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Hi, I was looking for some advice regarding a mates EV charger that he had installed through a scheme when he bought the car. He called me to loosen the charger off the wall so he could sort the roughcasting that the installer had burst whilst drilling through the wall. Install seems shoddy...

Hi, sorry it's another Hive Thread. I was thinking of getting Hive (single channel) for our Vokera boiler, we've recently moved in and the only control we have is the integral mechanical timer. The 230V mains supply isn't a problem, I was just wanting to confirm the control side of things as I'm...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows what would cause the water to continue to run from the cistern into the toilet pan. Was asked by a friend if I knew anything, unfortunately plumbing is not my strongest point! I've attached a couple of pictures hoping someone can advise. Many Thanks.

Hi, I was wondering if metal halide lamps are compatible with Son fittings. Its a 250w lamp with external ignitor, and I was looking for a white light. Thanks.

Hi, The local church had an architect in to do a report, I'm curious to see if they are actually needing attended to so would appreciate if anyone thought the following are major issues, sorry about the poor quality of images but this is how they were presented to the church. 1st one is a...

Hi, I have the above alarm system and was looking to enter engineers mode to alter a few of the settings. I was wondering how I would do this. The manual I was left when I bought the house said engineers code was 7890 but I'm unsure how to apply this code (presuming it hasn't been changed)...

Hi, I need to replace a T5 ballast which controls 2 x 45w T5 lamps. These are for aquarium lamps so they are an odd size from the norm. Would a 2 x 49w ballast be ok with a difference of 4watts? Was also thinking of wiring the 2 lamps individually with 1 x 49w ballasts, just what ever worked...

Hi, does anyone know anywhere that I can get an electronic ballast for 9w PL-S 4 pin lamp. I've tried ebay and googled it but only available ones seem to be from china. It's just for a small fish tank so not wanting to pay over the odds. Lamp in question :- Thanks

Just received these pictures from a friend after a company installed her phone/broadband (the company that talks twice), the front door takes a bit of force to shut now, also an internal door won't fully close. I told her to phone the company back to get them out, she did, they informed her...

Hi, I was helping out at the local church doing a bit of relamping when I noticed this green unit, and was just curious as to what it was. There are atleast 2 bulkheads outside(2 x 8watt) that seem to be controlled by this unit, they both have photocells in them, these photocells seem to be...

Hi, tonight I went to put up a couple of light fittings up for a friend of a friend in a new (to them) flat. Went to isolate the lights and told the fusebox was in the bathroom! They said the home report they got stated electrics were fine. As you can see the fusebox is right above the...

Hi, just a quick query, hopefully someone will be able to help. After upgrading my fishtank I'm requiring to provide lighting for it. I was hoping to be able to use my existing lamps ( fishtank lamps seem to be pricey) and just rig them up to an electronic ballast. Anyways, would a standard 2...

Hi all, just a quick query. I was discussing the consequences of reverse polarity in a shower with a work mate today. To set the scene, the mains "IN" at the 45A shower switch is connected correctly but the "Load" side is connected in reverse polarity. When debating if/when/how the fault would...

Hi, I was looking to replace a 2 wire thermostat to a drayton easy 3s programmable stat. Below is the wiring guide, was wondering if someone could advise me on the connections. The L&N supply won't be a problem, its more the 2core coming from the boiler. Wiring diagram:- Existing...

Hi all, was wondering if anyone had any idea what could be wrong with my sisters heating. She has a Baxi Solo boiler, the upstairs radiators keep getting air in them, downstairs seems ok. I air them and get the radiator warm then when the boiler gets turned on it just seems to empty and need...

Hi folks, looking to do my mate a favour and get 2 car park lights going again as its pitch black. Long story short he's just moved in to his new house, nobody seems to know or want to know who owns/maintains the lights so we thought I'd just (hopefully) replace them, for the sake of 20 odd...

Hi, I try to avoid connecting up stats/timers to boilers at the best of times, so hopefully someone can help me connect up this programmable room thermostat to a friends boiler when it gets installed. Here is the 5/2 Day programmable room stat connections (this is a volt free battery operated...

Hi, after buying a 2GB upgrade for my Samsung n130 netbook (only 2 weeks old) i'm questioning if i've bought the right RAM as when I boot up the system with 2GB the blue screen saying windows stopped a crucial failure (or something along those lines as it only flashed up briefly before...

Hi, I am trying to set up my Samsung N130 netbook to connect wirelessly to my netgear DG834GT router (SKY) but failing miserably! It works fine with ethernet cable but not without. The notebook "sees" my router when searching but wont connect. I've tried resetting the router, typing the...

Hi was just wondering if anyone has experience fitting one of these. I need to fit one to an existing 40A MCB and was just wanting to know if its as simple as popping it on. Thanks