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    Quick Question

    Can’t recall the reg number but. "A cpc should be available and functional at all points in a circuit in case a class I item is fitted " or summat like that
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    Maybe it’s me….

    TV Advert….Direct Cremations have a money back guarantee! Yesterday radio 4 someone said "we need to put our foot on the gas pedal about global warming" Again, radio4 yesterday, " well, in a nutshell, transgender….."
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    Texecom Veritas R8 issues

    @UNG same with tam lite. They won’t admit to a design fault on their Excite pair floods. I have 18 in my son’s warehouse, these are all indoors. Every one has even replaced at least once in the 2,5years they have been in!!!!!! Guess what? Not made anymore so the new replacements are totally...
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    Electric Gates

    As said before, try slugs on the back of the pcb
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    Texecom Veritas R8 issues

    My self diagnosed solution was a slightly upgraded/ back to basics version of 'switch it off and on again"
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    Texecom Veritas R8 issues

    In the past I have called and imagined the bloke answering sat eating donuts, covered in crumbs, drinking coke and playing Fortnite across three screens whilst at the same time knowing the Alarm system inside out. Yesterday it gave me the impression he was googling an answer,which he wasn’t very...
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    Texecom Veritas R8 issues

    Update Rang Texecom, got a call back. Total waste of time, he had no idea, said he would call me back, never happened. Never had poor service from them until now Soooooo, back to basics as all my test results said ok Power down Linkout each zone and A/T Disc aux power Reconnect battery Enable...
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    Texecom Veritas R8 issues

    All fuses are auto reset Battery trickle charging at 21mA 13.76 at charger terminals 13.49 on battery 13.6 when connected to battery
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    Texecom Veritas R8 issues

    There’s only me here ( and wife, so, in effect, only me😂) battery first, then walk tested everything, then mains…so highly unlikely but not impossible, hey ho
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    Texecom Veritas R8 issues

    Battery is about 20 minutes old. Got a replacement from Screwies today. I’m 150 miles from home and didn’t bring my battery checker with me. Going to check the fuses again tomorrow, I remembered to bring them with me BUT forgot multimeter with current range, only brought Fluke with...
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    Texecom Veritas R8 issues

    Years since I fitted an alarm 😂 Just replaced alarm at my daughters with the above.All fine apart from the unset light keeps flashing ( I thought it would be steady ) Alarm sets and unsets, goes into alarm when it should. All walk tests work, full set, part set, forced entry, all fuses ok ...
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    Would the following change technically work? Or will I blow my house up if power it returned to the system?!

    To answer your questions in order NO YES….not actually blow it up but it won’t enhance it
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    Dry knuckle test

    Never called it that, but yes! There is also the "finger flick" which I will not go into detail about Remember 'all the brave electricians are probably dead' Best advice I was given over 55 years ago? 'Always treat it like it’s live, even when you know it’s dead. One day it won’t be dead and...
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    Short in socket - baffled

    A wiggle has got me in trouble, serious trouble. Anyway we’ve been married 44 years in September! So be careful
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    Elex Show Bolton

    Times must be hard T shirt or Bacon barm! Boils my piss that there is no 'dead animal option' Loads of people getting selfies with those 3 from efixx, that monkey dwarf of DIY SOS, A few interesting stands….nice new stuff from Wiska
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    Short in socket - baffled

    Tugging may not have helped, may have loosened something
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    SWA Termination Query

    That joint is rougher than a rough thing that, in itself, is rough
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    Upgrading home service from 60Amp to 100Amp

    Interested to know how you ascertained it’s a 16mm incomer without physically seeing the copper core? Or did you? Cable types, insulation and sheath/servings vary from cable to cable so only experience helps if going off external appearances
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    What size trip should have been fitted?

    To be fair, if fitted incorrectly they can be immersed in a puddle. It will knacker them, but they can be immersed
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