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Oh, come on, no need to be so bashful. I'm imagine you may be competent enough to take a photograph or two. Even if you're not, why not just av'a'go, its not like you are going to set fire to your house or anything, is it? :D

Hi DAJ, Still having fun with electricity I see :D What happened to the photographs you had intended to post of your previous work? http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=267841&start=0

John, BTW, if you have some time to spare, you could try using the search facility here to find 'maintenance free'. I just tried it and it brings back a lot of results. It seems as though you may not be the first to consider this issue. GtG, sun is shining, wires need terminating...... 8)

Nobody need do anything here, but given your apparent quest for knowledge, i thought you may have searched the forum to see if this subject has been thrashed out previously, prior to starting a new topic. not even if there were a thread posted, lets say 7 months ago, which was pretty much the...

Oh? I think it is very fair, you haven't seen one of these M/F boxes fail, you haven't seen a crimp fail. No need to be upset, John, and i would have thought a person of your mental ability would have refrained from making assumptions. If you spend a bit of time looking at my earlier comment...

I think we have equal apathy toward searching for examples, you can form your own opinion on whether you feel such examples exist or not. ( I dont make a habit of generating fictional claims)

I agree, they seem very secure and give a sound connection. When you tried to pull the termination apart, did you have the strain relief correctly fitted? When fully fitted, i imagine the joint is near impossible to pull apart by hand fair enough. Somewhat similar to your position on...

sorry, that would involve searching for likely text strings, which i'm sure you are perfectly capable of, should you desire to do so. I do recall discussion about them in the 2 or 3 years i have been lurking around as they should ref above

You might think that they manufacturers of those joists might have made better provision for sparkies. (mainly to give the '2" from bottom' rule some thought) I don't have a better idea right now, but faffing around with tie bases/loose ties sounds like PITA :?

It depends on a number of variables, none of which can be seen by people reading this, but just as an idea:- pk of 10 fuses = about £2 new Board, correctly tested = £300 to £500 (ish) Have you had many fuses pop?

Hi John, But advice of this nature has been given on this forum in the past. No connections at all is always preferred (as I'm sure you realize) but we all know that they will continue to appear until such time that installation of a JB becomes an offence punishable by castration

Has anyone commenting on this actually used/closely examined one of the ashley type boxes in question? If so, what do you think to the quality of the connection? Have you seen one fail? Is it beyond the realms of possibility that the 'appropriate compression tool' mentioned in the regs...

R's about face = back to front

plugtop / plug ? Who gives a monkeys anyway? just so long as all concerned have identified and agreed that we are talking about the thingy'm'jig on the opposite end of the wire to the telly or hoover etc, and does have the fuse in it. The word doesnt make much sense to me, but it seems...

:D Hi John, hope you are well. I agree, but with my rather clumsy first post here, I'm not sure that was clear.

One might question whether an electrician is deemed to be an expert on fire protection. If the danger created was of an electrical nature, then sure, he can't shift the risk, but if the work is electrically sound and the customer is aware that he is responsible for compliance with BR in...

Ah, maybe you misunderstand why i mentioned the idea. (and TBF, I didn't fully explain myself) Presented with a letter to that effect, or at least presented with the suggestion, I hope would provoke the customer to climb down from their position and allow the OP to fit something appropriate...

Could you knock up a short letter addressed to you , for them to sign, to the effect that they are aware that the fitting of these lamps do not provide the required fire protection called for in the building regs and they will accept the responsibility to reinstate the appropriate rating as...

Recently bought a 3 pack of standard wood blades from DIPT in Derby, worked out about a tenner each. Yea, the're expensive, but for certain tasks, the multimaster can be worth its weight in gold (or blades). The de-grouting blade was an eye-watering £40-something, but made life sooo easy to...

I think its reasonable to say a crimp is a form of terminal.