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    Why does my electric keeps tripping

    Just unlikely but my least favourite thing is a freezer. While you unplugged everything - did you unplug fridge/freezers. most of your sockets will be on a ring. Did you try upstairs as well as downstairs as they are often on separate ring circuits? Another circuit - could be an outbuilding...
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    Installing a resistor on a side mirror socket

    As an aside but quite important. I take it that you have informed your insurance company that you have modified the car. this is quite important in the U.K. as you may not be covered in an accident especially if it was someone didn’t see your signal
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    Installing a resistor on a side mirror socket

    You think the pedal is an off on switch ?
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    Can’t get my handle on the fault
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    Are Electricians Qualified to do Data terminations

    All the above but they also need the skill of putting them in the floor void in the reverse order of what needs moving first and not labelling them so that they need to be traced everytime. They also need to be able to pack them into ducting between rooms. For computer room training, they need...
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    Are Electricians Qualified to do Data terminations

    I worked in Sweden within a government department. They ran a mains cable across the floor and us (small team from U.K. ) questioned Health and Safety. A Swedish colleague took us aside and said that all trades do everything in Sweden and they did.
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    Are Electricians Qualified to do Data terminations

    As a complete aside, I worked for a major supermarket as a software engineer. Part of our job was to pull the data cables &(equipment cables) through the ducting and voids. We had to jump on the floor tiles to get them flat as the voids were so packed. got paid time and a half as it was out...
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    Are Electricians Qualified to do Data terminations

    I seem to remember that data cables need to be connected to the earth system in certain circumstances.?
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    Very strange car fault - Citroen C2 - fuse box? BSI? BSM? Please help

    Perhaps the man has fixed it and you will be ok
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    RCD tripping

    It was written in edition 17 that a dedicated socket did not need an RCD as long as it was labelled. this exception was removed in 18th.
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    £40 hamper to the first person who finds me this ladder!

    Your apprentice has smaller feet?
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    Getting 2 x 2.5mm into oval conduit?

    Your nickname “jester” was a clue
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    RCD tripping

    There is documented that a fridge freezer should be put on a separate circuit ( using a split CU. One bit of the CU for RCD protection and one without for such items. i have a freezer in the farage and fitted an rcd which tripped when I plugged tools / lawnmower in. interestingly, this didn’t...
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    Help wiring Honeywell DT2 thermostat

    I know you will but put red/brown tape on the “earth” wire. great that you up and running
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    Help wiring Honeywell DT2 thermostat

    Ta I thought that the diagrams didn’t add up
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    Help wiring Honeywell DT2 thermostat

    This is battery powered to the only live in is from the programmer. i cannot get a copy of the install manual as the Honeywell site is not providing it. Do you have a copy? do you have a Y or S system.? (the y system has a 3 way valve while the S system has two separate valves.) do you have...
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    Megger 1730 not running PEFC PSSC tests

    Not an expert but I remember that those tests don’t get done if a fault is identified in the setup. also the Martindale I have won’t do these tests if the mains voltage is too low. <198 volts! In its case your message <50 volts may be this message. Could it be the probes are on the wrong way...
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    Very strange car fault - Citroen C2 - fuse box? BSI? BSM? Please help

    Probably need to drive it as this will cause vibrations. The problem also could be temperature related. This would show if the car heated up ( may de dependent on your weather forecast
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    Installing garden floodlights and CCTV

    The controller could be in the house in this case.
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    Installing garden floodlights and CCTV

    Depending on your needs. I installed a control unit in the garage and connected light to it. I also attached extra low voltage circuit (12v) to the control unit through a transformer. the advantage was that I could use wireless PIRs (battery) remote from the lights though obviously the 230v...

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