Recent content by JimG

...............................Beam me up scotty :-)

Hi Folks, I seem to be receiving a growing number of (mostly domestic) enquiries regarding various types of bulbs/lamps blowing !! I check for volt-drop, fitting/switching & wiring issues, but in the main I can't provide a solution - other than perhaps finding a reliable lamp supplier ...

Thx folks ...................... the fan is/was a 184mm, 2-speed axial with pull-chord timer, and auto luvres. Decided to replace with a regular 6'' axial after covering existing hole with 12mm uPVC to suit this fan. Dicon'd the 2-speed switch and switch supply for luvres. Retained pull-chord...

Hi Folks, Can anyone please advise where I can acquire an equivalent (or same) fan as this AX300S ?? Checked all my sources and coming up blank :-( Greenwood have discon'd it and cannot offer an equivalent - gr8 ................ Cheers, JimG.

Hi All - Thx v-much for yr thoughts/inputs. After much searching & measuring, I eventually got there :-) Unbeknown to the folks of the house, previous owners had installed some kinda water softener gizmo right in the corner of the kitchen -- yes -- behind the kitchen corner unit, being...

Thanks Deke - but can you tell me why my meter tells me there's a short between L/E on the ring - yet the RCD holds-in ????????

Hi Folks, Have an intermittent RCD tripping problem on kitchen/upstairs ring ....... MCB not tripping. On-site today checking-out this issue. Removed all known appliances from ring - RCD still tripping ? Removed a socket - checked I/R between L/E - meter indicating short. Removed numerous...

I would welcome anyones advice on the most install-friendly downlighters' (if there is such a thing). Fire-rated only. I'm fed-up with using single terminal ones, and ones which claim to allow you to loop but you end-up having to change the damn terminal block to suit, or use yet another JB...

Badger - from reading some of the strings, you seem to be the go-to CCTV man:-) So if I could spend aro

Cheers Badger - just checked-out their web-site and will be calling them today. JimG.

Hi Folks, Customer has asked me to install a 'CCTV' system covering the perimeter of his house. No great distances to be covered, simply the driveway & close back garden ...... max 3-4 camera's. I have already recently installed flood-lighting, but he wants night-vision included. He has...

Thank you for the support folks - much appreciated. JimG.

AndyC, I hear what yr saying, but would there be any issue with back-feeding down the other pir's sw-live?

Thx AndyC - seems like a lot of wind-power there??

Folks, I'm looking at a job tomorrow where the customer's garden is akin to the himalayas! He is requesting - amoungst other things, a PIR at the top & bottom of his garden to switch-on around 400W of lighting i) when visitors enter his garden at the top and ii) when they leave his house...