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Opening Pandora's Junction Box

Some of you may remember when we were discussing how not to wire a junction box, I posted this: https://goo.gl/photos/a...
76 comments posted 9yrs
posted by nospam
76 comments posted 9yrs posted by nospam

WiFi

Is there any technical reason why a hub cannot have a small discrete add on aerial so that my hub could hide behind the...
8 comments posted 9yrs
posted by training.jplant
8 comments posted 9yrs posted by training.jplant

Sealing MDF

I've just bought a cheap bench - all fine except it has untreated a 5mm MDF shelf and top. As it's in the cellar, which...
9 comments posted 9yrs
posted by patchmoney
9 comments posted 9yrs posted by patchmoney

Silent trailing edge dimmer/bulb compatibility

Hi. I'm thinking about replacing 4 60W R63 spotlights, currently controlled by a wall mounted dimmer, with 4 11W dimmab...
47 comments posted 9yrs
posted by terry.shitcrumbs
47 comments posted 9yrs posted by terry.shitcrumbs

Another power question (as shown by GridWatch)

Having a quick nosey, I noticed that we seem to be importing 0.73 GW from Holland and exporting 0.72 GW to France. This...
36 comments posted 9yrs
posted by wibble
36 comments posted 9yrs posted by wibble

A question of turntables, amps and phono pre-amps.

Against my strongest advice son and his mum purchased a turntable for christmas but couldn't use it as his amps didn't...
3 comments posted 9yrs
posted by 0345.86.86.888
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by 0345.86.86.888

Header tanks, overflows, and open hot water systems.

We've been having trouble with pumping over. On investigation the overflow only goes about a foot above water level at...
8 comments posted 9yrs
posted by vir.campestris
8 comments posted 9yrs posted by vir.campestris

Electricity in Bathrooms

I've just been told by a bathroom company, somewhat to my surprise, that current regs forbid washing machines in bathro...
46 comments posted 9yrs
posted by vir.campestris
46 comments posted 9yrs posted by vir.campestris

How do I kill messages based on content?

I'm getting rather fed up recently by the number of people who persistently reply to people I've kill-filed, often just...
6 comments posted 9yrs
posted by k.type
6 comments posted 9yrs posted by k.type

OT: power cut

Odd to have a power cut today, not as if there's a storm or something. First of all they tried a remote reset three tim...
14 comments posted 9yrs
posted by timstreater
14 comments posted 9yrs posted by timstreater

On bath surround

Hi All, We are redoing our bathroom and looking for interesting ways to create a ba th surround. I have seen this https...
6 comments posted 9yrs
posted by leenowell
6 comments posted 9yrs posted by leenowell

Decent cordless Vacuum Cleaner

Our son has a dyson cordless vacuum cleaner. its got an impressive amount of suction, but checking various feedback it...
44 comments posted 9yrs
posted by jcurzon44
44 comments posted 9yrs posted by jcurzon44

Shower replacement

I intend to replace my existing 8.5kW shower for a 9.5kW one. The present one is wired in 6mm through a 40A mcb in the...
32 comments posted 9yrs
posted by joe.bloggs
32 comments posted 9yrs posted by joe.bloggs