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    UK How to open a meter cabinet?

    FYI it was stuck and the WD40 eventually worked. The slide goes up and then the lever comes out so you can turn it. Thanks for your help.
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    UK How to open a meter cabinet?

    Thanks, I'll go back out in the rain with a can of WD40 and see if I can get that bit to slide down.
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    UK How to open a meter cabinet?

    It might seem a simple question, but I have a meter cabinet with a SAFYBOX handle that I can't open. Online information seems to show a 3 point locking system behind the door, but no information on how the handle works. I've tried pulling, pushing, levering, sliding and yelling, but no luck...
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    Martyn Electrical Servces

    Domestic and Commercial Electrician. Part P registered with NICEIC, DBS (formally CRB) checked and registered with the trading standards BuyWithConfidence site. City & Guilds qualified Electrical Installer and tester. Please check out my website for more info, or get in touch for a free quote...
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    Brexit

    So we are out then. The next 7671 could go back to red and black :(
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    Tell us about your faults!

    20A junction box used to extend the line tail. BTW somebody ran out of red cable! Oh, and a little matter of forgetting to connect the earth bar in the fuseboard to the MET - must have run out of black cable as well then.
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    Tell us about your faults!

    I was asked to look at the kitchen wiring of a neighbour partly because the neon light on his new cooker switch stayed on constantly even when the switch was off (supply and load connections reversed) and partly because he didn't trust the guy who did the wiring (something about scratching his...
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    A reminder to everyone - FatallyFlawed - Child Plug Socket Covers Campaign

    GoodNews! Just had a phone call from my local medical centre to thank me forpointing out the dangers of these things. They have removed them from thebuilding. They did say though that they would have preferred that theinformation was presented on an official website. I guess they...
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    Tell us about your faults!

    You are right - said they didn't do it. But I believe them as they've just moved in a few months ago and this looked like it had been around a while. Apparently the last owner was a builder who did the electrics himself!
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    Tell us about your faults!

    Here is an interesting way to connect up your down-lights. Just part of an installation where green and pink insulated (for 12 V?) but unsheathed wires were used variously for Line, Neutral and CPC. Had to pull the lot and rewire.
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    Hello World

    And the good news is I passed my 2395. Thanks for your messages and keep up the good work. CD
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    Hello World

    Thanks for all your messages. Darkwood; Not a Green Day fan - well wasn't, but now you mention it I like the lyrics. Actually the inspiration for CD came from an inscription on a church at the bottom of a ski run in Switzerland. Seemed appropriate then and now in my new venture. Cheers CD
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    Hello World

    Hi Everyone Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm a fairly new sparky, recently taken my C&G 2395 and waiting for the result. Fingers crossed. I've found this website and the advice given really useful. Keep up the good work and a big THANKS. CD
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    A reminder to everyone - FatallyFlawed - Child Plug Socket Covers Campaign

    Re: Fatally Flawed Signed today. Never realised how unsafe these things were. Currently 360.

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