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    Shoddy work

    Saw this in a local bowling alley.
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    Black brick dust

    Does anyone have a magic trick for getting black brick dust out of a cream carpet...... Hope so :banghead:
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    Electric heater cable with 5 ends, blue, brown, earth, black and grey?

    A guy at work shown me a length of cable with a plug with 5 ports (to connect to heater) and 5 wires on the other end. Apparently the heater has a stat on it. Just wondered if any you gents knew what happens with the black and grey wires?? Thanks again.
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    Sleeving 3 phase cable to single phase cable.

    When sleeving a 3 core 3 phase Brown, Black, Grey cable as a single phase cable, which core of the Black and Grey are to be sleeved as Neutral and Earth. Some lads are saying Black as Neutral and others are saying Grey as Neutral. I can't find a specific answer in the reqs.
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    two dimmers on one light

    Hello there The awkward customer of a install I'm doing seems to think that you can two way dim lights, with standard dimmer modules. Seems to think he had it at his old place, I thought this was impossible as the dimmers fight against each other, unless Lutron or similar system is installed, am...
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    Re Window actuators...

    I have bought a fancy roof lantern with an opening light. Her indoors said "oh that would be so cool if it was electric"!! so now I'm stuck with a fitted roof light with the wire dangling down taunting me every day. How the hell do I wire this in? It's a 'Topp' ACK4 chain actuator. Just for the...
  7. J

    Hello from Swinton (Greater Manchester).

    Hi, I’m James and new to the forum. Looks like I have lots of reading to do of all the treads and advice already given. I live in Swinton (Greater Manchester) and am on a career change from architecture to electrician.
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    Panasonic 230/235 all black

    Does anyone have a photo of one of these they would be willing to email me? We have a customer wanting to go ahead if he can see what they look like. unfortunately we haven't installed these before.
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    High Zs Reading on Megger MFT 1552

    Can somebody help me please? I'm just finishing a rewire, and I've installed a GF radial cicuit in a large domestic property and am in the process of testing it. It's a new radial circuit, 2.5 T&E, 13 sockets, 20A type B breaker on an RCD protected board. My R1&R2 = 1.40 and Ze = 0.20, so my...
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    First 4 solar, Barnsley ?

    We have just been handed a quote from a potential customer from first4solar . They priced the project off of google earth for a project in Poole, using rice packed rubbish and just emailed a quote. The quote clearly shows the REAL LOGO on their paperwork but I cannot find them on the MCS...
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    workwear

    hi guys! do all scaffs wear polo shirts? ;-)
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    polarity argument at work

    What do use in emergency lighting brown permanent live black switch live or black permanent live brown switch live obviously grey neutral major arguments at work please help to settle
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    Withstand voltage

    What is the withstand voltage for a typical consumer unit? (eg - Wylex 10 way board to BS EN 60439-3) Is the withstand voltage a minimum or maximum? Your valuable comments are appreciated...
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    Black mortar help

    Hi all Went to a job yesterday to chase out the walls in the living room. Chasing went fine but very dusty as you would expect from black mortar. The problem came when trying to clip the cables withing the Chases. The clips would simply fall out, or the mortar would just crumble. Anyone...
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    Jetion All Black Panels in Roof

    Bit of a long shot folks but does anyone have an image of a jetion all black panel or similar panel mounted in roof that i could use to show a potential client please? Thanks
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    black oil stuff dripping out of cutout

    just been to price for a board change and some remedial works, i noticed the cutout has a black puddle below it, and it's dripping out from inside it. sort of like a black oily stuff. anyone seen this before??
  17. J

    Easi-dec scaffolding system and 4 No. Winaico 190 black panels for sale 38p/Wp

    Hi all, Looking to sell our Easi-dec (used maybe 10 times, bought last year) as we're moving to outsourcing installations, also have 4 Winaico panels, they outperform most other brands on PV*Sol. We can deliver either within 1 hour drive or work out a price for further away. The Easi-dec is the...
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    ALiverpool girl

    A Liverpool girl goes to the welfare office to register for child benefit. "How many children?" asks the welfare officer. "Ten" replies the Liverpool girl, "Ten?" says the welfare worker. "What are their names?" "Nathan, Nathan, Nathan, Nathan, Nathan, Nathan, Nathan, Nathan, Nathan and...
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    Solar still good tomorrow

    Solar PV still attractive tomorrow!STA explains value of solar investment to domestic consumers New calculations show that investing in solar will continue to be attractive for domestic properties despite the reductions in the Feed in Tariff (FiT) tomorrow when the FIT for domestic systems will...
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    Training to become a man.

    Maybe not in the best possible taste but that's why there's a pub:)

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