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Yes has rcd, to save money and I see plenty of leds that are not ip rated at all.

Hi I am changing a centre light with 3 halogen bulbs for 6 down lighters using leds. It's in the bathroom so am going for ip rated. In the loft am I able to use large terracotta flower pots and cut the insulation round them? The pots have a hole at the top when over the leds and want to know...

Hi I have an Accenta G4 and just recently it seems to be going off when I'm out at work. I've taken a photo of the resulting errors on the keypad. Could someone please decyfer what this means. Thankyou as always in advance for any help.

Getting a Rangmaster cooker this weekend, my previous cooker just plugged into a 13amp socket but this new cooker has to be hard wired. The existing socket that I'm using for the old cooker is on its own circuit straight to the fuse box using 6.5 mm cable. What would I need to get this new...

I have a 5 year old (just out of warranty) Baxi Platinum 33 combi boiler. My problem is that although the heating is working perfectly when I have a shower or run water the temperature keeps going from hot to Luke warm. I have had a British Gas engineer call who advises I first try to have a...

How much should this cost to repair?

I have a Baxi Platinum Combi HE boiler. My problem is that it has just run out of warranty and now the pressure is up to the maximum 3 bar on the gauge. I have drained some water out of the system getting the pressure down to 1.5 bar. 24 hours later the pressure was up to 2 bar and next day back...

The joist span would be 3.20m, would this alter the size of the timber needed at all? Thankyou for taking the time to advise.

Hi Sorry if posted in wrong area, wasn't sure if to post here or in "roofing and guttering" Anyhow I am building a storage room, the back wall and side walls are constructed of blockwork, the front will have 2 windows and French doors. The roof will be sloping from the back to front, sizes are...

I am planning on building a lean to on the side of outbuildings in my garden. The size will be 4 metre wide X 3 metres long. My questions are: What size wall plate, what size joists for the 3 metre span and what sheet thickness do I need. The roof will be covered with torch on felt so not too...

Have been advised by the Baxi engineer to get my central heating and boiler powerflushed as I keep getting an error appear E110. If this error appears again they will replace the main heat exchanger as it could be blocked. These are the instruction i have been given to do the job: Note...

I have a 4 year old Baxi Platinum 33He combi boiler (sealed system) and 8 new radiators and a towel rail as well as a Magnaclean, they were fitted to some existing pipework but a full powerflush was carried out. I had luke warm water coming out of the taps and everytime I used the taps my...

Hi I am planning to attempt to do some rendering to the patches that have over time fell off our wall. Not a large size so want to try and do it myself. I have a few questions: 1st coat 4 plastering sand to 1 cement. Do I add Febmix or waterproofer or both? On the top coat do I make the...

These really cheap leds are working perfectly now. Never ceases to amaze me just how many people comment without really helping the situation. I had wired the + & - wrong way round. Thankyou for the helpful comments on this problem[/youtube]

I have 6 lengths of 2m 3528 leds strips purchased off ebay Each length has 120 leds. I have connected all 6 strips to a 12v 3amp power adapter and none of these light up. I have then tried to connect just 3 strips to the power adapter but still no light. If I connect just the 1 strip it...

I have purchased led strip lights that plug into a 12v power adaptor that plugs into a 13amp wall socket. What I am after doing is to be able to be able to turn the LEDs on/off by using a separate wall switch. How do I do this? Advice greatly appreciated.

Im away working to Friday so I thankyou for your help and will take another look then and will keep you updated. Thankyou again

The ceiling rose in question is on a loop. There are 2 cables entering into the junction box plus 1 cable going to a ceiling rose plus 1 switch cable. I have identified the switch. All reds are together in a terminal. In a 2nd terminal are the blacks from the lights plus the blue going...