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    Dimmer switches

    or you have 4 10W LED down lights like i have ;)
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    16A breakers on lighting circuits

    very little i expect, it probably tripped due to it shorting out internally.
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    Immersion heaters an safety cut outs

    i've seen both types and found the ones with the seperate cut-outs to be more reliable, at work we fit heatrae immersions with RDT stats and they are a bloody nightmare, they trip for the hell of it with the top loading elements being far worse than side loading ones, its got so bad we are no...
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    Dimmer switches

    i don't know about other but i always go way over the top if possible on dimmers and also try and buy a decent brand like MK rather than cheapo no name items from B&Q etc.
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    Deducting money

    sounds sensible steps and yes cirrus we allowed to use high steps, they aren't that silly....................yet :( that new fit note thing looks pretty sensible too, hopefully it will stop people getting signed off for silly reasons and hopefully they will stop the misuse of the term...
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    Deducting money

    thinking about it again i am surprised your boss let you work after being told you have a broken knuckle, as an electrician your hands are everything to you and risking them by working with an injury like seems odd to me. I know my employer would send me home without even thinking if I turned...
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    Deducting money

    tbh it sounds like the doctor hasn't done his job properly, when ever i have had an injury that *could* affect my ability to work i have been asked what i do for a living and if they think it will impact my health by working they have signed me off. I wasn't commenting on your age at all, i was...
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    16A breakers on lighting circuits

    thats how i have always understood it mike but got shot down for this before.
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    Windows easy transfer

    this explains it better :) http://articles.marco.org/186
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    Windows easy transfer

    you repaired a computer with an existing licence for that software so you did nothing wrong, what i am referring to is when "buying" microsoft software you actually only buying a licence to use it on one machine, if you replace that machine then as i understand the licence goes with it. these...
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    16A breakers on lighting circuits

    but the labelled rating of sockets/SFCU/DP isolators is only 13A or 20A as he has said so they are underated for a 32A MCB.
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    Windows easy transfer

    if the licence for office is anything like the licence for windows you wouldn't be able to transfer the program anyway.
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    Deducting money

    you hurt yourself out of your working hours which has an impact on your working abilities requiring your employer to put another man with you(which by the sounds of it is unusual) and this costs you
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    through wiring

    i agree that it bumps the cost up, thats a given but people should accept that there's a cost to getting the job done properly.
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    through wiring

    some of you obviously don't work or have never worked in a maintenance situation, things like this could mean quite a lot of extra work for no real reason in some situations and i know it has for me. its all well and good when all the conduit is one room and all of it is surface mounted, where...
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    through wiring

    i can certainly see a logic to it but i don't always bother, the problems arise when you need to replace an item/enclosure with cables that pass through it so you need to remove that wiring to one position either side of the part being replaced. This may not be so much of an issue when...
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    clear plastic switch plate

    i bet GET are a damn site cheaper than hamilton too!
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    clear plastic switch plate

    i fitted a load of these working for my previous employer and they are nothing special but very highly priced. i think they were simply crabtree switches with a different front plate and
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    Flipping van

    right, so according to that link the caddy maxi life counts as a car, excellent. but wouldn't a transit van with windows and a second row of seats half way along the rear also count as a car?
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    Flipping van

    this is the trouble you see, coupled with the fact that i don't think my parents get a copy of the V5 to check!
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