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There are no starters in this unit. I will try swapping the tubes.

Hi from an electrics simpleton. I have a wall mounted backlit display unit, that has 4 T8 fluorescent strips linked to a single internal ballast. The problem is that when I switch it on at the socket, two of the tubes flash once for a split second, and then nothing. If I switch it off and...

Hi, We currently have linkable T4 fluorescents under our kitchen cabinets. They've been a pain over the last few years since installation as tubes don't last more that a year or two. I could try to find better quality tubes, but I'd rather replace with LED strip lighting. I've found plenty...

Really appreciate your help here, thanks. Weekend project!

Hi, yes it's leaking from both valleys, and also just the other day close to the apex. I folded the felt from the extension part into and around the valleys first, then overlapped as best I could using the long run over the back, but as the shape does not lend itself to a non flexible sheet...

Hi, hoping someone can help me. Maybe because I was regularly teased and called Mark Three Sheds, I decided that adding one of my 8x6 ft shed to my 16x8ft, to make an L shaped building I call my cabin, I would have a more usable work space. It has worked well, and for the past couple of years...

Hi, hope someone can help here! I'm reorganinsing my driveway which involves removing and repositioning the fence around it. I need to remove just two of these panels and posts, so I dug down to start post/panel removal. The problem I have is that the previous owner and his fellow numpties...

metal shielding to prevent drilling into cables......

Can anyone tell me the correct wiring for wiring a new cooker? I'm bringing the cable down the wall from the ceiling, to a new position in the kitchen, and I was wondering what the ideal position would be for the isolation switch etc. Many thanks

Thanks. Having followed advice from my local merchant, using shielding when I've chased cables , I think my mind developed the idea into assuming that you have to bury cables anyway. Thanks for sorting out my confused mind. :D :wink:

Hi, Do you have to chase cables into the plaster, if the cable is to run underneath a kitchen worktop?