Installing a solar powered lighting and power system for a stables today and tested the LED floodlight. The owners radio that was on cut off. Soon as I disconnected the lamp radio came back on. It is a battery radio and the lamp was on the other side of the building so 12 metres away. I know LED...
I have recently installed a new aerial mega booster with a 1 in 4 out amplifier, it comes with a 12v signal booster which has to power it, my question is I'm feeding 4 TVs do i need to signal boost each cable individually?! As on the booster its only got 1 input from amplifier on the aerial, and...
So, am I the only person to notice, that since the mobile network providers have been offering a 4G service, the quality of the EXISTING 3G network seems to be getting progressively worse??
Thoughts.........
EDIT: I use Vodafone ...
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has anyone installed an aquasentry separator alarm?
If so what cable size did you use for supply and signal. I need 7 core swa for signal but not sure on the sizing
I have an old panel that produces 8 x 240v outputs to signal lamps, I wish to use these outputs to run a mimic panel a distance away, I need 110v to deal with the volt drop, but dont want 240v at the mimic, thinking of 240v relays in the master panel and running a multicore swa carrying my...
I wonder if anyone has any ideas - my TV is driving me crackers!
Our TV is connected via a a DVD player / recorder to a signal booster box (which sits next to the TV) and then to a rooftop aerial, we watch freeview. For many months this has worked just fine.
A few weeks ago, I would...
I've been signed up with SKY for the past 11 months, I get my phone line, TV & broadband through them. When I took out the package they promised me the world and were very helpful but after about a month my broadband speeds slowed down to less than 1 Mbps. I emailed them and they said it's...
Looking for some advice,I'll briefly explain what I have done:
i installed a new television in a bedroom upstairs,have put an amp in loft and ran cables as follows:
amp to sky box
external aerial to sky box
amp to new television
here is my problem,when I connect new television straight to...
I have to to second fix a job including the tv Ariel's, which I'm not normally involved in.
The lads who first fixed it were told by our boss to wire it as follows
- x 1 coax cable from the Ariel on the roof to the intake cupboard.
- Then from the intake x 1 cable to the living room of...
On Air Source Heat pumps there is a signal flex going from the Pump all the way to the Cylinder,
It's 0.75mm Flex and I'm getting two opinions about whether it can be run in containment (YT2 and 20mm conduit) with the feed.
The spark is saying that it can on 5Kw pumps (2.5mm T&E for the feed)...
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Terrestrial Aerial Signal Meter for doing digital aerials
I dont do that many aerials so don't really want to spend loads of money on one.
Maybe a second hand one off ebay etc anyone recommend one ?
I have recently extended to sky cables for a customer to a new position for their sky HD+ box. It all worked fine at first but now the box keep losing signal. Have re-terminated cables but still same problem. Original cables had no problems. Has anyone experienced this before? Any quick fix?
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Does anyone have any experience installing MBS controlled heating systems? I am currently working with this system and we have been given a Mains Filter with ferrite cores, to reduce unwanted noise so the heating signals can work freely. The heating circuits are fed from a three...
Hi all was wondering if anybody could help who has knowledge with sky installation , currently doing a rewire and am pulling in the sky points so the cable is hidden, in total there is going to be 8 tvs and they want sky for each one of them, pulling in twin satalite cable for sky plus but do...
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Can someone please help?
I have a HomePlug LAN - which is a chunky device that plugs into power socket to provide internet throughout the house.
The trouble is there is insufficient clearance from the plug socket to the floor. I could move the socket, but I wonder if there is any...
Hi all! A guy at our wholesalers has been asking my boss to go and look at his aerial at his house for over a year now, and the job has been palmed off on to me. I have installed a few aerials and sky dishes but i have never done any serious fault finding with one.
Multiple free view boxes...
I want to use powerline networking to replace my wireless network.
Does anyone know if they use just the neutral to send the signal?
I have a an office in my garden that is fed from its own 40A breaker but to get Internet I have to use the wireless router that's setup in the house to receive a...
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This is my 1st post apart from an intro....hope I get it in the right place. Apologies in advance if I don't!!
I am thinking of buying a Fluke 2042 Cable Locator (or something very similar).
Can this kit locate underground SWA cabling (either live or dead) or does it only work with...
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Okay, so we have installed 2 55" Series 6 Samsung panels into a shop, the panels are back to back hung off unicol and there intended use is for broadcasting anything that is going on a computer upstairs.
Current uses have been youtube on full screen and dvds.
The problem, our designer...
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I want to replace a manual hydraulic pressure valve with a valve that can be controlled with a 4-20mA signal. The pressure will be monitored by a gauge which will correct the pressure if necessary. Has anyone ever seen such a valve and can recommend a model/make?
Gerard
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