Recent content by theflyingpolak

René Lévesque said everyone should take a valium and relax at election time. Sound advice.

This is on a list too! Safe to handle unless damaged. But you can see the asbestos.... Good thing lists are perfect and we live in a perfect world. I'd hate to see folks sitting on bench for the yearly chest X ray hoping for good news.

Some assumptions can be made about things manufactured before the 1970s. If they have wiring and produce heat they contain asbestos. By the 1970s it started to become obvious asbestos was bad and its use in electrical equipment declined depending on where you live and what your product is...

Replace receptical with a GFCI if no bond is provided. Check the box with an ohm meter to see if the bonding there can be jumpered to a new receptical.

Two peoples separated by a common language ha ha. P&C = protection and control, how and when things trip and the specifications and ratings of the devices used.

I am sorry if I have asked some questions that are off topic. I am here because I have a keen interest in your earthing systems and P&C.

Let me ask a slightly different question then. The Cooker is " plugged " into the kitchen ring then? What I find hard to understand is how you could wire a modern UK kitchen on a 32 amp ring. You must have other dedicated circuits? My stove is plugged into a Nema 14 50 ( but protected...

Would that mean you would be willing to take your Upholders back?

Does the stove come with a plug? What is the standard or range of branch protection device used on a UK stove? Maybe these are stupid questions but I am having a hard time understanding why a new residential stove will not simply plug into something existing.

I like that. Long time reader, but first time poster. I made a joke 25 years ago in college along those lines where it all started for me.

confused about what to fill this box with?