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    Hobby Why I?

    Well... How many times have we heard something like 'turn the current on' in a film? especially horror films. Historically 'current' has been used to describe electricity, hence Current Velocity (Voltage) and Intensity (current). However if that explanation had any truth I'd have thought...
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    DNO earth cable size

    Well the Red, Yellow,Blue, Green colours appear to date it to 7th edition 1916-1924 It's hard to judge from a photo but they look like 7 strands each, comparing to the screw head they don't look big so I'l make a stab at 7/0.029" which is something like 2.8mm² each or 5.6mm² for the pair EDIT...
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    Hobby Wiring dilemma

    You are absolutely within your rights to refuse to do anything which is unsafe, and even more than that: it is your duty to not do anything unsafe.
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    Hobby Wiring dilemma

    I spent 15 years building, installing and modifying control panels, time and time I'd find voltages from multiple sources coming together in panels and even electrically connected. One such example was a new school with something like 20 control panels with links at 24Vac between them. One...
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    This was mid 2020 so during lockdown. Customer has been in the house for 2 months, survey highlighted several electrical issues including the CU in the garage being fed with T&E buried directly in the ground. Part of the sale conditions being that the garage feed was replaced. Garage CU contains...
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    This was described as a new circuit to the shed, must be 10years ago, this is in one of those metal enclosures which originally had a built in fuse box at the top, it looked like the hole the cable goes throughwas drilled with a masonary bit.
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    I remember when there would be at least 6 screws; pairs each of wood screws, 4BA & M3.5
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    When electrics go wrong!!!

    I always think these things are unreasonably maligned. Yes I agree they can give unexpected results but like any tool they need training/experience, one wouldn't expect a total novice to pick up an arc welder and make a perfect weld without some sort of tuition or experience.
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    Grommet strip alternative

    I used to buy this by the yard from car main dealers
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    UK First visit , Bungalow question.

    As you're commercial. I'm a little surprised you haven't mentioned din rail and terminals, If all of the wiring comes from the loft it may make sense to locate it there and extend to the garage, equally it may be feasible to pass cables through into garage at high level. The other thing is; was...
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    UK First visit , Bungalow question.

    Had something similar in a commercial building and the customer didn't know the neighbour had a basement which extended under his part of the property. Worse; his company was the freeholder of the whole building and didn't know there was an extra level.
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