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This is one for the telecoms engineers out there My adsl broadband connection can vary between 3.5Mbps and 5.5 Mbps just by me opening up a joint box in the house and squeezing the connector blocks with my thumb & forefinger. The connector blocks looks to be filled with a jelly compound...

Does anybody know of any sample/past 2391 papers that are on webspace? I am aware of the ones for sale on ebay, but am reluctant to shell out to someone who is profiting from scanning and emailing them! Looking to work through a couple more , wrt exam in 3 weeks. No worries if not , just...

I need to put up 4 External Sun Flood Lights 80watt each to a non-residential outbuilding. I don't want to go down the road of fixing up a conduit or a metal trunking, nor do I want to use SWA (unless I have to!) , and would rather clip up a weather resistant cable externally to loop from...

I need to replace my current gas hob with a different one. It is working fine, it's just that it's the wrong colour now that I have changed the kitchen door facias. Is it safe for me to switch the gas off at the main (and switch off the cooker mcb) - then unscrew the old gas fitment & remove...

Today I came across an din - rail mounted RCD , wired into a 2 way enclosure , incomers fed straight from the cut-out straight and outgoers to a Old Style 100A Wylex Plug-In type CU. Obviously , any leakages to earth over the 30mA rating would trip the whole incoming supply to the CU...

I have been asked to replace a lightswitch - and its in a non-notifiable location!!! Problem is, the new switch that is to replace the old, MUST have a neon indicator on it - or be illuminated in some way at the switch!! Here is the slight dilemma. The switch is currentlly wired as 2...

Just for curiosity, assuming there were three consumer units all independently fed using different phases. If you were working on a circuit on one of the consumer units and you flicked the mcb for that circuit off (Not the isloator!! ) (thus cutting the live feed to that circuit !) whilst...

I understand that in a bathroom, all electrical appliances, eg shower/lights/extractor etc have to be bonded to the pipework. But what in the case of a ceiling with 5 recessed bathroom downlighters (higher than 2.26 metres!!) , do they still have to be bonded, and if so, do they ALL have to...

My electric shower has the pull switch about 2 metres away from the actual shower unit. The switch is inside the bathroom, but out of reach from when I have a shower. The shower unit is above the bath (I do not have a shower cubicle). Is this within the regs? , only if I was having some...

Hi there, I am looking to add a 40 amp MCB to my old Proteus board (for an uprated 8.5kw shower - cable already done in 10mm) , but can't get hold of a replacement MCB for it. The current types in the consumer are 6 amp M6 , and 32 amp M6. One person told me that Wylex NSB40 is an...