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My Hotpoint WDL540 started the same flashing lights symptoms last week, so after finding this thread, I had a go at the fix. Upon removal of the PCB I noticed that the layout was ever so slightly different to the one pictured, however the capacitor at C17 was showing signs of corrosion...

There is insulation in the loft, but the ceiling rose is screwed through the plaster ceiling into the joist. The light will be a pendant type so hanging several inches below ceiling. Is this OK or should I be clearing an air gap in the insulation directly above the light, as you would with...

JB may be less than ideal as it would be in loft. Insulation is present and whilst at the moment access is OK, in the future with boarding this may not be the case. That said the loft is going to become central node in my Home Automation project, so I envisage having various access hatches for...

I am removing a "lovely" false ceiling in the upstairs hall, and this is the first time I have looked at this part of the lighting circuit. It is a two way switched circuit (downstairs/upstairs) switching two circular lights in the upstairs Hall. Upon inspection the main circular light is...

Thanks for the replies. I hadn't considered that the party wall might only one brick thick. I have had a quick check and the wall appears to be "flemish bond", so is as wide as a brick's length. The plaster is about 18mm deep, so to flush mount with a 35mm metal box I would need to go close...

Me and the wife purchased our house a year ago and are in the process of bringing it up to modern standards, bit by bit, room by room. The house is a 1900's terrace and was rewired sometime in the mid eighties. Following installation of Central Heating it has become necessary to move a power...