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I just use piranhas. Saves the messing about.

Had a call from a customer who had just had his shower room renovated. A "spark" who was a friend of chaps son had done the electrical work. A new shower had replaced an existing one but moved and a new isolator fitted with a switch outside the door instead of a ceiling pullcord. Original shower...

How about LED lamps on the "pass" in restaurants to keep food warm :slap

I've been rewiring a ground floor flat which is a toal refurb with gas central heating going in. Standard set up 10mm bonding to incoming gas and water. Had phone call from customer in a panic. According to the "Heating Engineer" I had used 6mm to bond the gas. I told the customer I had used...

You can always add a smoke alarm via radio interlink if you forget the 3 core.

Thats what Elecsa said to do. Sleeve it to keep in line with latest regs for cable colours and sticker it because there will be a mix of both types of cable.

Spoke to Elecsa technical helpline today and they said as long as the red and black is sleeved brown/blue and a dual colours warning label is placed on the CU then it is ok.

Ok so thats two different opinions. I don't see it as being any different to sleeving 3 core but I will check what my scheme provider Elecsa says about it.

I went to quote for a rewire today and the client asked if I could use some reels of cable they had. I had a look and it was Tower branded 2.5mm T&E new reels but in old colours. Apart from suggesting they flog it on ebay can it be used if I make sure I sleeve it in brown and blue?

Do we have any discounts available at Fastlec?

I was called out to a house last week I did a CU change on last year. An elderley couple in their 80's had some of those triangular G4 under cabinet lights most of which had blown one by one since their kitchen was fitted 2 years ago. I find the them fiiddly blighters to replace so what chance...

I think there is too much torque and not enough screwing.

Is this now the s & m forum?

The local parish magazine is often a good way of advertising yourself locally. Had an emergency callout this morning out of an ad which has led to a partial rewire job at the property.

It seems fair game around my little corner of Wales for some sparks to rip off customers which gives the trade a bad name. I was asked by an elderley couple recently moved to the area to replace a storage heater for a towel rail in the bathroom. I asked if there was any paper work on the...

Switch start fittings with high output LED tubes are the way to go. No ballasts to go wrong, low energy consumption and a long lamp life.

Thanks I'll give Electric Centre a call next time I'm over Shrewsbury way.

Does anyone know where I can get the full range of orbix screws from?. I can find the self drill metal type but I'm looking for the wood screws as well. I contacted Orbix and they told me CEF and Edmundsons stock them but my nearest branches don't. If there is somewhere online as the last place...

They did me a bacon butty for lunch.

I had a call this morning from a facilities management company asking if I would go and have a look at a job at my local branch of a roadside restaurant chain that employ short fat cooks. The reported fault was a cable on a griddle sparking. When i got there I found a damaged SY cable that...