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This is confusing because you’re talking about a timer fan and also a light with a PIR. They are different! It looks like you’re now talking about the PIR light. Making this work without the PIR will depend on how it was wired up previously. Did it: (a) switch off = light off, switch on =...

Use the 200 Ohm range. I think the the diode range is telling you the forward voltage drop in milivolts, or something.

@Taylortwocities, I was replying to his point 3 in post 8 where he wrote: “I installed an additional armoured cable which i connected to a wiska box using a regular nylon gland, so the sheath isn't earthed.”

1. I can’t tell what’s under the insulating tape but there could be a terminal block. They shouldn’t just be twisted and taped. 2. Yes. 3. You should use SWA glands and connect up the earths. I note Wiska have some products related to this, e.g...

Run an extension lead from any socket to near this box, then measure resistance between the extension lead’s socket’s eath and the earth in the box with your multimeter. It’s probably fine. It is normal to use the armour as the earth. One possible problem is that people may not understand that...

Post a photo of the house end of the cable.

See if you can borrow paint roller on pole, etc., from someone. Wait until the plaster is TOTALLY dry. Follow the experts’ advice here about how many coats, how diluted, what paint etc. to use. Getting the ceiling looking OK is not very hard. The difficult bits are getting the edges where the...

I need a new built-in single electric oven. Has anyone bought one recently, or have any recommendations? I have few specific feature requests. Physical knobs rather than touch screen would be the main one. A slide-under door would be nice but that’s expensive - £700 rather than under £300...

Here we go: Ugh, well I was going to upload a 3 second video, but it seems I’m not smart enough to do that. But anyway, it buzzes very much indeed. In fact it would make quite a good door bell buzzer! Tune in again in a few days for the next exciting installment!

You could have had smaller boxing-in if you had used rectangular ducting.

Mason bees are solitary bees; tney don’t create hives or honeycomb.

That’s a shame; I’ve been using Crabtree Capital because they don’t have white covers over the screws, which I find annoying. What does the letter mean by “Crabtree, Wylex and the wider Siemens Circuit Protection ranges are nit affected”? Does that mean consumer units, MCBs etc.?

FFS, you can’t have the socket inaccessible behind the duct like that! Move it sideways, or something.

That’s an interesting idea, but this fan’s control electronics seems significantly more complex than the timer designs that you’re thinking of (and that I’ve seen on other fans). For example, I think there is something like a motor speed sensor or similar that feeds back to something on the PCB...

Do you want this to comply with building regulations?