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    Zafira fan

    Check the thermal switch. If you short the switch out, does the fan run? And, of course, the obvious. Fuse.
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    Buying advice - multitool, random orbital sander and router

    What size of a budget do you have? For each item. Cordless multitool, corded router, corded ROS.
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    Multitool blades

    https://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/brands/smart
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    Portable Aircon Unit how best to plug in..

    Use a proper Schuko adapter. Make sure it has an earth connection. https://www.showtec.co.uk/onlineshop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=226
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    Bi and Omni directional RCD's how can one tell what has been fitted.

    https://www.cef.co.uk/guides/emergency-3rd-amendment-to-bs-7671-wiring-regulations?utm_source=marketo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=UK-EB-2024-05-IET-Regs-Amendment&mkt_tok=MDUwLUZKUy05NzMAAAGS-HTMUhW212vIWBx40XBV2XRYOIz_BEUtBKQ4jGIebzx8wEDq_xiAo07HyIe-I0jO_7qyvZ_6gvXCIu5MdGylBnvXbEIhoMNDWi_ouKbPQU4
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    Wire End Crimps

    Try https://beal.org.uk/electrical-products/electrical-terminals/crimp-terminals-red.html
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    Recommend me a Hex key set please

    Always use a hex socket for brake calipers. Agree on the ball ended ones. Got 3 sets of Bondhus metric and one set of imperial keys. Used daily. For years.
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    Wall light 3 core cable with no earth

    You got a copy of the 16th from 1966?
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    Help with lighting wiring

    I was talking of flush boxes, Harry. Piped in steel tube and VIR cables!!!
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    EICR QUESTION?

    Did they take off any light switches or socket fronts, ceiling roses, etc?
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    Help with lighting wiring

    Prior to imperial machine screws, wooden boxes were used and accessories fixed with No 6 woodscrews.
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    EICR QUESTION?

    Personally I wouldn't pay. Couldn't possibly have done a proper job in that time.
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    Should we have a second socket fitted?

    Plug one extension into the other. Plug the fridge/freezer into the now vacant socket.
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    Pocket Hole Jig Query

    If you drill too close to the end of the timber, the screw will pull through.
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    5A sockets and shaver plugs

    I've got one of those adapters somewhere. Need one for a GU10!
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