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Clearly the single red has no sheathing to improve its heat dissipation ready for when it is later buried under 200mm+ of loft insulation. Doc H.

Possibly one explanation could be; if its anything like most families; Kids move out, but leave piles of their junk cluttering up the bedrooms and loft that you are not allowed to throw away, as they are in a rented flat with limited space. So you have to become a temporary, 'Free', Storage...

Welcome to the forum, ignoring the no pictures issue at the moment. Do you understand the concept of how light switches are wired? i.e. a standard single switch -vs- two-way switching. Many DIY'ers are ok with a single switch operating one or more light fittings, (Single or multiple lights can...

https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/SDFLES.html They are pre-assembled kits now. Doc H.

Just to add, even if your concept isn't feasible, it was still a sensible question to ask if you don't fully understand some of the nuts and bolts about how electricity works.  Thank you for asking, this may also help others who maybe thinking similar ideas to yours. Doc H.

If the engine isn't running most modern cars will automatically turn the ignition off after 20 or 30mins, so as not to drain the battery below a level sufficient to start the car. (and that is with new good condition batteries). As fundamentally car batteries have one key purpose. Keep enough...

If your neighbours can see you over the fence, they may be double checking their calendars, thinking time really has flown by during this lock-down! With dry weather and stay-home instructions, I bet you are glad to have a bit of outdoor space and a good project to keep you occupied?  Nice work...

Removing any components from an installation is not part of an EICR as defined by BS7671 wiring regulations. Its purpose is to establish if an installation is satisfactory for continued use. Any anomalies are noted on the report and passed back to the person ordering the inspection. If something...

Osmosis? Doc H.

An EICR should just be an inspection & test of the current condition of an installation. Unless previously agreed, no remedial or alteration work should be undertaken. So unless you had authorised it, the original RCD, (Good or Faulty) should have been left in place. And if removed, it...

I am aware of certain "niche products" that do not advertise prices, with the basic proviso, "if you need to ask the price, you probably can't afford the item". But other more standard goods and/or services are, 99.99% of the time, easily within the scope of estimates or quotes, prior to work...

You have forgotten to include the link for on-line orders. Any discount for bulk purchases? It could be a nice little earner during lockdown. Doc H.

The original stuff did involve Westgate Classics of Aldridge.   http://westgateclassicsltd.com/index.html Then "In the summer of 2016, Fuzz left Westgate Classics to set up a new garage, To-Ta Classics Ltd., in Oldbury, West Midlands.[8] In 2018, To-Ta changed its name to SOS Workshop Ltd.[9]"...

And you get to see al lot of the other guys in the workshop doing the work. More of a sense of the teamwork going on, not implying its a single-handed project. Doc H. 

If you only purchased those items you would be missing some other parts I can see in your photographs. Labour sounds cheap to me. From the information given it sounds more like a classic example of not agreeing a schedule of work and an estimate or quote of the expected price before the work...

There used to some phrases such as: "There is no such thing as a free lunch" or "You don't get something for nothing"  or "If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is!".  Modern day translation could be "You cannot learn a new trade in a couple of months when historically it used to take...

I think I heard this being discussed on one of the Radio4  finance/money programs. the figure or £94 per week was mentioned and multi-page comprehensive application forms required to be completed to obtain this sum.  Doc H. 

Am I missing the plot somewhere, as I think I heard today the Government is asking numerous other manufacturing industries to start making ventilators. (e.g. JCB, i.e. those who make big yellow digging machines). Now from my limited experience the majority of manufacturing is carried out by...

Quite probable as I very much doubt anyone has put a software patch into the automated late payment charges systems for all sorts of finance arrangements, Car finance, Bank loans, Mortgages, Credit cards, Gas & Electric, Water, Broadband, etc.  But maybe I am wrong and they already have the...

As Apache said a basic clamp meter can be purchased for around £16.   https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/TMCMT01.html   In the days when Maplin were still in business they used to stock UNI-T meters...