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  1. littlespark

    A lesson on paying attention!

    Got a job on just now replacing some storage and some panel heaters with newer electric radiators controlled by Wi-Fi. There are 6 storage heater circuits coming through a timeclock on a single phase off a 3 phase supply. There are no 3 phase loads, only single phase. This off peak board was...
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    weatherproofing CCTV plugs

    hi guys... Ive been fitting one of those cheap and cheerful cctv kits for father in law. 8 bullet cameras with the simple 12V supply and BNC plugs. The cameras have a short pigtail with the plugs on.... so what's the best way to weatherproof the connection? Its a tight squeeze in a 4x4 wiska...
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    Cheaper EV charge points

    Saw this at local YESSS branch and thought I would give it a go. Anyone tried them out?
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    Time to change my energy supplier

    As title says. My contract is up for both electric and gas. Currently DD is about £200 per month. Which sounds a lot Cheaper I’ve found so far is only £50 or so cheaper per year! Who is everyone else with? I’ve not got an EV, but do have solar and a separate battery storage. (Not DC...
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    Ring doorbell: options for video storage without subs

    In my haste for a quick deal, I bought a Ring doorbell from CEF for when my daughter moves out, as a security device for her flat. Realising now that I might need to pay for their cloud storage system. There are some badly written “guides” on how to record on your phone as you view the live...
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    TV Sky on the blink?

    Last week, my sky Q box shut down, and through speaking to someone on the phone, I did a software update, and deleted a load of recorded programs…. Down to less than 30% disk used now. Happened again last night, during Eurovision! 3 times in an hour. Had to unplug power, plug back in, wait...
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    Electrical appliance from overseas in UK

    My daughter, who is currently working in South Korea, wants to buy a hair styling product from there, and bring it home when she’s finished. It’s a Dyson curler/ straightener, so not a cheapo brand… but as such I don’t want to say 100% it’ll be ok without checking with the “experts” on here. 🤣...
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    LED tape with effects

    Does anyone have a source for good quality LED tape that has programmed effects rather than just one colour at a time. “Addressable” or “pixel chasing” would be the description. Local gym wants 4 parallel lines along their ceiling in the exercise room above the bikes to give the illusion of...
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    Bi directional RCBOs

    Fitted a new design Proteus board a few weeks ago, and one of there improvements is that all RCBOs are now biderectional, as well as SPD with built in fuse, no need for upfront MCB…. But is the bidirectional RCBO the way everyone is going now? I understand for specific circuits, ie PV, battery...
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    UK One for the oldies

    Running a cable in the old stately home I work in sometimes. Due to a change in ceiling height, I’ve drilled through somewhere below the ceiling in the hallway. Chipped away at the plaster and found these 3 pipes. Ok, they’re not electric for lights and sockets…. That’s in either steel conduit...
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    Thoughts on an endoscope

    For work, not medical…. Local wholesaler is offering these. Don’t know whether to go for it, or would it just be another toy that sits unused on the van.
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    Oven and hob diversity

    Morning lads. Todays job is to go to in laws and firstly replace a cooker hood that went fzzzzz! Which is straightforward. But I’ve also got to change the gas hob for an electric. Following an incident where gas was left on by increasingly forgetful mother in law. There is an existing 32A...
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    Grommet strip alternative

    I’ve been having a brain fog moment. I’m looking for edge protection for a straight cut in steel trunking. “Grommet strip” in a search on CEF only brings up the small, flexible stuff for round holes. The stuff I’m thinking of is straight, not flexible… usually black, but would prefer white...
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    Dewalt drill parts

    Is there a supplier of dewalt parts, namely the clutch of a 18V SDS dewalt drill. The rotary stop of my drill must be worn out as the chisel spins with little resistance when it should be straight. Hammer drilling and non hammer drilling seem to be ok. I’m hoping I can just replace the...
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    Collective thoughts about issue… Pub kitchen

    Been asked to look at local pub kitchen as a circuit was tripping. The circuit appears to be a repurposed cooker circuit, fed in 6mm t&e to two MK double sockets. Second socket is fed in 2.5 from the first. The load is 2x twin fryers… at 2.6kW per unit… so 4 units, but only 3 are ever used as...
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    Cooker hood venting

    Ive been asked to replace a cooker hood thats gone "pop" and just by speaking to the customer on the phone, i think i know why. Apparently, the ducting goes straight up, and through the roof... Not sure if its a bungelow, or goes another storey before going out the roof. To me, i expect the...
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    UK Have I missed something? (Colours)

    Was in YESSS this morning and noticed they had drums and drums of PINK sleeving. 4mm, same as their brown, blue and g/y. I thought maybe someone had ordered the wrong colour into stock, but the lad said it was right. Is it used on DC cables from PV to identify pos and neg??
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    VAT or no VAT?

    Hello. Long time no see. I’ve been up to my eyeballs in treadmills, weights and a great number of super fit individuals who are making me feel totally inadequate as a specimen of human being…. Anyway… The customer has baulked at my invoice due to the cost of materials… and is suggesting that he...
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    Radio teleswitch turn off

    Just seen Lorraine Kelly on the telly saying that off peak teleswitches will stop operating in June this year. Suppliers will contact affected customers apparently. This was talked about years ago.
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    IP confliction

    My home CCTV system has started popping up this message suddenly… and I can’t get it to go away for good. I’ve tried setting a DHCP as shown below, but it still appears. Also tried disabling the DHCP and changing the “111” to any other number under 253… but after 10 minutes or so, the...

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