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I can only find 5W packaged versions on the web, where are you sourcing 15W versions? (15W LED might just about be usable)

I don't understand the current direction.

Hold up, isn't this describing a ring connected to a ring not a single ring? Could be wrong but I thought that was a no no?

I strongly doubt any attempt to rule the warranty invalidated soley for changing the plug would stand up in court. Car manaufacturers used to try the same trick "You change something you invalidate the warranty" and it was fairly quickly resolved to only cases where what you did contributed to...

*sigh* thats what people say about all my ideas. Why?

While wandering around one of BAS's least favourite retail outlets the other week I picked up 4 11W Megaman GU10 CFLs as an experiment. On arrival home, install. Immediately noticed all the lights produce light of completely different colours and brightnesses, and nowhere near as much overall...

I've been wondering for a while whether it would be possible, in theory, to use an RCD-like device with the lives from both ends of the ring in it and another with both neutrals in it. Break the ring, pop goes the RCD. I'm thinking if you had a ring with a kettle plugged into the first socket...

Is that white flex coming out of the classy choc bloc (and the rest of the thin white cable I can see)?

Thanks BAS thats exactly how I had thought it was always done - not sure where I picked up the notion though but you can see why I wondered why neutral wasn't derived locally. Interesting stuff.

Mmm sorry chaps, post a question then lose internet access for a few days - good timing. Some interesting stuff here, thanks. No time this morning for trying to understand it although I will sit down tonight and see how much of it I can follow. I think my confusion stemmed from thinking...

ID numbers 1-16 and two banks 1/2, reminds me of X10 although I didnt think MK were involved in that sort of stuff.

Although I understand some of the practical side of electrics on an amateur basis I notice my head shies away from ideas around 'earth' and 'neutral' and AC power distribution, give me a battery and all is clear -point me at what comes out of the ground in my understairs cupboard and the theory...

I'm with BAS on this, I miss proper hardware stores - I did saturdays in one as a lad, proper shop stuffed to the rafters with just about everything known to man and run by an old chap who could have been the inspiration for Arkwright in Open All Hours - first job of the day was sweeping the...

To expand further, no way can you have a higher power shower, in fact isn't 30A too much for a 2.5mm cable anyway? At this point you probably need to get someone qualified in to take a look at things.

Gaz has it right, everyone is focussing on the mystery MCB which as rightly pointed out the OP should leave switched off and forget about but seem to have ignored the 'fishy smell and warm cooker switch' which although probably not related is definitely not a good thing. To the original...

Those channels are all on Freeview. Surely all you need to do is do whatever you do to get a freeview channel up and then use the sky remote to find the channel you want? In other words do everything through your sky box.

Unless I'm being even more stupid than usual one of the sockets in question had a spur on it and once the conductors have been separated out there will be no continuity between the ring and the spur (thats in case the original poster gets confused).

Was this worth creating a new forum ID for?

Nice blanket though! :lol:

Must be someone you can usefully shop him to?