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  1. morqthana

    Help with kitchen rewire and heating costs estimate pls

    How many would you like?
  2. morqthana

    Help with kitchen rewire and heating costs estimate pls

    It's neither his kitchen nor, probably, a real one.
  3. morqthana

    Change 2 way switch to single dimmer

    2-way? Or 2-gang? Is there another switch somewhere else which controls either or both wall & ceiling lights?
  4. morqthana

    Is it just me

    And capable of passing w a a a a a a a y more than a 13A one...
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    Ok to spray paint on cables?

    No - it's plasticised.
  6. morqthana

    Doorbell rant

    Then neighbours have to take in all your Amazon¹ deliveries. ¹ Other online retailers are available.
  7. morqthana

    Can an electrician swap my MCBs for RCBOs?

    Given that devices, and therefore faults detected, are getting wider in scope (overcurrents, earth faults, bi-directional, arc faults, etc), I wonder if we will, or should want to, see CUs where instead of each device having local indicators (which adds physical size and mechanical complexity)...
  8. morqthana

    Doorbell rant

    Maybe I could get one of those custom made saying THIS IS A F.....G BUTTON WHICH WORKS A F.....G DOORBELL. PRESS IT INSTEAD OF BANGING ON THE DOOR YOU F.....G IDIOT.
  9. morqthana

    Doorbell rant

    I have a doorbell push which looks like this: A lot of people bang on the door - apparently because it doesn't look like these a lot of people don't recognise it as a doorbell push. :mad::mad::mad:
  10. morqthana

    Strip lights

    No - they were outlawed for sale, not use.
  11. morqthana

    An unsheathed wire

    Hard to have too many sockets in a kitchen. Might installing an extra one alongside this one be helpful if it allowed the two spurs (assuming they are) to be split?
  12. morqthana

    Ok to spray paint on cables?

    They may be rusty, but rust is a protective coating - are they actually deteriorating, becoming unsound?
  13. morqthana

    Has plug and play solar now been passed, I see adverts?

    In my garden I have an outbuilding which is oriented basically E-W, with a pitched roof, so one face of that is pretty much south facing. 19m² and virtually unshaded. Angle is less than ideal, about 10°, but overall quite a useful space, and being single storey easy to access. But with no...
  14. morqthana

    Buried armoured cable in garden. What could it be?

    So let's rewind.... Whether it is, or is not on your property, is it a problem, and if so, why?
  15. morqthana

    Buried armoured cable in garden. What could it be?

    Can you tell which way it's running? Have you dug any more holes, or have any more to dig? Just thinking that if you assume a straight linewhere would it run? Should be easy to see if there's anything running down the pole into the ground. That's bigger than any cable someone would install...
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    Has plug and play solar now been passed, I see adverts?

    https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/house-garden/lidl-plug-in-solar-panels-uk-b2959538.html
  17. morqthana

    I broke the main fuse seal

    Unless the whole thing disintegrates in your hand.
  18. morqthana

    I broke the main fuse seal

    ESQCR 25.—(1) No person shall make or alter a connection from a distributor’s network to a consumer’s installation, a street electrical fixture or to another distributor’s network without that distributor’s consent, unless such consent has been unreasonably withheld. Even if that doesn't...
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    I broke the main fuse seal

    If you didn't hear of death or serious injury you can probably have quite a good idea.
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