THERE CAN be no question about the average American’s Americanism or his desire to preserve this precious heritage at all costs. Nevertheless, some insidious foreign ideas have already wormed their way into his civilization without his realizing what was going on. Thus dawn finds the...
Everyone on this forum has been great in answering all my 17th ed questions,
pls lmk if u have any NEC [American electric] questions, I will be happy to answer:)
Hi there, I hope this is the right area to post in.
I have an American top loader NES game console. (Top loaders were not released in Europe) so it is incompatible with UK plug sockets. So I assume I need some sort of converter?
I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction...
Hello, as an electrician who frequently works in the United States as well as the UK, I was wondering why UK electricians don't adopt the US style conduit bender as shown below -
US UK
This style of bender comes in 3 sizes - 1/2 inch, 3/4...
I don't suppose anyone on here will know if an American version of a Fluke voltage indicator will work over here???
I have always had a T3 as my main tester and a T5 as a reserve. I love the look of the new T+ Pro but they are only available in the states. I can get a friend to send one over...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E76uJi744Do&feature=player_embedded
I've got to say thats Very impressive and makes UK builders look Lazy lol although the Health & Safety on Chinese Construction sites looks non existent :p
This is just a curiosity thing but iv just come back from a roadtrip across america starting in ohio cedar point going through to tennesse and then ending up in miami and one of the things that i noticed that no matter where we went everybody seemed to have exactly the same lightswitch design -...
Hi guy's
I notice there's always a lot of threads here asking how to price jobs. The other day by accident I came across this
Electrical Flat Rate
Now this seems to be big in the land of the free at the mo and I guess it's much the same as our point pricing. Reading through that long section...
Hi All
I have a client you has brought over from america some of her chandeliers from a house she had over there.
She would like them if possible to be fitted in her house in the UK. I will be changing the wiring to uk standards, but I am having trouble finding replacement lamp holders.The...
Again, I'm hoping this is in the right forum. If not, please don't hesitate to say so...
That said, the back story is that I just bought a new dryer. Because I'm an idiot, I didn't check the power cord before purchasing, and now that it's in my home I notice that it has a nema 14-30 plug. I...
Evenin all.
Was just watching CSI New York on fiveUSA, and there was a scene where one of the CSI's had to turn the circuit breakers back on after an overeload, when she found the DB she had to stand in the BATH to switch them back on!!!
God bless the Americans and their electrical...
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