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  1. davhill

    Do people really like yapping dogs?

    I'd say 'my cat' but she chose me - I'm her human. She's a half feral Himalayan, 18 years old and certifiably insane. She recently discovered that if she meows into her nearly empty water bowl, she gets much more volume. When the Darth Vader meow comes, I say, "You haven't the vaguest idea...
  2. davhill

    Problem...too much electricity!

    Good advice, Sparkychick! I found a really well fitting screwdriver and ran the screws fully in and out with it. It took quie a bit of thrutch (Derbyshire word) to achieve this. It would appear there's some sort of threadlock compound on the threads.
  3. davhill

    Problem...too much electricity!

    Thank you Anthony, You're quite right and the erroneous bit is my doing. I bought two 2-gang switches, not realising the upstairs one is 1-gang. I'm changing the switch because the stair head light stopped working. It wasn't the bulb and an LRD probe showed both lampholder pins had current...
  4. davhill

    Problem...too much electricity!

    OK folks, it's update time. Some of you can go into smug mode now. I changed the upstairs switch (actually a 2 gang) and little has changed. A neon shows power at one pin in the bulbholder but the bulb remains unlit. Here's the original switch... As far as I can tell by feel, the bundle of...
  5. davhill

    Problem...too much electricity!

    'Well if we're getting serious, my WW1 lee enfield .303 beats any .22. One of my archery club compadres has a short magazine Lee Enfield and a Dublin Castle Brown Bess musket. Bessie's flintlock still sparks but both this and the SMLE are decativated - not sure wallpieces count. A fellow...
  6. davhill

    Problem...too much electricity!

    I'll see your TX200 with the .22 LR Anschutz Supermatch I shoot at the club and I'll raise you the BSA Martini International MK II on which I have a deposit, (FAC-dependent).
  7. davhill

    Hello all from The Lakes

    Not yet but thank you for asking!
  8. davhill

    Problem...too much electricity!

    You underestimate a man of my calibre... That's .177
  9. davhill

    Problem...too much electricity!

    Will do, Skipper. It's actually two 2-gang switches so plan B will cost about £6...plus the skin grafts.
  10. davhill

    Problem...too much electricity!

    Floating neutral? Isn't that to do with the Swiss navy? Have disembowelled the LED thing so I now have a spare screwdriver...and some mercury cells! Here comes Plan B... 1: Go to Scroofix. 2: Get 1x double switch and 1x single one. 3: Switch off consumer unit. 4: Fit switches, wiring like...
  11. davhill

    Problem...too much electricity!

    It's actually an LED one, a whole quid from Gnomebase. It claims to do everything but make the the tea - it has batteries and everything. Perhaps I should've got the neon one instead - know where I am with one of those.
  12. davhill

    Problem...too much electricity!

    It's a bog standard pendant fitting... Here's where it gets weirder still... This is the dimmer switch in the bedroom, just off the stair head. The LED thingy is busy telling me that the securing screws are allegedly live. The same goes for the single switch at the top of the stairs...
  13. davhill

    Hello all from The Lakes

    In a word, dunno!
  14. davhill

    Problem...too much electricity!

    Thank you, gents. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt, scraped off the film. I once found the only quick way down the spiral staircase and have had many shocks. You can accept that advice has been taken 100% on board. Vortigern want pictures. Of what, I wonder?
  15. davhill

    Hello all from The Lakes

    Well, 'Tis posted in the DIY bit. I think you'll find it strange enough. I certainly do - never had more current than I need before!

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