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    Best Drivers?

    Facom all the way Stanley fatmax good too tho'
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    Whats snips the best?.

    I have NWS and Knipex tools but the NWS have comfier handles
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    networking problem

    I have done a fair bit of network cabling and this isn't a great idea, although it would probably work you might get issues with loss / speed etc. and I wouldn't do it for risk of callback. I've done it before, but wouldn't again... What you could suggest is a splitter as previously...
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    Copper bath, bond or not?

    I thought copper baths were traditionally filled with hot water boiled on a stove ;) Hate to think how much it cost them!
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    Central heating - vaillant system boiler

    A plumber friend of mine has asked for some help wiring up a Vaillant Ecotec system boiler in an S plan configuration. I am familiar with S plan but can’t work out how to do it with this boiler, and the Vaillant manual whilst very good on the gas side is a bit lacking electrically… The boiler...
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    Outside lights - SWA junction boxes

    Thanks guys for all your advice!
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    Outside lights - SWA junction boxes

    thanks bugsy and nick, I think I've got it now, but one thing, would prefer to run plastic conduit from low-level besa box to the luminaire, to give the flex some protection, can I connect plastic conduit to the galv bessa box, and would a stuffing gland in the top of the conduit be OK or should...
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    Outside lights - SWA junction boxes

    luminaires will be floodlights so no easy way to connection the conduit to the fitting itself...
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    Outside lights - SWA junction boxes

    thanks Bugsy, but don't quite follow, as I will have three connections in the box - SWA in, SWA out and connection to light. Also what sort of box would allow me to connect the conduit to it, and presumably need some sort of "stop end" at the top of the conduit where the cable emerges (or use...
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    Outside lights - SWA junction boxes

    I’ve just got a job to install some outside lights. The plan is to run SWA the length of the garden with five lights along the wall. I was going to run the SWA up to just under each light, then use an adaptable box and connect each light fitting up with rubber flex. But I think it might look...
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    Outside lights

    ACVC – Thanks, prior tests is a good idea, but can I / should I be charging for this prior to putting in a quote ? I’ve tried putting in quotes with “subject to unforeseen issues” but people don’t like it. Wattsup – I was wrong in describing the lights as “in series” (like the ones on a string...
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    Outside lights

    Went to have a look at a job today where the garden has 4 lights on the wall wired together (in series) with "pyrolyon" clipped to the fence which I've not come accross before but Google suggests it's a fire-rated cable. End two of the lights don't work as a "previous electrician" removed the...
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    Megger 1552/53 Case too small....

    CK make an electricians tool case which I find works great. Enough room for the tester, leads, certs, a few tools and accessories. It's only about £40 and does the job a treat.
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    Fuse needed

    Otherwise Farnell CPC TLC rapid electronics (can't recall the web sites but google should help out)
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    Approved voltage indicator

    I have a couple of cheap Chauvin Arnoux testers which are OK. But I prefer my Fluke T120 (shows actual voltage in LCD display rather than just LEDs). Megger would do the same job, just a bit of a heavy bugg3r to carry in your pocket!
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    How qualified do I have to be to do electrical work legally?

    Cairns To do your own installation and certify it, you need three things only 1. To be "competant" 2. To be a member of a scheme (NIC, NAPIT, ELECSA etc.) 3. To prove (1) to (2). 2382 17th edition will do this. You will also have to have an assessment when you join, and you own house is OK...
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    Would you...

    DNO guy the other day touched suppliers neutral with his finger and quipped "polarity test" :)
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    Can I, Can't I?

    Agree that this is perhaps not very neat, but... Is the use of terminal strip to extend really that bad inside the CU? If there were lots to do I would prefer to do it outside the CU in an adaptable box but if only one or two would it not look neater to do it inside? And while we're here...
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    compression f connector compression tool

    I've used these guys for data / telecoms stuff and they're spot on IT Tools crimp cable cutters crimpers satellite testers modular punch down and cimp tools for IT
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    VDE tools

    Just realised that's already been posted, oops :eek:

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