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  1. EalingBadger

    Thames Valley police advertise huge haul of stolen gear

    Just in case any members might find this useful: Thames Valley Police seeks to reunite tradespeople with their stolen tools - http://news.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/thames-valley-police-seeks-to-reunite-tradespeople-with-their-stolen-tools-313503 (I had £10K of kit nicked just over a year ago...
  2. EalingBadger

    Torque Screwdriver.....

    Amen to every single one of those, brother! Ah, if only I'd known then what I know now. How life would have been very different. [Continued: in the 'old soaks boring the pants off the youngsters bemoaning the gaining of wisdom and the loss of the youth necessary to take maximum advantage of...
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    Torque Screwdriver.....

    Ah, yes, the summer of '76 - truly one to remember. The drought got so bad round our way that the water company took to delivering water by bowser in the street.
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    Torque Screwdriver.....

    Fortunately, Brentford Nylons is long gone. Both me and the missus retain deep mental scares as a result of being tortured by our respective mothers with nylon bed sheets in the 1960s and '70s. Absolutely dreadful. Damned things would never wear out.
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    Torque Screwdriver.....

    I spotted these on special at £29.99 in CEF in Brentford yesterday. Gutted, as I paid full price for one only a few weeks ago. :-(
  6. EalingBadger

    Could a relay switch be causing the havoc in my home?

    The "transformers" (in reality poor quality switched mode power supplies more often than not) are renowned for being electrically absolutely filthy.
  7. EalingBadger

    OSG, bonding plastic pipes etc etc

    Yes - briefly reminded myself of what it said again today but first read it ages ago. I am guilty of too broad a brush stroke with the "NOT" in my first post. Of course, it should be "may not" - the possibility of metal waste pipes and all that should be taken into consideration. (I love a...
  8. EalingBadger

    OSG, bonding plastic pipes etc etc

    Ah, I see what you mean now (I think!) - the advice is not new but it remains current.
  9. EalingBadger

    OSG, bonding plastic pipes etc etc

    Really? Happy to be corrected, but I am pretty sure that I saw this on one of the web sites like voltimum.co.uk in recent months...? Here is just one reference: IET Forums - Kitchen sink bonding - https://www.------.org/forums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=205&threadid=32335 but I'm sure I...
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    OSG, bonding plastic pipes etc etc

    My brother-in-law is a Gas Safe engineer and he is adamant that plastic gas pipes coming out of the ground have to be converted to metal (usually barrel) before they emerge - the reason for this being that plastic is not considered mechanically, UV, or thermally (think extraneous applied heat...
  11. EalingBadger

    OSG, bonding plastic pipes etc etc

    I thought the current advice was that kitchen sinks most definitely do NOT require bonding. Seems a bit counter-intuitive I'll grant, but that is my understanding of the latest solid advice on the subject.
  12. EalingBadger

    Guilible older people

    ROFL! The trouble is that they pretty well all have tinny sound. I got a free TV from my sister-in-law a couple of years back having had to replace the perfectly good but now sadly no longer up to snuff technology-wise 25+ year old model (no HDMI connector) and the sound quality was truly...
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    LED 6FEET GARAGE LIGHT BATTENS

    Considering the cost and difficulty (inconvenience of having to take time of work etc.) of getting someone in it doesn't seem an unreasonable first step to try to isolate and identify a failing device by substitution in the first instance. Of course, it does little to identify a fault with the...
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    Measuring component readings

    Another common problem with old electronic kit is dry joints. Many an item has been successfully repaired by rewetting such a joint. One electronics engineer that I hold in very high regard will often rewet every joint on a PCB if he suspects dry joints though I've never had to resort to going...
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    Garage consumer unit rcd trips out

    Cable insulation compromised by nail or screw, or compressed in some way and only now coming to light due to the high voltage spikes "jumping the gap" to earth when the fluorescents are turned off. (Okay, it's an outsider, but it's definitely in with a chance.)
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    Found this in my 4 year old house...

    Apropos of Wagos and 6mm - Wago have just released a couple of new 221 series doobries that accept 6mm. (The kind people at Wago sent me an email on the subject only 2 hours ago.) Newsletter -...
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    NICEIC Certification Scheme NICEIC launches bursary to encourage female electricians into the industry

    The answer to why we have the current gender imbalance is extremely simple. From the dawn of time up until fairly recently (we can argue about the date, but in terms of human evolution it really is very recently) there was no option. To be as brief as possible: men *HAD* to defend the tribe...
  18. EalingBadger

    Where to get special tool to undo light fitting screw?

    Yeah, that's the fella. The awful truth of it is coming back to me after all these years now that I see an actual picture.
  19. EalingBadger

    Where to get special tool to undo light fitting screw?

    Pricey as you say, but perfect.
  20. EalingBadger

    Where to get special tool to undo light fitting screw?

    Okay, okay, I give in. Off to the grinder I go.

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