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The way I understand it is that by bonding all the incoming services together there is no possibility of a potential difference between them. So, if a fault occurs, it will go to earth and there is no danger from touching an extraneous conductive part as it too will be at earth potential. Copper...

I have no experience of a Hackintosh. I do have experience of Windows tho and I'd sooner suck a sweet with the wrapper on. :}

This from a Mac email list I belong to: I have a Dell Mini 10v running Snow Leopard. the Dell cost me

I got a free ebook from satcure.net. It may not be free to everyone - the owner was a member of a messageboard I was on.

Me too. In fact there isn't a version of IE for my OS <Big Grin>

Indeed. On further examination there is a cpc to all the ceiling roses, none at the plateswitches though. The boxes have no terminal to connect a cpc and so my guess is it was cut off. ---------- AUTO MERGE Post added at 20:29 ---------- Previous post was at 19:46 ---------- You're having a...

I came across a 4 ring single oven cooker that had been wired into the ring a few years ago. Major fire hazard IMO. There used to be something called diversity which allowed the 'trician to calculate the load on a circuit. From memory for a domestic cooker it was the first 10 amps and 40% of...

Yes, perhaps if they hadn't redecorated they might consider a rewire. But then, if I hadn't just put a new set of tyres on the car I'd have got rid when the fuel pump failed...

Thanks all, You're quite right: it's a rewireable Wylex board. Ugh. No sign of any catastrophic faults though. I'll test the existing installation. The electric shower was removed when the bathroom was redone a few years ago - it has electric underfloor heating and a power shower run from a...

My neighbours are having a small new extension built in the new year and have asked me to do the electrics for them. They have a 6 way Wylex board in the garage probably 40 years old. The majority of the cables are ancient (stranded conductors PVC insulation). There have been some alterations...

Hi I'm Tim Just come across this site - I'll let you know what I think (have no fear about that)! :Salute