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    Ze at infinity

    views get boring after a while! and the DB was just inside the front door, closely inspected the bath room while sat down!
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    Armored cabling.

    i havent seen any new pvc swa for ages didn't think it was still produced! PVC is easier to strip important when you've got lots to scrap.
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    eletric motor!!!! - help needed!

    7kva might be ok it all depends how easily the motor starts and the generator engine speed picks up.
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    Ze at infinity

    i stayed in a holiday cottage a couple of weeks ago with the wifes family, on inspecting the DB i decided there was no incoming earth! the CU had been changed and much of the building rewired, bonds to water pipes cross bonds in the bath room etc so otherwise a good job! on my return trip to...
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    Earth Bonding - Kitchen Sink

    IEE change there there minds with every revision of the regs!
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    career questions

    i did my C+G and AM1 and AM2's in 2 years. then Btec national certif, HNC and then HND. i spend more time with my laptop than tools at work now. theres a shortage of skilled people, sparkys and engineers but do some time with a skilled man rather than a get it quick course. People like...
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    eletric motor!!!! - help needed!

    what is it driving and how much effort does it take to start it. starting load is more important than running current.
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    Curved gutters

    i've never seen curved guttering, a house being built my a friend of a friend had a curved bit of roof until i mentioned guttering, he could not find any and nor could the arcitech!!. I've tried making guttering curve for the above house but the plastic they make it out of is crap. the best...
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    Bosch hob - multiple choice connection!

    at a guess i would say option 1, how big a unit is it? it sounds like its designed for 2 or 3 phase connection options.
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    Block Paving question

    I've been looking at this as i want to brick pave the concrete foot paths around my house, i asked some guys fitting some pavers the other day in a shopping center. they said lay then on a bit of sand on top of the concrete or if there is no border lay them on some mortar.
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    split hose repair

    are you sure the oil is coming from the pipe or is it just dripping off it?
  12. J

    Connecting different sized cabling

    fit a fused spur, spured off the socket and wire it in 1.0mm?
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    What size SWA for mains supply

    630mm singles is my biggest to date its a 300 4c is fun , 35mm is easy if its an electricain who is used to it, some will make a pigs ear of the job! Sounds to me like it needs to be designed correctly and then you can be advised approperatly, 16mm might be big enough even....what size is the...
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    ELCB Problem - who is right???

    is the electrical distribution board new? as an electrical engineer i have to say from experiance it is very unusual for an MCB to fail, what is common is the MCB to not have been fitted correctly (the finger from the bus-bar (copper bar in board) is some times not clamped in the MCB terminal...
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    Pitched roof on garage

    making my own at the moment its going to cost around £250 for a 9M x 5M shed had a lucky find on ebay for the box profile sheets so its working out cheap.
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    Missing fingers incident.

    still got all mine, drilled a hole in a finger years ago, young and silly at the time, lost my temper and slipped while drilling a 3mm hole bit snapped after it went through my finger and nail. i had to twist it out in the reverse direction.... :shock: and sit down for a few minutes. didn't go...
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    Patio concrete problems

    brick pavers? cover all the crappy concrete with sand and brick pave it?
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    Help needed Please!!

    wood chip horrible stuff, hit it with a oribtal sander then the steamer it worked for me wet room? extra ventilation might work, fit an extractor fan ceiling mmmmm only answer i know its not nice but a scraper is the only answer scrap it all off!
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    loft insulation

    Just wondering what the stuff costs? as there is some on e-bay very close to me? :?:
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    Fitting A Kitchen - How Easy?

    fitting your kitchen is easy, the units are easy to assemble, its all very lego like. difficult jobs are worktops if you want a good professional finish its best to get a pro to do them. Plumbing is easy with modern push fit pipe fittings and you can make it easier by fitting stuff in the same...
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