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  1. J

    Various Bulbs/lamps Blowing ?

    ...............................Beam me up scotty :-)
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    Various Bulbs/lamps Blowing ?

    Hi Folks, I seem to be receiving a growing number of (mostly domestic) enquiries regarding various types of bulbs/lamps blowing !! I check for volt-drop, fitting/switching & wiring issues, but in the main I can't provide a solution - other than perhaps finding a reliable lamp supplier ...
  3. J

    Greenwood Airvac :: AX300S Xtract Fan ..............

    Thx folks ...................... the fan is/was a 184mm, 2-speed axial with pull-chord timer, and auto luvres. Decided to replace with a regular 6'' axial after covering existing hole with 12mm uPVC to suit this fan. Dicon'd the 2-speed switch and switch supply for luvres. Retained pull-chord...
  4. J

    Greenwood Airvac :: AX300S Xtract Fan ..............

    Hi Folks, Can anyone please advise where I can acquire an equivalent (or same) fan as this AX300S ?? Checked all my sources and coming up blank :-( Greenwood have discon'd it and cannot offer an equivalent - gr8 ................ Cheers, JimG.
  5. J

    Intermittent RCD Problem ???

    Hi All - Thx v-much for yr thoughts/inputs. After much searching & measuring, I eventually got there :-) Unbeknown to the folks of the house, previous owners had installed some kinda water softener gizmo right in the corner of the kitchen -- yes -- behind the kitchen corner unit, being...
  6. J

    Intermittent RCD Problem ???

    Thanks Deke - but can you tell me why my meter tells me there's a short between L/E on the ring - yet the RCD holds-in ????????
  7. J

    Intermittent RCD Problem ???

    Hi Folks, Have an intermittent RCD tripping problem on kitchen/upstairs ring ....... MCB not tripping. On-site today checking-out this issue. Removed all known appliances from ring - RCD still tripping ? Removed a socket - checked I/R between L/E - meter indicating short. Removed numerous...
  8. J

    Downlighters:

    I would welcome anyones advice on the most install-friendly downlighters' (if there is such a thing). Fire-rated only. I'm fed-up with using single terminal ones, and ones which claim to allow you to loop but you end-up having to change the damn terminal block to suit, or use yet another JB...
  9. J

    CCTV Systems ......

    Badger - from reading some of the strings, you seem to be the go-to CCTV man:-) So if I could spend aro
  10. J

    CCTV Systems ......

    Cheers Badger - just checked-out their web-site and will be calling them today. JimG.
  11. J

    CCTV Systems ......

    Hi Folks, Customer has asked me to install a 'CCTV' system covering the perimeter of his house. No great distances to be covered, simply the driveway & close back garden ...... max 3-4 camera's. I have already recently installed flood-lighting, but he wants night-vision included. He has...
  12. J

    Connection of two PIR's to switch same lighting circuit.

    Thank you for the support folks - much appreciated. JimG.
  13. J

    Connection of two PIR's to switch same lighting circuit.

    AndyC, I hear what yr saying, but would there be any issue with back-feeding down the other pir's sw-live?
  14. J

    Foot operated switch/switch pad.

    Thx AndyC - seems like a lot of wind-power there??
  15. J

    Connection of two PIR's to switch same lighting circuit.

    Folks, I'm looking at a job tomorrow where the customer's garden is akin to the himalayas! He is requesting - amoungst other things, a PIR at the top & bottom of his garden to switch-on around 400W of lighting i) when visitors enter his garden at the top and ii) when they leave his house...
  16. J

    Foot operated switch/switch pad.

    Folks, I need to source an IP rated foot operated switch/switch pad capable of swicthing aro 200w // 230vac. The switch is to be inobtrusively mounted on a garden sleeper step to bring up a number of low-power courtesy led lamps. Can't seem to find anything other than descrete foot switches...
  17. J

    Label Suppliers

    Thx folks - appreciate yr support. JimG.
  18. J

    Label Suppliers

    Pre-printed preferably. Wot I'm struggling to find is a label supplier that offers PV Sytem Warning labels? (See p.41 17th OSG) Just completed 5 new-builds all with PV Cells, and Mr NICEIC insisted I use them.
  19. J

    Label Suppliers

    Hi Folks, Can anyone pls refer me to a good label supplier. I'm fed-up with Newey's ... or wot-ever they're called these days, fobbing me off with the same ole BS. Cheers, JimG.
  20. J

    DiLog-9083P (17th Addition) Multi-Tester.

    Yep ...... I should have gone for a Megger - especially living in Dover ... Do'h. Spoke w/DilLog today and they've repaired it and now sent it off to Seward for calibration etc. What a dam nuisance. No customer service or commitment at all. NEVER again.
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