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Not sure if this is best here or in gardening - anyway... I need a new petrol hedgecutter. Corded ones won't reach the fifty yards I need, and I have doubts about the various cordlesses I've seen. Basically I need something that will run for an hour at a time, so my inclination is for...

For interest / clarification purposes, can someone answer the following: From what is written here, it IS permissible to connect cables with crimps, if they are plastered over (i.e. the connection is non-accessible). If the connection is to be accessible, can crimps be used? I don't...

I've been offered a steel shipping container, to use as a shed / workshop, and although it seems like a "good thing", I have doubts about it. Is it possible to set it up with a bespoke electrical system (including 20A outlets, killswitches, etc), and could a domestic electrician install...

I have an oil-fired boiler system, which is now roughly 15 years old, and the service engineer (yes, I have it serviced annually) tells me the boiler is likely to peg out sooner rather than later (ancient model, parts out of stock etc etc). It's a single pipe system, with a balanced flue...

Scenario: frequent, regular, long lasting powercuts in the winter leave me without central heating (and since I only have central heating, by default I am totally without heating :roll: ). Suggestion: buy a generator, and replace the FCU at the boiler clock with a plug and socket, such that...

Close-coupled cistern installed a couple of months back (OK, four months). I've noticed there is a slow leak around the bottom of the cistern. The water very slowly drips down the two screws that hold the cistern in place. There is no water anywhere else on the cistern, so I guess it isn't...

Anyone got any bright ideas for getting engine oil off block-pavers? My POS peugeot has oozed onto the drive and SWMBO is giving me grief. I've tried scrubbing brushes / stardrops / pressure washing - I wondered about caustic soda, but whether this is a step too far? Any plausible suggestions...

I want to change / have altered the circuit in my garage. The garage is attached to the house (i.e. NOT separate, outdoors etc), and currently has a radial circuit (about 15m total length) wired with 2.5mm2 (surface clipped) T&E to a 16 amp type B MCB. The whole system is a TT, for reference...

All, I want some "bespoke" bossing mallets (non-stock head lengths / diameters etc), and I have a friendly wood turner who will turn blanks of wood into vaguely egg shaped objects that I can put handles on. Other than plastic, concensus seems to be to use beech or lignum vitae for the...

A colleague of mine is selling a house and decided to have an electrical inspection done. An electrician (with logos on van etc) duly attended, and said that in the kitchen, he would have to move all of the fitted appliances to check their wiring. So far, so good. However, after checking the...

I've got a TT supply to my consumer unit, which (naturally) has an RCD on board. So far so good. Now, are ALL the MCBs connected via the RCD as a matter of course, or could it be a split load system (as I've had in the past)? If it is split, how can I find out what does and does not have RCD...