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Hi guys, I purchased a portable AC unit several years ago, and it was the best thing I've ever done for those hot muggy nights! However, it's been in storage for a while and now we're starting to use it again it got me thinking about legionella and other bacteria. I've reviewed the manual...

Hi guys I've tried Virgin and I've tried BT - both hung up on me when my request didn't fit a script they had in front of them (honestly!). So, birds must have gotten to the box that usually terminates the phone line to a house, as the box is no more and the wires are all over the place. Can...

Hi Guys One more to do so thought I'd ask the brain trust again. Here is the old switch. It has 4 terminals and has live to C1, L2, whilst Neutral is on L1. My new switch has 3 terminals; Com, L1 and L2. How do I wire that up? I do have an intermediate switch available too with 4...

Hey, We have a converted garage and a new circuit box was out in many years ago. We have found that sometimes the lights don't work in there. When checking the curricula box the circuit for the lights only has a fuse that is pushed in and doesn't have a trip attached. When investigating we...

Hi Guys Saw a few of these posted but just wanted to check how I should be wiring this up. It's possible I have the wrong light switch (intermediate on google looks more like the old one) Old double light (2 different lights) switch has this layout. New double light switch has this. What...

Hi guys I've got a single electric oven that we've had for about a year now. It's a cheap Culina one but we have to buy cheap as the depth of our space is 530mm and you can't get *good* brands at that depth. Anyway something strange is happening recently. My wife mentioned the oven wouldn't...

Hi all, Hoping you can help. I finally erected a small shed next to my green house yesterday. The greenhouse has an electrician-installed shielded cable down our concrete fence, from our house which is directly connected to an RCD. The greenhouse has a double socket, and I was thinking of just...

Hi all, Here's where I'm at. Oven worked fine yesterday, the clock is still working (so it's powered), but now when changing to any mode (fan, heat, light, grill) and setting a temperature, the fan doesn't start, and nothing heats up. I've tried changing to automatic mode using the timer, and...

Long story.. I'll cut to the chase. I need to refit an external might on our garage but I don't want to take the mains off s my alarm will kick off. Can I just trip the garage circuit from the mains to cut electric to the garage whilst I complete the job or not?

Hey all, Long story short, our conservatory which is about 13 years old was seemingly built without a soakaway. The downpipe goes into a water butt but that is constantly overflowing (and it's a big one!). There is a small soakaway used for the boiler overflow but that's the other side of the...

Hi guys Today I started hearing a knocking every 1 second from my oven. After about 5 minutes that stopped but the oven is now considerably quieter and I'm sure one of the fans is now no longer working. The rear one that I can see is working however. How do I accurately find out which? IF you...

Hi there, We had an old Cata single oven from B&Q which gave up the ghost. I remember looking for a replacement and then grabbing the exact same one again. Fast forward to now, and this latest Cata has died also. The issue I have is that the carcass depth is only 555mm in depth. I...

Hi guys The topic is kind of a leading question. Let me give sdome background. The last 2-3 weeks we've had some tripping of our mains electric randomly. Yesterday is occurred when we were just watching TV...nothing else was being plugged in, ramped up, or turned on/off. today...