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Completely wrong. Type A will trip on some types of fault involving pulsed DC and partial AC waveforms that AC types were not designed to detect. 100mA RCDs are not a substitute for situations that require a 30mA RCD.

If this 'set' involves an impact driver, you can give that a big swerve. There are zero uses for impact drivers when doing electrical installation work.

You do NOT want that. It can make one tiny cup of coffee at a time, and making a single cup will entirely drain a fully charged battery. 100% a novelty item not intended to be used by anyone.

That isn't a thing that any vehicle owner does ever. None. The coolant in it will already contain antifreeze. It might need replacing from time to time, but that involves draining all of what's in there out, disposing of it properly as hazardous waste and refilling the entire system with new...

99.999% of power tools sold on the likes of ebay and other marketplaces as 'second hand' are stolen. There is no ready supply of used power tools in working condition. They are typically used by the owners until they are broken beyond repair. Anyone who buys used power tools is basically...

All of those circuits have individual RCD protection so no problems there.

Yes, provided the circuit has an RCD, which it certainly already should have given the colour of the wiring.

Main earth terminal. Phenolics are brittle and are easily broken both by those installing them and by the usual junk that people insist on storing next to electrical equipment. They also absorb moisture and become conductive, and when both L&N are in the same moulding, carbon tracks can form...

The gas meter sends data to the electricity meter at intervals, not in real time. The home display connects to the electricity meter and gets all of its data from that, mostly real time or certainly every few seconds. The electricity meter is what sends everything to the energy supplier (via the...

Inadequate quantities of socket outlets People who install ring circuits where no ring circuit is required, such as for a utility room or garage, or the mess discovered a couple of months ago where a ring circuit supplied one socket outlet in a bedroom. Rooms with two or more doors and a light...

The new is connected the same way as the old. Line is the single black Neutral is the other black wires. The reds are the permanent line and connect to themselves only, as it was in the old fitting.

NO. They must all be connected together. Connect them all with a terminal block and then add another one from that terminal block to the switch.

It's a feeble dust removing device, not a drain unblocker. Blocked further away. If you want a vac to unblock a plughole or similar, then get one of these: https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Wet+Dry-Vacuum-Cleaner-With-Blower---1250W/p/215735 Or more likely remove the trap under the sink and...

Yes, such as a fire starting and the vehicle being totally destroyed along with everything near it. Something in that car is getting very hot. 4 amps or 50 watts with nothing in use is a massive amount of heating that shouldn't be happening.

The hardware is what supports 4G/5G or whatever else, not the SIM. If it already supports those things, then nothing changes. Otherwise it's a new module if that part is separate, or a whole new alarm.

Parts of it does,. Other parts not so much. Varies massively between sites and operators. Not that ye olde wired landlines were 100% reliable anyway - the exchanges had battery power but that was of no use when a tree or other damage occurs to a line, or multiples of.

https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/categories/wiring-accessories/connector-blocks/connector-blocks?brand[]=wh_36014 Brown, blue and green. Lewden and various others make similar ones. While the dual efforts made from black phenolic still exist, they are really not something anyone should be...

No, but they were never big selling items, as they are only of use for the small number of properties that have a hot water cylinder supplied from a cold water cistern in the loft above, and that have people living there who don't want to install a separate pump next to that cylinder for...

While that will work, rings are not necessary or even desirable for most circuits. Just how much load do you expect to be plugged in? Considering that this is 'only a small 2 bed single story cottage'. No requirement for 100m² or any other area, that hasn't been a regulation for decades. A...

BC are there to determine if the work is done properly, not whether those doing the work are suitable to do it. That is because scheme members are not allowed to notify work done by other people. However there is nothing to prevent them from offering advice or assistance, or inspecting/testing...