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It's UK Power Networks where I am in the East. Knew they'd be a catch. It's really annoying as like you've said it should be pretty straightforward. Can't understand why it was ever put right on top of a door frame any way, making it impossible to build anything around it which I believe is...

Just after a bit of advice regarding the location of our electric fuse box/meter etc which has always been in what I find a bit of a strange place (above a bedroom door on the upstairs landing). I'm aware I cannot do much in regards to moving any of it myself but I wondered what the process...

Hi, Currently in our kitchen we have a fused spur switch (looks like this) which controls a straightforward light outside above our back door entrance. Is there an "easy" way to change this to an ordinary light switch, so I could make it "smart" using a smart light switch, as smart fused...

Ah I see, I wouldn't think wrapping any of it in tape would be ideal or a good idea. Sounds a bit messy to be honest :D And nice to hear, thanks. Hopefully I have no more daft questions! I just like to make sure I've got it all right before attempting these things.

The base of the new light is quite chunky so I can't see why that'd be a problem. From a curiosity point though why does it have to be sitting in the light fitting, rather than 'above' it in the ceiling? Do the 3 wires have to go in a particular order in the 3-way connector, or does this not...

Apologies, I didn't see that beforehand. I'm aware I need some sort of terminal block to place the 3 red wires in, would these connectors from Wago work okay? The 3-way ones?

Thanks for the quick response. So just to confirm - 3x reds currently in rose go in to a terminal block (is there a particular type of block I need to get?) 2x non-sleeved blacks currently in rose go in to the N on the new light 1x sleeved black currently in rose go in to the L on the new...

Hoping someone here can help with what are probably very basic questions. I just purchased a new 2-way light fitting (this one) for our kitchen. Currently in the kitchen it's just a standard hanging light bulb setup, which I obviously want to replace. I've just had a look and I'm aware its...

Thanks for the link :) I believe it is this one? There isn't a Screwfix very close to me. I also found this one which seems very similar, only not screwless. Would a 'screwed' one be better or?

Could anyone link me to one that would be best? I'm worried I'll end up getting the wrong one o_O

I recently purchased this motion sensored security light for outdoors. The light comes with some power cable attached (with no plug on the end), and I would like to extend this cable and then put a 5 amp wall plug on the end to plug it in indoors. The cable that is already attached to the...

All done :) Thanks again. Now it has no affect on the boiler wherever the old thermostat is set on :)

The other option as you say is to remove the link (the red wire currently going from L to 3?) completely and then just move the black wire in 1/ON over to L, so then there would be no wires in 1/2/3? That sounds tidier and less fiddly as you say, and might be the better option out of the two. I...

The other day when installing Hive I went for the lazy option and just had our old thermostat set to the maximum to avoid it conflicting with Hive, however that was temporary and I am now going to go for the slightly-less-lazy option of keeping the old thermostat on the wall but making it...

Just wanted to update and say that all is working fine and we now have Hive setup :) Thanks again stem for your help and assistance.

Thank you for your help :) The Hive arrived today so am going to give it a go :)

When you say "join the two wires together inside it" do you mean just move wire (3) inside the thermostat in to terminal (1) so that both wires are connected in to the same terminal (1)? While the idea of just setting it to the maximum setting is tempting, that seems very lazy :mrgreen:.

Thank you for responding :) Glad to hear it should be pretty straightforward swapping the old programmer over to the new Hive one. The only thing I'm a little confused about now is the old thermostat itself. I always assumed this was just connected to the programmer so thought it would just be...

Hello :) Apologies if this is in the wrong section. Currently we have a central heating and normal hot water tank system with a Danfoss FP715Si programmer box. Next week we are getting the Hive smart thermostat system which means I would like to replace the programmer with the new Hive...