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hi drcat, that book you were after is available now

Hello BAS you were away a long time, I wish to speak with you so, i can mail you directly off that address?

hi i saw that and wondered could i e-mail him....i am bobbins on modern technology :shock: "an analogue electrician in a digital age...."

thanks for that info, i havent got many friends :oops:

yes i agree, vulgar, yes tasteless, definately funny, well yes and to be honest, the mod has it all wrong. i would rather get anything in the post than anthrax :roll:

:lol: no, nothing so sinister, for my sins i do a little writing and i value his feedback/ review- it is frank but honest :oops: so i have something new for him to look at...... as i said, sorry for butting in on the electrical forum with this best wishes alan

Hello all :lol: Though i do not contribute much on here, I am an avid tuner inner so i am sorry to all for butting in on the forum :? B-A-S, greetings to you! I see you are very active on here..... I wish to send you something in the post and they don't do private messaging on here and...

hi the 5 sec disc. is a spillover from the 14th edition....in this book they talked of close and coarse protection, and fusing factors. example.... it takes around 2x the rated current to blow a rewireable fuse so they set the blow at 3x in the old book.it was 3x because it was classed as...

hi the definitive method to condemn the element is to 1 check with a test lamp to the element line terminal and earth 2 isolate again 3 disconnect neutral to element 4 re-energise and check voltage at line stud of heater again to earth 5 now check neutral stud to earth. no voltage...

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hi coljack, fair comment, sort of.... the official line, as you know is to put the 450mm in on the bottom of the former and bend it upwards :shock: on friday, as i said earlier, i am doing some pre AM2 thingies with a young lad....he has to install a piece of pipe with one set and two bends...

hi coljack.... set square measurment with measured part put into machine is the way to go... all those marks on the former are because you have the measured bit sticking out and it stretches by different amounts depending on the pipe wall thickness i reckon 1 out of 30 do it correctly...

good evening holmlaw, have i done something to offend you? if i was unfortunate enough to be taught by the chief electrician on the QE2 at a multi million pound purpose built school and have been successfully installing all manner of containment since september 1981 i was wondering where you...

hi coljack the 6mm is what you knock off the measurement to the back of a bend so the conduit will sit in a saddle the 16mm is a thread or half a coupling the 1 1/2 inch is what you knock off a box ( if doing a run with flourescent light on it with 600mm centres you knock off 3 inches-two...

on friday , i am doing a "pre AM2" tutorial with a student at my local college. in the AM2 you have to install a single piece of tube with one set and two 90 degree bends between a trunking and light with pre drilled holes and fixed saddles ...... the kid gets the secret on friday...... 8)