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I am preparing to fit a 20mm lowe & fletcher cam lock onto the wooden door of a display cabinet. The instructions state an oval hole 19.1mm high and 16.6mm wide shall be drilled into the wood beforehand. I have no idea how this would be possible using a standard drill bit. Is there a special...

Hi, Received a 30 watt 200 volt motion sensor security light in the post, which has been shipped with bare cables at the end. It is not going direct to a switch, but to a plug which will be left on all the time. What size of amp fuse should I put inside the plug please? Thanks

Hi, I purchased a repossessed property which has an unvented hot water tank which has been drained for the past 5 months. The property has electric heating so the tank is for heating water only. To re-fill the tank, is it as simple as turning on the mains supply and once the system is full...

After installing a new 'waterfall'' type tap onto bathroom basin, which stated on the box minimum pressure 0.2 bar, the water comes out of the tap with excessive pressure. Instead of coming out at 180 degrees like a standard tap, this one shoots the water out at 90 degrees so when fully turning...

When the oven was on last night the RCD tripped everything inside the flat. Now the oven does not heat up at all. The grill still works and so does the light but the oven fan has stopped spinning and there is no heat at all once it is turned on. Something obviously blew inside it last night...

Hi, I am installing a 240V, 50W LED motion sensor floodlight outside. The power cable is to come through the brickwork and plugged into a RCD adapter, which goes into a wall plug socket. My only concern is what size of fuse to put into the plug once it is installed? Thanks

I live in a modern 2 bed flat with all electric heating. With an electric shower, I have no real use for instant hot water, other than to fill the kitchen sink for washing dishes each evening. I have been starting to wonder if turning on the 2x 3Kw immersion water heater with a 120 litre...

Hi, I have just moved into an (all electric) flat and the hot water tank has been completely drained. I have figured out to open all stop cocks to re-fill the storage tank. I am concerned about air locks though and was wondering if someone could please advise if there would be anything else...

Hi, when the batteries are inserted the second hand jumps back-and-forth on the same second but when you pick the clock up and hold it face down it works fine. As soon as you place it back the second hand sticks again. I was wondering if anyone would know what it could be before taking it to...

I get on average 3 recorded messages each day from companies trying to get me to claim money back from banks for loans etc. Even after pressing 9 (to be removed from their database) I keep getting bothered with these phonecalls, it is got to the stage now my mood changes after hanging up the...

Hi, I was wondering if I can still use my UK laptop transformer and simply just use a US adapter on the plug to power the laptop, would it still work OK or would I have to buy a US adaptor when I get there? The text on the transformer states... Input 100-240V ~ 15A 50-60Hz Output ...

After painting the bathroom and removing all towels rails, soap tray etc. all which are connected by grub screws, I was unable to remove a couple of screws as the tops have became 'threaded' by excessive use of the allen key. Is there a tool that I could insert into the grub screw enough to...

Hi, I have an IDEQ 300G, when I press the On button the PC starts up for 9 seconds, then turns off for 4 seconds. Then it starts itself up again for 9 seconds, then off for 4 seconds. It continues this cycle constantly, the only way to stop it is by holding in the on off/button The Hard...

Hi, My front door is wooden, it has a Yale Thumbturn lock at the top and a Mortice Lock on the handle. I am not convinced of the strength of these locks and want to upgrade. I would like to install a multi-point lock like you see on UPVC doors, with the Hook/Rollers on it. Is it possible...

When taking off the cover of the existing light, I expected to see just one cable, with three wires in it. But there is nine wires in total, although I'm mainly concerned about the neutral coloured wire (2nd from right) with live sleeving on it! The picture shows... (Left) 3 Neutrals...

My LCD TV does not have a VGA connection. Would it be possible (and not loose any picture resolution) to connect my PC to the TV with this? Thanks!

Hi, I am changing the face plates of all the switches in my kitchen. There are numerous, one for each appliance...Washing Machine, Hot Water Heater, Fridge etc. On the advice of the manufacturer I was told 20AMP switches would suit all appliances. Only now that I have taken the old ones off...

Hi, I do not have a serial port on my TV, only a HDMI connection. Firstly, do you get laptops these days with HDMI cable connections? ... and more importantly is it possible to connect a laptop to TV via HDMI cable and use the Television screen as a monitor like you can with a serial port...

My PC has 4 memory slots with 2 x 512MB installed with the other 2 empty. I would like to add extra memory and the max specification says 4GB is possible. Could I add an extra 1GB module along with the 2 x 512MB and not cause any problems? Thanks

Hi, I have just bought... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180181535650&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=008 ...a couple of these but do not intend using them as intended, which is inside a computer. What I am planning to do is put them in a glass casing and use a UniRoss...