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Hi Guys and Girls, It's been a while since I've been here. I've been asked to replace all the downstairs accessories in a newly built house for a friend of a family member, I don't normally do domestic, but said yes. She asked for Chrome with black inserts, no problem I thought.  I gave my...

Hi all, I'm stuck with remedial a on a large commercial building. PFC is generally 6-10kA and the testers have flagged that most of the breakers are only rated at 6kA, fair cop. Each of the boards is fed via a BS 88 fuse, typically up to 100amp. The decision has been made (above my head) to...

Long shot, but... Has anyone got a set if instructions for a Wharton 482 master clock circa 1994, or link to them? I had a call to a civic building with this system installed. A number of clocks spread throughout the building all driven by a controller on the top floor. I managed to get it...

Evening, I've inherited a strange one that I know nothing about, great start! Main conference room in the company I work for has a PC connected to a "SY electronics CatX Tx8" which as far as I can tell... converts the VGA signal from the PC to data and splits it onto 8 data cables.  That in...

I'm looking for a data cable tester for occasional use. We've got the all singing and dancing fluke network testers, but they're a bit much for testing, say, a damaged point. I had a Screwfix cheapy but it passed away. The one the boss bought in, is even worse and didn't work out of the box...

There was nothing wrong with the socket, just the plug tester shows its ok where the multifunction show not so good... Conduit earth, with a fault somewhere in the concrete.

We've just installed a flood detection system coupled to a pyronix v2gsm dialler. The system is designed to monitor two local locations and in the event of leak, set alarm off and then dial a control room. The control room acknowledges the alarm, then contacts the relevant people who travel to...

Seasons greeting people. Mother in law has had bg out to fix her boiler several times over the last few months. Each time they tell her the bonding is wrong and should be put right, it's bonded aprox 200mm after entering the property. They say it should be closer to their box. I've told her...

Hello folks, It looks like I'm getting a fire damaged section of Carpark to repair. Problem is all of the existing ligh fittings are assembled with security screws. The screw head has 4 drilled holes in a square pattern. I don't have the hole centres at the minute. In the past I've Managed...

Evening, Lazy nephew wants a clap activated on/off light switch. Alternatively a remote control switch. The clappers I've looked at are American and or badly rated. The remote ones are mostly dimable. I've told him that he'll need a dimable lamp if he goes for that option, at extra cost...

Evening chaps I've got a Dilog 6507 that is only a couple of months old. It's not working anymore. I'm guessing flat batteries - but the instructions say remove three screws to open the case - there are no screws visible Has any one else changed their batteries? How do you do it? I don't want...

Hi guys, I'm looking to buy a gas soldering iron, mainly small repairs, odd alarm cable repair, cable to switch or pcb repair, shrinking heat shrink etc. It's not going to get a lot of work, and I've got a bigger mains one for bigger stuff. Has any one got a recommendation? I don't want to...

Evening chaps, I'm stuck with making right after the plumber and spark... They left the room stat screwed over the cable, just stripped the sheath off and didn't screw the stat back tightly. This leaves the cores showing Room is all decorated now - typical. I tried the stat on a pattress but...

Hi guys, I've got a shower to swap, 8.5kW the water and electric entry on the existing are bottom left. Any suggestions for a close to straight swap? It's a favour for a mate so I don't want to chew on with rewiring, plumbing and tiling! It doesn't need to be the cheapest but not silly...

Hi Guys, I've got three small lampposts to fit (approx. 1metre tall) on an Astroturf lawn, (once the gardener has landscaped and laid the Astroturf.)  I’ve dug the trenches and got my SWA’s in place and back filled.  I’ve got a hole at the end of the trench with duct and cable coming up ready...

Hi, Does anyone have a website where i can get prices for central battery and central inverter systems? I'm doing an HNC project and looking to justify an emergency lighting system but can't find any prices for the above devices, which makes a joke of comparing self contained Vs central...

Evening, Just doing some research for an assignment, (maybe this should be in student section) Anyhoo... Found a guy saying his wind turbine is not grid tied, this is due to the time the inverter takes to synchronise with the mains. Apparently this can be up to three minutes, he's implies he'd...

Found this while stripping out for a toilet block refurb... Thankfully its all coming out, but i wonder how long the hand dryers have been using a corroded through conduit for an earth...

Doing some gardening for my mam, found this in the shed... "What wrong with it, it works" http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r598/PIckleye/c4ead857.jpg"] Wandering round a garden centre and spotted this one... http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r598/PIckleye/04447b6b.jpg"] Looks like feed...

Evening all, In a bit of a predicament. Started a four year apprenticeship just under three years ago, as I had put myself through college and passed with high grades I was fast tracked. I passed my nvq 3 and am2 Last year. I put myself through 2391 and passed first time, but have no...