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Homers, homers, homers... give up some of yer evenins, weekends, like the boys say. I done it for years, get in from work then go back out in the evenin and weekends. It will pee you off no end but the wee jobs start leading to bigger jobs and gets your name out there, then you start to...

Sorry Admin, Was a bad joke... motor - "wind up" couldnae resistor it!! Sorry it happened again... think I've been afflicted with something ?:|

TeeHee ?:-/

Just wanted to say cheers guys, Installed today using two way switch in utility room and all functioned as per design so well done special Location Guiness Drink who's diaphram I used... but cheers to everyone who posted. Quite entertaining reading over it all again, ?:-/

Have been using the Metrel since middle of last year and find it great. Takes a wee bit of getting used to and have never used either the auto sequence facility or the memory/form generating functions. It feels great and intuitive to use when you get used to it.

Me too... although I always use terminal block where links are required, anyone else noticed the threads in terminal block have started stripping now too?? Don't get me started!! Will have to check out these push fit ones. I also must agree that some of my replacements db's have not been the...

Anybody else think he's at the wind up?! :^O :^O

You get what you pay for and they'll all pay in the end. My prices are going up... ask me again in Feb!! Recession... MY AR5E ?:-/

Ahhh, the old two way switch and the DIYer conundrum, 2 way switches should have a sticker attached ... "DIYers: This connection device may contain more than two wires and probably some of the same colour. Leave the effing thing well alone! Phone an effing spark and he will connect it...

This may start a whole how fast/slow/expensive are you debate, and it's difficult to say without seeing it but 2 grand seems a bit light to me, you seem like quite a conscientious (had to F7 that one!) guy and 2 grand for a conscientious job isnae much, also, 2 grand for a 3 bed mid terrace?? I...

Man... you need to see my blue suede steelies! ? ; -/

Elvis isnae deid, he's workin as a sparky in Glasga... saw him on a forum :-) ?:-/

Sorry man, but if I'm looking at that I'm thinking rewire. Huge list of problems, you are gonna have to move or at least change all the socket boxes if the ones you have photographed are anything to go by, you are adding a bunch of new circuits anyway, some that absolutely need rewired, some...

I always say the better we get at manufacturing things, the worse the things we manufacture become. Things are made with such a tiny margin for error now. If you take a look at some of the older switchgear you come across and, but for changes in the regs, some of it would last forever.

Yup, all of the above... but should we need to? Better quality terminal screws, tougher casings??

Blew the fuse, don't work with live mains too often but had a look at the main switch terminals and the space in the board and I knew I could get the cables in. Wasn't anticipating pulling them out at the other end when I was trying to get the cover back on though. Interestingly, I'm sure we...

Installing a shower isolator in a very tight cupboard. Am thinking to myself "I am not phoning those pesky Scottish Power ****ers to isolate the mains and I can get them into the main switch terminals live without cutting the seal" (which I did)... (so there!) However... wrestling with the...

Uh,huhuh... all very welcoming Thankyouverymuch ?:-/

Oooh... doesn't everyone love a horror story! I'll think about it :-)

I cut the seals off fairly regularly when replacing DB's, been told by the Scottish Power guys that it is a fairly regular occurrence and they don't seem to bother too much about it so long as it doesn't look like you've been trying to tamper with the meter. As has been suggested, do the work...