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trying to get rid of an air lock in our boiler after emptying central heating system and looked in the airing cupboard at this setup . the alarming thing I found was going up into loft at the F&E tank expecting to see the cold feed being a 22mm ... but its only (equivalent) of 15mm - I say...

Yeah, about right - my wife and son drove up to Derry the other week for a railway model exhibition up there

oh , i just found this on the screwfix forum , shall have to havea read - mind you , still no good if our countrys reg prohibits over- sleeving though. https://community.screwfix.com/threads/3-phase-cable-colours-on-single-phase-components.27550/

no, trust no-one , thats why i reckon electricians should not be just looking at colour and assuming everythings correct - how many times have you waited to turn out onto a road and someone puts their left indicator on in their car and they still carry on driving straight forward ... you just...

i got one of these socket wiriring testers to see if a socket is wired up correctly - so easy a monkey can use it :D : then theres always my digital multimeter to test continuity / resistance, and the RCD in the consumer unit with the 'Test' button to test out the trip works on the RCCD I...

Thats nice thank you - i dindnt know if you were doing it in my interest or yours :D

ah yes I remember reading about an incident in the UK once years ago , something to do with stainless steel kitchen sink and no earth bonding - his mrs got electrocuted

blimey that escalated - can i really go to jail for putting up a few sockets in me garage! ? - I know you dont know my levelof electrical competence but if I ended up in the graveyard because the RCCB didnt trip in the consumer unit on a fault i'd be getting my family to file a law suite from my...

judging by how hard it is to get hold of one i constantly read on local facebook pages about how hard it is to get a local plumber or electrician in the area and that people phone them and they say they will be there next week and a month later they still havent turned up - looks like i might...

I like screwfix - had good experiences with using them in the past , good website, good prices , useful click and collect . its astrange one why our screwfix over here though dont do the swa in brown,blue g&y - sent an email to screwfix and just told me to email their suppliers - still waiting...

he/she/they can identify a live wire with a phase screwdriver tester :)

when i first moved to Ireland in the early 90's the lighting in the ceiling lights and the wall light switches in our "do'er upper" bungalow was all done in 1.5mm single core brown and blue (oh hold on might even have been red and black) with no earth

3 core & earth?

OT - but why are earth wire in T&E not covered in insulation like the other cores?

messy - it should all be unified regs (well definitely in the case of England, Scotland, Wales, NI)

I like the "2 Earths are better than 1" of it - i mean if armour goes rusty/corroded you still have your earth on the core wire, and if the core wire gets broken then you still have the earth on the steel armour. Maybe the UK/Ireland 3pin BS 13a plugs should have been made into 4pin plugs a...

ah right I see thanks

@Risteard sorry to tax your brain but if someone (residential person/unqualified electrician) in Ireland buys a electric cooker from currys , gets it home and disconnects their old cooker and installs the new cooker are they breaking any laws how does the law stand in Ireland for that? - I see...

true i will have to look up on that over here in Ireland - i am never sure if that it is OK to do your own wiring in your own house/property - but where the real issue is that if you have to get an electrician in the electrician must be qualified and have all the qualifications and 'write off'...

screwfix IE site has 4core 2.5mm 25mtr with these colours in it: Black, Blue, Brown and grey insulation colour €77.65 3core 2.5mm 25mtr with these colours in it: Black, Brown, Grey insulation colour €67.95 price difference of €9.70 so in that sense the dearer 4 core at least you would have...