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For those that knew Paul Skyrme (aka Sidewinder) and don’t follow social media, I just thought that I’d pass on that he sadly passed away today..

I've just seen this,,,, surely it can't have been made to any UK safety standard https://www.amazon.co.uk/Portable-charging-electric-vehicles-protection/dp/B08SF1PTCR?fbclid=IwAR0VSM3zqV12aKPqwZg29s4VqCpHp4Uii7KoWRF5j3QbMANdwOXhj1Hzm-Y&th=1

I don't know if you've seen this on Facebook, but as it's there it's already over the internet so I'm not breaking any confidences sharing this link. As some of us know Paul Skyrme (aka Sidewinder) is unfortunately in hospital fighting cancer... hopefully he'll be able to get home soon, but for...

I really hope that no one else is in the same boat as me, because I'm now finding that people are unbeleiveably stupid. Long(ish) story short.... I was diagnosed as being Covid+ve on Sunday the 7th after starting to feel a little unwell on the 2nd - I had very mild symptoms, a slight...

I have been asked to price a “non standard” boiler installation It will have 3 x 30kW heat only boilers 4 x circulation pumps 1 x automatic filling loop 1 x single channel programmer It will not have a thermostat The boilers are going to be Ideal Logic + and they require a supply and...

About a year ago I bought a MacBook Pro to replace my ageing Ubuntu laptop,,,,,,,  fast forward 12 months and I've just installed Parallels so that I can use Wintex So it's got me thinking... what other software is Windows only that's useful?

Anyone on here know section 705 inside out? specifically 705.537.2 I have a rewire that I'm pricing on a farmhouse with attached farm buildings..... In the attached farm buildings there are several rooms,,,, stores, pens and shippens...... with loft rooms above. Does each room need a separate...

So then guys....apparently I'm getting old :( I went to the opticians for my bi-annual check up and they've found out that I'm now long and short sighted.... I've been short sighted for the last 28 years (now -2.25) So as I have a huge head and find it really difficult to find glasses that...

So... I had to go up my ladder the other day to run a new shower circuit externally and it was a bit steep for my liking...  So I put my harness on and used my fall restraint lanyard to attach myself to it via the two front soft attachment points.. This has got me.thinking that I want something...

I know it's a long shot, but does anyone know where I can get hold of some spare parts for an Ottermill 100A 3ph switch fuse?? I was called out to a cafe at a local Fransican friary... the cafe had lost power! I traced the fault down to a burnt out termination at the L2 fuse holder and was able...

I've been asked to wire up a couple of automatic door opener/closers in a doctors surgery..... at the moment I don't know if it includes the wiring of any door pads or safety devices and/or commissioning There are a couple of problems... a) its automated doors... I guess with the same...

While I was at a customers this morning I was asked if I'd have a look at an extractor fan that wasn't working.. Now this extractor fan is only 2 weeks old and only actually worked for 5 days but as my customer had fitted a domestic duty rated hood in a commercial premises (12 bed nursing home)...

As per the title really.... I had a phone call from a guy for who I have just done a CU change and a new cooker circuit...... just a 32A circuit for a new hob and oven... 6mm and only about 5m long finishing with a Click dual outlet plate Today Curry's finest turn up to replace the existing...

Just had this coming at me this afternoon.... Thank courgette for the junction

I've just upgraded my phone and taken out the insurance,,, I've never had it before and never damaged a phone so I'm wondering if it's worth it?

.... the NICEIC have just caught up with me..... I was quite liking the 24 month between them.... I'll have to see if he'll do my next one in 2018 ;)

I have some terminal screws in a CU (earth and neutral) that are seized (possibly rusted),,,, I was wondering what the best method would be to free them I was thinking of "painting" the thread with some WD40 or Plus Gas,,,, definitely not spraying them!

:innocent Well,,,, it was protected by the same RCD as the shower circuit that I rewired and the socket circuit that I replaced a 1G with a 2G the owner said "well at least it isn't the middle of the Summer"

I've just been thinking..... scary isn't it..  Is there a formula anywhere to get accurate disconnection times from the bulrush charts

I have a little quandary regarding a Inspection and test that I carried out over the last few days at a house that's been converted to flats Now there's a CU that has a 30mA RCD main switch supplying the sub mains to the flats,,,,,, what code would you say??? IMHO... lets say that someone in...