Vent-Axia bathroom fan with timer, £49.79 (screwfix)
Manrose bathroom fan with timer, £19.99 (screwfix)
Both 100mm, different front grills.
Go for the Vent-Axia tried and trusted for zillions of years, after all they have the name!
Errr, nope all that's different is the front cover, exact...
Looking for advice please!
Have dimmer lights in a bedroom, when they are turned on there is a loud buzzing noise from the light switch.
When the lights are turned off, the noise continues and the sound of electricity runs through the switch.
I have not turned on the switch or lights for over...
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Does anyone know what between what times of day you are allowed to work and make noise etc including the weekends. In domestic commercial sorts of premises where there are the public nearby.
Always feel bad working late and making noise but was told that on a weekday between 7-9 was...
Problems with king span solar panel system at my daughters.Installed about 2 years ago.Screeching sounds on the system happened several times,had a installer come out,drained all fluid in panels,cause he said it could be dangerous,if not done.He said the original install was very poor,this was...
Hi guys, for those of you into testing a lot, using a Fluke 1652C all in one tester. What does EER 5 mean when testing? I'm told it could mean noise. Could someone explain please?
The test are mainly carried out on larger size distribution cables (longer runs etc) as opposed to domestic...
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I am planning a house refurb and would like to have a number of new plug sockets on the party wall for the TV, Sky, DVD etc. so about six double sockets plus the socket for TV aerial and BT socket, instead of using a plug extension. My house is a 10 years old terrace house (so I have...
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One of my neighbours has just popped into see me about noise they are getting on their radio/BT line etc.It seems this may be coming from their Boiler and from an Internet search it seems it may be the particular Boiler they have that can cause these problems. It is a Vailant 'eco TEC...
A month or so ago I started to get a strange buzz type noise when I pressed the fob to lock the car. The noise not coming from the fob, but seemed to be from the locking system on rear door. Recently I have the same short sharp "
bzzzz" or "Bburrr" type noise when I switch off the ignition. Any...
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Ive got a problem and wondered what you guys think as I don't want to get ripped of...basically the shutter used to make a noise going up
And down for about 3 yrs..we did not take any notice...but today the shutter opened up unusually ..it went slow...then when it put down..it...
I have an issue with noise on a phone extension. I have tested the line at the test socket at the master and the noise is not present so it must be internal wiring. I have repunched the cable at each end but the noise remains - bar installing fresh cable (which I cant see how it would make a...
any know what error 79 is on a megger 1552, set up i was testing is proteus 8way main cu with just mcb's no rcd, just fitted a bg 40A 30mA 2 way rcd unit with 32A and 6A mcb's as a submain which is fed from the proteus board off a spare 40A mcb fed in 6mm clipped direct which is about 10inch in...
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a customer of mine has 2 phone sockets with cordless sets connected that work fine. They have purchased an old fashioned style phone and when it's plugged in to the master socket it has background noise at it. When its plugged into the other socket it's fine though. Any idea how to...
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I would really appreciate if someone could help me ascertain what the continuous electrical buzz/hum noise is under my floorboards?
I stay in a flat directly above a shop. They had been leaving their Emergency Light on through the night and I thought this may have been contributing to...
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I have a strange one. I was called to a property recently to an intermittent alarm on a heating fill set (mikrofill EFD). I have fitted many of these in the past with no problems. I contacted the manufacturers who advised me that the fault could be interference on the circuit due to...
A client has a bloody loud (solenoid clicks and also a progressively high whining sound which makes it sound as if it's about to go off pop!) hager contactor switching his underfloor heating (primary heat source for whole flat - all on one stat - do what?!) It is a 40a 3NO contactor. ES 340 is...
Hi guys I use a fluke 1653 mft for testing at work. We work on mainly TT systems so when zs testing it is on no-trip. I don't have no instructions for this tester and more and more increasing I am getting a error 5 when zs testing. Can anyone tell me what a error 5 is and what a error 4 is as...
Firstly I am glad to say I am back in work as an engineer WOOO!!!!!!
Kinda happy about that.
Am needing some new ear defenders, and someone must have come across a pair.
One of the factories I work in is noisy, not hugely, but enough that ear defenders are a good idea if in there for more...
is it just me...when I'm at my wholesaler there's not much chat between sparks, just customer and wholesaler. let alone any reference to prices charged etc, yet when I pop into the plumbers merchant next door....loads of chat and discussion on prices.
it is so competetive in Brighton that...
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Perhaps one you worldly types can succeed where our local sparky is flummoxed.
Our smoke alarm has been beeping every thirty seconds. We have two, both hard-wired to the electric and also with a 9v back up battery in each detector. We replaced the 9vs in both this morning and...
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