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Was just in screwfix, and they had a wylex dual RCD board on offer, so thought i'd get it as I can always take it back if I can mod this one. Very interesting, the insides are identical to the one above, they just put a pair of tails into the same terminal on the main switch, then use slightly...

It is messy, hence me asking if there are any alternatives I don't know about. I could use RCBOs but by the time i've bought 5 or 6 of them I probably could have bought a dual RCD consumer unit thats already populated.

I've got the following consumer unit, which i'd like to use as part of my extension, its a split load but with a single RCD, every circuit needs RCD protection as they're not more than 50mm deep in the walls. I'm not sure how to add a second RCD, is it ok to just put two cables into the main...

Thanks for the info guys. I'll get some more cable then and put one to each device. RF - I've added my email address, thanks the manual will be very useful. Wheres the best place to buy texecom bits from? I've seen numerous different prices. Thanks

Hopefully someone here will be able to guide me, as I haven't bought the alarm yet I don't have the installers manual, so i'm not sure about some of the cabling needs, and i'm trying to run all my cables now before my plasterer comes next week. I'm planning the following system: Premier 48...

Excellent, thanks very much guys :)

I'm just in the middle of running the cabling for the alarm, and have found one of the routes is a bit tricky, i've got one bit of cable in (8core) and i'm now wondering if I can run this to the one PIR and then from that PIR to the next? instead of having to run another cable. Is this ok...

Very interesting. I've used some of these in the past, can't say i've noticed slow traffic, but unless theres something quite network intensive going on it would be easy to miss. Will try to remove them and put IDC jobbies in now then, thanks :)

Just trying to sort out which alarm panel to buy, and its down to the Texecom premier 24 or 48, the main difference being the 48 supports several areas, the 24 only one. I want to be able to alarm the house, the garage and the workshop, each area will have its own RKP, and i'd like to have...

Before I plasterboard the ceiling in my garage I need to put some insulation in, there's a bedroom above. What would you recomend? I was intending to stuff the voids between the joists with rockwool type insulation and then a 1" layer of kingspan prior to putting on the pink plasterboard...

I've recently found theres a few alarm cables already installed in my house, yet no alarm was ever fitted, 3 cables appear in a box in the understairs cupboard, found the end of one of them in the loft, obviously for a bell box, but havent managed to find the other two, I'm guessing they might...

Ive got a typical 2 way switched system for the lighting in my hall, i'd like to add a occupancy detector to this, i've got a CP Electronics EBDSPIR, IS there any reason why the switched live from this and the switched live from the 2 way switches can't be in parallel, so either the switches or...

Brilliant info guys !! I've already put underground ducts in from the garage out to the workshop, these take my mains SWA cable, and a 3/4" hose for the compressor, also a couple of runs of cat5 and a couple of runs of 8 core screened alarm cable, as I got it for nothing. The workshop is...

Thanks for the info. 1) The plan with the garage doors was to have a long enough entry time on that zone, that it would give time for the door to open, me to drive in, then turn alarm off when I get out the car, 30 seconds should be ok. Plus the only car that will be kept in there is the kit...

I’m looking to install an alarm system on my house. It’s a 3 bed property, lounge, kitchen, conservatory, utility room, large garage with roller doors each end, and then a workshop out building. I’d like everything alarmed, and a separate keypad in both the workshop and garage so that these...

I've got a new drayton mid position valve that's spare, and i'd like a zone valve to use on part of the new heating system, is it ok to just blank one of the ports off on the mid position and use it as a zone valve? If so how will it change the control/wiring of the valve. Thanks

Thanks for this, i've had a google for prodec lifetimers and can't find anything, where could I get one from? Thanks

I've got some concrete blocks and bricks on the inside of my garage that I want to paint white. I've tried so called special rollers for masonary and brushes, but they're both very slow, and only the brush gets right into the pores of the concrete blocks. So instead i've decided to spray it...

Ive got to cut some soon as was planning on using either a fine tooth blade in the jigsaw or the circular saw, do you know if either of these ways will work ok?

Hmm thanks for the replies, I've already got the VRC430 and want to use it due to the weather compensation etc.. Funny how vaillant advertise it as being possible to use with a 2 zone system, and yet when you want to buy the wiring control centre to do it they say its not available in the UK...