Recent content by stevethesparks

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    Grandkids updated

    Thank you. I must admit, and it has surprised me that since retiring, I have lost all interest in the electrical trade. Is that the 550D you have? Was and still is a decent camera. I upgraded to the 6DMKII after buying a second hand 6D, the difference compared to my pre-loved 5D was night and...
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    Grandkids updated

    One from today. I cheated and took these separately, Turned one around and merged them. Looks like a floating head on the left, but on my monitor (original image) you can see the detail of the black jumper. 1st studio session with my upgrade in gear EOS 6DMKII
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    Extending earth rods making minimal difference?

    Spot on (plus my extra characters to post)
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    Anyone can fix an MICC cable leading to a light switch in my house (London, N6)?

    A length of 1/4" rod bent over at one end for a handle with a slit in the other end to insert a slice of pyro was the best stripping tool.
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    Extending earth rods making minimal difference?

    I had two pet hates with rods. One was that each lower coupler opened the entry hole and made the upper rods looser in the ground - although in time the ground would close up. Pity they wasn't designed to screw into each other rather than use a coupler. The other was the couplers always appeared...
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    Voltage optimizers any good?

    Once car chargers and electric boilers are the norm, optimisers will be redundant. šŸ˜†
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    Scotland Ban Gas Fired Boilers

    All posters to this section have renewed my faith that not everyone in the UK has gone bonkers. Its always been that when discussing various subjects with customers and many others you meet that it rarely compares to what we are being fed by the media.
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    SP/DP RCBO's for domestic .Do you have a preference ?

    Now available at a reasonable price DP all the way - cant see a reason not to.
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    Welcome to the wonderful world of septic tanks.

    Agree, just confirm the the supply is sound and pass it on.
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    Any recommendations for a simple CCTV and alarm system to fit?

    I quite like these people for the cctv https://www.digitaldirectsecurity.co.uk/uniview-kits.html As regarding alarms, I personally would always for for a hard wired system and favour Texecom gear. https://www.alertelectrical.com/texecom_premier
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    A Calibrated Question (Multi Meters)

    I hope you took it up with them?
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    Borrowing cpc from local socket for lighting joint box

    543.1.2 Where a protective conductor is common to two or more circuits -
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    Borrowing cpc from local socket for lighting joint box

    Make a note of it on the socket circuit cpc within the consumers unit.
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    An electrical puzzle

    1= 0.102W 2= Both added characters to allow posting
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    Good Old Delroy, he gets all the best Jobs :)

    Ye gods How long before Schneider want their shirts back :)

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