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    American sockets in the UK... ever?

    That could be it. wiring is odd though. colours are vaguely reminiscent of the heavy wiring on the tunnel walls that you see from the carriage in the London tube.
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    American sockets in the UK... ever?

    look at the detail in the pictures, the grain of the wood, the lost head nails in the floorboards, the saddled staple cable clips... you dont have the benefit of seeing the rest of the artwork in the book but it's good, it looks like it is done by somebody with not only an eye but a knowledge of...
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    American sockets in the UK... ever?

    The Church Mouse, by Graham Oakley.
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    American sockets in the UK... ever?

    see attached illustrations, from what is a *very* English children's book. the illustrations appear to be drawn by someone who knows of what they paint/draw. the plug socket appears to be similar to a Type A "american" but it's not identical... is this a recognised pattern anywhere or is it...
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    what's this

    Dart. amazing. Thanks.
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    what's this

    this is not necessarily in any way electrical. and is therefore completely off topic. I would very much appreciate the moderators indulging this post though, I am after exposing it to the particular flavour of brains on this forum that may be able to pass informed comment. it was found with a...
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    near miss house fire

    "seat" appears to have been the thermostat. My feeling is that this was an overheating incident also. I think that either: the thermostat points became in some way faulty, went high in resistance, and generated sufficient heat at the point to cook-up. or one of the screw terminals of the...
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    near miss house fire

    immersion rated 3kW at 240V fused at 45A, fuse had not operated No cap was present (it had been removed to make a thermostat adjustment and never replaced) fortunately the smoke was smelled and the fire extinguished before it had taken a hold (the cupboard was full of dry bedding, towels etc)
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    DC crane

    perhaps not completely relevant to this forum but... with reference to the attached vintage american schematic for a vintage american electric crane; what is the likely purpose of the arrangement highlighted in the upper rhs of the diagram? the symbology is a little alien: the zigzag line is the...
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    imported floodlights

    yes
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    imported floodlights

    nuisance tripping caused us to look into this deck floodlight. 230VAC spliced into the driver whips. heatshrink not fully covering the splices. This gear is imported (possibly exclusively but I doubt it) by aaaweb.co.uk
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    designing a smart heating system for a hospice

    we have been looking at various commercial offerings (devolo, geniushub) that supposedly offer complete smart control. we are not completely happy with their algorithms. the core of the system is a condensing boiler running on oil. we have 12 radiators across the rooms and 4 wet underfloor...
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    wireless TRVs

    researching "smart" controlled rad valves. various companies are selling this product (see attached image) under different branding can anyone advise who actually makes this gizmo, and furhter whether there is any way of just getting into it via (for example) a web browser?
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    shorting bar for UK/Euro conblock

    indeed, I found that stuff too. certainly something like that but ideally at £1.72 for the pack of 5, rather than £1.72 each, moq x5! I've always made it myself before by soldering lengths of copper wire into a comb structure. perhaps it dont exist.
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    shorting bar for UK/Euro conblock

    please could anyone advise if/where I can get a shorting bar / busbar product for conblock?
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    Line Taps

    Yes, understood. in this case, as you have divined, I am trying to join many cut ends of 10mm together.... can you reccommend a more suitable product for what I am trying to do?
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    Line Taps

    Trying to source a product for joining up scrap lengths of 10mm2 conductor. Like the look of Hellerman Tyton Sigma range of linetaps but cant find dimensional drawings for them. the catalogue page describes the S10 product as "10mm2 cross section cable" the catalogue also says that "all sizes...
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    match for old bartol guttering

    PLease could any experienced hands advise where I might get a match for Bartol SG13 guttering? I have replaced a roof and need to stretch the guttering either side by a few inches, but would rather not have to replace the whole guttering.... rough dimensions measured from the bracket I pulled...
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    short buzz from Gigabyte motherboard at boot

    I have a sonar PC based on a gaming Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 (rev3) socket 775 motherboard. I recently had to replace the motherboard, as the original had failed. As these motherboards are no longer current, the unit I replaced it with was ex-equipment - so may not be 100% itself, but I have to...
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    dishwasher pill not dissolving

    We have a NEFF dishwasher, new a couple years ago. only just run it up. at the end of a cycle the little pill that you put in a compartment is always not fully gone the washer is conencted to 1 cold water supply which is somewhat lower in pressure than the rising main pressure. why might the...
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