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    3 gang light switch

    You have got an earth connection sorted to any metal switches?
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    Question about flex wire strands on plug terminal

    I remember before fitted plug were a thing when manufacturers would crimp bits of metal onto the conductors. The instructions I read said "These are for testing purposes only. Please remove before fitting a plug."
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    Oh Jimmy Jimmy

    They're not here illegally! I'm sure this has been explained before. Irregular Arrival: Entering a country without prior authorization (e.g., small boat crossings) is often termed "illegal" by governments, but international law (Article 31 of the 1951 Convention) stipulates that refugees...
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    Zombie Apocalypse - what's your plan?

    I will get Colin Furze to build me a very comfortable underground pad.
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    Fluorescent Replacement

    Like when I was working on a site doing a tower block in the centre of Leeds. There was a cable in a bathroom caught behind a pipe clamp the sort of pipe clamp held together with a screw. I couldn't find anybody for love nor money and I thought, WTF, it's just a screw on a pipe clamp... Half...
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    Trumps attack on Iran - 2026 edition

    Netanyahu has found the way to keep himself in power is to keep warring. IDKWTF the man thinks he's playing at. He crows incessantly about stopping gazillions of wars, bangs on about wanting the peace prize, and now this?
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    Fluorescent Replacement

    In that case, explain that the higher authority has suggested it's the existing fittings or go back to candle power. They'll soon stop moaning!
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    Advice on EICR failure C2

    "Boards" is my name for Consumer Units, apologies. Shorthand...board change.
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    Fluorescent Replacement

    I have the Ansell Tornado Pro Twin Anti-corrosives in the garage. 2 x 6 foot twins give a great output easily comparable to the old 2 x 100W 8 foot twin fluo's. In your church hall example, I think they'd improve matters by swapping the fittings for the Tornados and painting everywhere white.
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    Salary Sacrifice EV

    :ROFLMAO:
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    Salary Sacrifice EV

    Well, it was you who said you can't be bothered keeping it charged. There must be a reason for that. The usual one is that you're not using it enough.
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    Fluorescent Replacement

    Thanks everyone. As I said before, 440mm. I made a booboo, though, they are not 18W tubes (otherwise they'd be 600), they are 15W. The picture above shows extra space above and below the fitting, but the one on the right hand side has a shaver outlet immediately above it, so putting a longer...
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    Salary Sacrifice EV

    That's because they have much smaller batteries. Depending on the mileage you do in the hybrid, you may only need one charge a week. A few hybrids do 70-80+ miles on EV mode alone, but when discharged, your MPG will shoot up as you switch to ICE only. Having thought long and hard about this...
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    Salary Sacrifice EV

    That's like saying, I like my petrol car, but it always needs filling up! I assume it only needs charging up after driving it the number of miles needed to discharge it? We charge ours at home for 7p per unit. We get at least 200 miles per charge and it's a fraction of the cost of Diesel. Yes...
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    Salary Sacrifice EV

    You've never driven the MG4 then. Even the bog standard model, let alone the X Power, is a cracker. Ours is the LR Trophy: RWD, a hoot off the mark and an even bigger hoot round twisty B roads. And all from a relatively lowly 201 BHP. Far from soulless!
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    Uraemia - CKD/statins

    Harry, I'm sorry you're having this crap in your life. Being ill is not fun. I think you've done amazingly to self diagnose. Peritoneal Dialysis is a much better option than going into hospital. You do need to be careful to keep the site clean, though, but they'll teach you all about that in...
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    Fluorescent Replacement

    Can't find anything bigger than 7W that will physically fit inside the compartment.
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    What was the demographic of your childhood street?

    My street when I lived with my Gran in the early 70s was full of elderly Jewish couples and widowed ladies. Nobody seemed to complain that they were all sticking together...
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    Advice on EICR failure C2

    Sorry. 2011 is when I first started fitting metal boards.
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