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  1. ste mac

    spur from a spur

    As 2.5 has a CCC of 27A when clipped direct, you could actually use a 25A breaker.
  2. ste mac

    extra socket

    Which it is, it's for a TV as OP stated! Possibility of other home entertainment equipment too?
  3. ste mac

    cables inside 75mm wall and celotex

    Does the foam core of the Celotex damage the PVC of T&E cable like polystyrene?
  4. ste mac

    well thats it!

    All the best for your new business. I did the same three years ago, but a career change as well. Massively daunting at first, but I have never looked back. 15 years as a mechanic & auto-electrician. The company I used to work for sent me on a C&G 2377 PAT testing course, and whilst I was...
  5. ste mac

    Jobs that require downlights

    I have a CFL and a halogen GU10 fire rated down lights with a lead and plug on each as demo lights and I have both cheap and expensive GU10 led lamps and halogens which I lend to the customers to see which lamps they prefer. I seem to be selling a few more of the CFL's since using the demo...
  6. ste mac

    Earthing back boxes ??

    I don't bother, I just make sure the back boxes I buy have 1 fixed lug.
  7. ste mac

    This can't be right... can it?!

    I have had to install an additional socket in a conservatory this way. The customer wanted to put a LCD TV on the wall but did not want any chasing out or trunkings and wanted the socket and ariel points hidden behind the TV. I drilled out of the back of a double socket box,ran the cable down...
  8. ste mac

    Yoozybox??

    I use the Sockitz version and buy direct from them, they sell reusable and disposable ones and even elasticated bags to keep your accessories clean whilst plasterers and painters as sploshing stuff about. Sockitz Products >> Bringing Safety to your Projects
  9. ste mac

    Beware of Bosch 4 piece 10.8V kit

    My batteries still ok and I have been hammering the drill/driver and impact gun for about a year(drill/driver has been used a few times with a 1" spade bit for drilling joists :eek:). But my mate bought a set for diy and one of his battreies was very poor but back to screwfix and they swopped it...
  10. ste mac

    Side cutters ????

    CK Combi Cutter 3 for me, but i have left them somewhere and have struggled all day with a crap MAC tools pair! If I can't find them I will definatley be buying same again.
  11. ste mac

    maintenance free j/bs

    White Ashley ones are Wago, and as long as you press the lever down on the top of the block (instead of just pushing the wires in) they are ok for stranded cores.
  12. ste mac

    Cable system?

    Can anybody tell me what type of cable this is? I came across it in a circa 1970's appartment. This peice has about a 6mm cpc but the 30A socket ring main had about a 1mm cpc. it looks as though the conduit type outer is supplied in different sizes and the installer pulls through their...
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