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    Low Energy Lamps

    also i recentley got a GE 12w Spiral CFL out of asda. Is at full power after 2mins. :shock:
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    Outdoor security light question

    take a look at my dawn to dusk sodium lamp. these are used as high power security lights and it gives off 80w. or try a twin spot from TLC http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/TLTSPIRslashB.html and would this 70W Sodium Floodlight do the trick...
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    plugging oven into 13a mains

    really! EVERY fcu i have EVER seen is double pole (except from the GET one I dismantled :wink: )
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    snapped pull cord switch

    might just be me, but that looks like the neon cover has come off. am i right? :shock:
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    Gas or Electric?!

    i wonder if that exists... you could go on dragons den. i would still buy a electric though. glows red and has a nice bog orange neon to tell you when its on
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    New Dimmer Query

    thats good you stripped it back. maybe the smell is just stuck in the box and when the dimmer heats up u start to smell it. The last burning was indefinatley a loose connection. The wire colours though, im sure another sparky on here said what that was, can't rember who though.
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    Outdoor security light question

    forget bloomin cfl's (can't be used with photocells) and 100w lights. get a PIR 500w halogen light. They are pretty bright and dont dim for 5 mins when they power up like a CFL. try this: http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/AATHFPIR.html you can switch it :wink: or... try a Sodium lamp...
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    New Dimmer Query

    when you replaced the dimmer, did you strip back the cables to remove the old copper. cos' if you havent the copper will have softened and be making a loose connection. this could maybe make the "smell". try cutting the cable back the nice new copper (not too far) then remake the connections. im...
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    How To Check If Light Is IP44 Rated?

    why dont you buy a new light, then be sure that got a IP Rating. just to be on the safe side :wink:
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    How to add a light

    any thoughts on this handiwork
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    Silly pat test requests... lol

    unless they use MK Logic Plus. MK claim they can take 26A Total. I'm sure u read that somewhere. :wink:
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    How to add a light

    this was found in my loft when i got my christams tree out. And when i got the house rewired in 96' the spark cut the supply to it. Wonder why. 8) this "spur" ran straight to a junction box, to 1.5 t+e then to a 6a light switch and to a lampholder. No fusing down, no earth sleeving and if...
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    Numpties! Training the trainer.

    so you dont use some ikea scissors :wink:
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    Sparky xmas cards

    what did it say before you edited it, TTC?
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    Too many Poles!!

    single pole switch - only switches live (used in lightswitches) double pole switch - switches live and neutral three pole switch - used in fan isolators where it is a timer fan, or on a three phase supply. please could some sparkies comfirm this. hope that helps
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