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If they work and cause no installation problems where is the harm in using them?In the local independant wholesaler and saw these for sale.
Knew they existed but never given it much thought.
Does anybody on here use them? If so what do you think
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That was one of my thoughts, its not for joe public, more for the electrician. never less a good thing to include when fitting a CU.They look a good idea, perhaps I'm missing something but the notice supplied with them says to check them regularly, however they are fitted where the user does not have access, i.e. Inside the DB with the cover off.
its not for joe public, more for the electrician
Was that a Bristol thing? cant say we had those t shirts in Moles in Bath.If you're in the CU and you've installed a circuit or testing you would check all the terminals so - good workmanship wins again.
To me it's an invention that doesn't need inventing. To me, an overheating circuit will be in the CU (check terminals for tightness and visual thermal damage) or at the load end (visual and tightness)
Perhaps the best solution is to make conductor insulation out of it.
Like those t shirts in the 80s that changed colour when you were dancing to 'Staying alive' at the disco - all it said was SWEATY DUDE STAY CLEAR (good dancer though)
When I go In Kew Electrical again next week i will ask. It is one of them places where they dont show prices, you get charged based on what you spend and 9 times out of 10 they are cheapest in town. will always try and undercut others if they can.
When I go In Kew Electrical again next week i will ask. It is one of them places where they dont show prices, you get charged based on what you spend and 9 times out of 10 they are cheapest in town. will always try and undercut others if they can
Friend of mine works for the guy that imported them in to the UK in the day (Global Hypercolor) as well as being the distributer for Vans trainers, made a shed load of money worth about £75M now.Was interested in the details so googled it. They (sellers of the Biothermal shirts) made 50 million dollars in months but didn't slow the market to control it. Oh and the shirts went a murky brown after a couple of washes as it was only a second dye with a chemical and saline to sense the temperature change.
Someone else came out with the idea again in 2008 but people were over it by then.
Moles - now that's going back a few years!
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