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anyone recommend a downlight for a 86mm hole, max depth of 60mm. joiner used a holesaw the outer diameter of the light and everything else i can find that will fit in the hole are too deep... converter plates will looks shite. may end up with joiner reboarding it...

as expected... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62208232

wonder if an AFDD would have prevented this? https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/coast-road-closed-mast-fire-24064942

Not one, but 2 spares! guess i know how many wont be in the next socket...

got a customer whos wanting a automatic generator start system. basically, need something thatll switch on a generator once voltage drops on the batteries run low then switch off once batteries has a fair bit capacity back in it any off the self setup's that anyone would recommend? system...

on the plus side, at least china now knows what it feels like to get fake goods... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56330378

bit of an unusual one but anyone done anything with bird scarers? got a site that has a prolem with birds (mainly seagulls) on the roof of the building and want someting put up there

.... but i still ended up here...

The mystery of why an entire village lost its broadband every morning at 7am was solved when engineers discovered an old television was to blame. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54239180?fbclid=IwAR32Ur5g5jb1-UBFa-VSc-1kpZVfpBZy_zwwA-67b2IrVwkdAAmgRkQPF0s

missed a call today whilst on the phone to someone else, so phone them back a few minutes later. instead of the usual 'hello',  i get '456 xxxx' er... yes, i already know your phone number. i just called it. why do people do that?! do they get that many calls starting by checking their number...

at only £339 for a 'special' USB drive that you wear (not sure where you plug it in, although i could guess where the instructions may say), will block all 5g in your own little bubble... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52810220 wonder how many have bought it?

I see deke managed to upgrade the old windows 95 server in the loft to the new windows 98 SE in the garage in record time yesterday

not for me... my mam was PAYE for a company. she left there for a 6 month break. now she's been offered some part time work there, along with a few other places. whats going to be best for her? PAYE at 2, possibly 3 companies, or self employed?

just spotted this.... a list of unforseen issues with the original estimate of repairing elizabeth tower / big ben... erm... not wanting to state the obvious, but did they expect the plumber to be able to fix it, he's taken a look and said 'youll have to get someone else'...

Anyonw know much about fire alarm regs? @kerching Site has a fire alarm panel with a fused spur adjacent. fed from its own circuit at the DB. fire alarm co are saying this is wrong and the fused spur needs replaced (they havent said what with). is this correct?

now that the PPI thing is over, radio adverst are going to be quiet. wonder what the next thing wil be to replace them?

isnt this near you @Sidewinder? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48062141

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47791214

unsurprisingly, IET have issued a corrigendum to correct the mistakes in the 18th, that hasnt even taken effect yet https://electrical.theiet.org/media/2065/bs-7671-2018-corrigendum-dec-2018.pdf and to top it off, the correction book also has a mistake...

did section 701 require showers be on an RCD in 7671:2004?