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Oops! Indeed I did... I actually tested both live and earth and neutral and earth. @ PrenticeBoyofDerry - I'll organise for that test to be done now.

Because, before connecting to the CU, I tested for continuity by connecting live and neutral at the far end of the lighting circuit and checking for continuity at the other end with a multimeter. There is a main earth - the main earth that was originally installed. There is fault protection...

@ bernardgreen... I know I have earth continuity all the way to the CU, and I know that under fault conditions the RCD trips. They were. There was no earthing on the lighting circuit. At some point someone had added a horrible metal chandelier to the living room, and a fluorescent tube...

It's my home, and yes, there are issues with the wiring which give me reason to think something needs to be done. I had problems with the lighting circuit which I have resolved by replacing everything - new switches, cables, roses and a new junction box to feed the kitchen lights. Obviously...

Your reply seems reasonable enough to me, and I'd give it a good, high score if it were down to me. But obviously, I'm not an electrician, so what would I know? :) Obviously I am not considering illegally replacing what looks like a 1980s DIY installation with another DIY installation, and...

Quiz... What would you do if you were invited to do some work for a customer, perhaps a PIR, or to change a consumer unit, and you discovered that the householder had made significant changes to their house wiring, for example, removing a ring final and replacing it with a couple of radials...

Question: Are Squirrels really well insulated, or are they just hard bastards?

If I was going to add a spur to a circuit wired in the old colours and I only had new colours cable available to me, then I imagine it would be reasonable to use that cable. The difference in colours could cause confusion to someone working on the circuit in future, but I am unable to avoid...

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35 years ago, they were teaching the physics of fluorescent tubes at 'O' level. I remember because I was there. How times change.

Windows Movie Maker. I think it's a pre-installed freebie on XP. It's complicated, but WMM is one of the easier tools to use. http://youtu.be/N9x26MA5XsE You'll need to find the clip without subtitles, and then add your own. Removing titles that are already encoded will be a pain.

//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1732787#1732787 I did a major purge on my internal wiring a while ago, and am currently synching at 7MB/s. If you connect direct to your test socket, note that it can take a while for the speed to begin to climb.

Logic failure, I think. The conclusion you need to draw, based on the premise that appreciation of music does not require you to be a musician, is that you don't need to be a climate scientist to get wet when you stand in the rain, or hot when you stand in the sun. Your ability to appreciate...

I dumped the Windows Media Player in favour of Mediaplayer Classic, and I have never looked back. http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/

I can't see the problem, to be honest. We have an energy saving bulb in our bathroom/toilet and it's plenty bright enough from the second it is switched on.

When I say AVG is bloated, I just mean that because it is trying to be a complete security suite, it has a tendency to be a bit heavier on system resources than it once was. If your PC is quite new, you may not notice, but on my old P4, the difference is quite marked. But it works well enough, I...

I'll get my coat...

If it moved extremely quickly towards you, you would most likely then get the second movement... :lol:

I've bought a Micra a few years ago with 30,000 on the clock. It's now up to 110,000 and still going strong. I use it for a 70 mile commute every day. All it has needed is an oil and filter change every 10,000, a few sets of front pads, tyres, a handbrake cable, a couple of front discs and a...

I had this problem with a Mini Metro. Whirring, but no open. I put it down to lack of lubrication. I cured it by dribbling WD40 down the pop up button by the window, and then oil by the same route every day over the next week. I guess this won't work if your doors don't have the pop up...