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    IRC cistern flush

    for a while at work i thought the units installed were connected to the mains. Until over last few days i noticed system didnt seem right. When checking i now know they are battery powered. So was thinking and checking up on net about putting them on mains instead to save messing about in...
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    March 2391

    morning chaps, just got my results and found that I passed :D cant stop smiling LOL hope others that took the exam have the same news cheers
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    Rewiring my front room

    i generally do it as in drawing but i keep browns together and use blacks as com
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    Screwdriver Recommendations

    whats the thought of Draper?? Seen them about quite reasonably priced.
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    smoke detectors

    with regards to the isolation, most alarms i've seen fitted have a "base" which is hardwired to mains and then the alarm itself slides on and clicks in. So surely if you want isolation to work on the alarm you just slide it off :D and i think on a lighting circuit is better. Clearer...
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    Wagos

    do the wago connectors have to be placed inside a wagobox? or can they just be left loose? for instance at a light fitting if you use the connectors can you then just push these up or must they be placed in a box? getting confused whether if they loose will it still count as maintenance...
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    Anybody use software for anything??

    looking though net and found this for doing estimates apparently http://www.electrika.com/index.htm just wondered if anybody uses it or any other software for any particular reasons?? Heard of Easycert to but tis quite expensive cheers
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    nissan micra heating

    mostly k11 models i think which is 1993 - 2003 models if im right?
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    nissan micra heating

    hey, check the headlight bulb holder on both lights (mostly drivers side). Very common Micra problem where these melt causing a burning smell. Also makes your main beam light to come on the dashboard (even very faintly sometimes) hope this helps, easy enough to repair to cheers
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    Telephone extension kit

    had another quick look on web and have read something along the lines of the BT master socket or NTE5 contain a capacitor and this is what is used to generate the ringing signal required for certain phones to "ring" If you put one of these signal depandant phones into an extension that I have...
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    Telephone extension kit

    cant do the pics mate as not there now :( be a few days before im back top of my head the extension was wired: blue = TERMINAL 2 orange = TERMINAL 3 white with orange stripe = TERMINAL4 white with blue stripe = TERMINAL5 1&6 nothing Piggy back thingy just plugged straight into...
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    Telephone extension kit

    bought 1 of the above from screwfix and fitted it today. Followed instructions and interent to check wiring and all went together no prob. When testing new extension, using current house phone which is about 10yr old, I had speak functions on both ringing out and incoming calls but no bell...
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    Telephone extension thingy

    never done anything with phones before so pls keep me on straight and narrow :D house has main cable from BT telegraph pole coming down outside front door. Comes through and into the BT box. This is only phone point in house. Need to put another "socket" in living room. Do i just simply feed...
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    Telephone extension thingy

    never done anything with phones before so pls keep me on straight and narrow :D house has main cable from BT telegraph pole coming down outside front door. Comes through and into the BT box. This is only phone point in house. Need to put another "socket" in living room. Do i just simply feed...
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    I was thinking.......

    only place cable will be concealed is under boards on loft floor, would be then clipped direct up to the fitting.
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    I was thinking.......

    morning guys :) yeah i meant extending the circuit by 1 fitting (going up into the loft for example) cheers
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    I was thinking.......

    If you have a TT supply 16th edition board that has a 100A 100mA types-s rcd main switch and you wanna work on a lighting circuit that is on the side of this main switch (not protected by the 30mA RCD) do you have to either: * move the light MCB over to the 30mA RCD side or, * change the MCB...
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    course????

    hey fellas, whats this course all about??? BTEC Advanced Diploma in Electrical Installation its done through ICS?? Im at college 1 day a week doing a BTEC NC in Electrical/Electronics but this ICS course thing sounds better by been an ADVANCED DIPLOMA etc etc Am i wasting my time at...
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    What do they call them thingies?

    http://www.qvsdirect.com/QA-Quick-Test-Connection-Block-pr-16159.html
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    Display Cabinet Lights

    hey guys, my uncle has a wooden/glass display cabinet which has 3 recessed lights in. They have a 55mm cut out in the top and the lights are a tight squeeze fit. They are G4 halogen capsules that are horizontally positioned in the fitting. Basically 2 of these fittings are not working and he...
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