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Bit of a ramble here to give you some background before I get 'round to my question. i had until recently, two options for angle drilling: 1. a Makita 18V cordless angle drill, fine for drilling small holes in awkward places, not enough grunt for drilling 25mm holes in joists. 2. a Makita...

Anyone recommend a supplier or repairer for Hohner shaft encoders?

Does anyone know of any specific requirements and/ or regulations concerning electrics in vehicle inspection pits? I have a customer who is currently constructing a pit (not commercial), which I will be asked to wire in due course.

Don't want to bore you with details of why, but a customer needs to automate the starting of a generator in a remote location. Switching ignition and starter is easy enough, but I didn't think about the manual choke! So, I'm looking for 12Vdc solenoid/actuator with a 50mm stroke, not a lot of...

Anyone been brave enough to try non-oem batteries in their cordless tools? Any feedback, good or bad?

I need to install underground cabling for a public address system at an Autograss track. Is it as simple as running 1.5mm2 2C SWA? I guess the longest run will be 100m.

Anyone know where I can find recommended ventilation rates for school toilets and the like please?

Does anyone know of a supplier of the above? Need to replace some SON lamps in floods, can only find external ignitor metal halides. Do they even exist? Any leads appreciated. Riggy.

Anyone know of central heating programmer (preferably two channel, but not fussy) that has a facility to wire a remote boost facility? Hostel in the lakes, owned by a charity. They want to lock the programmer away to prevent hostel users making adjustments, but still have the facility for users...

As title, does anyone know of a stockist of a 5A overload relay for a Brook Crompton 2000 Series please?

Couple of alarm jobs coming up. Looking for recommendations for a decent value for money cable tacker.

Quoted to wire a gamekeepers store in a very (even for Cumbria) remote location. Customer wants a sounder on the security alarm that can be heard from the next property (about 1/2 mile upwind). No BT line, no GSM signal. Any ideas?

Quoting for my third CCTV install, customer wants picture in picture. Customer deals in fencing materials, timber, etc. His house backs onto his yard. Mounting a couple of cameras on the gable end of his house will cover the yard fine, DVR and monitor to go in kitchen (which doubles as an...

Just getting into CCTV and struggling to find an active UK forum, can anyone recommend one?

I'm sick of wearing out Dickies work trousers, so decided this time I was going to buy Snickers. My tightness is getting the better of me at the moment though! :slap So help me please good people! Are Snickers really the best? Where's the best (read cheapest!) place to buy your preferred...

Does anyone have any knowledge of (ex) lorry fridge units? My customer is looking to buy a body off a fridge lorry, the fridge unit is a Thermo King MD-II Max. The problem is the unit is 3 phase (plus diesel), the customer has only a single phase supply, so looking at cost ofconverting unit to...

Anybody know of an online supplier for Telemecanique pressure switches? I'm looking for a 12 Bar XMP, our nearest stockist is 35 miles away. RS do them of course, but not a stock item (and RS Prices!)

I've had four good customers in the past couple of weeks ask me about CCTV (Haulage Yard, Scrap Yard, Timber Yard, Remote domestic property). Now I could just pass on their details to CCTV specialist, but I'm wondering if I should be adding another string to my bow. Where's the best place on...

Is a 13A fuse adequate to protect a 2.5mm2 cable against overload?

I'm having problems with a system I installed last year at a site with no mains power. The system is a Honeywell 8 zone panel but seems susceptible to voltage changes, i.e. nuisance alarms when solar panels stop charging battery a dusk. Anybody know of a robust panel (in terms of being able to...