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  1. O

    Advice Please on Chandelier wiring fault

    My electrician is currently working at my home doing some general rewiring in an extension room. I had asked to also rewire two brass wall lights and a brass chandelier. They are old pices of equipment from 1970 and they have been in store here for eight years. He found that one of the wall...
  2. Andy78

    Brass accessories

    Can anyone recommend any manufacturers I could look at to meet a customers spec ? They are after brass, not rope edged, white inserts on sockets, but brass rockers throughout. Only after sockets and switches, no fcu or isolators of any sort. Oh and just swapping onto existing boxes so flat...
  3. L

    Where can I source switches like this, please

    Hello I need to find some of these brass switches, they are three ganged brass toggle switches with a brass rope edge. The also have a bevelled round brass nut fitting to hold the front on. I am working on a restoration project and they want to keep these type of switches. Any help would be...
  4. S

    Antique (ish) Brass Sockets For Sale

    I've got a vague memory that someone was interested in these earlier this year, for an old house renovation or something. Anyway, they'll be on ebay tomorrow if you're still interested, or go through the forum. There are 3 of them and I've given them a good clean and polish.
  5. K

    Torque Settings for Brass connections

    Does anybody know where I can find generic torque settings for M16 brass connection. We are connecting to a Weg motor. Have tried the manufactures but had no reply yet, we have two guys waiting to connect.... Cheers
  6. V

    Earth bonding onto brass fittings

    Hi I have an earth bonding question I was hoping you could help me with. My local water board has fitted a water meter in the cold supply into my house. I assume, because the meter is plastic, they have extended the bonding wire across the meter. My consern is the manner in which it has...
  7. S

    Brass Style "Plastic" Light Switches

    Hi All Are there plastic faced imitation brass light switches availible on the market? So basically a plastic faced socket that looks like brass. Thanks
  8. G

    Reaction between Brass and zinc plated steel

    Not sure if this is the right place to put it, and not seen to much help googling it, but is there a reaction between brass and zinc plated steel? Situation in question is; Brass pan head screws and zinc plated steel nuts. Cheers Ethan
  9. Amp David

    Antique ceiling rose and pendant

    Looked at a job today in an old house. Customer want to do away with the standard white rose and pendant and for something more in keeping with the house. I've seen old style switches advertised before but can't for the life of me remember. Anyone else fitted these before?
  10. cable mate

    Dry lining dual boxes plus brass fronts ? Don't fit !

    Dear All, please help with any suggestions ( not a file as per the joiner on the job !! ) ? I am on a rewiring job at the minute which has a lot of dual boxes ( single/ single and double/ single ) and when the job was quoted for white plastic was to be the finish for the fronts. Now however...
  11. D

    Adding an earth terminal to a European brass light fitting/chandelier - advice please

    Hi there all, great site, have tried to find an answer to my fairly specific question but to little avail... so if you would be kind enough.... I've brought over (to England) a fairly old 6 bulb brass chandelier from Finland this Christmas, looks a little like this...
  12. P

    Brass nuts and bolts

    Hi Any recommnedations where to go for brass nuts and bolts in relation to terminating SWA? There are loads of suppliers I know but need good quality M6 brass machine screws for earth continuity and there must be some crap out there? Thnaks PP
  13. F

    MK Savoy Polished Brass Euro 2 gang Euro face plate. Part No: K184 PBS

    Hi, I'm trying to source 2 of the above face plates. They are discontinued items from MK. I have tried all the local wholesellers without any luck. I have searched Google but all the pages are out of date and Ebay items shown have mistakes in the descriptions and are not the correct part...
  14. Had8Lives

    Galvanised Conduit screws

    Hi, Anyone know where you can buy M4 Galvanized screws for conduit box lids? Brass ones rust outside.
  15. C

    Brass Earth blocks

    Anyone know a supplier for proper brass earth blocks the brass coloured ones and not those cheapy nickel plated jobbies. I sometimes find the head sheers off the screws on them which doesn't happen with the brass ones.
  16. A

    singles in brass bushes

    3 brass bushes on db ,12 circuits ,live going through bush 1, neutrals through bush 2, cpc through bush 3 , anything in regs about eddy current ,4mm single cores
  17. R

    Round brass 'dolly' toggle switches

    Hi guys, does anyone know where I can get an intermediate plain (not ribbed) brass dolly switch like this one ? Also, does anyone know anywhere I can beat this price on similar switches? Cheers! EDIT mods this is an electrical forum, why can't we link to products on wholesaler's websites...
  18. J

    Imperial Conduit

    Working on a flat which has the ring run in old imperial sized metal conduit. The earth is via the conduit but at some point the single sockets have been changed to doubles and the male brass bushes have not been replaced hence no earth on the ring. Anyway, a long way of asking if anyone knows...
  19. P

    Customers should know when to give up!

    Been to a job this morning, when the lady rang me last week it was the usual thing, moving into a flat soon, tried to put up a new light and 2 brass switches, now the lights dont work, oh and by the way a couple of the sockets are not working. Bread and butter stuff for the one man band sparky...
  20. BigSi

    Tip’s & Trick’s of the Trade

    Just thought it would be fun to start a thread with all your ‘Tips of the Trade’. I’ve worked with a few ‘Old School’ guys over the years, and they always have a few tricks to make life easier. Unfortunately, as these guys either leave the trade or retire, we start to loose their knowledge...

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