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Hi I currently have a fairly large garage and am looking to make part of it slightly more comfortable as a sort of home office (basically my wife and I are teachers and need to have some quiet time for marking/planning etc and we also want to keep school work out of the house). So this...

I might be wrong, and stand to be corrected by Westie, but I think he'll find those cables are not "yours" but rather owned by your DNO and they most probably have some sort of wayleave to have them there!

Yes I was oversimplifying it somewhat! :)

Any PSTN signal uses a single pair. Phone and broadband are identical as far as the physical layer are concerned; they are both pretty much an AC current on the line in simple terms. Older phones need the 'ringer wire' which is pin 3 to generate the ringing tone but the actual use of the...

Have you forgotten that fish do not like chlorinated water (like the water that comes out of your tap)....

And you do realise how stressful it is to your fish to have tap water dumped straight into the tank don't you? The water needs to be de-chlorinated before going anywhere near your tank otherwise it stresses the fish out and will all but destroy your biological filtration making the tank much...

Thanks, overnight actually powered up is just a clock, everything else is isolated. The meter can measure up to 500A so I agree it is likely to not be particularly accurate at readings around zero. It would just be nice to be able to zero it.

Sure, apologies for the very rough sketch but you should get the idea!

The shunt is in series with the -ve connection to the battery. I should have said that when the engine is not running this auxiliary battery is isolated from the main battery so there shouldn't be any current flowing between the batteries. To be honest I'm not too bothered about an...

Hi, I know it's not a question about 'utility power' but thought I'd post anyway... I am having trouble with a DC current shunt connected on an auxiliary battery on my vehicle. At night when there is no current draw and I calibrate the shunt by zeroing the meter and then putting a...

Not wanting to be pedantic... but surely if one has zero knowledge or even a flawed knowledge of BS7671 then one can quite legitimately sign such a statement as it is to the best of their knowledge and belief! Like I said I'm being pedantic! I am fully aware of the spirit of the...

I'd love to know where to get a Ryobi 4.0Ah for £43!

I'd stay away from the cheap ones on eBay personally. I tried some and while they seemed ok and worked fine on the drill, when I tried them on the impact driver or recip saw they cut off as they couldn't supply the higher current that these placed on the battery. Got a full refund from the...

All credit to you Bernard for continuing to assist calum95! I think given his very poor attitude a lot of us would ignore or tell him where could shove his badly worded and confusing question. calum95 - I think you need to take a step back and look at the way you are addressing people who...

As long as it's not too big... They should slide in, maybe a bit of persuasion but not too much. And if you are going to tap them with a hammer then DON'T do it with the bolt in otherwise it will all give way

Make sure you amend the protective device on the relevant circuit then to take into account the reduced current carrying capacity of the cable you have now fitted. And you will need to ensure that any tests done by your electrician are re-done with your new fixed wiring.

I've done this to both my upvc doors. Dismantle a normal surface mount contact and carefully solder two very thin wires onto the reed switch. I place this in one of the channels near the bottom of the door frame and drilled at an angle with a narrow drill so the wires appeared behind...

Hi, Not sure where would be best to put this so I thought roofing might be worth a shot. I have a shipping container that is used for storage etc (an extension to the overflowing shed). The problem is with the cold roof and condensation as you might expect. Now I thought about...