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    Odd GU10 to GU10 adapter

    These may fit: https://www.screwfix.com/p/sylvania-refled-gu10-led-light-bulb-345lm-4-5w/400KR Personally would sling those old fittings away and get some decent new ones designed for the purpose. Shoehorning new lamps into old fittings that were never designed for them is usually a fail.
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    Ceiling light not working - strange "bulb" / no bulb?

    Integrated LEDs, which are not replaceable. Landlord will have to supply and install an entire new light fitting at their expense.
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    EV are they worth it?

    They certainly are, the main one being that you didn't watch even the first 30 seconds of that video. Electric vehicles are NOT being banned. Neither are the batteries they use. There are some new requirements regarding the sale and use of some types of lithium-ion battery, mainly those used...
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    Draining expansion tank?

    Leave the water connection open (or the system it's attached to open) and then pump air into the valve. Keep pumping air in until the pressure reaches whatever is required.
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    Air Source Heat Pump – Building Control Inspection Checks

    None. Builders will use private inspectors who will look at a one properly prepared example of a house, and then assume the other 200 are all perfect in every way. In the worst cases it's just sling money at someone who provides the necessary pile of papers.
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    Hive thermostat question again

    Yes. All the thermostat does is join black and brown together when heat is required.
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    Redundant smoke alarms

    You can, but only in boxes of 10. Financial savings are small, it's more about reducing waste when replacing large quantities of them at a single site.
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    EV are they worth it?

    You can. No one is suggesting otherwise. It will cost 5x more and billow vast amounts of toxic pollution into the local environment. But you neither know or care, so just carry on.
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    Extension lights supplied from spur off ring main?

    Electrically yes, but does seem rather rubbish for a new installation. Open up the ceiling instead. Much easier.
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    Dno cable and eps bead cavity wall insulation

    EPS + PVC cables = melty mess. Suggest an alternative type of insulation unless you want to remove all of the cables from the cavity first. There may be other cables elsewhere, as it's not unknown for certain types to sling circuit cables into the cavity.
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    EV are they worth it?

    Plenty of evidence, but only for those who actually look. Spoken as someone who has never owned, driven or even looked at an electric vehicle and never will. Carry on driving your diesel clunker 600 miles every day without stopping.
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    Little Plumber Electronic Descalee

    It's junk and will do nothing. Even the manufacturers of them can't explain how they work.
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    High earth reading

    Energy supplier can replace the meter but nothing else. Only UKPN are supposed to make alterations to the incoming supply. 'tenby clip' or more probably BS951 clamps were permitted for metal sheathed cables several decades ago, and now are not. In theory UKPN should provide a new earth...
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    Fluorescent ballast wiring

    Any point was lost long ago.
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    Help with Kitchen spotlights.

    They appear to be more of the same junk as is installed now.
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    Fluorescent ballast wiring

    Shoving 'LED tubes' into fittings designed for fluorescent will lead to disappointment.
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    3 core & earth

    40W at most. 1.5mm² is a useless cable that has no purpose in any domestic property. Buying it is simply throwing money away for no reason.
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    Help with Kitchen spotlights.

    No need for double insulated items, you have L,N,E wiring there, and all of those must be connected to something even if you get lights which only need L&N. Don't buy electrical items on ebay. The likes of Screwfix, Toolstation and many other local outlets have plenty to choose from.
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    New build

    The words 'new build' explain everything. Cheap rubbish slung in by the 8th level subcontracted unskilled labour. Tested and inspected by no one.
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    Voltage drop poser

    Definitely. Contact the network operator to repair. Call 105.
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