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I've got a customer wants a price for installing a generator back up for their water pump, this gives them water pressure within the house, (when the power goes off, so does the water), has anyone done this using deep cycle batteries, an inverter and a trickle charger?, either on a change over...

I need to do a small amount of welding on my van, I always used to disconnect the battery to stop the alternator getting trashed, is there anything else I need to do to protect the ECU and other electronic stuff?? And is it still ok to stitch weld cills as opposed to fully welding?

is it ok using this stuff on stone walls or does it have similar characteristics to silk where it stops the wall "breathing"?

Hi folks, any ideas on this, hotpoint wma76 worked fine before, power has been off today for quite a while, now there's no life in it at all, there's power to the PCB, could a power surge have damaged the PCB when it came back on?

working on a place that is going to be run as a holiday let, it has two mixer showers, it can sleep 6, it has a 210 litre unvented cylinder on E7, concerned that it's not going to be enough hot water for possibly 6 people who may have been out hillwalking all day, thinking of recommending...

on a standard BT set up, which terminal operates the ringer on a phone?

Hi folks, I guess it's probably been asked before but I want to set up a web site, no need for any on line ordering or purchase type stuff, can anyone recomend a hosting service to go with, just steady and reliable for a reasonable price, whatever that might be! I guess there will be...

what code would you put on finding low voltage (12volt) in a consumer unit?, looks like alarm cable being used to operate contactors for E7 heating

Hi folks just fitted some lights in a loft, 3 fittings on one switch (2 way), one fitting on one way, the 3 fittings on the 2 way circuit have a very slight glow when switched off, the 3 core for the 2 way only runs along side another lighting cable for about 600mm so I can't see...

Went to see job the other day, customer had a PIR done, usual stuff, main bonds, 3036 board etc, quoted based on PIR, got the job, start testing, find 2way lighting used cpc as switched live, told customer, she said she didn't want it done unless it was to be done within my original quote, so...

Any ideas on this one folks, ring circuit, couple of sockets on the top floor are spurred, (two individual spurs from from two seperate parts of the ring), insulation resistance of >500 between all conductors, RCD tests at 36ms@ x1, 13.6@x5, all normal so far, no tripping at half current, 27ma...

Just been to a property to price for some electrical work, there's no main bond on the Gas or Water main, I mentioned that as they are going to rent it out, they will need a gas safety check and that the bonding would need to be sorted for that, turns out that they got a gas ticket last week...

Anyone got any 32 amp breakers for an Ashley consumer unit, made in the early 90s with bus bar terminals at 90 degrees to normal?

does anyone use these, are they any good? thinking of something to record day to day accounts, diary etc, when I use notepads & a diary I seem to keep putting off transfering the data to the PC for accounts etc till I have a mountain of work to do in one session

I've got a FT2000E router which sparks like mad from the armature brushes, replaced the brushes, springs and carriers are fine, grooves in armature are clean etc, seems to be running at reduced speed/power, trying to work out if it could be the speed control or the soft start causing the...

Does anyone recomend a book on leadwork and flashing? I know there's one on Amazon but apparently it's american and not really suitable

A friend is buying a flat in Battersea, needs a PIR doing, but the place is currently occupied so I've suggested to at least having a visual inspection done, anyone interested?

I've recently been given a second hand Sony NV-U50T which has uk maps loaded, when I plug it in to the laptop it comes up with "connection failed", any ideas?

Hi folks, looking at doing something with our heating/hot water set up, got a combi at the moment, starting to look at alternatives, we have a large south facing garage roof, would like to fit a solar panel on an indirect cylinder, (possibly unvented), we also have a log burner which...

What's the situation regarding signing off the plumbing in a new build? every plumber I speak to comes up with a different reply