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[pirate]

and of no connection to any of this, I'm off to Stranraer tomorrow, via Portpatrick, for a couple of days at the Stranraer Oyster Festival...
Have a nice weekend!

 

[nicebutdim]

I did that for my neighbour and she was delighted! Robus spear lamps, really nice. The old brown and beige fluorescent ones had melted end caps and had charred the underside of the cabinets...
12 of them replaced by 3 new ones...what a transformation!

Even the cheap LAP ones from Screwfix seem fairly reliable. I've put a few sets in on occassions where price was a big issue for someone elderly. Not heard of a single failure to date and everyone has been pleased with the difference between old and new.

LAP certainly wouldn't be a 'go to' or recommendation, but they do seem to be okay.

 

[nicebutdim]

and of no connection to any of this, I'm off to Stranraer tomorrow, via Portpatrick, for a couple of days at the Stranraer Oyster Festival...
Have a nice weekend!

Never been to Portpatrick by road. Quickest route from here is over water.

Come to think of it, the same applies to Stranraer.

 

[7029 dave]

You know that time when you take a pic of the wiring, replicate it, even though the new switch is configured differently, connect it all up...and each switch does what it's supposed to do...then you realise it's upside down, so on is up and off is down, so you rotate the switch...all is good til she says "Oh, the left one is supposed to operate the lights on the right, and the right one is supposed to do the left ones..." and i said, "the middle one does the middle string, so that's good!" She wanted it back the way it was...so I undid the outer two and swapped them over, checked they were working, and all was well. I added a fly-lead from the chrome switch to the back-box, screwed it all back and...BANG! Yup, nipped a cable with the fixing screw...a couple of seconds of sparks and glows and the fuse blew...that's the fuse number 5, lighting, 5Amp...no, it's not, all the 5A fuses, which are in 15A carriers, are fitted with 15A fusewire...still, I'm glad the faceplate was earthed. Another 5 minute job, satisfactorily completed! Spot the nice curly tails from the bottom of the box!
Never mind...
"Oh, while you are here..."
FEK, what now?
This under-cupboard light isn't working...
never seen one before, but hey...finally worked out how to take out the lamp from the holder, and it's a GX53. Oddly enough, I don't have a spare in my bag...research shows that the 2.5W 6500k version she has is impossible to source...
I';ve ordered a 4 pack of 6W warm white...she'll never notice if i replace them all at once!

Was going to say that fuse box is nothing like the schedule draw up

 

[pirate]

Quick update on Stranraer:
Don't bother! The only good thing is that drinks in the pub are amazingly cheap, and I had brilliant, inexpensive pub grub, but otherwise not worth the drive, imho.

 

[Welchyboy1]

few pictures from my recent jobs

Plumber didnt check the other side of the wall before drilling through(had a lucky escape though) and a recent CU change that leaves alot to be desired

 

[DPG]

Can't believe he did that. He must not have even looked at the other side of the wall before drilling. Or a big misjudgement!

 

[Welchyboy1]

Can't believe he did that. He must not have even looked at the other side of the wall before drilling. Or a big misjudgement!

lol He said his apprentice measured it! He must have realised something was wrong by the depth surely! he actually asked me if i could move it all so he could still put his overflow pipe there, cheek!

 

[timhoward]

lol He said his apprentice measured it! He must have realised something was wrong by the depth surely! he actually asked me if i could move it all so he could still put his overflow pipe there, cheek!

I was drilling through the other day and measured extremely carefully to avoid a gate post and a gas pipe. The pilot hole went fine and it came out exactly where I wanted. Then I went up a size and felt the two skins, but then a bit of air and then something 'strange'. I stopped when it was clear this wasn't brick and and went to look.
The builders lad had opened the gate! But the brick I'd put there to keep it closed was now blocking the frame so the gate couldn't close and the drill was in the process of taking a nice little gouge out of the gate. Luckily this wasn't very noticeable as the gate was rotten beyond hope anyway.

 

[LewisM]

few pictures from my recent jobs

Plumber didnt check the other side of the wall before drilling through(had a lucky escape though) and a recent CU change that leaves alot to be desired

BG strikes again