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    2 gang MK intermediate switch?

    Hi just wondering if any of you clever people know if or where i may be able to get my hands on one of these? if not any one know if its possible to take the intermediate switch mechanism off of an mk one gang intermediate switch to replace a normal gang on a 2 gang mk switch.. thanks :C
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    Polystyrene and conduit.

    Hi, I haven't posted in a while so here goes, I have been asked to to wire a couple of circuits into a garage conversion, The customer has polystyrene from top to bottom, stud work (there is a layer of fibreglass between the polystyrene and plasterboard on the stud work) flooring loft ect...
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    wholesalers?

    hi, i'v decided to go around a few local wholesalers and put some posters up to try and get some work for my apprentiship, iv managed to come up with the below.. as electricians what would you think if you saw it? should i change or add anything to it?? many thanks
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    central heating/water timer

    hello all, iv been asked to replace a broken central heating and water timer by a neighbour, i got round there expecting to just have to do a new for old swap, i found the old timer unit and also an old 8 pin optical relay ?:| i have no idea with this kind of thing and was just looknig for...
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    Army Electricians

    Hello, just wondering if anyone on here had done been in the royal engineers as a sparky, with no company
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    Terminating SWA at plastic Comsumer Unit

    hi all, just a quick one please probaly sounds daft but.. what are the preffered ways to terminate SWA at a plastic consumer unit? ?:| metal clad box then tails up to it ? the SWA is 2 core and im using the armour as earth for the sub main and TT'ing the second consumer unit. cheers
  7. J

    What now?

    hello, just looking for some advice, after reading green-hornets assesment thread i am even more confused... i have completed a 6 month full time course and completed c&g level 2 and 3 and NVQ level 2 in electrical inst. all the PEO units and all that.. i now need to complete 18 months...
  8. J

    Feed from isolator?

    helloo just a quick one again sorry.. iv been asked by family if they can take the feed from an extractor fan isolator switch for an outside light.. to look somthig like this.. i wasnt sure if this was allowed so just thought id check thanksss:D
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    Cable calculation!

    hi clever people again, was wondering if it isnt to much effort if somebody could tell me exactly how they would go about choosing a cable for a circuit.. temperature coeficiancy environmental factors all that? i know the calculations but am always missing vital steps or just doing them in the...
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    Capacitor charging

    hello all, i have been playing with the little capacitors from disposable cammeras making little stun gun things great fun when your as imature as me.. i keep breaking the little charging circuit.. :| from what i gather all this does is does is create a pulsed dc votlage and pumps it up a...
  11. J

    wiring to garden sheds.

    hello im new to this i am a level 2 qualified electrical apprentice, we have decided to wire up the two sheds in the garden and i have drawn up a basic plan of the wiring, could you take a look and let me know if it looks safe? the plastic conduit will be clipped to the bottom of wooden fence...
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