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  1. J

    What should I do in this situation of poor and incorrect wiring?

    the whole point of insurance is pay up if something bad happens, ours I phoned and they said they'll pay up on that if I am painting and drop a pot of paint on the carpet. Also there are weird anomalies like if you don't keep the roof in a good state and it leaks, they insuarance won't replace...
  2. J

    Best way to drill timbers

    Yes i melted the brush holder on mine doing that, the trick is to put it in first gear meaning the motor and fan are going a lot quicker. Or get a brushless drill, they don't have the brushes to overheat. But still use 1st gear. As above an impact driver is not for drilling, only for screwing...
  3. J

    advice required On beam strength loss

    The strength is unlikely to be an issue for joists, the limiting factor is usually the deflection. As newts excellent post the beam will be deflecting about twice as much. If you notice how thin tree branches are and they bend all over without breaking, but you couldn't plasterboard a tree...
  4. J

    Are there any autistic electricians here?

    Steady on, that has been proved otherwise, autism is a developmental disorder with genetic causes and there turned out from many studies since then, the isn't even a correlation let alone cause between vaccines and autism.
  5. J

    Are there any autistic electricians here?

    Haha well depends on his reaction if the sandwich is not available! If he has a meltdown and can't continue with normal life until the sandwich is there then yes that would need long into a diagnosis, same with depression, bipolar, OCD etc, and all the other mental diagnoses possible. But we can...
  6. J

    Left handed people, what finger do you use?

    Similar to me, i think it's if you don't have a very strong preference then you can do things with different hands. I didn't hear of anyone else similar before! I realised that when i was a teenager and started doing things with each hand to practise, which is useful.
  7. J

    Automatic wire strippers

    If you really want to you can! But the cost would outweigh the benefits pretty quickly:)
  8. J

    Automatic wire strippers

    I bought a set on a whim and they do a much neater job in my opinion than unzipping the CPC which some people frown on anyway. People also frown on auto strippers, not to mention that i add the milk to my tea bag before adding the water:p
  9. J

    Left handed people, what finger do you use?

    I kind of used to hold the mouse diagonally if you see what i mean and used my index finger. But I'm a bit ambidextrous so i have mostly switched to right hand mousing nowadays for convenience.
  10. J

    Are there any autistic electricians here?

    Thanks for posting this and although Asperger's and autism are"diagnosed" they are just different way of thinking. If most people were Asperger's then we would be diagnosing the neurotypical people instead. Aspergers is a blessing as well as a pain in the neck sometimes. You get a super power of...
  11. J

    Various bits of work needed... Various questions!

    legally you can do everything if you notify it to the local building control (however they would want it all checked by someone with the qualifications so you're no better off cost wise) if you don't want to notify, you can still do a lot - everything except new circuits, and alterations in...
  12. J

    Using old cable that has been sleeved

    the colours are both insulation and identification. The red and black still insulates fine but you can't use it for identification. Although the regs say the conductors should preferably be identified throughout their length (i.e. coloured insulation), oversleeving identifies them enough to...
  13. J

    Gas & Water bonded to 1 x 10mm cable?

    fair point I meant special in comparison with generic extraneous conductive parts. but my actual point is it's not the meter that makes it extraneous it;s the fact that it enters from outside the zone, therefore the OPs gas bonding at the point of entry is actually better electrically For...
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    Gas & Water bonded to 1 x 10mm cable?

    The bonding conductor would still need crimping or be accessible for inspection if it were joined, you couldn't just hide a terminal block under the floor. Also bonding should electrically be where the pipe enters the building. But gas has its own special rules about not bonding before the...
  15. J

    Pet peeves..........................

    Sorry i totally missed off a smiley face from that post and also calling a policewoman a horse will get you in trouble:p
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    Pet peeves..........................

    Never had that trouble often enough for it to be a peeve, you have lots of dealings with the police eh? I'm not a pc expert but of course you can refer to an actual man or woman who is on the police as a police man or police woman. What you shouldn't do is suggest all police are male or vice...
  17. J

    E14 candle led bulbs base getting hot.

    They all get hot, they take 5w and despite the relative efficiency of Leds the majority of the Electricity ends up as heat. So you've got several Watts coming out somewhere on the unit. If the fitting is enclosed it can cause the bulb to overheat and shorten the life of the electronics, but if...
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    (You have insufficient privileges to reply here

    If you really want to continue and old discussion the best way is to copy the link address from the old thread, then start a new thread and paste in the link together with your follow-up comments. Then it saves people reading through 5 pages of history.
  19. J

    Metal all the way, no brainer

    Cus are not designed to keep a fire in or out. Obviously metal is less meltable than plastic but i don't think that was part of the intention of the change in regs.
  20. J

    Advice wanted - unhappy with rewire

    Either you misunderstood my post or you're rude. My "yeah" was expressing agreement with your post for a start. I don't mind disagreeing with people at all if i can learn something new. It's not like I've made a similar post previously is it?

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