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    Can Anyone Recommend A Decent Head-Torch?

    ck led version takes some beating and under £20 quid lasts for ages and bright
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    Clearing Photos Off The Phone.

    shame to rip out that Great British db and replace with cheap Chinese stuff as im not sure that the stuff your Replacing it will last as long as MEM/Bill stuff has, great solid boards to work on seems nasty to rip it out
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    Faulty Terminal Threads - Mk Grid Switches (10Amp)

    Hager SOLLSYTA for me all the way, MK is over priced over specified junk that  would never use unless I have to. Over the years the stuff has got worse  its a shame as the old logic range was the industry leader and Sentry was considered the bogs bollocks, how could a company so respected get it...
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    Caravan Site Electrics

    Iis this installation temporary as a whole different set of regs apply, you should look at what type of earthing arrangement is at the origin of supply if its TNS then you can use ordinary breakers in the DB and you could fit dual outlet sockets that come prewired to individual rcbos they also...
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    Caravan Site Electrics

    I used to do a lot of hook up points down here in Cornwall, the importance is not to connect PME to the socket outlet terminal but correctly you should not distribute PME TNCS around the site so you may have to install a time delay RCD/MCCB at the source if you have TNS you will comply we have...
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    Socket Brands

    Hager all the way for me better than MK but they need to expand the range and get some affordable dimmers
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    4Mm Flex

    yep heavy duty 2h4 pyro heavy duty bare that will do the job fine
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    Dangerous Wylex Mcb

    give up then!
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    Travelling Back In Time, Quality Wise.

    Are Mars bars smaller, is a drum of 2.5 twin and earth heavier or have I just got weaker?
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    Dangerous Wylex Mcb

    You broke the law by not ensuring that all circuits were de-energized correctly, if you slipped you could have accidently knocked a breaker in the on position potentially killing your workmates, no live testing should have been carried out while other people where still working on it , the...
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    Socket Brands

    fitted some new style crabtree switched spurs this week utter rubbish, very tiny terminals with cage type entry thinner plate and no more on logo fitted to the switch looks like a bit of dumbing down for crabtree not sure ill be using them again
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    Socket Brands

    Have Crabtree changed the switched spur backs then to the same style as the crappy sp switched sockets away from tunnel terminals to grip terminals not so impressed with them can u post a picture of the new desigin
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    Magic Gel Or Wiska Gel

    Magic gel is still waterproof even though it is not completely set, I had to do a load of joints on bollards that had no access panels on them I filled wiska boxes with gel back in December and no trouble as it was too cold to get it to set at the time -2 so had to take a chance
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    Socket Brands

    hager all the way kicks mk and crabtree in to touch sollysta is the best ive ever fitted in 26 years of being a sparks!
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    Socket Brands

    Those Volex sockets have the same terrible backs that Crabtree now have, so if you have to buy Crabtree or Volex by the double pole ones that Citys sell they have tunnel terminals
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    Socket Brands

    I love Hager Sollysta probably the best sockets ive fitted the terminals are huge and spacious and does not break like the MK ones do after you tighten them, I have used a bit of Click mode which is  very good although the switches are very stiff. Its interesting why people rave about Mk...
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    Help Me Identify A Failed Accessory (Fcu)

    Please try hager Solysta , i dont work for them but there stuff is great  once tried will never go back
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    Help Me Identify A Failed Accessory (Fcu)

    What is wrong with MK at the moment is it me or is the quality not good for the money am i the only person who finds the terminals rubbish and soft metal that can only be tightened once before it sheeers off its very dissapointing for so called UK made having used Mk for years i try my best to...
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    Another Compact Rcbo Job

    Thanks for your comments Dave I have changed many breakers around over the years to make them fit as i found them to be the same pattern as i have found proteus was the same as Contactum breakers, wylex and Dorman Smith were the same ,Mk and Chint and Merlin Gerin all fit exactly and look to...
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    Another Compact Rcbo Job

    Are theese RCBO'S tested and comliant to be installed in Mk sentry consumer units as there has been lots of talk on mix and matching breakers in boards. Dont get me wrong the concept is great and surely not having all those stupid blue neutral links flying around inside the board which piss me...
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