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    Smart EV charger requirements

    I'd not heard of this before your post. The cynic in me says that the Government may want the ability to turn off charging. bit of a consipiracy theory I know, but it's a heavy control tactic!
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    Using an outdoor light via normal 3 pin plug?

    Hi all, I'm not an electrician, I come here for advice. I wondered if it would be possible and safe to run a long, thick, armoured cable from my outdoor plug on my conservatory underground around 20 metres to power an outdoor light? Or would I need a full new circuit ran from my consumer unit...
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    Can you tell the Kilowatt wiring capability from just looking at the CU?

    13A
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    Can you tell the Kilowatt wiring capability from just looking at the CU?

    Hi all, please allow me to prefix this post that I am not an electrician. I come here only for advice in advance of getting a professional to do the work on my behalf. I currently have a gas oven and wish to replace it with an electric one. I want to understand if the electric supplied to my...
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    Advice on using outdoor lighting for something else

    Hi all, I want to pre-fix this post with a disclaimer: I am not an electrician, I have no clue about such things which is why I come on here looking for advice. What I am asking may be completely ridiculous, so please if it is, say so. I do not intend to carry out any of this work myself, but...
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    How to safely cover unneeded live wires?

    unsure what you mean about T/E Tel, but there are 6 wires in total, 3 for each original light. TBH in my capacity as knowing nothing about electricity, I thought it was rather tidy! 2 feeds for 2 lights all tightly joined in a tiny plastic junction box thing! :)
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    How to safely cover unneeded live wires?

    pictures - hope they help!??? thanks v much for replies thus far.
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    How to safely cover unneeded live wires?

    hi all, I just took off a light from my lounge wall hoping to replace it, but i'm going from a double light to a single, and there are 2 feeds for each previous light. How should I best cover the old wires I no longer need? I looked at plastic caps but there isn't enough depth in the wall...
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    Alarm help please?

    Thanks very much indeed for the help here and the offer to help setting it back up but I think I will leave it disconnected!
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    Alarm help please?

    aaaaaaaaaaaaaand its gone!!!! :bucktooth: thank you all for the kind assistance!!!! :D
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    Alarm help please?

    It's now one long beeeeeep instead of a siren......hoping this is a good sign!
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    Alarm help please?

    OK it's running!!! I'll report back to you if and when it goes off! It's better than watching coronation street this is for entertainment for you! I bet you're on the edge of your seats!! :Dhahaha thanks VERY VERY much for all the advice! - - - Updated - - -
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    Alarm help please?

    oh there you are telectrix :) Thanks for the advice. I just hope it lasts tonight so I can run the bell battery down. 2 things 1) when you say "power off" or "isolate power supply" will taking the fuse out above the panel accomplish this? 2) when you say oldtimer "disconnect the battery...
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    Alarm help please?

    argh I dont want to do that if possible as it's so late and the neighbours will hate me! Is there any chance you think it will stay off tonight with it still being on tamper mode? Really annoying it should go now, as not 2 weeks ago I had a lovely chap from here round to look at my electrics -...
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    Alarm help please?

    thanks for all the kind responses, it's very good of you to help I am afraid I don't really fully understand though. It DOES sound as if a battery is gone/is going because when the alarm in the panel was going off it sounded like a robot dying. The thing is...it still says tamper, and I...
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    Alarm help please?

    OK great thank you. Wife came home from work today and after a few seconds the alarm went off, the one outside of the house. Since we've owned the house we've never armed it or touched it, but we do know the code. So we panicked a bit and pressed some buttons (don't have the manual) but it...
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    Alarm help please?

    Hi all,I have a problem with my alarm - am I allowed to ask? I noticed the alarms forum is locked to me presumably so I don't use it to learn how to disable alarms, but can I use this forum at all to ask for help with mine please?It's a Optima XL 4
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    Lights have been flickering now off and can't get back on

    Stoke on Trent
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    Lights have been flickering now off and can't get back on

    hi all, I wonder if anyone could advise please. My downstairs lights have been flickering for a few weeks, been meaning to get it looked at, but they went off all of a sudden earlier, nothing unusual was going on and when I tried to flick the switch back up on the fuse box, the switch won't...
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    Want to replace/move power shower - options?

    It's not really noisy, it's just more noisy than any other shower I've heard. Doesn't sound broken just loud. This idea of a pump being remote from the shower does interest me. Am I right in thinking then that I simply buy a mixer shower, and the water comes out faster? the idea of the Kevin...

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