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Hi there, I live in a student house with a pretty standard wooden front door. The problem is that it's so drafty, there are quite big gaps around the edge of the door that let all the cold air (and daylight!) in. There are no radiators in the whole of the hallway so it gets really cold! I...

Hi, I have a stoves oven with an odd problem. Generally the oven works fine. It has two knobs, one for power, oven, grill etc selection and a separate one for temperature. Earlier today I left the temperature knob turned round, but even though the oven was off it was still generating heat! I...

Thanks for your reply. I had a closer look at the lights and realised theyre low voltage lights. I took both bulbs out and tried the switch again which blew the fuse. I'm thinking there must be a problem with the transformers? Is it possible for transformers to just die like this? I'd say...

Hi everyone, So this evening I was doing some work on our burglar alarm, reconnecting the dialer to the phone line after the previous telephone wire was mangled in some work we were getting done. The alarm is connected to a fused spur coming off one of the lighting circuits. After...

Thanks for the help Just swapped the feed and load connections round and now the light comes on with the switch and goes off with it too! But yes, a new switch is needed as the light is very dim, obviously from being on all the time when it was wired the wrong way round.

Hi I've been having a problem with a water heater switch for years. But now finally as the kitchen is getting done up and the switch is already hanging out of the wall I feel like now would be a good time to fix it! :P Basically the switch always sparks when turning off, I know they do...

Hi there Quick question, I have the same system. Is it supposed to recharge the battery when there is mains power to it? It's just that when we get powercuts (when there are powercuts they tend to happen several times in a week!) the alarm will initially beep for a while to indicate that its...