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    Crimp joints - Yes or No?

    Don't you use wirenuts in the UK? I've never heard them mentioned even once on this forum, and they're all over the place in US installations.
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    Dimmer switch wiring *peace of mind question*

    Hsiboy Re: neutral conductors. The statement made (by Securespark, not you), which I cannot agree with, was that a conductor which is on the other side of a resistive load can be considered to be a netural conductor. This is wrong because part of the definition of a neutral conductor is the...
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    MCB lock outs

    I work in the manufacturing industry, and we strictly observe the lockout procedure because we are dealing with large groups of people, very powerful equipment, and much higher voltage fed from much larger circuit breakers than one would find in a residential installation. Since the lockout...
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    Dimmer switch wiring *peace of mind question*

    I'm afraid there is a great deal of incorrect information in this thread, much of it from Sterose and Hsiboy. I will attempt to clear up some of the confusion. As I stated before, but am including here again for completeness' sake: at no point is the neutral ever above earth potential. The...
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    Dimmer switch wiring *peace of mind question*

    This is wrong WRONG WRONG!!! The neutral is always at zero volts! Always! The live goes from +240 to -240 but the neutral always remains at zero due to its connection to the earth! Sterose, please tell me where you are getting this information. You have been led astray at some point...
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    Common light fitting problems

    Do you have a voltage or continuity tester? Does anything else fed on the same circuit work?
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    I put a gouge in my nice wooden desk chair

    Thanks, I'll check around at my local hardware stores and see what I can find.
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    Black Live wires

    Oooh, multi-location remote control dimmer switches! I didn't know such things existed. I'm pleased to discover they're available in the US as well. Well, I'm off to go shopping.
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    Radial MCB size???

    Securespark: If you put your table in the CODE tags, it keeps the spaces you need for the formatting. [code:1]Circuit Rating Type T/E conductor size Max floor area Ring 30 or 32A Any 2.5 100 Radial 30 or 32 cart or mcb 4...
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    Fishy Smell???

    Like me for example. It's amazing that we all speak English here and there's such a language barrier with the terminology between American and UK electrics. I for one appreciated Breezer's helpful tip, and I'm sure it was directed at Fluff, not you Securespark.
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    I put a gouge in my nice wooden desk chair

    I recently had to fix my nice wooden desk chair, and the actual fixing turned out beautifully. But in the process of repairing it, I accidentally put a big gouge in the seat with my electric drill. It's about 20mm by 10mm and is a bowl shape maybe 2 or 3 mm deep. I figure I can probably...
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    Telephone (Engaged)

    Since nobody seems to have ever heard of these things... TEC Phone in use indicator unit Build-it-yourself phone in use indicator circuit The hobby circuit is, of course, only one of several available in various internet sites and electronics books. This is the simplest one I've seen...
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    Telephone (Engaged)

    This may be a bit more complicated then. As I understand the circuit, it detects the 10V drop in voltage on your line when a phone is in use, and uses that to tell you when an extention is in use. If you've got these indicators in the UK, which I suspect you do, there may be two different...
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    Telephone (Engaged)

    What you're looking for is called an "extention in use indicator" or "line in use indicator", and they're not uncommon in electronics shops in the US and many places that sell telephones. You might want to call around, they're easy to install. However, if you really do want to build one...
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    1 gang 2 way circuit problem

    It sounds to me like a loose connection on either L1 or L2 on the switch you did not change.
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    Dimmer switch wiring *peace of mind question*

    I fear we're getting too far off topic here, but I cannot agree with this statement. The switchwire is at zero volts with respect to earth, true, but I will not call it a neutral because it is not a grounded conductor. (Earthed conductor? What's the UK term?) This isn't just semantics...
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    Dimmer switch wiring *peace of mind question*

    The question here is whether the dimmer would work properly and safely whether it was hooked up "backwards" or "forwards", since there is a question of which side it is expecting to see the load applied. For some DC components, this is a concern, but not for AC. Since the current switches...
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    Things to know before attemping DIY electrical work

    I was thinking more along the lines of stating something like: "If you are installing a new breaker, or replacing an existing breaker with a larger one, ask the forum for help in selecting the proper cable size."
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    Things to know before attemping DIY electrical work

    Actually, I like this answer. My intention was never to make an all-inclusive manual for all electrical work, but rather to have a known starting point from which all the DIYers can begin. From that point the electricians here could talk to the DIYers without worrying about talking over...
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    replacing 8kw shower

    Is he going to have to upgrade his wiring to handle the larger fuse/MCB?
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