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hi apache my pup is 5 months now and gettin real big ! Ive noticed he has a limp on his front leg his right one. Ive had a good look at his paw and cant see anything in it .he doesnt yelp when i move his leg around either. He is a german shepherd, he normaly has 2 small walks a day just round...

had a small job this week to extend the ring in the kitchen for a washer and dw and to connect a halogen hob and oven.customer tells me they had a new CU fitted 3 weeks ago so should be nice n easy;) CU was fitted with all mcbs and not an rcd in sight! no certs for a change either ROTFWL...

what are these usually used for?

who does this type of stuff?

not everytime but sometimes they trip it. why would switching them OFF trip a fuse?

if changing an old wylex cu and space wont allow the new 17th compliant board to be mounted horizontal,is it against the regs to mount it vertically?

been on a job,customer wanted the water bonding,so i have a look and its a plastic main water pipe a 4" section of copper then goes off to feed the house in plastic! the rest of the house is copper tho. What is the point?

is it ok to use 2x 10mm for a main earth if you dont have any 16mm to hand?

what is the difference?

why isnt the neutral bar insulated?

im looking at getting a german shepherd , have been looking for a while now. My better half knows a friend who has just had a litter of ten pups, only two of which have survived. She thought it was because they had a long birth ,but i suggested it may be an e coli infection from the mother so...

whats the difference between the two cable makes sold in screw fix ? T+e

i was extending a ring in a kitchen the other day and when i came to do my testing i had a heck of a job identifying the correct neutrals and cpcs because the original wiring wasnt labeled up nor was there any numbers in the cu, to make it worse the cpcs were twisted together and went all round...

how hard is it to add a 3rd switch to a currently 2 way light? would i have to rewire both present switches with 3 core with the new intermediate switch in between the 2?or is there a less messy way?

what do you do if you have to upgrade the main earths but its in say an old wylex box ? They only seem to be able to take 10mm max at a push. I thought drilling a bigger hole in the bar but i doubt there is enough meat left to screw it down.

ive been asked to do the final connections for a shower,all the wire has been run already, just needs a mini CU connecting up and the pull cord and finally connect the shower.ive told them i need to see ALL of the cable to make sure it aint in a dodgy place and make sure all bonds are in...

got a job on at the mo where ive got to move the cooker to the other side of the kitchen so i will be extending the cable behind the kitchen units(it will still be accesable) and running it in some white trunking along the skirting board, as requested by the customer.my question is the supply as...

on old installtions in occupied houses,theres always a bloody neon somewhere hidden that buggers up the readings.

how do you lot price up extras after you have started the work?eg rewire with say 8 double sockets customer then ask for 3 more.whats the goin rate for a double socket anyway while im on the subject?do you base it on per point price or how long it will take plus parts basis.?

what is the point of insulation tests on a new installation using new wire?