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    British Gas strike again!

    Had an interesting one recently, since my knees went I'm only doing odds and sods and this was how I met an elderley lady who needed a few bits and bobs sorting, while chatting she told me that her combi kept losing pressure and since she had the BG homecare she'd called them out, they'd...
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    Wondering How Long This Fault-In-Waiting, has been on the pending file?

    Seeing that gas pipe reminded me of a job many years ago, I'd installed a central heating for an old couple and along the middle of the landing was a pipe just like that, anyway I did all the tests and everything was sound, both with the electrics and the gas. A few weeks later the old blokes...
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    Wiring a coffee shop on a bicycle !

    16A appliance inlet, also available with a cover
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    RCD for Fault Protection

    I was discussing this the other day with somone, and we came up with a few interesting observations, now an RCD operates when it detects an imbalance in the circuit caused by either phase or neutral going down to earth, now ok we all agree this is a fault and so the RCD should trip.However...
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    State the bleedin obvious!

    the thing with all this, and its something i have wondered about for years is this, we had an ice age millions of years ago and all life on the planet was wiped out, ok I accept this, however when you look at the argument put out by the activists that its all the cars and stuff that cause the...
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    Adjustable spanner (VINTAGE)

    right so we know who it was lol, I'll get it on Monday and pop some pics up, its a really unusual thing, like I said it has shims instead of a wheel for the adjustment.
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    Adjustable spanner (VINTAGE)

    Hi chaps, having a blonde moment here, so need your help, well one member in particular! Recently there was a thread about someone having a clear out of old stuff, I seem to remember something about some old red, white and blue cable being mentioned. Anyway there was a picture of an old 'S'...
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    infra red heater

    Ok chaps, looking for a bit of advice here, I've had something dropped on me at the farm and am looking for suggestions. The children (both 23) have decided that they want a man cave and daddy has asked me to sort it, it's going to be in the old hay loft, an area of about 30 feet by 90 feet...
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    EICR Certificate

    We know this, but I'm trying to be optimistic, one day they may do something, one day, lol
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    EICR Certificate

    Did he leave his horse loose on your lawn, or tie it to something? How anyone can say they've done an EICR without IR testing is beyond me, it's a basic and very fundamental test.not doing it is a bit like taking a car to a garage and the mechanic telling you your brakes need replacing, just by...
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    Help please - replacing Danfoss RM230t room thermostat to a Danfoss RET2000M

    Yes, you will have to put a link in, otherwise it will not work, assuming and as I said, assuming, which I am because of a lack of further info, that it is as I would expect. You will need a link between L and common, then connect the black to the 'on' terminal. like I said without further info...
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    Diversity & EV's

    I have to agree with the comments about Qualifications and courses, there are far too many of them and in the words of the song, 'it's all about the money' . they say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing and we all know how true that saying is, yet how many people out there do a short course...
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    bird scarers

    We use gas guns at the farm, don't even go there, airports use the distress calls of the particular bird through a loudspeaker on a landrover, again it works but it isn't constant, perhaps something like that controlled by a pir? or a couple of large plastic hawks, make them move occasionally...
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    Replace MCB with RCBO

    Oh come on, it's only a few wires! We do all our learning and spend all our money on test gear because we don't want to go out and blow it on beer and women. lol
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    So, Tesla cars...

    I had a young lad a couple of years back tell me I wasn't qualified as I didn't have an NVQ!, Really, so a C&G and an apprenticeship is worthless now is it? lol
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