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Plugwash, *THIS* was the kind of thing I was worried about. I know about charge being out the outside of a closed shell (ah, physics!), but the issues of how this relates to supplies was exactly the kind of thing I had in mind. What supply mode would be "best" (I use quotes since I'm sure...

Boiler type? Ooh, go on then, if you insist :wink: The only name plate, buried deep inside and written in about four-point type, says "elctrooil AB, Sweden, 1991", plus a serial number. Doesn't seem terribly enlightening. The crux of the question is can a replacement oil boiler go back in...

Exactly what I said :D !

For what it's worth, I think a killswitch in *ANY* workshop is a good idea - preferably one which involves using a key to turn the power back on, so that if I switch it off, and take the key away, children and others who don't know what they are doing can't beggar about with (e.g.) welders, chop...

I've been offered a steel shipping container, to use as a shed / workshop, and although it seems like a "good thing", I have doubts about it. Is it possible to set it up with a bespoke electrical system (including 20A outlets, killswitches, etc), and could a domestic electrician install...

I have an oil-fired boiler system, which is now roughly 15 years old, and the service engineer (yes, I have it serviced annually) tells me the boiler is likely to peg out sooner rather than later (ancient model, parts out of stock etc etc). It's a single pipe system, with a balanced flue...

Scenario: frequent, regular, long lasting powercuts in the winter leave me without central heating (and since I only have central heating, by default I am totally without heating :roll: ). Suggestion: buy a generator, and replace the FCU at the boiler clock with a plug and socket, such that...

P.O.S - piece of sh*t Difficult to know exactly how to pluralise this... The bolts don't go through the tank - I thought of that myself, and checked before posting. Sounds like a new duffnut, then! Thanks, all

Close-coupled cistern installed a couple of months back (OK, four months). I've noticed there is a slow leak around the bottom of the cistern. The water very slowly drips down the two screws that hold the cistern in place. There is no water anywhere else on the cistern, so I guess it isn't...

Anyone got any bright ideas for getting engine oil off block-pavers? My POS peugeot has oozed onto the drive and SWMBO is giving me grief. I've tried scrubbing brushes / stardrops / pressure washing - I wondered about caustic soda, but whether this is a step too far? Any plausible suggestions...

Strewth! That was quick! Info by return - more or less. Good point about the type C - I need the rest of the household bending my ear 'cos the telly's gone off as I weld like I need a third shoe - especially if I'm in the middle of running a bead! Anyway, in the mean time, back to MMA for...

re. The plug on the welder - if necessary, it will have - and if so there will be a suitable outlet set aside for it! Given that you end up stepping up to really fairly hairy currents, it must come as a surprise to some people that the lights dim when they start welding... The maximum you are...

Why is it a special location? It's an attached garage, with a door that goes directly into the house (i.e. not an outside door). By that logic, any living room with patio doors is a special location :shock: The circuit NEEDS to be able to carry 30 amps: to use a 130 / 150 amp welder you will...

I want to change / have altered the circuit in my garage. The garage is attached to the house (i.e. NOT separate, outdoors etc), and currently has a radial circuit (about 15m total length) wired with 2.5mm2 (surface clipped) T&E to a 16 amp type B MCB. The whole system is a TT, for reference...

Water is (essentially) non-conductive WHEN IT IS ULTRA PURE! Lab-grade water uses resistance as a measure of purity, with 18megaohms per cm set as the "standard". The less pure the water, especially in terms of dissolved mineral salts, the better it conducts. Remember, they used salt water...

All, I want some "bespoke" bossing mallets (non-stock head lengths / diameters etc), and I have a friendly wood turner who will turn blanks of wood into vaguely egg shaped objects that I can put handles on. Other than plastic, concensus seems to be to use beech or lignum vitae for the...

A colleague of mine is selling a house and decided to have an electrical inspection done. An electrician (with logos on van etc) duly attended, and said that in the kitchen, he would have to move all of the fitted appliances to check their wiring. So far, so good. However, after checking the...

I've got a TT supply to my consumer unit, which (naturally) has an RCD on board. So far so good. Now, are ALL the MCBs connected via the RCD as a matter of course, or could it be a split load system (as I've had in the past)? If it is split, how can I find out what does and does not have RCD...