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Mains pond pumps are allowed, but I am sure back in the 50's/60's/70's there used to be 240v underwater lights feed straight from the mains used in ponds and commercial fountains. I was under the impression that these are no longer allowed and I wanted to know when did this change and under what...

I know some very old water fountains use to have mains powered underwater lights. Just wondering what the history is behind when the were banned and made presumably illegal? Regards: Elliott.

I have decided and have already bought 3 x 5 Meter IEC extension cables, a long shielded USB Extension cable, and two new batteries. Went for these batteries: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/lead-acid-rechargeable-batteries/8431336/ I am going to replace the batteries in the UPS, and move the...

Some may know that I have a APC Smart 1500VA UPS that protects my network and rack server at my home. It is normally at a 25% load. The UPS was original manufactured in September 2007 and I bought it second hand on ebay in 2013. I have replaced the batteries twice since having it and are due to...

The ones that cost £115 and £129?, I would happily pay that per blind as long as it could integrate with SmartThings/Z-Wave. When I think pricey, I think high hundreds and low thousands per blind.

Just added some Hive TRV valves to my Hive system the other day, and noticed I could not control them from the Hive website at https://my.hivehome.com/ like I could with the mobile app. Below is what I get: Clicking on a TRV... Hive-TRV-Dashboard by eveares posted 18 Sep 2019 at 10:31 PM...

So it's not like used car spares, where you can pick up 2nd hand parts for a fraction of the price of new parts. (Wheeler dealers fashion.)

Well I don’t know if it it the insurance company them selves who are picking it up. I think it may be who ever is delivering the new one. Even if they don’t take the old machine away (as if we did not pay the £12 they wanted to dispose of it), I must be able to make more than £12 from all the...

The bearings in the drum of our Electrolux EWG147540W washing machine went recently and our insurance company have since wrote the machine off and are giving us a new Siemens one. As they are taking the old machine away to be recycled (we had to pay £12 for that), I have since taken all the...

My issue with using a contactor with a remote switch without also using a standard DP isolator is what happens if the contactor gets jammed on. Note that you would not use a domestic DP switch for safe isolation either as you can not lock them off normally.

Exactly, in reality I think I must have disturbed a poor electrical joint in the floor when I walked over the socket.

I gathered that was the most likley reason at the time. To me it was pretty obvious as some houses including mine had power while others did not.

A few years ago, several of my neighbours lost power for about 3 or 4 days over Christmas. If I recall they lost power on the 24th. Lucky I was not affected!

I will be blunt, I want Borris Johnson as PM. Edit: I am conservative leave supporter.