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  1. S

    Thoughts on wooden wall lights

    Hi I’ve got these nice wooden wall lights as a present, and I’ve installed them in the living room, where there are wall light points, but no wall lights previously installed. I think they look great, only problem is I’m not sure they are electrically and fire safe. They have 2 GU10 holders...
  2. leep82

    EICR price work, thoughts please....

    Very interested in peoples opinions on this thread title. Basically ive been sub contracting to a company who have recently won a contract to carry out EICR and any remedial works on a number of propertys local to me. Im being fed the usual lines of how much money i could make but i’ll be honest...
  3. O

    Thoughts about early 1960's wiring methods .... please

    All, Just got in from fault finding a house with a RCD tripping issue ....... it clear cut which circuit is the problem as its almost a dead short L-E The issue is more about understanding the installation methods used around 1960 ..... the end to end readings for the live and neutral are...
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  4. Gavin John Hyde

    Fire Angel smoke/heat alarms ... thoughts?

    Pricing up a job and as always the price of heat and smokes seems to vary with the wind... would usually use aico but decided to see whats out there. have 2 self contained flats that need some alarms. these fire angel ones in screwfix seem reasonably priced and can be interconnected wirelessly...
  5. S

    Tesla Thoughts on Powerbank

    and there new range of solar tiles, worth a punt or not as there is no info floating around?
  6. Gavin John Hyde

    Thoughts on this plumber earning more than 200K per year

    Have you seen the story in most of the papers over the weekend about one of the plumbers working for Pimlico in london? Apparently he is earning over 200K per year... Having seen what they charge per hour its not that far fetched or out of reach. They charge upwards of £100 + vat per hour, for...
  7. DC-backfrom the past

    Thoughts on this instalation

    hi, I've been requested to look at this installation and provide a quote to rectify as it failed an EICR. one major problem, I can see is where the mains cable goes via the Henley type block in the middle, the block has no cover at the top so basically you could touch the metal screws...
  8. LeeH

    Looks a squeeze, 240 swa thoughts.

    Have a 250kW motor with the terminal box in the photo. To me it looks a proper squeeze to bend in the conductors. Thoughts? Other options I can think of is allowing the use of SY on this cable only or parallel cables.
  9. Gavin John Hyde

    Thoughts on that big carpark fire in Liverpool

    Seen on news there has been a huge fire at a multi storey car park in Liverpool. The pictures online show pretty much every car is a burnt wreck and the heat was so hot it caused concrete floors to fall through. Makes you wonder just how hot it got in there... either way the insurers are going...
  10. S

    Hob to socket distance - thoughts?

  11. alasdairp

    Arcing contact problems and voltage measurements - some thoughts

    Hi folks I am retired and only tend to read the weekly summaries. I read the long-winded thread re. the storage heater and MCB tripping (thread now closed) and wished to make a few different comments. (a) measuring voltage on an arcing supply using a normal multimeter (even a true RMS Fluke)...
  12. littlespark

    Bathroom zones. Whats your thoughts?

    I was asked to replace a bathroom fan for a client in a fairly recent build. (approx. 3 year old) The fan is situated directly above a shower cubical with a fixed shower head. The fan is bog standard 230v mains voltage, 100mm diameter with run-on timer, 3 pole isolator outside the bathroom door...
  13. P

    Thoughts on maintenance free junction boxes?

    Hi guys, Are the maintenance free junction boxes any good? Thanks
  14. B

    I think this is wrong, thoughts please

    Hi guys, been doing more testing and reporting on small blocks of flats and came across this scenario. Block is PME with a small intake at the bottom containing most of the meters. The sub-mains/laterals then run through pvc conduit to the ccus in the flats where there is an Henly block making...
  15. J

    Your thoughts required on industrial production qualifications and tests

    Hi Guys, I work for a international packaging company and we have had a death of an engineer in South Africa. He was changing a motor on a strapping machine and electrocuted himself, further details are not for coming yet. It has raised questions as follows and i was looking for your...
  16. Gazthesparky

    Couple of questions just run by my thoughts

    couple of questions just thought I would run them by you lot to see your thoughts 1. Changing a fuseboard and it's in a block of flats the supply comes in 10mm singles through a conduit then a meter then 16mm tails to the board. Bonding is all in place and tested it's 6mm though. Planning to...
  17. B

    Initial thoughts and advice please!

    Hi all, I've already posted a hello with some info but needed some advice so reposting some info here! I've bought a house, built in the 70's which has apparently no issues but I'm not happy with the electrics so need some help please. It was a 3 bed semi but has been added to with a garage...
  18. Gavin John Hyde

    Thoughts on spur off a light circuit for smart camera?

    Have been asked to install a little smart camera from nest for a couple. It needs to go on the soffit covering the side of house by the shed/greenhouse as they have had issues with local teens being little gits.. High enough to cover drive approaching and actual shed but not so low the teens can...
  19. O

    18th Edition - Poll - what are your thoughts?

    So we all know the unnamed, faceless bureaucrats are trying to push on us more costs via the 18th Edition so do you support these changes?
  20. Sparky_marky2

    Non standard colour of conductors... your thoughts on this?

    My aunt and uncle came over today and we got on to the subject of electrics, he had a guy come over to one of his shops to add four new shop light fittings everything was fine and the certificates were issued, but one things my uncle said thats lingered is that the building being over 30 years...

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