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    206 paper work

    The tool list will vary depandant on what your install consists of , to do mine I worked through what we had to install and what I would have in my hand to do each bit of the install. A few things not to forget is drill bits , HSS , Masonary , Hole cutters and or step drills. The same can be...
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    Electrics in Spain

    one thing I found interesting , going by some of the project photos the circuit MCBs seem to be double pole as standard and there seems to be an awful lot of circuits in some of the residental properties.
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    Electrics in Spain

    Being up early on a Sunday morning and bored led to web surfing , found an interesting site although its hard to tell what is just sales speal or what is true. The recent projects pages give some very interesting pictures especially the size of boards in Spain. There is also a section on the...
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    microwaved phone socket

    They must like their micro dinners then :slap
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    microwaved phone socket

    Was this caused by the heat from within or is it a faulty microwave ? I know a placed I worked at once , our HSE advisor carried out a 6 monthly test to see it the microwave was leaking the waves . Hence why I asked.
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    un-necessary packaging

    Being that most of my working career has been around storage/distrubution/stores most places will reuse boxes before using their own stock boxes , as these are for free , so if that was the last reuse box it will be used , to them it does not matter how stupid it is it does not cost anything to...
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    3 word story

    shines bright , as
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    Training offer

    Mr SW , These are turbulant times , if you have a good customer base with no shortage of work , I think one might be foolish to accept the offer as you will never make as much teaching as you can doing . But if you are looking for a slower pace of life , money is not such an issue and this...
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    Heavy handed council contractor

    I have the same in my bathroom , I have before posted pictures , from what I have been told by several of the council contractors they get 1 working day to do a rewire , hence why it is all surface mounted in PVC trunking. That includes the install and testing . And yes they do get paid for...
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    BS7671 Amendment 1

    According to one of those web casts July 2011 coming into effect 1st January 2012
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    Photography

    Centre of picture just to left of the stone cone
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    BS7671 Amendment 1

    Not seen this posted before so I thought I would , although my search skills are not as good as the likes of patch :Salute . Draft for Public Comment - BS 7671/AMD 1 - IET Electrical There are 4 web casts giving outline details of the amendments , no doubt some will have a greater inpact...
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    Knock Outs On A Surface Box

    2 Gang 32mm PVC Surface Box with Mini Trunking KO Junior hacksaw and a file for me , the above link is for back boxes to suit mini trunking if you scroll down the page there is also adaptor , makes for a very neat job.
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    Please ignore this post

    One needs to define going to far ? Some would say the front door is to far , some might say the end of the drive is to far , others the end of the road , we will go where ever life takes us , is that going to far ? Life is a journey , thats starts as soon as you cry that first cry and ends...
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    sinkholes

    Picture 3 is the most worrying , I see no sign of the 3 storey building that once stood there ! ! !
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    Please ignore this post

    I am so pleased to see that 16 months after this thread started we are still ignoring it ........................ What good boys and girls we are :Blushing :Blushing
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    Efficiency ( calculation )

    The question is worded to throw you off the cent , (I believe) , your formula is correct but you have thrown the information that isnt relavent into it . See if you can work it out from that information.
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    Fake cable

    We must consider that a fire caused be a washing machine or tumble dryer would also be classed as an electrical fire , so the classification its self is misleading. An electircal fire is not just limited to the wiring in the house it includes anything plugged into the wiring so I was told at an...
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    Theory against real world

    One thing I am sure it goes to show is how if we all followed the big red book to the word , how drastically over sized most of the cables we run could be and if followed to the letter how much the cost would be compared to a horse loving gent who might just use a T&E clipped to the fence...
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    ooh la la

    Well ours might , but they got anoher bridge to cross to get to you ! ! !
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