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Morning, I'm looking for a Subby to carry out Fire Alarm/Emergency Lighting installations in and around the South West. First job is in Plymouth and needs to be carried out this week. PM me with details and rates. Thanks

Hi, I need to but a couple of two way radios. I'm working in a big old factory and need to communicate with my mate. Phone signal is no good and Wi-Fi is non existent. Can anyone recommend a good set of Walkie Talkies. Thanks

Hi I've got a baby rabbit. It was born about 3 weeks ago under my shed and when we tried to catch it, it hit its head a bit hard on our shed. It sort of knocked itself out and it had a bad nose bleed. Now its leaning to one side and keeps rolling over. Any ideas Thanks

Hi everyone, I'm selling my Handyset Test Monitor on fleabay as I've just bought a test monitor with PTZ facility. There's 10 min left if anyone is interested. Item No 191182301944 Thanks

Hi, We have a site with approximately 50 cameras viewed at one point in a building. Most of the cameras are static and there are about 6 PTZ. there are different makes and models and all have been cabled in either RG59 or with cat 5. This building is being demolished so the customer wants to...

Hi I'm about to start a fire alarm job using MICC. Its all going in a basket above the false ceiling and when I get to a smoke or heat detector im going into a through box above the ceiling and down through the centre of the tile. Does anyone know where I can get hold of those brackets that...

Hi I've just rigged up a spare PC onto the TV in the lounge so we can do a bit of karaoke and watch a bit of you tube on a big screen. Thing is, every now and again it comes up no signal and then the picture on the screen reappears. Am I doing something wrong or is the normal when you use a...

Hello I've been really busy installing fire alarms for the past 18months but things are a bit quiet at the moment. As I've got 5 million kids I thought I'd see if anyone is looking for a subby in the South West. I enjoy installing and have worked on a number of conventional and addressable...

Here's one for you.........  I have a customer who wants an outdoor LED spotlight to shine onto his fountain. The fountain is around 2.5mts away from the nearest mounting position. He wants the spotlight just to light up the fountain and nothing else. I got a RGB outdoor spotlight and tried...

Hi, I thought I would tell you all why I started the Bonding Thread Yesterday. A few months ago I got a lead from an electric combiination boiler company. They asked me to get in touch with a customer in regards to swapping his old oil boiler for an electric one. After loads of emails in...

Hi, Just a quick question. If a building has a plastic water supply and plastic piping throughout, do the few metres of copper pipe connected to the boiler need bonding?? Thanks for your help

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Hi, I need to quote for a fire alarm system in a block of flats. I just want to know if there is a way I can use 25mm plastic conduit instead of metal conduit. Are there any metal saddles with a white coating that I could use. Thanks

Hi, I konw this is an electrical forum but I thought someone might know the answer to this question. If installing central heating using LPG bottles, can the bottles be placed directly outside the house or do they have to be a certain istance away. Hope someone can help Thanks

I don't know if this question has a simple answer but here goes. If I had a 3 phase .75 motor what size would be the equivelent in single phase Thanks

Hi, I need a bit of help wiring 3 contactors. This is the situation. I've got a pig feed system with 3 single phase motors each motor is to be triggered by a type of flow switch which has got NO and NC clean outputs. My problem is the contactor which I have attached a picture. I'm not...

Hi, I've got a bit of a problem with my aerial. I've got a sky box with a scart to the main TV. From the RF out of the sky, I've gone to my DVD player the out of the DVD player to my video player then the out of the video player to an amplifer which allows me to watch Sky, DVD or Video at...

Hi, My new neighbours have just moved into the house next door which has been empty for a good few months. They have a Vokera Syntesi 25 combination boiler which seems to be working ok except there is only a trickle of hot water coming out. Our mains water coming into the premises is from an...

Hi, I was asked to wire a fuseboard and get it ready for testing. The cables were run in 4x4 metal trunking. Just before i put the cables into the fuseboard, I left a loop of about 6 to 8 inches just in case the board ever had to be moved and for general maintenance. Is ths good practise as I...

Hi, I've just got an electric combination boiler and am a bit confused about a couple of things. Firstly, in the instructions it says that the primary expansion vessel should be connected into the CH return at the boiler. Does this mean I just T off and install the vessel just before the 22mm...