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A lot of power tools are deemed to have reinforced insulation but you are not likely to know the difference between double and...

I'm pretty sure pendants have class 2 stickers on these days, I'll have a look in my garage a bit later, and if you have a read of IET...

You can get these...

They certainly aren't class 1 otherwise they would have an earth terminal

your basic plastic light switch is class II, as are sockets and all other plastic accessories. Now, the regulation you have stated...

why not?

just static discharging via earth of accessory. Seem to remember you can get anti-static polish.

The question is where do you stop. Armour is designed for exactly this sort of Job, so using the better glands for environmental...

makes you wonder if the quality of the galvanising has declined. I used to do a lot of work in Salcombe, which suffers from salty sea...

Oh that's definetly true, I've spent 30 years in factories, and 20 years working in domestic. I've never seen rusted out swa in...

you mostly work on industrial sites though, where damage is more likley to occur.

But how long had it been there?

Yeah, but the steel is galvanised to prevent corrosion, and the outer sheath and steel is to protect the inner live cores. Like any...

The last one I fixed a sock had got between the drum and the tub and then lodged in the drain pipe to the pump causing it to drain...

mine does, I disabled it sometime ago due to a slightly leaky doorseal which I have yet to fix