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by Jenks_C
Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:23 am
Forum: Home Automation and Cinema Forum
Topic: TV Aerial signal
Replies: 8
Views: 16373

Wow thanks Eric, a very full explanation.
by Jenks_C
Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:46 pm
Forum: Home Automation and Cinema Forum
Topic: Putting a plasma tv onto the wall
Replies: 2
Views: 7734

If you are using one of the proprietry mounting kits you shouldn't have any trouble. We mounted ours on a chimney breast following the manufacturers instructions (Maplin kit). The hardest part was lifting the thing up there. It's a 2/3 person job really, 2 to lift and one to engage the 2 parts. Havi...
by Jenks_C
Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:38 pm
Forum: Home Automation and Cinema Forum
Topic: TV Aerial signal
Replies: 8
Views: 16373

Eric, could part of what you say above explain the pixelating and sound breakup on ITV. I get this in East London and also at our other place in Norfolk. I thought that the freeserve signal was a coded signal carrying all the freeview channels and was suspecting that the fault would be either at the...
by Jenks_C
Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:27 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Split Load CU question
Replies: 2
Views: 3026

Thanks Eric, the building is completely converted to domestic use, not commercial in any way. I did speak to an electrician some time ago and he suggested installing a second set of links from the meter. I then saw the split load CU's in B&Q and it started me wondering and if it had been permiss...
by Jenks_C
Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:55 pm
Forum: Barn Conversions Forum
Topic: removing mortar from old bricks
Replies: 7
Views: 14238

Providing the mortar used was the sandy lime mortar you should find it faily easy to chip of with a bolster chisel. I cleaned hundreds of old soft reds several years ago like that and it only took a minute or so per brick. Using the acid method would need a very large receptacle and gallons of acid ...
by Jenks_C
Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:19 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Split Load CU question
Replies: 2
Views: 3026

Split Load CU question

Apologies if this is a bit long winded :oops: We own part of an old stable block which divied was up into individual units some years ago. Our part of the building was rewired sometime during the last 10 years and is supplied via an old (Earlam?) 8 way consumer unit. We have just acquired some addit...
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