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  1. T

    Any Ideas on Microwave Oven Repairs

    Im thinking of venturing into microwave oven repair business, anyone to help with ideas especially safety precautions, schematic diagrams and repair tips.
  2. jason121

    Any ideas

    Hi Looking for some ideas on how to heat an house without radiators and under floor heating. The property has heat recovery. Ideally by using solar thermal. thanks in advance
  3. jibjob

    Any ideas?

    Hi Guys, Visited a property today where the ELV down lights had stopped working, 9 in total. Carried all the usual checks but still couldn't find a reason for these lights not working. After a bit more poking around I found one of these in the circuit which seemed to of failed. I swapped it...
  4. RCD-joe

    Any 1 have any ideas ??

    Hi guys, Im hoping someone can point me in the right direction I require certain screwdrivers (2 prong and 3 prong ) I think they might be the crabtree brand .its been so long since I last used 1 I cant remember. doing repairs on some close lighting and all the bulkhead fitings have these screws...
  5. P

    Ideas for chinese buffet lighting

    Got asked to day to quote for a "strip light" around three sides of a serving counter in a Chinese buffet. The area has a big commercial extractor hood, he either wanted lights along side it or on it. It drops down from the ceiling about 300-400mm. I don't want them on the hood so I suggested a...
  6. R

    Emergency lighting test -pricing

    I have been asked to submit a quotation to carry out emergency lighting pir's for a chain of medium sized shops at various locations throughout Scotland .could anyone give me an idea of typical pricing for this as it is the first time I have had to quote for em testing only .
  7. P

    any ideas?

    Had a fault on some canopy lights (250w metal halide) the fault was a snapped pyro at a joint box going out to the lights, the electrician decided that rather than get up to the lights to identify the cores he would just take a guess now the lights came on but the pyro feeding them got extremely...
  8. M

    Fault table saw Advice needed

    In the Workshop we have table saw which sometimes doesn't start just hums and you need to start the with a bit of wood, I have only just started with them and they asked if it could be fixed for me its a capacitor problem but i don't want to say order a new capacitor and it will it work in-case...
  9. F

    conduit wiring

    been asked to look at job to add extra sockets in kitchen and install downlights house wired in metal conduit no rcd protection metal fusebox any ideas on adding sockets and lights appreciated
  10. steamboatwilly

    Track Lighting 3m & 4m Lengths, Suspended. Any ideas?

    I need to install a 90 degree light off a single rose (near the corner), runs are 3m, right angle connector and supply into 4m length. High ceilings so ideally suspended on rods. Don't care if LV or mains. Probably 4-5 lights/spots. White or black. Saxby do a range which looks OK. Anyone...
  11. A

    Submain cable ideas?

    I have a Job to supply a kitchen with power, the board will be 20m from the main head and will be mainly run surface/trunking and under floors (no insulation), I'm thinking of using either 10/16mm2 t&e all will be rcd protected, but my question is... I have a spool of 6mm2 t&e, could I run a...
  12. D

    Penetration through Kingspan type roof. Ideas?

    Hi Guys I'm planning an install on a Kingspan type roof but am struggling with a solution to penetrate the roof that I can be happy with. Normally I would have always avoided going through the roof but the alternative on this install would require a much lengthened cable run which I really do...
  13. M

    Megger 1552 faulty symbols showing any ideas.

    my megger 1552 MFT on the continuity tests, when I go to null the leads is showing a fuse and battery cell symbol and wont take a reading and I have to turn it off. I`ve changed the batteries and fuse but its still doing it, can anyone help. thanks mike
  14. S

    Panels 1320mm x 990mm - any ideas?

    Looking for panels 1320mm x 990mm. Wattage not important at this stage, it's on a job we are pricing for a new build. Size is specified, space looks limited from the plans. I think an architect looked at the space available and assumed panels come in any size you want! I have found some 190w...
  15. ses

    Ideas on rcd fault

    I have a customer who's rcd trips when the cooker is left on for over an hour i.e when making casserole Info: Mk 80amp 30ma rcd Kitchen sockets 32amp type b Feeding washing machine, dishwasher, kettle, microwave, toaster, cooker, fridge, ignition hob Badly designed circuit so i would have...
  16. S

    Whats the deal with drills now, any ideas?

    Evening all, Been having a look at cordless drills for a while now. Im only starting out, so this will be my first :grin:. Im probably going to go with Makita(i think)... but the thing is... The new Li-ion ranges are out across Bosch, De-walt, Hilti etc etc, then there are the old Ni-Cd's...
  17. yellowvanman

    ideas for this scenario

    Customer wants to sub-meter some circuits. Existing situation is a 3 phase DB supplied by SWA, with 12 single phase circuits. 10 circuits are integral to the building and need to be metered for the tenent and 2 circuits feeding outbuildings which don't need to be metered. Options are: 1)...
  18. applemac

    Website seo words

    afternoon good people, need to boost my search ability on the web, any best ideas for seo words to add to seo settings to bring my rank up the long list of results? i have a weebly site with my own .com name. any good ideas will be most appreciated thanks in advance..
  19. sythai

    Heating a small church need some ideas please....

    Evening Chaps... One of my customer is a small 1800's church, which is pretty cold. Been asked if I can offer a solution to their heating. Details: - no other services coming in, just electric - 100amp incoming supply (max demand very minimal at present : 9 x lights, 4 x 13amp socket, 1 x...
  20. J

    Strange ideas...

    What are the most bizarre things you have come across while working around different places? For starters twice I've seen a combi boiler actually fitted in the bath, a low bay light fitting used as an outside light, fitted side on to the wall, glass cover missing and a shared house where the...

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