Electricians Tips from a professional electrician

[Lister1987]

The battleaxe, the ball and chain, trouble and strife, She who must be obeyed....the list goes on

 

[Mike Johnson]

 

[littlespark]

My rock, my soulmate, the love of my life.... ?

 

[DPG]

My rock, my soulmate, the love of my life.... ?

Winston Churchill?

 

[telectrix]

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ever a true word. so many years later we have all the vegans, snowflakes, and gender neutrals coming out of the woodwork.

 

[nicebutdim]

An update to this vacuum pedantry...

While Hoover is indeed a brand name that should not be used as a generic term, it is possible to Hoover with any brand of vacuum cleaner as many dictionaries (including Oxford) define Hoover (verb) thus: 'To clean something with a vacuum cleaner'.

I lived this day and learned.

 

[littlespark]

I’m going to market one of those all-in-one remote controls and name it a “doofer”

 

[telectrix]

xcuse me a minute whilrst i HENRY the floor.

 

[Mike Johnson]

And I am just about to go to bed after I have ORBIT my teeth.

 

[casperLennon]

Worst thread ever. It sucks

 

[nicebutdim]

xcuse me a minute whilrst i HENRY the floor.

I don't make the rules about how you can describe whatever it is you do to floors ?

 

[pirate]

Trying to bring this thread back on track...may we please have some more tips that help us in the daily grind?
I always carry assorted dowels and wooden golf tees...they can fill out an oversize hole that won't accept a rawl-plug, and wooden biscuits and mitre glue can save your day too.

 

[Lister1987]

Trying to bring this thread back on track...may we please have some more tips that help us in the daily grind?
I always carry assorted dowels and wooden golf tees...they can fill out an oversize hole that won't accept a rawl-plug, and wooden biscuits and mitre glue can save your day too.

Can do similar with copper offcuts if you've got a hole that's slightly too big, curl that copper into a tight enough shape to fit tht hole then screw away.

 

[nicebutdim]

Piece of copper wire is also useful wound around the base of small hole saw arbors, to prevent saw becoming seized to arbor.

 

[Lister1987]

When you get the horrible ------- chipboard floors, don't battle trying to pull nails out; use a 10mm plug cutter, drill directly over thr nails and once you'll multi'd the section to remove, it shoul just lift off, leaving the shitty nail behind, just resecure with a fresh nail/screw into the timber.

Granted you'll only getso many uses of this trick but it can save ripping thr stuff to pieces taking nails out.