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  1. Marvo

    Has anyone got an apprentice

    Many years ago my business was registered with the government mentor/apprentice scheme. It was an absolute nightmare, the time dealing with the govt scheme red tape, the late and missing payments and the fact the scheme eventually went bankrupt meant the costs to the company snowballed far...
  2. Marvo

    Hi all…..been a long time

    Always a pleasure Mr Sparky-Kent. Hope you're keeping well.
  3. Marvo

    Parts identification

    Identifying plug pins is a dark artform. It helps enormously if the plastic part of the plug has a name on it like Molex or JST for example. If I had to guess I'd say it's an SM series plug made by JST. You could try find an SM series spec sheet or catalogue and see it coincides dimension-wise...
  4. Marvo

    How can I safely join two ends of this wire?

    Twist and tape is dangerous. We get little baby resin joins that are ideal for repairs to small diameter trailing cables, maybe shop around locally for something similar.
  5. Marvo

    Electric iron intermittently goes bang

    What is an iron? I feel a bit embarrased asking because everyone else seems to know, just wondered if it's for doing your hair or is it a steam iron for clothes?
  6. Marvo

    Low Ze, high PFC in industrial application

    I've also heard of adding a known resistance to bring the measurement more into the accurate band of the instrument but I've never seen the advantages of this where as PC1966 point out you're basically robbing Peter to pay Paul. Personally once you get much below 0.05 ohms I'd be derriving the...
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    Replace My CFL with LED lights?

    Whatever you do here it's sound like it's going to be outside the scope of DIY and probably going to be a job for an electrician. Personally I would ditch the two existing fittings entirely and install something more suitable for a laundry room. Problem is the light you have all comes from two...
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    Tightening locknuts with hammer and screwdriver-dog rough or not?

    You see them quite often on Copex type flexible conduit fittings that are widely used in the USA and Canada for connecting commercial equipment to fused and unfused disconnect switches. They're designed to be tightened with a 'C-spanner' but they work very well as a slogging nut using an extra...
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    Tightening locknuts with hammer and screwdriver-dog rough or not?

    Yeah, sounds like some of the badly designed cabinets we also have to work with. Like you say when there's 25 or 30 glands in multiple rows rammed into a gland plate with maybe 10mm space between and they're large diameter SWA cables that can't be moved around to make some swinging room then...
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  14. Marvo

    Remarkable electric shock I experienced

    Yeah, I guess your post is a great illustration of how people get killed by a complete disregard for safe working proceedures. There's no such thing as too time constrained to safely isolate. Enjoy your second chance at life.
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    Tightening locknuts with hammer and screwdriver-dog rough or not?

    We had a similar thread not so long ago Spanner Or Grips what do you use ? - https://www.electriciansforums.net/threads/spanner-or-grips-what-do-you-use.208472/#post-1832641
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    How to desolder in completely easiest by using Hot Air Gun

    Sometimes chips have an adhesive/ resin type underfill applied during manufacturing and they can be very difficult to remove. You can usually smell the burning underfill material when you heat it if that's the case. If it's just a thick multilayered board that's sinking the heat then plenty of...
  17. Marvo

    Wiring supply in top of Isolators RCDS and mcbs

    As above, according to manufacturers instructions. Where I am domestic and commercial CU's / distribution boards are almost always wired with supply on top and final circuits on the botton of circuit breakers / RCD's.
  18. Marvo

    Are wall lamps considered accessories ?

    As above I would class a light fitting of any kind as an accessory because it's basically a socket that a lamp/bulb gets plugged into. I guess nowadays there might be a gray area with those disposable type light fittings that have an integral bulb that is soldered or hard wired in and can't be...
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    Anyone know this RCD symbol?

    Not sure but if I saw that symbol at my local beach I'd assume there's sharks in the water....
  20. Marvo

    Working on a fan, what is this part

    Yep definately a resistor and it's wound on to a piece of mica which is the same material they use as the waveguide cover inside your microwave cabinet. It will be used in circuit with the fan motor to allow one of the speed settings.

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