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  1. EalingBadger

    Where to get special tool to undo light fitting screw?

    All agreed - the exercise is rapidly approaching the point where repairing to the workshop and wielding the angle grinder may be the only way forward. The thing is, half the time anything I hit with a grinder does end up looking rather like a bit of a dog's dinner - hence why my preference was...
  2. EalingBadger

    Where to get special tool to undo light fitting screw?

    With long-nosed pliers. A tedious exercise at the best of times and one which carries with it the good chance of nadgering the screwhead for next time.
  3. EalingBadger

    Where to get special tool to undo light fitting screw?

    Yes, but since the caretaker is not a qualified electrician he is not qualified to use one of these on an electrical installation (only on plumbing). :)
  4. EalingBadger

    Where to get special tool to undo light fitting screw?

    If I can't source a tool what I will probably do is to deliver a packet of pozidriv screws to replace the existing ones. That way at least the current ones will only have to be removed one final time. (And yes, I do of course realise that the caretaker is at risk of losing any special tool, but...
  5. EalingBadger

    Where to get special tool to undo light fitting screw?

    That's what I figured, but I can't identify the fittings so the option of following things up with the manufacturer is currently not available. No doubt the original sparks that did the installation just disposed of them. They certainly didn't hand any over to the vicar anyway.
  6. EalingBadger

    Where to get special tool to undo light fitting screw?

    Yep, that's another option that I've considered, but surely there must have been a specific tool available originally? The screw head is quite wide for the type of driver you mention. In fact, considering that they are 1/4" hex drive and the actual shaft of the tool is somewhat smaller than...
  7. EalingBadger

    Where to get special tool to undo light fitting screw?

    The obvious option of bodging it with a grinder is what I am trying to avoid if at all possible. I would very much prefer to source the original tool for them if at all possible.
  8. EalingBadger

    Where to get special tool to undo light fitting screw?

    The pictures are of a type of anti-tamper cover retaining screw (M5 x 60mm) that is fitted as standard to a whole slew of lamp fitting in a local church complex. None of the bulbs have ever been changed since the place underwent a major refurb 20 years ago and all the new stuff was...
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  11. EalingBadger

    Proposal to ban cash payments?

    And they are different from bitcoin in this respect because...?
  12. EalingBadger

    Proposal to ban cash payments?

    Bitcoin is not undetectable / untraceable.
  13. EalingBadger

    NICEIC Certification Scheme NICEIC launches bursary to encourage female electricians into the industry

    Me too, so I know exactly what you mean. (Though my daughter advises that I am merely "over-privileged", which is something to keep in mind when it comes to will-writing time I suppose. :-) ) Klingons however are clearly not oppressed. Quite the opposite in fact.
  14. EalingBadger

    Proposal to ban cash payments?

    And that is precisely what their end game is - to ban cash altogether.
  15. EalingBadger

    NICEIC Certification Scheme NICEIC launches bursary to encourage female electricians into the industry

    You are not an oppressed minority.
  16. EalingBadger

    Question - British Gas engineer says there is a fault ?

    HA2 is very much a part of the metropolis here in sunny West London. I would be very surprised if the explanation for the OP's 100 ohm reading is down to a TT system as they are rarer than rocking horse droppings around this neck of the woods.
  17. EalingBadger

    Tool Tarts everwhere, and those who are OCD about tools

    Wiha does Disney: Shame that this item is not the UK / EU equiv. of the 80 piece USA version (Philips screwdrivers - natch!) in the snazzy orange case.
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