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    How to turn a downlighter to a pendant

    Depending on the size of the downlight hole you may be able to fit a circular dry lining box, these have standard fixing spacings for installing a pendant.
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    How do you dress for an interview?

    Looks like he spilled his breakfast on his shoes.
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

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    Veritas R8 6 beeps unset

    This panel isn't connected to a phone line/ other communicator is it? Have you checked the log to see if anything is identified?
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    Uh oh...shorted MICC. How scr*wed am I?

    Imperial MICC is listed in all the books I have, available bare or with a PVC sheath coloured orange as standard, also available to order in black.
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    Good job someone went to the effort of making the live cable end safe. However it would have been easier to just unplug it from the end of the block...
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    Soffit lighting

    They will all rust eventually, but IP65 should be good for number of years. Not sure about more decorative ones but many now use plastic rims with a metallic finish so no rusting there.
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    UK Fuseboard layout design Recommendations

    Sounds like you need 3 phase. House, Garage, Boiler. Boiler and garage on separate HRC switchfuses rather than in the DB. If they are already drawing 60A adding a 14kw boiler is going to push/exceed a 100A supply. Don't forget you need to obtain permission from DNO before connecting heavy...
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    Rcbo keeps tripping

    Isn't that RCD to 'the left' a 2 module RCBO? Also check the tightness of that solid neutral to the neutral bar as these are prone to working loose and burning out.
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    How to wire led light

    What are all those cut wires poking out of the wire nuts?
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    G-TAG 490X help or upgrade

    These keypads are obsolete and replacements are hard to find, I've replaced loads now with failing displays. Sounds like something isn't programmed correctly if it alarms on entry. Most alarms have additional internal speaker or siren as well as external siren. Remote monitoring is extremely...
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    CCTV colour at night alternatives.

    Tried a few 24h colour cameras, all the ones I've played with had the same problem of very slow frame rate in night colour mode which leads to poor image quality when there is any movement
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

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