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  1. Dan

    Which magazines do you subscribe to?

    Which magazines do you nerdy sparks subscribe to, if any at all?
  2. M

    Help With Diodes And Voltage Drop

    hi guys, im having a problem wiring some relays that need to be activated by 2 different signals, i try putting a diode on one of the signal wires so electricity wont flow thru the other signal wire, but now im having a huge voltage drop, and the relay is not activating by the wire that has the...
  3. V

    Halogen Gu10's Banned From Sept 1st

    I don't know if there is another thread on this? But I can't find one. I got an email the other day saying that directional halogen bulbs (which includes GU10) would be banned/phased out from 1st Sept 2016. I must admit I know there were murmurings a couple of years ago about EU legislation...
  4. G

    Old Top Gear

    Just sat watching repeats on Dave of all the specials, I really miss Clarkson, hammond & May. I wish they could have sorted it out before it got to the stage it did !!! such a shame that this programme ended how it did. I bet the bbc would give anything now to go back to before that event...
  5. G

    What A Poser

    My best mate Jack sat posing for a photo the other day.
  6. B

    The Wrong Rcd Keeps Tripping!

    My customer's house has two consumer units connected in parallel. The first one supplies several ring circuits and already had an RCD. The second supplies several lighting circuits, washing machine, microwave, boiler and immersion heater - until I upgraded it, there was no RCD, just a 100A...
  7. happysteve

    Trainees! Pop Quiz: Outside Light

    Another pop quiz. :) Either just take a pop at the answers using common sense, or post reg numbers if relevant/if you can. You're asked to install an outside floodlight on the side of a customer's bungalow in England, the sort that comes with an integral PIR sensor. Earthing system is TN-C-S...
  8. B

    Type of DNO supply question

    I was installing a new control panel in a pumping station kiosk the other day. Sometimes I am required to `enter` the DNO supply to insert the earth cable on what is normally a TNCS system. To my surprise the supply was a single core with the armourings supplying the system earth but no neutral...
  9. uksparks

    Wireless switching module

    Hi, ive got a load of garden lights I'm putting in at the moment that's going to be on various configurations. Anyway, I want to link a couple of PIRs together and also link it to trigger some other lights too on another circuit. enays the best way to do this? I need some kind of wirelessly...
  10. LeeH

    Solax or other.

    2 of the 3 quotes I've had so far for PV have recommended Solax with a 20y insurance backed warranty. I believe these aren't classed as premium drives (for whatever reason) such as SMA and ABB. Can the premium cost be justified? Thanks.
  11. T

    Any other ideas?

    Just done an EICR today in a small warehouse, should get the remedial work as i know the customer. Anyway, does anyone have any other ideas on how to sort this mess out? There was a conduit through box there until it got smashed to bits at some point. Conductors aren't damaged. It doesn't help...
  12. rolyberkin

    Course Work Woes

    Anyone got any examples of a critical path network for building construction, electrical work and commissioning, getting to that point in a unit of going down the pub and getting lashed. I am meant to be on a dry month to lose some weight!:-) What is the point of this? If I say I refuse to...

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