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I've stayed in at least one recently-built (household name) UK hotel that provided a US socket alongside the usual array of BS1363/phone/modem/LAN outlets over the desk in the rooms. Not sure how they wired it but it obviously satisfied a LABC. H

Thanks all I've since discovered that the chimney breast area over the (disused) fireplace in the same room is also boarded in the same fashion - I suspect because of an earlier damp problem from the open flues behind (now properly ventilated) The other external wall (it has 2) in the same...

Hi The house is Victorian - 9 inch solid walls with render - mostly dry lined. I am gradually replacing the dry lining so as to add insulation. I have just stripped the wallpaper in a bedroom and discovered that one of the walls is lined with cement baords rather han plasterboard. I estimate...

The 8000 hours claim is based on the EU "standard" voltage of 230. In the UK we run them from 240v which will shorten their life but manufacturers are going to go for the better-sounding lifetime figure based on the "official" voltage....and who can blame them - they are following EU rules...

I do a lot of presentations with embedded audio/video played from my laptop and the PSU noise you describe is a real pain. As has already been suggested a DI box (Direct Injection - guitarists use them so obtainable from a music shop or specialists like Studiospares.com) is the easiest way...

It is often in the nature of sockets that they are not where you would prefer them to be! I am guessing the OP wants to plug his light into a socket that might be awkwardly placed and does not want to have to shift his piano - or whatever - every time he wants to turn it on/off. By the way...

Is it permissible to wire one side of the 20amp switch into the ring (ie ring in and out) and run 2.5 mm (or 1.5 mm) cable to the socket from the other side of the switch. Electrically it would seem to be no different from a normal switched socket in the ring (routing of cable excepted)...

I am replacing the roofing felt on my garden shed this weekend. Just in case there are any part-time BCOs reading this I would like to state here and now that this does not mean I am planning to live in it - or move my mother-in-law into it in 10 years time. (Though that thought is tempting)...

Thanks all - I think I will go with the FCU, though Ericmark's idea is tempting too. H

I did consider that but would the change to the wiring make the job notifiable under Part P? Also it is not my house but belongs to ageing in-laws and a straight swap would put the FCU would be about 7 feet off the floor which is not good for elderly folk.

I am replacing a (mechanically) worn-out bathroom ceiling fan - a straightforward like-for-like replacement. The fan is not a timer type and is wired into the (5 amp MCB) lighting circuit in the usual way via a three-pole isolator (only 2 poles used). There is no separate fuse for the fan...