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    Edison screw batten holder

    Woah. It's ticking all the right boxes. Cheers Spark. Loving your work... I'm ordering it now.
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    Edison screw batten holder

    Mmmm, I could but I don't know if the holes are spaced for regular BESA accessories. It looks to me like they may be too narrow... Also I wanted to try to avoid using back boxes if poss. Bearing in mind we're dealing with students, who by their nature are unqualified and could do silly things...
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    Edison screw batten holder

    It's for an assessment rig. It's to check that students know to check for polarity in ES lampholders, not withstanding the fact that the regs state that only GES need to be checked. Hence it has to be ES and is stipulated as such by City and Guilds. I don't think anybody thought about the...
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    Edison screw batten holder

    Thanks Spark. I'm wiring it with surface clipped cables and the brass one will need to be mounted on some kind of pattress box to enable me to get the cables in the back. It's aesthetic qualities are dubious too. I think it's surprising that more manufacturers don't make ES batten holders whan...
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    Edison screw batten holder

    I need to source an ES batten holder. I can only find details on the 'net for a Clipsal one, which appearently is now discontinued, according to my wholesaler. Any ideas?
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    Halogen light fire risk?

    A good idea is an upturned 12 to 15 inch terracota flower pot over the fitting. Yes it'll get hot, but the hole in the end will allow the heat to dissipate, it'll keep the insulation away from the light and will cost about a quid for each one. It won't look pretty, but it is only a loft...
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    ReWire to a 3 bed house and an outhouse. Comments plz.

    If the rcd trips while you are out or on holiday you'll lose all your stuff in the freezer. They are so sensitive that even a lamp blowing in a table lamp will take out the rcd. Many people have table lamps on timers so that they can have a light coming on in the house while they're out, this...
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    Can anyone identify this item please?

    Some years ago we used a device that we called a 'top-hat'. This was a tophat shaped piece of metal that screwed into the middle of the back of the metal box, usually with a self-tapper, and had the necessary metal lugs into which you can screw the 3.5mm screws. If you can get hold of them, try...
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    IEE 'money-making-machine'

    Green and yellow from now on. They're the only colours that never change.
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    Sunbed- lie down double canopy

    Calm down lads, all of you. Leepy, welcome to the forum, all newcomers are more than welcome. Many of us who reply to DIYers like yourself are well qualified and experienced electricians, who do go the extra mile to give good advice. Hence I'm here typing on my lunchbreak. Getting moisture...
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    Plug in (Bayonet ) fluorescent lights

    Oh My God, I now know how that bloke in 'Life on Mars' feels. I've been transported back to 1973. Cheers for that Adam. Double Diamond anyone? How about an Advocaat? I've got some in the boot of my Allegro, the one with the picnic table attachement (Vanden Plas?) If you're putting it in the...
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    IEE 'money-making-machine'

    Wait for it... You'll never guess what I've just heard... At some stage in 2007, the 17th edition will be released. :shock: Can wait.......... Apparently it'll ban the use of PVC in favour of a return to VIR, SWA cables need to be buried 12 feet down, B&Q et al can now...
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    Plug in (Bayonet ) fluorescent lights

    We had one when I was a kid. It was a 4 foot fluorescent which just connected into a normal BC batten holder. If I remember rightly it was, or should have been, outlawed by the style police. I can't remember/ didn't note where the control gear was located (I was gonna be an astronaut back then...
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    Wiring immersion heater timer...

    You may find that the solid link to which you refer is the supply for the timeclock part of the timer, it will also have a bettery but this is just for a backup. Your best bet is take a flex from the switch fused spur to the new timer. make sure you observe the difference between 'supply' and...
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    Consumer Unit question....

    It'll depend on the make and style of your CU. Take the cartridge fuse holder into your local electrical wholesaler and you should be able to try it in various makes of CU. If the fuse fits the board, purchase one of that make of circuit breaker and try it in your board at home. You need to...
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    Dimmer Hell

    You need to check that the transformers are dimmable - not all are. Secondly you need to ensure that your dimmers are suitable for inductive loads, otherwise they will not last very long. It may be that you have a dimmer switch problem, rather than all 4 transformers going simultaneously...
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    Perp pet

    Perpetual motion machine, you say? This nothing to do with strapping a piece of toast butter side up to the back of a cat is it? As a cat always lands on it's feet when dropped from a height, and yet buttered toast always lands butter side down when dropped, the resulting cat/toast combo will...
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    PD across live and earth?

    Hmmm, as mentioned they are very low readings. 230ish volts (PD) between live and earth is what you should expect, you should have the same live to neutral too. As there is obviously something amiss, and you don't know where it is, it may be better to get someone in to check it through. There's...
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    Connection unit/junction box

    Get some M4s with some nuts. They are brass machined screws, 4mm in diameter & come in different lengths and are the best thing for the job. Either try your local DIY store, or look up 'City Electrical Factors' or 'Edmundson Electrical' in the yellow pages. They will know exactly what you mean...
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    Connection unit/junction box

    I'm not aware of smaller ones. I guess a single pattress box serves the same purpose, it's just that you can't easily fix the connector strip. You could fix the strip with some M4 brass screws and nuts; you'd need to drill the back very carefully with a very sharp drill bit, avoiding areas...
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