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    Cheap multitool blades

    I use an EINHELL multitool,just re ordered a pack of 10 Shark blades, (£40.00 + p&p of E Bay) , getting good longevity from them,and they do fit the Fein tool (Fein blades are £11.00 each round here !) Stick to the 25mm wide blades,the wider bladesare harder to accurately control when doing...
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    TT help needed!!!

    You are right,if you were installing a metaclad board then you would have to install an RCD on tails to board.As you are using a high integrity board then you dont need to as you already have 30ma protection on all circs.
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    TT help needed!!!

    I had a similar problem with a TNS supply this week. Ze reading was too high,so a rod was installed (no stand alone rcd as we had 30ma protection on all circuits),rod resistance was 360 ohms,the local authority Contracts administrator was insistant that we got the reading down to less than 200...
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    Irazola Drivers

    Been using Irazola drivers for several years,the ones with the orange and grey handles. No problems with guarantee,snap a driver tip and wholesaler replaces 'gratis',no questions asked,irrespective of how long I've had them. J.
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    13amp oven to connect

    6mm link from cooker outlet to single socket at side of cooker outlet,plug top fuse (on oven flex) will give you your protection.Cooker switch will also provide isolation point (obviously the cooker supply cable will be 6mm also,if you were to use a 6mm link ).If the cooker circuit is in 10mm...
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    Pat Testing.

    I did a 3 day course a couple of years ago,there were joiners,plumbers and all sorts of non 'electrical' peeps there.Can't remember how much the course cost as the company paid for it.Did get a nice C&G Certificate at the end of it though. J.
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    HELP energy saving lamp flickering whilst off

    I'll just throw another brainer into this one. Full rewire completed,same problem occurring with low energy lamps in 2w circuits.But noticed that if you touch the glass of the lamp whilst it is flickering IT ALMOST FIRES UP :eek: ....wots all that about ? ?
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    Where You from?

    Wakefield.........Err....that's in Yorkshire for all you Philistines :) J.
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    what size rated RCD to use as main switch

    Barnsley Council have been speccing split load boards for years. Main isolator on board is 100mA ,split with a 30mA rcd. J.
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    Whats your worst Nightmare?

    Ditto,I'm supervising 20 council house rewires a week. I will say one thing,NOTHING shocks me anymore. Had the Resident Liason officer in a property today,that we are about to go in tomorrow,looking like someone off CSI with her boiler suit on,cleaning a house BEFORE we go in,giving it big...
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    Drying cupboard heater.........help !

    This guy is cute,and a professional letter writer,and knows all the phone numbers ! !(already phoned and had council officials out,and written a letter to the main contractor MD). "There was nothing wrong with my drying cupboard,I have phoned the council and they have told me that I am...
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    Drying cupboard heater.........help !

    I carried out a rewire on a council property,built circa 1966. The property was warm air ducted heating when built,with a drying room with an electric heater in the bottom of a 'drying cupboard'. The heater is quite powerful with a cooker type control switch with 3 power settings. We removed...
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    3 phase motor wiring

    [/B] wouldn't this cause tripping on start-up ?
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    Hello all....

    Hello, Been a sparks (electrical maintenance) for first 24 years,for the last 5 years been doing domestic work and been learning for the last 29 years ! !:)

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