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    Plaster before or after sockets/switch are connected?

    connect one socket for the plasterer to have his light and radio.
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    Mains USB socket without electrical socket?

    Could always glue in a "socket safety cover" :mad:
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    Old Kitchen Room to office - walls are bad

    1. Plasterers are pretty cheap.
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    Energy Efficient Wall Mounted Electric Radiators

    E7 as a fixed time tariff is probably on the way out, but storage heating if properly implemented is very useful as part of a smart grid as it's a big load that can be switched on and off with neglible inconvenience to end users. As gas boilers aren't supposed to be fitted after a few more years...
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    Energy Efficient Wall Mounted Electric Radiators

    One of the energy saving factoids bandied about (I don't know how accurate it is) is that turning down the room thermostat by 1°C can reduce the bill by 10%. If a more accurate thermostat can avoid the hysteresis of a bimetallic thermostat then you might get some slight saving in money. But if...
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    What is inside and outside the remit when doing an EICR?

    It's all part of the 230 volt fixed wiring. And you should be inspecting and testing to the lampholder terminals on a pendant, otherwise how do you know whether the polarity is correct (for ES), cord grip satisfactory etc. For domestic immersion heaters I would regard them as part of fixed...
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    Implications of outer sheath cable damage on household appliance

    The result of this lady's iron's chafed flex was her husband was electrocuted in the bath http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/3061
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    Consumer unit - tight squeeze

    The henley block is 2 x 5 ways. Only 4 ways are used. It's a bit messy, but another consumer unit can be added, assuming the 'single point of isolation' for a domestic installation is ignored.
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    Crimping tools - alternative tools or methods for 6mm2 T&E

    Meanwhile, in the US of A they're using IDCs on their mains wiring
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    Crimping tools - alternative tools or methods for 6mm2 T&E

    I have purchased B&Q crimps (not the tool). You might as well use a kit-kat wrapper jammed inside a dolly peg to hold the wires together.
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    Microphone + speaker - clever idea needed

    https://www.instructables.com/id/Simple-Intercom-From-a-Pair-of-Old-Corded-Phones/
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    Microphone + speaker - clever idea needed

    By the time you've paid for any bits, postage on top, then you'd be as well buying something. Simplest would be a carbon telephone transmitter, telephone receiver, and a battery, as it wouldn't need an amplifier. But that will cost out more than buying something. eg...
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    What to do with "spare" sleeving

    primary school kids might use it in art/craft classes, thread it onto string or plait it or something.
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    Splitting cat6 poe

    Not usually like that. There are several variants of Power Over Ethernet. Alternative A transports power on the same wires as data for 10 and 100 Mbit/s Ethernet variants, so you could use the cable splitting technique to make two 2-pair cables from one 4-pair cable. Alternative B separates...
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    Additional meters on existing incoming supply

    That's uncalled for. I don't have any aclohol or drUgggggZZZZZZZZZ problems.
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    When do you know if you need rewiring?

    The consume unit is very recent, but needs to be redone. It looks like this is a replacement for a Mantel / Skeleton board, and the exposed circuit wires at the top are completely unacceptable. The electrician should have used a skeleton consumer unit or fitted metal trunking inside the...
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    Pull switch for fan

    Do you still want the fan to come on with the light, as well as being able to switch it separately? In which case you will need to change the light pull switch for a double pole, and have a separate single pole switch for the fan.
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    Cable Duct or Voice tube

    That interlinks the smoke alarms :-)
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    New CU

    Fully loaded 12-MCB 2-RCD consumer unit £43. Surface or flush mount options. https://www.switchgeardirect.co.uk/product/havells-hsdrcd12ms-12way-dual-rcd-high-integrity-metal-consumer-unit-100a-main-incomer-and-2x-63a-rcd-fully-loaded/
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    What cable clip/washer is this plz.

    18th Edition metallic fixings compliant?
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