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    UK Power for LED 18-20 metre stretch

    When connecting several lengths of LED tape together from a single power supply I have found that the lengths get dimmer as you get further from the power supply. You’d need to try yours out but, if it’s a problem, I have solved it by wiring the strips as a ring. Ie run the power to both...
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    Add LEDs to Vintage Radio?

    I see you have a pack of three potentiometers. What are those for?
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    Anyone had a problem with Manrose bathroom extractors?

    Its a common feature of Manrose and a few other makers of timer boards on mains fans. Eventually they die, usually a long time after the warranty period. So nothing much to worry too much about!
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    Song words; anybody can join in this catchy game

    If PARADISE Is Half As Nice View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=foTwWg1CyWU&pp=ygUnaWYgcGFyYWRpc2UgaXMgaGFsZiBhcyBuaWNlIGFtZW4gY29ybmVy
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    3 light chandelier issue, 2 bulbs are dim but if I install the 3rd, the other 2 go off.

    Compatibility between LEDs and dimmers is a constant headache for many. Old type dimmers - designed for tungsten or halogen bulbs often just don’t work with LEDS - I find the Varilight Pro the most forgiving. Budget LEDs may say Dimmable but just give problems there’s leading edge v trailing...
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    Song words; anybody can join in this catchy game

    Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colours
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    3 light chandelier issue, 2 bulbs are dim but if I install the 3rd, the other 2 go off.

    First job. Remove the dimmer and replace it with a standard light switch. See if that fixes the problem.
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    UK Consumer unit relocation

    Because it is a single point of failure if you have it at the supply input point. One little earth leakage, on any circuit, and you lose power to EVERYTHING. SWA does not require RCD-protection. In your new consumer unit, we hope that you are going for RCBOs on each individual circuit?
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    UK Consumer unit relocation

    I hope you mean that you have an electrician who will be carrying out the rewire? It is ok for the short tails that you have, but a switched fuse is required for the distances you have in mind. There's no "or even". If you want to extend the main supply any distance through the house then...
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    extending cables in CU

    Wago make a Consumer Unit Relocator System. Maybe that is what you are thinking of? They come in various sizes...
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    London Rewire Pricing + Late Invoicing

    I'm assuming there was an original quotation and contract. For a project that size there jolly well should have been? In all my contracts, additional work was only provided via a "variation of works" addendum. Changes to the original is never carried out until these were costed by the...
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    UK What should I charge to install a EV charger

    And extra for notification? Its a new circuit plus a new consumer unit. Is this an EXTRA CU _ ie a mini just for the EV - or are you replacing the whole existing house CU?
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    Additional sockets on stud wall.

    Do you mean these? Plasterboard Flange (2 required per box) | Wylex (SB603) - https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/AP603.html Wylex.
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    Secondary loop pump + pipe stat

    You are going to have to ask which regulation then. In my experience some "commissioning" folk - and that especially includes LABC - have their own, unsupported, view on how things should be done.
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    After a period of very heavy and prolonged rain my electricity trips

    The switch in the picture above is a double pole switched fuse (FCU) so switching that off isolates both L&N which points the problem at something after that FCU. Its a reasonably easy job to track this down. You can start randonly opening up any junction boxes in the circuit chain, or make a...
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