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    My method of finding shorts in electronics, is to dump a few amps into the fault from a laboratory power supply. Then use voltage...
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    ericmark replied to the thread Is it just me.
    The national grid was completed in 2008, when Abergeirw in Gwynedd, North Wales was connected. Just because I lived in Hong Kong, so I...
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    ericmark replied to the thread Hive Install.
    Tracing but colours is hard, as I simply don't know where each cable comes from. I made errors with my own, someone clearly though if...
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    ericmark replied to the thread Is it just me.
    Started with Spectrum, then Amiga, the latter used for Packet, is that still being used?
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    ericmark replied to the thread Flymo.
    I have not tried putting wires in the flymo switch when not held together with a ferrule. If it can be physically done, then no problem.
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    ericmark replied to the thread Hive Install.
    The problem is, only the motorised valve has fixed colours. We use red, yellow, blue, or brown, black, gray wires because that's what...
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    ericmark replied to the thread Hive Install.
    Sorry seems to be S plan not Y plan.
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    ericmark replied to the thread Is it just me.
    Respect needs to be earned.
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    ericmark replied to the thread Hive Install.
    Mid-position zone valve has fire wires, Orange to boiler, White to room thermostat, Blue is neutral, Green/yellow is earth, the Grey...
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    ericmark replied to the thread 3 zone smart thermostat.
    Honeywell, Hive, Drayton all use that backplate. So not surprised to find Tado also using it. The OT connections are Hive.
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    ericmark replied to the thread Flymo.
    Ferrules, I got a kit from Lidi, I would fit them backwards and cut off the plastic insulation. May be cheaper to just tin the wires...
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    ericmark replied to the thread Consumer unit for EV.
    Many EV charge points are fitted by the supplier, and often the suppliers rules means the electrician doing the work can't use your...
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    ericmark replied to the thread Falklands.
    Wethers or not Ewe've been warned, I don't want to Hogget the thread.
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    ericmark replied to the thread soldering AAA batteries.
    I miss the old fax machine, good old Scottish technology, although it was the French who built the first pair. But without someone to...
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    ericmark replied to the thread Falklands.
    Just like the clearances in Scotland? And Hong Kong island was not leased, only the mainland was leased.
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