Greatest Electrical Game Changers

[Mikegh]

RCD

Voltstick

Led lighting

PIR detector

 

[Mikegh]

OP - Great new idea for a post.

MFTs - Relatively inexpensive considering their safety of use, sophistication, reliability, ease of use, robustness, accuracy, resolution and precision - and for work done usefulness to quality assurance.

'It ain't working and safe until it has been properly tested.......'

I considered the Mfts ,I suppose they are up there

RCD is top of my list


Differential trip

Voltstick and single point contact testing

I spent most of my time troubleshooting

 

[freddo]

Does RF stuff count as electrical? Early radio is fascinating.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

That's what I mean about the 20th century. Although at first the electrical supply industry was mainly concerned with motive power and light, suddenly there was a surge in developments that created the electronics industry, which would go on to become a driver of electrical applications. And then with power electronic devices (see avatar) and later power semiconductors, an integral part of the supply industry.

And sometimes I still wonder why putting together the beginnings of a museum about all of electricity and electronics is such hard work.

 

[buzzlightyear]

pit helmet , you all forgotten ,super fishing rod ,the bloke on tele .lol.

 

[DPG]

pit helmet , you all forgotten ,super fishing rod ,the bloke on tele .lol.

Obvious now you've said it Buzz.

 

[telectrix]

and a propos of fishing, don't forget the carbon fibre fishing rod, long enough to cast onto the 33kV overhead lines. 1 less angler bragger .

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

short courses.. now anybody who feels that life is lacking in fulfilment can become an electrician!
Pay your £2'5K to the short course provider and several hundred to the NICEIC and you too can display an NICEIC sticker on your nice white van and call yourself an electrician!
well only for a few more months as then the QS rules change for the NICEIC!

 

[LastManOnline]

"mini spot welder". Just arrived from Banggood. Strictly speaking it should be listed under "potential game changer" as its just out of the box. But from the reviews I, ve read its looks like the real deal.

 

[telectrix]

stand well clear when switching on. Bang Good ain't got their name for paper folding.n??

 

[newfutile]

Good luck with that welder the few we tried blew all the 13 amp plug top fuses we had and tripped 32 amp mcb many times, lets hope they have improved since then

 

[LastManOnline]

Good luck with that welder the few we tried blew all the 13 amp plug top fuses we had and tripped 32 amp mcb many times, lets hope they have improved since then

Agreed. Up until recently they were all very "clunky" and expensive. I had given up on them. These "mini" spot welders were, nt around last time I checked so it's a new development. Anyway will report back in a few days, hopefully with good news?

 

[pirate]

Cordless power tools
Wagos
Quinetic switches
LED head-torch

Game changers for me, not really for the electrical industry as a whole, but these have made my life a lot better

 

[Moley]

------! Ok, nothing to do with electrics but it's brought back a lot of distant memories

 

[James]

Mobile internet.

the ability to download data sheets and order replacement parts whilst fault finding machines is a big time saver.

 

[ipf]

I must admit Satnavs have saved time and taken a lot of stress out of job site searching. Alone in a van, trying to follow an old AA book map while driving round in circles used to do my head in.