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    Best elec underfloor heating

    I'm doing some work on my own house (makes a change!) and have had a ground floor extension built which will soon be ready for 1st fix, heating is going to be electric underfloor as it can't be part of existing rads due to building regs. Just wondering what you guys use and recommend? We do...
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    Outside junction Boxes, switches

    Hi all Is it ok to fit conduit into the top knockout of an outside...
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    ALDI SDS Drill bits

    ALDI are currently selling a set of three 1m SDS drill bits, 12mm 16mm and 24mm for £10. Not something I would expect to use much and not something I would expect to be great quality, but for that price I think worth having in stock.
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    Distribution board tails

    Hi all just a quick one may sound really stupid what is the name of the flexible meter tails inside a distribution board used to link busbar and main switch etc I need to purchase some in 6mm but can only find normal double insulated meter tails and was wondering what this cable is actually called?
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    mobile valeting

    Mobile valeting is awesome I'm sat with a cold beer watching two lads cleaning my van sweating their backsides off, I did offer them a cuppa soup but for some reason they declined! , there's no pleasing some people. :rofl:
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    I can't believe i did not think of it sooner

    I finally had a brain wave and used Wagos for central heating. I did it after realising i only had pieces of connector strip and not a whole strip and i thought it would look naff. Hunted through the van and found my wago box and voila i shall never go back
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    HV authorised person training

    Does anybody know of a HVAP training provider in the south? Company wants to send me on residential one up north but can't leave family down here.
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    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?!!
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    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
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Easy MCS

    I'm in a bit of a mess with my QMS and tbh like many of you I'm finding it hard to get motivated to sort it out. I'm considering coughing up £400 to Easy MCS just to get rid of it my theory being that if I spend the same amount of time on sales instead of boring admin I should be able to pay...

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