd replace or make sure all the lamps are aluminium reflector/heat-forward types. the one in the pic looks (difficult to be sure) like a cool beam. Basic 12v reflector lamps are "cool beam" in which most of the heat goes to the rear, and...

Virgin only have 1 HD channel and thats BBC HD preview. If you want a HD service sky is your only option, or move to a proper country. BTW unless you have blu-ray discs you wasted your money cos broadcasters won't give any more than 720p anyway. As for whether it's worth any extra, well...

Define "Almost able" to put electric vans on the road. Electric van's have been tried in the past and failed pretty badly, so yes LDV could tart up some 20+ year old technology and pretend it's relevant in the 21st century, like they've been doing with the sherpa since moses brought the plans...

The right way is anything that strips the cable cleanly and without damage. You can score the copper with ANY method done poorly. Mistake people make with cutters is to cut the insulation, you should score & rip it, in effect no different from most automatic wire strippers. T+E sheaf I do...

The kitchen of all places would benefit from them. You don't need new fittings, just fire hoods- cloth "boxes" impreganted with firefoam you push through the DL hole and open up inside the ceiling. IMO better than fire rated fittings which are more prone to overheating and...

landline? perhaps last occupier used them. their computer saves the address and brings it up via caller ID.