Recent content by Couleddie

I'm have a big interest in hifi and at one time could swear I could hear a difference if I plugged the amps into a ring as opposed to a spur. Then I woke up, returned to the real world and common sense prevailed. Now the hifi runs happily off the downstairs ring along with the fridge, freezer...

I've since spoken again to the customer and the place is NOT 24 hours so we're looking at less usage. I would be seriously irritated if, after 3 years, half of my fittings started going pop. Surely these fittings are designed to run for, let's say, 10 hours a day and that a reasonable lifespan...

Thanks as always for the info/opinions as well as the usual entertainment value thrown in for free. Will be breaking the bad news to the customer today. hopefully it will be an ongoing thing as the rest of them gradually pop off.

No idea what the average lifespan is but I guess they've exceeded it from the amount that have gone. Don't look too difficult to replace. 15 mins per fitting tops?. Would you charge per unit or by time?

I'm guessing it's a 24 hour operation. Have had some of the fittings de-energised, swapped tubes etc, but no effect.

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Been to have a look at a local call centre where the flourescent fittings are playing up. Place was totally refurbished 3 years ago. Around 100 recessed 4x18w T8 HF fittings with 2 ballasts per fitting. At a rough count I found 200 tubes unlit which would account for 25 percent of the entire...

It's about as likely to happen as Steptoe NOT posting on a thread about power to sheds!

You forgot number 4 "It was done properly - the bloke said he'd just finished a 5 week course"

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Haven't come across many 3Kw toasters.

Hull (but don't tell anyone...)

Thanks for that!

Anyone know who stocks these?

I've just had the exact same situation with a friend who buys to let. He looked at (and eventually bought) a property which he was advised to have the wiring checked. From his description (backed up with photos)of toggle switches on wooden blocks, metal fuse boxes with throw switches, rubber and...