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Hi I just installed 4 LED drivers to run some new kitchen cabinet lights http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008DFSU7O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 2 of the drivers run 3 x 3w leds each 2 of them run 1 x 3w leds each (because of the configuration of the cupboards) All...

Hi I have 25 MR16 Aurora fire-rated downlights like these in a few downstairs rooms, installed by an electrician during building work 5 years ago. All wired via small black JBs and Aurora transformers. I'm converting them all from 50W halogens to 5W LEDs. I've had some false starts with...

Hi I'm planning to install an immersion boost switch like this. The existing standard 20A DP switch is stupidly positioned (behind the cylinder) so I'm planning to put the boost switch in a more sensible place, but leave the existing switch and immersion supply flex in place (to keep the...

Hi I'm installing a couple of replacement downstairs rads - different sizes to originals so need to drain down system. Not the first time it's been done, but first time I've done it myself. I'm planning to leave it drained down for a couple of weekends while I do the work with decorating etc...

Hi I've been searching the forum but can't find a solution to this. I'm replacing an old shower pump with a new Salamander RSP 50. Pump in airing cupboard, up-and-over pipework via loft. Standard HW cylinder and cold tank setup. Should be a straight swap, but I'm also installing bottle...

Have just bought a 4-camera Twilight FLD CCTV kit from CCTV Direct, thanks to recommendations in this forum. Good fast delivery and just taking a look at the kit, arrived today. I'm probably being thick but I can't for the life of me see how to separate the cameras from the mountings for...

In my kitchen I have 4x 50w/12v halogen ceiling downlighters controlled from a 500w Richmond dimmer module on a grid switch. The same dimmer also controls 4 transformers running 8x 20w/12v halogen under cabinet lights (6 on one side of the kitchen, 2 on the other side - either side of hob). 2...

Hi I previously posted here about intermittent problems with my Glowworm Fuelsaver 50F boiler not firing. I also had a problem with hot water capacity and temperature, but that now seems to be a separate issue. After several visits from BG over several weeks, I now have: new pump, new HW...

Hi Had British Gas in last week to powerflush system and fit TRVs to most rads. Also improved airing cupboard pipework, replaced pump and HW tank thermostat, so generally a long-overdue overhaul (pipework full of 18 years of sludge and lots of problems with HW). All seemed well for first...

I inherited a 15-year-old Galaxy 8 alarm system in my house, which has finally died. I just want a simple system, so I’m considering a DIY replacement with an Accenta Mini G4 panel/RKP (click here) with a Reson8 bellbox (click here). All 5 of the PIRs are already fairly new replacements...

I've just discovered a small leak in the supply pipe to my central heating header tank in the loft (looks like a failed soldered joint - must be about 18 yrs old). It will be tomorrow evening before I get chance to fix it. There's an isolating tap near the leak, so I can easily turn it off...

I have a Hotpoint fridge-freezer - model Mistral FF72. It has a little LCD display for the fridge and freezer temperature. The freezer is fine (-22, as normal), but the fridge is too warm (+14, instead of the normal +4). The unit is about 8 years old. We're shortly starting on a kitchen...

I have a consumer unit mounted high on a wall in a garage conversion. The previous owners covered it with a rough timber box that I want to replace with something neater. Are pre-formed consumer unit covers available for this purpose, or am I stuck with making my own? It's a 16-year old...

My shower mixer is connected to a power shower pump, and works well. But the little black plastic handle on the flow control ring (or whatever it’s called) has snapped off. It's the same as the handle on the temperature control ring, which you can see in this photo. I’m struggling to find...

Hi I want to install a security light at the bottom of my garden, facing into the less-than-secure field next door. Ideally I'd like to install a standard security floodlight like this plus a blue strobe like this to try to scare the b*ggers away. I've installed plenty of security lights...

I have an 14-month old 10x8 shed, custom built by these people Very good job they did too, and I'd recommend them if you live in the area :) But - at the left-hand side as you face the front, the shed is now leaning forwards - it's about an inch out of line towards the top. At the...

Hi Not sure if this is the right forum for this question, but here goes … I have a drive drain at the front of my house, which drains into an ordinary square drain at one end, connected to the drains from the downpipes. This is either blocked or broken, as it backs up and shoots out water...

The shaver socket in my bathroom is very warm to the touch, plus it's not charging the electric toothbrush properly (charging light is bright as normal when first plugged in, but then dims to almost nothing within 2 or 3 seconds ... this doesn't happen if it's plugged into a normal socket via a...

Hi Does anyone have any experience of remote adaptors like this http://www.easylife.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=23_24&products_id=38&osCsid=7dadf49b4991b829bd61b555a374a94b or this http://www.ryness.co.uk/ProductDetails.aspx?categoryID=754&ProductID=3804 I want to run some...

I've just bought a new Neff double oven - www.neff.co.uk/U1422.html. Very nice and shiny it is, too. I've searched the forum on this topic, and come up with a few similar issues - but nothing that quite matches. The oven isn't supplied with a connection cable :roll: and the manual tells...