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    Notches or Holes, clip or not to clip?

    When I 'checked out' the electrical system in the property that I am in at the moment, I discovered that one of the socket circuits was connected to 2 separate MCBs! It took a while to trace down why the circuit appeared to be permanently 'on' whichever MCB I switched off.
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    Notches or Holes, clip or not to clip?

    Sometimes it is more effort to drill a hole ... in Victorian properties in Scotland ... not sure whether it goes further afield ... there was a practice of installing 'deafening' or 'deadening'. Strips of wood are nailed to the joists at approximately mid height and thin boards are laid between...
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    Bad Advice From A "Spark" ???

    ... JS, its a good job 'He' gave you a sense of humour!
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    Continuity RFC error??Help please

    ... now that is something I would really be interested in!
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    What is this and is it normal? Council electrics

    Hi Dave, ever come across one Jim Dymock in your travels? GB
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    overhead incoming supply TT TNCS?

    ... sarking boards ... likely be somewhere north o' the border then!
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    Charging part of an hourly rate?

    So, an interesting read on New Year's Day 2018; the 'analytics' have given me a 'welcome' diversion from other more pressing but more 'unpleasant' tasks! Please excuse me poking a little 'fun' at some of your responses? 29 posts from 18 respondents ... one sits on the 'fence' and enjoys the...
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    Scotland, Old style lighting JB, Will it pass an EICR, Photo attached

    Thanks LN, I ended up with 7 WAGOBOX Light and a couple of WAGOBOX junction boxes.
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    Scotland, Old style lighting JB, Will it pass an EICR, Photo attached

    Hi w10 ... pedantic, I know, but 10 - 12 by my count!
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    Scotland, Old style lighting JB, Will it pass an EICR, Photo attached

    Hi De, I came across a similar arrangement about a week before your post up here in Forres! It looks like you have 4 or 5 lights there, at least one being 2-way switched. In my case the 'containment' was a 'Bakelite' type low profile square box. The bottom had broken and lacked 2 or 3 of the...
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    Scotland, Old style lighting JB, Will it pass an EICR, Photo attached

    Hi Anthony, except the unit that you have linked to is purely a method of connecting 6 cables together ... 'power in' to 5 'subordinate' devices! It would appear that perhaps as many as 2 of Surewire's devices, 1 SW4L-MF and 1 SW2L-MF > Products and Benefits - Surewire -...
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    Scotland, Old style lighting JB, Will it pass an EICR, Photo attached

    Hi Lucien, ' ... 8-way Wagos ... ', hmmmmmm; with ~ 10 'Line' and 11 'Neutral' conductors at least, visible on very close inspection, to 'common', a couple of Wagos really wouldn't ' ... sort it ...'! Would you 'extend' the 8 'ways'? If so, what would you use to connect them together?
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    Whats this mean on a rcd test

    What trev red carded ... never! I really must log in more often!
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    water pipe issue

    ... I refer you to my earlier posts ... cold water pitting corrosion ... galvanic corrosion requires dissimilar metals and the metal that corrodes is the more reactive not less reactive material; copper appears at first sight here to be the least reactive metal ... unless it is in contact with...
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    Interesting things turning up as I tidy the electronics lab...

    I like the angled terminal screws ... detail seems well thought out to me.
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    water pipe issue

    i, in order for the Copper to undergo galvanic corrosion, there needs to be electrical and electrolytic contact with a substance that is more electronegative than it. There are not many things that are more electronegative than copper ... Bronze, Stainless, Monel, Silver, Carbon and Gold on...
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    water pipe issue

    d, it is unlikely to be the pipe 'reacting with the brass gland'. Brass being an alloy of Copper and Zinc is more electropositive than Copper, and Zinc is right at the top end of the scale. That is why in some areas of the UK it is vital to use dezincification resistant brass alloys; the Zinc...
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    water pipe issue

    d, it looks to be cold water pitting corrosion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_water_pitting_of_copper_tube ... though I am at a loss as to why it is occurring on the outside of the pipe. It may be that the insulation is keeping water in contact with the pipe. The red colouration appears...
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    water pipe issue

    d, was there a brass fitting on the end of the copper pipe in the foreground like the one in the background?
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    which 18v cordless drill/driver.. ??

    I was thinking more of an ellipse or parabola myself ... but I take your point ... Festool for me, the 'fringe benefits' of theft cover particularly together with a very well though out package; angle drill attachment included ... 2 tools in one ! FFX seem to have been consistently best on...

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