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  1. Blue Duck

    can I run 17600w constantly on uk power supply ?

    Seeing as you have some land and clearly some money to invest why not get some solar installed?  It would reduce your energy costs and be kinder to the environment.
  2. Blue Duck

    Retirement after 52 years ........

    Where's the mixed wiring colours notice? There's usually one regardless of colours....
  3. Blue Duck

    What type of cable needed for connection to campsite 500m from power supply?

    Cable rollers, blue rope, scissor lift ( or similar) and lots of elbow grease! 
  4. Blue Duck

    Ceiling pull cord light switch

    Used MK for years, never had any problems.
  5. Blue Duck

    What should the voltage be across the mains switch when off?

    Wouldn't test anything 'mains' with a LOMYUM.
  6. Blue Duck

    Another query , non - electrical

    Laughing gas!  :pmsl1: Want some? Still have a contact from 15 years ago!  Hyperventilate with NO2 in a balloon and if you don't pass out you will be laughing for about 2mins and loose a fair few brain cells in the process.
  7. Blue Duck

    RCD problem

    Is it actually an RCD?  Fuse takes longer to blow in an overload situation, lucky dip on a short.
  8. Blue Duck

    Quality (?) work in a refurb ...

    Went to commission a pv install on a partial refurb, found rats nests of cables everywhere, very poor board change, meter tails too short/ unsupported, all switches and sockets at odd heights / wierd locations and a bathroom fan that vents into the ceiling void! Builders electrician, obviously...
  9. Blue Duck

    Work in the new year

    Been there, being out of work for a few months is hard but it's worked out nearly two years of hard graft later.
  10. Blue Duck

    I enjoyed that......

    Three awkward jobs today. All done. Not answering the phone for two weeks. Sorted! :happybunny:
  11. Blue Duck

    Work in the new year

    Past couple of years it's been dead beginning of Jan.
  12. Blue Duck

    Anyone in London ...Blue Duck ??

    What was the borough of Finsbury (inc Clerkenwell) is quite posh, where Islington meets the city, bombed during the war means lots of social housing now worth a fortune. Photo taken 4/5 years ago. Shoreditch, where north meets east, some nice architecture but has a seedy reputation, still some...
  13. Blue Duck

    !8 th Edition EICR Certs

    Some here: You have to give @Rutts35 Some coinage for his time though.  :)
  14. Blue Duck

    Government controlled Broadband eh!

    They approached me with the stop climate change pitch, so obviously I don't  care about the environment either.... Making me feel like a red neck. :shakehead
  15. Blue Duck

    Government controlled Broadband eh!

    Not just Hong Kong, there is much unrest in other parts of the world at the moment that is not reported by our mainstream media. Chile  Iraq Iran Bolivia Ecuador Peru Venezuela Egypt France Haiti  Indonesia Lebanon Pakistan Spain Holland. Was approached by members of the Labour...
  16. Blue Duck

    Where can I find.....

    Thanks, it's the enclosure I'm looking for. I've seen them on a few jobs in the past and rescued one from the skip. Oh & its Ake not Aek.  Better picture...
  17. Blue Duck

    H&S in latest NICEIC magazine

    Me, I got more tickets than Camelot. Except pasma, no one wants to sign scaff tags all day... IMO H&S is more window dressing and arse covering, no actual common sense. Wear safety glasses all day and it messes with your eyes, hard hats on roof tops; why? In case a plane lands on my...
  18. Blue Duck

    Where can I find.....

    One of these?? It's an Aek enclosureI have one but I need two. It's IP rated and has a clear lid, probably 10/12 modules. Have googled but can't find who stocks them?? TIA. 😁
  19. Blue Duck

    Cheap rate electric to charge powerwall

    Thing is... Solar & battery storage is a long term strategy, electricity costs will always go up especially due to demand from EV's, the white elephant that is the smart meter and under investment in infrastructure. Electricity costs will increase sharply in the next 10 years guaranteed! 
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