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  1. lozarus

    Backboxes in plasterboard on top of OSB

    You say lower quality - personally I'm never going back to Appleby since discovering the blue winged ones (manufactured by CED). The wings are on more of a 'ratchet' style, and you can lock them quite firmly in place to the plasterboard. A misplaced m3.5 won't push the wing back. Plus they go...
  2. lozarus

    3/5/13 Amp Fuses For Plugs And Fused Spurs...

    I have ----ed a theory around in my head, that this sort of thing is kind of a side effect of good intentions / regulated de-skilling. Stay with me on this - So even as recently when I was young, appliances came without plugs. As such I was eventually taught to wore a plug and along with this...
  3. lozarus

    Henley Block inside fuse box ...:)

    This is where being too loyal to one brand can cause you to inadvertantly be blind. Crabtree boards have L/H main switch. MK boards (still abvailable) also have L/H main switch. Even if I hated either of those two makes, I'd probably have just gone down that route bcause the product would be...
  4. lozarus

    Christmas lights of yesteryear

    I came cross one of these exact items before. I understand they're still available - I imagine they may be a fit once, non removable variant though - and are used by manufacturers of festooon lighting. designed for use with proprietary festoon cabling. The ones you describe are still evident...
  5. lozarus

    Anyone still use round JBs ?

    I think that's an excellent combination and one I use myself. However, 'by the book' if used in an inaccessible location it wouldn't meet the MF requirements. Which seems completely bizzarre to me. You can probably tell I'm not a fan of the MF requirements. Certainly surrounding wago, they...
  6. lozarus

    Anyone still use round JBs ?

    I have to say it's a good idea in my view. My place had received a rough attic extension before I moved in, and the upstairs lighting circuit had been chopped around. I ended up doing exactly that, bring it all to one accessible point in a hatch. It's made it very easy for the many changes of...
  7. lozarus

    Anyone still use round JBs ?

    Square ones do exist - interestingly B&Q still sell these MK ones at £3.47 each. They're a bit of an anomaly, as they still feature the rounded pre-1990-something MK logo. I used one of these in the last few years when the particulars of what I was doing meant that it was an easy, neat solution...
  8. lozarus

    Defibrillator Install in Phone Box

    All phone boxes have unmetered supplies. When you adopt a phone box through the "adopt a phone box" scheme (which I assume is what the OP has done rather than having 'bought' the kiosk) BT Payphones actually continue to own and manage the supply. Info here They do reserve the right to cut it...
  9. lozarus

    Defibrillator Install in Phone Box

    I've never been involved in installing these - but I have seen the inner workings of these phone boxes over the years. Although compliance may be argued with it regards providing an earth - it's worth noting that some serious thought has gone into the design of these. The installation is...
  10. lozarus

    Thermostat Wiring

    Worth a note that it is flexible cable, so doesn't pose the same risks as if it were T&E (exposed conductor / CSA difference). I agree with you entirely that it's not right and don't approve if it - but there was some debate about it. It was mentioned on Voltimum as being 'frowned upon' but it...
  11. lozarus

    Not seen one of these for a while

    Wasn't a term I was familiar with either. In fact I never even clocked that the switch looked like the planet until I saw one listed on eBay - and even then I had to think about it!
  12. lozarus

    Not seen one of these for a while

    Fondly known as the 'Crabtree Saturn' due to the shape of the external knob/switch. They fetch a few quid on eBay. The the 'saturn' part should polish up to a nice brass
  13. lozarus

    UK Outside socket earthing

    Sorry my fault for inadvertently missing out an entire page of the thread. I hate it when people do that and now I'm one of them!
  14. lozarus

    UK Outside socket earthing

    Just to point out definitely don't split your existing earth wires and put one in each. You'll end up losing earth throughout the circuit if they're not interconnected through the socket. As others have mentioned these sound like they're non compliant.
  15. lozarus

    Upgrade gas hob to induction hob

    It's unlikely there's a 16a socket in place - that's a more industrial connector. Without going into too much detail no, there's not much you can do - if it needs a 32a supply, it needs a 32a supply. However, do speak to the developer. In some instances they run cable in and leave it hidden...
  16. lozarus

    Lead Cable

    Love how the polarity is incorrect on the connector. I'm actually quite desperate for a short length of this if you have any going you'd be willing to part with for beer tokens
  17. lozarus

    Looking for good quality yellow , red and blue Insulated through Crimps

    I can't say I've ever found any burned out in fairness - but none of the ones I've seen on site have ever filled me with confidence. One college I was at had its original RFC (serving 2x socket outlets in a corridor of 5 classrooms) broken and extended in each room to install dado some time in...
  18. lozarus

    Looking for good quality yellow , red and blue Insulated through Crimps

    This old chesnut again. It baffles me that they're one of about 3 connector types considered MF. Yes, a properly terminated crimp should be fine (although like other I have zero confidence in them on solid) - but how often do you find ones that aren't? Given the choice, then give me an old...
  19. lozarus

    1960s power cable

    As above don't even bother with that flex - just replace it, you may not even need to buy any flex as you'll likely have a suitable power cord around the house you can repurpse. As an aside, having dealt with vintage record players a lot in my time, that mains flex may well be original. They...
  20. lozarus

    CU Install

    I have absoloutely zero experience of electrical work 'on the continent' (less changing 1x light fitting when my girlfriend moved) - but the key thing to remember regards fusing down of appliances, is that it just doesn't happen. Where we/manufacturers get quite concerned about the intricacies...

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