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Hi all Just wondered if someone would be able to give me some advice regarding earthing. I've had the DNO out recently to have a survey done to replace my service head from the old cast iron one we have. My current earthing is TNS however the current earth cable is just strapped on the...

Hi all Just wondered if anyone would be able to offer some advice. I have a Baxi Combi 105he boiler and its recently been having a bit of a frustrating issue with it. It seems to be locking out with the 60 degree fault on pump/low pressure light flashing. The issue begins intermittently at...

Hi all Just had a question about my electricity supply I was hoping any sparkies out there would be able to give me their thoughts on. I live in a terraced house and my electricity supply has a bit of conduit running through the wall to what seems like next door coming from the service head...

Hi guys, I was hoping for some advice regarding the cable for a starter motor. I am currently working on a custom car and was wondering, would it be safe to use some jump leads which are 16mm^2 and supposedly rated at 300amps to run from the battery to the starter motor if I cut off the ends and...

Hi all. I just wanted some advice. We currently have a small mouse problem at our house at the moment and they seem to be coming into the room from the holes around the boiler pipe work on the floor. I have used coarse steel wool to plug these holes as I hear it useful to stop mice. What I...

hi all I have recently been told by a boiler engineer that my boiler flue is too close to my openable window. He advised getting some sort of extension pipe fitted to the existing flue that goes upward and then outward in a sort of s shape. What would I need to buy to do this? Would a standard...

Hi all I have a question about multimeters. I have picked out a really good multimeter with brilliant spec however the batteries it requires is two 1.5V AAA batteries as opposed to other, slightly more expensive but lower spec multimeters which take one 9V battery.These however are out of my...

Hi all I have a question about multimeters. I have picked out a really good multimeter with brilliant spec however the batteries it requires is two 1.5V AAA batteries as opposed to other, slightly more expensive but lower spec multimeters which take one 9V battery.These however are out of my...

Hi all I have a problem with my tank in the loft. Whenever I take a shower it overflows and releases water into my garden. At first I thought it was the a problem with the float however when I went up into the loft whilst the tank was overflowing, the float had stopped the water comming out of...