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I am no expert but it looks like a DIY product, it doesn't appear to be graded and it seems like the wireless communication is just one way. It is also surprisingly expensive, I got a wireless Texecom Grade 2 kit for £240 (inc a extras like the backup battery) which is a professional alarm...

All working perfectly now, it turns out I wasn't leaving the system long enough to wake up, did a walk in test and the PIRs function perfectly. Just got to wire up a Pyronix internal sounder/speaker now :) and then attach the bell box. Texecom support have been brilliant with a couple of...

Yep sorry I should have said when I set the alarm, one of the PIRs doesn't work, only about 10% of the time I can get it to trigger the alarm. The other PIRs seem to work fine although just a little bit slow to react compared to the wired ones. I also deleted the faulty PIR from the system and...

As an experiment I took an old wired PIR I knew was working, I then touched the sensor to put finger prints all over it and also put a bit of pressure on it for good measure. I then hooked it up to a 12v DC supply and it still worked perfectly (or at least still still worked as a detector) so I...

I learnt all the devices and everything worked, I did a movement test with the PIRs in the rooms but not attached to the walls and they all triggered the alarm, then I put one PIR up on the wall and it was dead. It would not detect any movement (or rather heat!) even if I waved right next to...

This house was wired in 1980 and there wasn't any sleeving to be seen any where, all the earth wires were bare. I have sleeved them when I have changed sockets etc. At least the lighting circuit is earthed though!

I tried their branch in Sale a few weeks back but they looked at me a bit blank when I asked if they could cut the timber to the right depth. Maybe the one in Oldham can I will phone them. Thanks.

When I read that the first thing that came to mind was no mention of test equipment! When was it written 1925?

I have been slowly working on the bathroom, the project started when the plaster next to the old cistern was crumbling away and the cistern was a horrible old 1980's thing anyway. I put in a new plasterboard wall and also put in a new cistern, the problem is during that I removed the old...

But they are only officially tested to 13 amps aren't they? I know the ones I have fitted have always said 13 amps max on it.

As I am sure many know I am not a spark, but have an interest in electronics and run an IT support company repairing laptops and desktops. I do my own basic electrical work in the house (replacing sockets etc) but I have been fighting for a long time to get the sale of cheap crap like this...

There was just no need not to turn the electricity off was there before opening the FCU. At very the very least she should have isolated that circuit and would have still had light. He didn't seem the type to have a look, he seemed the type to just dig straight in to hell with the...

Each socket can only supply 13 amps max regardless of how many outlets are on the socket. The circuit however can handle a lot more depending on how it is wired.

Brilliant thanks a lot :) Now ideally I need to try and find a 400mm one, buy they seem rare at the best times, if not a 300mm should just about fit.

Do flexis with elbows exist? That would solve the problem I will google it now :). I just assumed they didn't exist and would to get a female tap connector eblow joint or something.

I have that, but I need the connector that goes into the cistern to be a right angle, otherwise I would bend much too big in the flexi pipe that will cause a kink. It is a standard tap connector on the inlet valve.

I am replacing the cistern and the old one was bottom entry, the new one is side entry. I am simply going to run a flexi hose from old pipe connector to the new one. The problem is I need a 90 degree connector that plugs into the male tread on the inlet valve that sticks out of the cistern to...

That is what I like about Lavoltla etc, it is a UK company importing chargers from China but they say they test each batch in their own UK labs and the chargers are designed in the UK too. However even then the manufacture could easily slip a few dodgy ones in. I am developing my own...

Is there anything I can do to try and educate people in the IT industry about the issue? Most the people I know do avoid the 'Genuine Dell chargers' you get on Ebay etc but some people I think either don't believe how wide spread the problem is or don't believe it. For example I recently...

When you have had a customer complaining about a cable that has melted on a legitimately supplied product you won't see the funny side. It has an external hard drive caddy, the mains power cable melted. When I inspected it although the cable looked fine, the plug looked legal, had and had...