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The articles in this section may not be maintained, therefore any advice given should be considered correct at the time of writing but may since have depreciated. Please refer to the publication date for each article and, if necessary, check the content against more current sources. Articles may contain strong language.

Stop your smoke alarm sounding when cooking

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Published: 19 November 2016

Having been called out to a couple of the houses on the new Field View development at the end of Golf Lane in Whitnash, I’ve noticed that the builders have installed ionisation instead of optical smoke alarms which may cause residents to experience false alarms when cooking. If you’re fed up of a side helping of ear-splitting bleeping with every meal, then here’s a quick fix…

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So long directional halogen lamps!

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Published: 22 August 2016

The death knell sounds next week for directional halogen lamps with an energy rating of class D or below, and good riddance to the damn things too!

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RCDs and condition reports

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Published: 17 August 2016

Checking the statistics for this website, it seems one of the most frequent searches performed by my beloved visitors is whether their domestic electrical installation should have failed a condition report (periodic inspection) through the lack of an RCD on some or all circuits, so let’s have a chinwag on what's going on here.

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Megaman Modo LED lamp dimming

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Published: 19 July 2016

Have you invested in Megaman Modo GU10 dimmable LED lamps? Are you finding those dimmable lamps are... well.., just not dimming? Never fear, I have here a quick and curious fix. Just don’t ask me to explain how it works...

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Plastic consumer units

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Published: 02 April 2016

Got a plastic consumer unit (fuse box)? Been told you need to change it for a metal one? Well, unless your plastic enclosure is demonstrably damaged, dangerous or inadequate, then the mere fact it is plastic does not warrant a replacement and neither should it show up as a failure item on a condition report.

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