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Electric shower

The water pressure out of my electric shower is dreadful. Would upgrading from an 8.5kw to a 10.5kw increase the pressure?

031jb

Cooker Hood problem

I have a Tamaya Elicia 1000m Cooker Hood/extractor fan. It has never worked since installation and the kitchen fitter "did a runner" before I could sort it out. Although the fan is rotating, VERY...

kayakamina

Sky Digibox

My digibox has recently taken to switching itself on to standby mode - even interrupting viewing to announce it is about to do so. Can anyone please tell me why this is happening and if I can do...

RAYMAN

ac motor

How do I wire up a vacuum cleaner motor to the foot on/off pedal.It,s an a/c induction motor 240v,do I need a capacitor to start it,it has 3 connection terminals.

muj200

Hello, Does anyone out there know how to remove halogen down light bulbs from the holders? They are recessed so difficult to get hold of. I have been told you push them up and turn them anti/clockwise...

ninah

Strange Goings On with Boiler: Pressure Surging when Hot Water Goes On

I bled my radiators a few days ago as the top of the radiators weren't getting warm. I probably collected about 1-2 litres of water in the process. That afternoon I noticed that the pressure on my...

puddicat

Do backing singers have better voices than the lead vocal???

sometimes the backing vocals are so much better than the so called singer that they are backing ???

lawbringer

ekectrical

house seems not to have enough power for all the appliances. washing machine goes on the tv goes off. telephone won't work. put kettle on fridge/cooker ovens go off. there is no earth problems and...

lord molly

music bit rate (again)

hi guys, i posted a question here last night and had some good answers, but all of the programes you mentioned were to convert the format, e.g. mp3 of the music, and i couldnt reduce the actual...

thechauffeur

Gas Boiler regs

1 I understand that if I have a new gas boiler installed, it has to be a condensation boiler, but I have heard that a different size of gas pipe (supply) may also be required, is this true? I don't...

Kleiber

How much does it cost to build a house?

I've always wanted to have a house built to my own specifications. Does anyone out there have any idea what it would cost? I have the land, so that won't be a consideration (providing I can get...

lesprocol

pc speakers (which type is best)

I have a new monitor with built in speakers which are poor .I am trying to find out which seperate speakers are best as mains peakers are available for around ?15-?20 and are around 5 watt output....

Aquagility

Downlights

The downlights in my kitchen have little glass (or plastic) lenses below the bulb. It is not obvious how these should be removed - to change the bulbs. Any advice would be appreciated.

gleno1

new kitchen

thankyou for your reply adamhornsby i have never heard of howden kitchens i live in the north west so they mustnt operate in our area thanks anyway

riptide

Power shower

Does anyone know if you can turn off the pump on a power shower. The pump is separate to the shower and is situated in the loft. There is a water pipe that runs from the pump through the ceiling and...

goonerdave

SMTP Problems

I realise that others may have asked this question before but none of the answers seem to help. I am having problems sending e-mails on my freeserve account. The smtp seems correct and I am using...

matt1e

prophet or nutter?

hi all, just for starters - I am not particularly religious I have my own beliefs and ideas about things (as do we all) but sometimes I find an interesting read and I like to hear peoples views. and...

gordonclown

Running into back of a car - who's to blame?

Has anybody ever run into back of another vehicle - caused by the front vehicle's abrupt stop and not been liable for the damages - ie not been blamed for the accident. Is it still standard practice...

Hard@it

Wiring to a type of street lamp standard

Can anyone tell me where I can see a wiring diagram to suit these items controlling a sodium bulb on a street lamp. Ballast unit Capacitor Igniter Crompton High Pressure Sodium Lucalox Lamp

villa_fan007

web pages so small

when looking at some web pages the print is so small it is impossible to read... why is this and is there a way to enlarge the print so i can read it. The www.tesco-careers.com , (job search and apply...

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