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  1. picturevalve

    Xmas lights

    A local “trader” some years back was selling computers with mains plugs similar to that posted by w0z above, that went to trading standards too. Meanwhile the current TS man has taken the lights and forwarded the info to TS local to the supplier. Full refund given, didn’t ask for the lights back...
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    Xmas lights

    Correct, fuse is not in circuit although it is connected to live. I'm informing the supplier and telling them trading standards are being informed.
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    Xmas lights

    Cover secured with plastic clips, not bent nor damaged by removal. I am surprised anyone on here would consider a blob of glue to be an effective mains lead clamp. As said above, sleeved earth pin another pointer to non-standard plug, not that it goes anywhere-only a 2 core "cable". A fault...
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    Xmas lights

    BS1363/A specifies the plug dimensions. If the plug doesn't meet these requirements I would think it is non-compliant.
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    Xmas lights

    I agree, it's entirely dangerous. 1. 13A fuse 2. Suspect cable. 3. No clamp on mains cable sheath. 4. Non-compliant plug body. 5. Sufficient isolation betwwen mains and led cabling? I've had cause in the past to refer this type of thing to the standards body, they tried to fob me off...
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    Xmas lights

    No I removed the cover to show the fuse, the cable is unmarked and the dimensions are as quoted, nowhere near a standard 6A flat cable. The worst part is that these are supplied with a 13A fuse fitted. Since posting I've removed the cover off of the control unit and the "mains" cable conductors...
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    Xmas lights

    Bought a set recently from a Bedfordshire supplier, although a Chinese firm. Couldn't believe the "mains" cable and the fitted fuse. Mains cable is flat 3mm x 0.6mm. Fuse is 13A!!! Plug is one of those Chinese specials with reduced dimensions. See pic.
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    Brexit. We’re out!

    I've just been sent this by a friend, perhaps betrays the (true?) gov't. thinking on the subject: https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/defra-adviser-slammed-over-farmers-not-needed-comments
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    Brexit. We’re out!

    Have you got a reference for that?
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    LED bulbs flickering with time lag switch

    Perhaps your led lamps are not meeting the minimum load for proper operation? Have you checked the manufacturer literature? I've just turned up this web page which suggests a solution, the customer has the same problem as you. Certain time delay switches are not suitable for led/low loads...
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    Time Switch Advice

    This video shows the missing part and explains the operation - fairly simple. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nquRApNG9BE
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    Brexit. We’re out!

    " re fishing waters... the frogs and the spaniels have had it so good for so long, raping our waters, now it's going to bite them on the arse." Our govt. gave them all that in exchange for preferential city of London treatment. I'd agree about limiting quotas for everyone.
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    Brexit. We’re out!

    Fish is just about the only product they can sell, the banking foray didn't go too well. Not comparing equals here I'm afraid.
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    Brexit. We’re out!

    "My point was we had to give up the majority of our fishing grounds when we first joined, that was balanced out with access to Icelands fishing grounds but if I recall it was 2012 that Iceland pulled which decimated our industries, " Iceland extended the fishing limits to 200 miles in 1975...
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    Brexit. We’re out!

    We'll have to see if the gov't. of the day sells out the fishing industry in order to allow the financial sector full access.
  18. picturevalve

    Brexit. We’re out!

    Hi darkwood, I don't see any citations in your posts. This is a good summation of the present situation: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/britains-fishy-role-in-the-quota-hopping-scandal-1315516.html I don't have the time to "trawl" through the endless eu and gov't documents to find the...
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    Brexit. We’re out!

    The reason our fishing industry was decimated was because the govt. refused to support it in the same way the French and Spanish govt's did. As for trade, Liz Truss's department issued a damning report yesterday on the prospects for the economy with a trade deal with the usa. Read it here...
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    Diversity and induction hobs

    Do you have to take into account any failure of the hob power management? Is any such failure "failsafe"? Bet it isn't in the manufacturer literature.

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