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    16mm twin and earth main supply?

    It’s a C3…. It is not an “issue” No work is actually needed. Regulations change, and something that was once ok, is now a C3…. Other C3’s could now be C2. Especially before harmonisation. The use of RCDs has became much more spread for example.
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    Music Eurovision 2025

    Well thats all the entries for this year.... Just in time for it all to start next Tuesday! Some good, some bad... some dreadful. As usual. That's what makes it a global event spectacle. Rumours are that all non-competing country flags are banned.... so there will be Israel, but not Palastine...
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    Music Eurovision 2025

    Part 9 SPAIN "Esa Diva" by Melody Spain sticks to their tried and tested uptempo dance tune, sung by a female with a few dancers around her.... Midpoint outfit change (thats so 1981 and Bucks Fizz). One of The Big 5, so automatically through to Saturdays final. We like a dancey eurovision tune...
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    LED tape with effects

    will find out when i give him the bill...
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    What is this thing? 1926 home, unknown "thing" behind outlet box plate

    have you got a photo showing this, the box below, and the floor... to give us an idea of height? A foot up off the floor would be standard for an outlet... but are switxch and outlet boxes more or less the same shape? The bracket with the hole in the middle throws me a bit... possible push...
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    UK Help me understand this RCBO?

    yes... you can cut it, but definately crimp the end up again with a suitable ferrule crimp
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    LED tape with effects

    Ive purchased 4 x 10m Govee tapes from Amazon.... Got them linked to the app, and they can then be grouped together to all use the same pattern. They seem to be synchronised for now, but ill have to roll them out fully, and try them in the workshop to check they stay synced for a period of time...
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    UK Help me understand this RCBO?

    It's right...and other manufacturers have it the same way. Although the outgoing cable could be 4mm/6mm/10mm whatever, the neutral tail to the bar is only that thin blue wire... 4mm at best. The devices will be tested by the manufacturers and specced to BS61009... It must deem this size of...
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    What is this thing? 1926 home, unknown "thing" behind outlet box plate

    is it an old house? (by username, im guessing 99 years?) Could the door have been moved sometime in the past and this was the old switch position...
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    Underfloor heating mats

    Read #16 above about PIR… but mostly follow the manufacturers instructions.
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    Phase wiring in single cores

    Either. If using only brown for each phase, identify the ends with sleeving or tape for L1, L2, L3
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    Checkout our new social media pages and groups we've worked on

    What’s with all the French bits?
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    What is this thing? 1926 home, unknown "thing" behind outlet box plate

    Looks to me like an old switch box… I think now they’re more square and deeper. Rather than remove it, they’ve just hit it with a hammer to flatten everything behind the surface level of the wall. Is this by a door, where you would expect a light switch to be, or would it be a switch for the...
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    Music Eurovision 2025

    Me: “you could have told me I missed out Spain. Euro mad Robyn: “they’re just a bunch of sparkies, they’ll never notice” 9th and final part coming later.
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    Running 2.5 mm2 T&E on top of floor insulation

    Unless you have plug in heaters all over the place, the effects aren’t too great. Not got my regs book at hand to check though. Your standard load on an rfc would be fine on a 20A breaker really. It might be different with a kitchen though, where a lot of high load appliances are used, but...
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