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Plenty of boats do have a good electric and plumbing system with none of the issues your son encountered. There is a bit of a knack to fitting things on a boat, needs a bit more knowledge than simply copying how things are done in a house.

Damp ignition leads or other ignition components.

There should be an independent Ford mechanic in the area with the right tools to program/code the fuel pump, but the mechanic should have known this and sorted it out. Did he make you aware of it before he started the job?

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Will it? I have a shed at the bottom of the garden, with the electrics connected back to the consumer unit which is an older style with just the one RCD (and a bunch of MCBs) and the welder has NEVER tripped either the RCD or the MCB. (Its a 150A welder and I've had it on full power). Why would...

Go on, admit it, you watch (some of) them. Best - beat my build. Nice to see people getting properly stuck into a good sized project, with lots of details on how they tackle jobs, etc and also Laura Hamilton brightens it up. Tommy Walsh (Ultimate workshop, eco house, challenge....). Makes...

How would you know what the right materials and construction are if you didn't have a structural engineer look at it?

Do you own the house? Do you want to sell it, ever? There may be big implications when it comes to selling it, and the work is discovered, without the relevant paperwork to go along with it. Yes, the house will still sell, but a buyer may use it as a bargaining point. I expect others will...

A poor connection within the chocblock will cause high resistance, resulting in its heating up/overheating. Or, too small a chocblock for the current (but unlikely in this case, lighting).

Where was the other end of the "live indicator pen" connected? Its not a switched live that you tested is it? When you wire a switch it, one does it typically using the same colour wire T&E as eg the radial circuit; eg red/black. The red would carry a permanent live to the switch and the...

It depends what you mean by private road, or unkept road. AIUI a road can be 'unsurfaced' in that its not tarmac, but it might still be a type of construction such as some hardcore, gravel, wood chipping, etc etc I'm not sure if that's what you mean by unkept, or whether you mean private as in...

This too - how on earth (sorry for the pun) are these junction boxes actually connected, can you supply a pic?

Unusually, I have now become worried that the OP has fixed it! I'd like to ask of him a basic question: what's the difference between a neutral and an earth? I am not confident that he's even aware they are different, possibly he's referring to one when means the other, or all the neutral wires...

Do you have a link for this 150W limit please?

Yes, but you need to get the right hitch. They are rated according to the max trailer weight; and also the bolt pattern which attaches them to the trailer can be different between them. So it would be worth seeking out a like-for-like replacement with your existing hitch. If you need to adapt...

Its the bit in the middle of the hitch with the blue tint to it. BTW yours doesn't look like a Bradley hitch (well, that model pictured) so it won't have the same thing, but there should be something similar.

I'm going to assume when you cleaned all the fuses, you checked if they were blown or not......... Can you get to the wiring at the back of the stereo? If not, then you're kinda unable to properly test the electrics, but once I had a stereo whose display was switchable green/orange...

I agree that once you're used to cordless, then finding an extension lead, plugging in a corded drill etc is a bit of a faff, but its worth it. Also, many tools kinda need to be corded, the cordless variants are too underpowered. I'd always go for a corded jigsaw, mitre saw, etc.

To balance things out, I've found Black and Decker to be excellent and long-lasting tools. And also, not all hammer actions are the same. I have a similar B&D corded drill and it can do masonry (in hammer action mode) 10 times faster than a decent 18V cordless combi drill. The problem with...

I think you need to firstly know the imposed load you're going to put on the floor. Then decide if you need/want an open span area underneath the floor of 5m+, or whether a wall there is going to be okay. Then do the necessary calculations to see what material, size and spacing works out most...