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  1. nbwriter

    What on earth is this?!? And where did it come from??

    can never tell if this is tongue-in-cheek banter..? but if it is related to rodents, touching or tasting it is an incredibly bad idea. (i have to deal with rats and mice in my trade)... from a government website: "Both wild rats and mice can carry many diseases including hantavirus...
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    Buzzing Mains Socket

    certainly.... (i've heard people say capacitors dissipate charge slowly when disconnected), but that feels like guess work to me. with these kind of things, you've really got to "know your onions" (as they used to say)... the old CRTs are worth studying for those with a deeper interest in...
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    Buzzing Mains Socket

    yeh :) without getting too specific... I've met a few ? one fella (at managerial level) asked me to open up one of the old CRT monitors. The capacitors in these hold charges for weeks... the high voltage flyback circuit carries a load of 20,000v ... Once I learned about this, I realized the...
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    Buzzing Mains Socket

    appreciate the recognition. it's a learning curve with mains electrics. ? talking of which.... found GSH Electrical vids, kindly mentioned by @FatAlan GSH demos correct: wiring re-termination (including establishing conductor-depth) grommets pre2004/post2004 mains wiring color codes use of...
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    Buzzing Mains Socket

    hi guys... appreciate continued support.... ? i support electricians and plumbers in my "day time job" (maintenance op), so am familiar with some of the ins-and-outs of fault-tracing... i keep away from "live working" on mains voltage (of course) since I dont have any training to do so. rather...
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  15. nbwriter

    What on earth is this?!? And where did it come from??

    hmm... sounds like a vacated property... without knowing "tenant history" it's a steep hill to climb. we're left with two logical conclusions: a: the electricians "sabotaged" that fitting (highly unlikely) b: someone else at the property decided to unscrew lamp fitting, detach it completely...
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    What on earth is this?!? And where did it come from??

    i've seen all sorts on maintenance jobs.... ? it's unbelievable what some people get up to- but that's usually in busy places like restaurants and bars. i think this is a domestic job... in theory it could be someone who needed to hide ... "substances" in a hurry. like another contributor...
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    Buzzing Mains Socket

    just for academic purposes.... ? theres a few "tutorial" videos about replacing mains sockets on youtube (that peeked my interest).... i know it's a kind of bread and butter job for most pro-sparks... some vids ...well first 2 i reviewed weren't pros. then I came across andys vid (he's...
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    Buzzing Mains Socket

    hi guys, thanks for great feedback...? my landlord (god bless 'em) is a council, so has the reaction speeds of a banker being asked to donate at a fundraiser.... ? but yeh, an arc somewhere in the socket or wiring to it sounds highly likely i did actually work with a pro-sparks who came out...
  22. nbwriter

    What on earth is this?!? And where did it come from??

    thats why I'm going for condensation causing a reaction with something left in the "bowl" ? if there's enough condensation to form actual droplets, then a short can occur. ... it looks like very old chip fat grease to me.. i dont want to say whoever worked on this last did this "on purpose"...
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    Buzzing Mains Socket

    hi guys, i'm working on "kitchen rescue" after watching gordon ramsey's "kitchen nightmares" (season 2, episode 5)... where a fairly young owner turns round a failing restaurant (that hadn't been cleaned since she bought it 5 years ago) ? since we're in plague times and my kitchen was become...
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    What on earth is this?!? And where did it come from??

    very interesting (if you're a maintenance guy like me) after some of the "horror stories" i've seen (if it's a busy household, or business) i never assume anything.. (was just restoring a fridge and its seals, found a dead wasp in the main chill compartment, since i work fast and had the...
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    Customer thinks I’m ripping him off

    hi guys, yeh.. although I wonder if there's certain systems available that process quotes (so hardworking tradespeople dont have to)? (i guess big companies use software systems of some kind)... some businesses are so well-established, a customer will pay for the product before it arrives...
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