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    Portable Aircon Unit how best to plug in..

    Use a proper Schuko adapter.
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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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    Williams Superslim Autotorque torque wrench calibration

    A bit of searching found this: http://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2017/04/vanished-tool-makers-t-williams-drop.html?m=1
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    Rubber tape

    What about velcro?
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    Euro6 compliance

    Just pointing out that short journeys in a diesel will clog the dpf and cause a lot of extra expense.
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    Euro6 compliance

    Unless you do a lot of longer journeys to get a Euro 6 diesel up to temperature and enable regen cycle regularly you are in for a lot of pain. You ae better off with a petrol.
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    EBay special SDS drill Q

    I'll stick with my Milwaukee M18, thanks. Takes all I can throw at it.
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    Basic tools and drills needed

    +1 for the wall chaser. Got mine a bit cheaper as it was end of line sell off.
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    Am I doing this right? 2 gang dim light switch wiring

    The red wire goes in with the brown, live feed in. Strip the black back about 10mm and insert into the middle terminal. Isolate the electrical supply before doing this!!
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    Looking for a knob!

    Not cheap, but... https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=597772508&q=Bore+Micrometer&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiiheHq2NeDAxWtQkEAHQbHDKoQ1QJ6BAhgEAI&biw=360&bih=702&dpr=3#ip=1&piu=ps:48&oshopproduct=pid:1116791369013664033,oid:1116791369013664033,iid:2999400806192756168,pvt:hg,pvo:3&oshop=apv&pvs=0
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