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  1. springcrocus

    Bedtime reading

    Nice one, Slips, been there before but well worth a second visit. :^O
  2. springcrocus

    Bonding nipples

    Indeed it is, Noz I always thought that nipples such as these were for side or bottom entry.
  3. springcrocus

    Electric Garage Doors

    http://www.bikeshophub.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/croozer-cargo-trailer-as-handcart-cropped.jpg
  4. springcrocus

    earth rod of the year? steptoe do not look

    I notice that the yellow has washed off of the green/yellow tape - you'll have to wrap some new stuff around it. :P
  5. springcrocus

    This Forums 5%

    LOL - very clever. :slap
  6. springcrocus

    Nothing to do with anything really .

    :^O I just had a silly moment wondering what the boat would look like after a bunch of sparks had been aboard for a week. Lights festooned all over the place, empty cable drums lashed together as a raft to take the spare beer cooler, new IP68 (submersible) main isolator at the gangway head...
  7. springcrocus

    Can a non time served (short course) person call themselves an Electrician

    A long but interesting read, but one which throws up another dilemma. It allows membership for those with both an education AND experience, but it offers no lifeline for those with a high level of experience but no, or little, formal education. I would guess that there are thousands of...
  8. springcrocus

    BS7671 17th my views

    That's what I thought the OSG was for. The wiring regs are for those that generally know what they're doing, the OSG is for those who don't know what they're doing!.
  9. springcrocus

    Neutral Earth Voltage Readings strange

    I still have the original box. It was made by the Hioki Electric Company of Japan, model AF-105. The Japanese led the world in the field of electronics in those days.
  10. springcrocus

    Neutral Earth Voltage Readings strange

    I can't help with a recommendation, I'm afraid. My analogue meter is about forty years old and still going strong. I used the term "AVO" because most people have heard of them. :)
  11. springcrocus

    Why is the electrical trade unique in the way it behaves towards customers and fellow tradesmen

    Intersting that a UK document supports American spelling!
  12. springcrocus

    Spurs off spurs

    On a lightly loaded ring, it can sometimes be advantage to leave it as a ring and drop the breaker size. If one of the spurs is approaching the limits of its Zs, then the parallel earth paths created by the ring section will give a lower Zs than the single earth path created by splitting into...
  13. springcrocus

    IR Testing Minor Works

    Sorry, but this is just lazyness. X(
  14. springcrocus

    Garage conversion - Certification

    Talk to your Building Control Officer. It is possible that, because you are doing other work that comes under Building Regulations and you are paying the fees for this, you may be able to include the electrics without paying an additional fee. They may then accept a certificate from an...
  15. springcrocus

    Knob

    So that's where you've been for the last year, Paul. :^O ;)
  16. springcrocus

    contactum rcd

    About a year ago I started a thread about the difference between normal and no-trip Zs readings but it didn't garner much interest so let the thread die. At the time, I was using Contactum CUs and they returned much higher Zs readings on the no-trip test than by bypassing and doing a standard...
  17. springcrocus

    outside light on pir and switch

    If that was the case, Doc, he'd be better off having the switch and ditching the PIR bit.
  18. springcrocus

    How to deal with RCD tripping - external noise

    Last year I had a new rear-half exhaust fitted to the van. This year, it failed the MOT on the emmisions test. I suppose it must be the garages fault because they must have done something wrong. :( Sign of the times, I'm afraid, it's always somebody elses fault. bad day explode Actually...
  19. springcrocus

    How to connect a shower cable .

    I see that you left some room at the bottom for another three circuits. :D
  20. springcrocus

    How to connect a shower cable .

    Volex board. :( It's got to be a cheapskate install.
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