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  1. Tim Howard

    Minor electrical certificate

    You should watch the entire youtube playlist from John Ward on testing. It's excellent. Only experience and fighting encountering endless dodgy installations can teach you what to do when questionable numbers come up on the screen though!
  2. Tim Howard

    Favourite job?

    Good point. I've only ever had one customer excited about a low impedance reading and he was a physics teacher!
  3. Tim Howard

    Favourite job?

    Today I had one of my favourite tasks, sorting out a completely useless TT setup. Broken RCD and rod measuring >500 ohms. I find strange satisfaction in bashing in new earth rods. I love the suspense of wondering if all the effort will be worth it, wondering if you've sussed where the other...
  4. Tim Howard

    Long time member saying hello for the first time

    Off top of my head: Nicebutdim, davesparks And my wish list would also include Pretty Mouth, James, Avo mk8, Sparky Sy, pc1966, Julie
  5. Tim Howard

    "Specialist" Contractors

    MCS also seems to be eating up scheme/scam assessor time like nobody’s business. My Napit renewal was in July. Earliest assessment possible is December 18th! I was chatting to the assessor yesterday on the phone as his workload has increased by 40% and a lot apparently due to MCS.
  6. Tim Howard

    Long time member saying hello for the first time

    It’s good to have you here. It was the crowd of extremely pleasant and helpful people that made that other place worth frequenting and I’m so pleased that many of the main crowd are here now.
  7. Tim Howard

    Hi from DPG

    I've been too scared to press SCOOB or DE-SCOOB so far as my daughters regularly tell me never to try and use language from their generation. I'll think it means "Agree" and it will turn out to mean something embarrassing in a context I hadn't even imagined. But anyway I agree with the above post.
  8. Tim Howard

    Just saying hello

    Very nice to see you.
  9. Tim Howard

    Saying hello

    I'm hoping that in due course he, Nicebutdim and Loz will turn up here....I have a phone number for Loz somewhere, but can I find it.... EDIT - found it, sent him a text They were all great forum members. btw isn't it such a nice clean user interface over here....! Almost as if someone is...
  10. Tim Howard

    Just saying hello.

    Being honest that isn't really it. Most of us were paid up anyway to not see adverts. The upset should have been a a storm in a tea cup - but it was very badly handled by the owner, and then further fuelled by very badly handling the large numbers who were upset about it. (That is actually an...
  11. Tim Howard

    Just saying hello.

    I'd wait for a nicer climate before visiting. Quite a few people who have frequented the 'other place' for between 5 and 15 years with post counts and reactions in the high thousands are suddenly over here due to highly inclement weather and no sign of the owner of the umbrella store accepting...
  12. Tim Howard

    Quinetic Switches

    I think I'm reading right that he has an existing 2G switch that controls two lights, and he wants another 2G switch to control the same two lights. Options are therefore: 1 - replace the existing 2G switch with a QU RS2W (and yes as above a 25mm box is needed). OR 2 - Fit receivers at both...
  13. Tim Howard

    Quinetic Switches

    No hesitation, they are good kit and are reliable.
  14. Tim Howard

    Hi folks.

    Nice to see you! TIm
  15. Tim Howard

    Just saying hello.

    It's like a lost and found column! Nice to find you here too!
  16. Tim Howard

    House purchase - old electrics

    Kitchen - point for extractor? Any points below worktop for dishwasher, gas hob ignition, other white goods? Any under cabinet lighting?
  17. Tim Howard

    Two way light switch

    To exactly say the same thing another way, the cable with the red and the black should go into one way and two way. The cable with the brown black and grey should be the same both ends.
  18. Tim Howard

    Saying hello

    I have to admit - he did come to mind!
  19. Tim Howard

    Saying hello

    Don't go to those lengths - he'll be happy with a can of special brew and a cold slightly congealed kebab
  20. Tim Howard

    Saying hello

    ...and Loz....and Davesparks (at last count)
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