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  1. keniff

    What are they called?!

    Hi guys can't find them anywhere but they are cable ties with a rawl plug attached, you fold the plug together push in the hole and then hammer the pin in to secure, can't remember what they are called?!!
  2. R

    Kopex/Flexible conduit cutter

    Hi Everyone, Does anyone know where I can buy a kopex/flexible conduit cutter? A few have said they exist but I can't find one anywhere! I have seen the RotoCut tool but not sure if this is what I'm after. Thanks
  3. NDG Elecs

    Inaccessible joint and assessment upcoming.

    Hi Folks, I have my assessment quite soon and have a query. Situation is a RFC with no sockets on the ring but there are three sockets spurred off it at one point. I have down rated the OPD to 20A due to this. The RFC end to ends are spot on and the R1R2 is decent with the legs cross...
  4. B

    Can't think of the name????

    Hi Everyone, I'm having a mental block! I'm trying to think of the name of the little copper bar that goes between the load side of a circuit breaker and a crimped cable? It's for a 2P 63A Type C mcb with bar connecting the switched part so rated to 125A, they have a crimped 50mm cable, it...
  5. M

    Lighting spur off a fuse spur

    Hi guys. The situation is I'm pricing a kitchen re-wire and the owner also has a new shed (6ft away from kitchen) that they would like to supply 4 single sockets to feed the white goods and a light. Price is a factor (when is it not) and the best way I can see to meet the requirements without...
  6. D

    MR16 LED flickering - can't access transformer - suggestions?

    I've just replaced most of the halogen spotlights in my rented flat with LED MR16 LEDs and managed to swap out the old transformers for each light and replace with an LED suitable version and they worked great. There is one LED however, in a small bathroom for which I can't access the...
    • diagonali
    • Thread
    • access bathroom can't flickering halogen led mr16 suggestions transformer
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  7. D

    can't afford

    a mixer tap? no problem. all you need is some old hosepipe, a bit of copper pipe, and a few rusty jubilee clips
  8. Sam_Butler

    Getting hold of the DNO (ENWL)

    Any north west sparks have some kind of magic way to get Electricity North West (ENWL) to answer their phone? I'm trying to enquire as to the supply characteristics of a shop I'm testing, and spent all afternoon going through the same sequence of hold, hold, voicemail. In the end I left two...
  9. J

    Future use cable coiled in CU?

    Hi all, Perhaps a very simple question with a very obvious answer but just to check... Full rewire scenario. Customer yet to renovate kitchen/dining room into a kitchen diner so wants all cables in trunking there only and chased through the rest of the house. Currently only a gas oven but...
    • Johnlondon
    • Thread
    • cable can't cores future kitchen led
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. D

    Can't turn lights off!

    Berlin's brand new airport can't turn off its lights at a cost of £4,000 a DAY | Mail Online Just thought I should post this link! Usually the sort of incompetence I'd expect in the UK, certainly not from the ever efficient Germans! Seriously, how on earth can they have a problem like that?!
  11. J

    First fix in a OMB (Sterling Board) House

    Hi All , wonder if anyone can shed some light on this ? , we've just landed a job on a massive 4 bed house that's entirely built from sterling board , outside walls , inside walls , roof the lot , so conventional wiring methods are not an option in some areas as we have no joists to run...
    • JP303
    • Thread
    • areas board built can't first first fix house walls
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  12. I

    Can't decide, need help to choose

    hi all, I'm new here and although i have worked as a spark's mate the last 2 years, he never gave much away. I am also a handyman outside of that job and will probably just carry on working for myself when i finish my domestic installers course in a couple of weeks. I need a tester and cannot...
  13. tombrooker84

    What to do when you can't get a fixing

    Hello Guys, Recently completed the first fix on a small 2 bed house, as soon as you drilled to get a raw plug in, the brick just crumbled away (thats without using hammer setting and using a slightly smaller drill bit). What do you guys do, I've tried cutting bits of wood, but that is quite...

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