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  1. Harry Bloomfield

    Worktop Cracked

    Your installer should have registered the warranty (25 years), as they failed to do that, the onus is on them to honour the warranty. You could try explaining this to Consentino, and see how they respond.
  2. Harry Bloomfield

    Converting old heating control to socket

    Didn't see the black!
  3. Harry Bloomfield

    Converting old heating control to socket

    That depends. If it's only a 1mm cable, it will only be able to support around 11 amps, not really adequate for a socket, if that is in a kitchen. The first things you need to do, is find out if it is live, and where it is fed from, MCB or etc.. Likely it will go into a joint-box, located in...
  4. Harry Bloomfield

    What's the monarchy for?

    Victoria?
  5. Harry Bloomfield

    'Isolator'/switch for smoke etc. alarms?

    Are those alarms mains interlinked? If they are then would the interlinking still work, during a mains failure? Obviously they would fail to all trigger if the wiring failed to one or more of the alarms - another plus point for a mains fail bleep.. It ensures both that the mains supply is...
  6. Harry Bloomfield

    'Isolator'/switch for smoke etc. alarms?

    Even fed via a lighting circuit, it still doesn't guarantee your alarms are getting their mains supply - they could be omitted during repairs/upgrades/modifications, or the internal mains adaptor could fail. The only near certain way, is a mains failure bleep, built into the alarm itself. A...
  7. Harry Bloomfield

    No seeing general discussions

    Yep, very annoying for the reader. Some people, just have a surplus of time on their hands, or their whole life is centred on this forum. It dilutes down, the value of this site, for those who seek an answer. The moderation of the site, is absolutely appallingly poor.
  8. Harry Bloomfield

    'Isolator'/switch for smoke etc. alarms?

    That seems to suggest a very poor design.
  9. Harry Bloomfield

    BBCi - so dark?

    Well, whatever you call it - it's a little bit better, but still awfully dark, compared to live, or playback from the same source, while the program is still on, using the green button. Weird, that it only affects some program content on iplayer, but not the other similar sources, ITVX, 4, 5, and U.
  10. Harry Bloomfield

    Cabling for motorised valves

    0.75mm is more than adequate, for all the wiring of a heating system. All systems have all the wiring, run to a central point. The 'central point', is usually in the airing cupboard, where the hot water cylinder is located, the pump, and at least one valve. Modern boilers, expect the pump, to...
  11. Harry Bloomfield

    Make a toaster go "ping"

    I gave up on manual (bi-metal) timers, they are too variable. You do one slice, then the unit is still hot for the second one, so it over toasts.
  12. Harry Bloomfield

    Make a toaster go "ping"

    All of the automatic toasters I've come across, shoot the bread out the slot at the top, once the time is up. Some rely upon the heating, and bending of a bi-metal strip, to release the latch/set the timing - others, use a solenoid, and an electronic timer. Either type, would need an arm...
  13. Harry Bloomfield

    cabinet for consumer unit

    Include an opening front door, to view the meter readings, and easily access the consumer unit too.
  14. Harry Bloomfield

    Repurpose old chimney for vent

    If you do, expect moisture to condense inside your duct, which will then run down.
  15. Harry Bloomfield

    Lights flickering

    The cause and fixed it..
  16. Harry Bloomfield

    What have you been doing today?

    Careful, it'll be telling what to cook next, expressing its likes, and dislikes.
  17. Harry Bloomfield

    Movie recommendations.

    We watched the first one, thinking it was a film, and gave up bored with the lack of any storyline.
  18. Harry Bloomfield

    Lights flickering

    2 hours there, yet (s)he failed to find it - are you sure they knew what they were doing?
  19. Harry Bloomfield

    BBCi - so dark?

    Thanks, you are correct - it seems to have different settings between tuner and BBCi from internet - the odd part, being it didn't affect all BBCi content.
  20. Harry Bloomfield

    BBCi - so dark?

    Yep, BBCi, compared to live via terrestrial.
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