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    emer pir ip65

    Is there a product like this, decorative, (coach Lamp) emergency maintained, photocell dusk to dawn Lamp oh IP64 this is a client request for about 30 I think I have sussed the wiring with help on the forum previously all I need to do is find one I have tried all thre usuall suspects< I think I...
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    Over head supply PME possible?

    Not wanting hijack the OP's question but would this tie down take the form of a copper strap to earth, I see this a lot here and I assumed it was a lightning earth ? without giving it any thought Dev
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    Caravan Electrical Certs

    In my opinion anyone who is qualified to carry out electrical installation condition reports it is to all intents an electrical installation both are in fact although a different approch in required on tourers due to dual voltages one LV your mains power, tother ELV your battery 12V normally...
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    Caravan Electrical Certs

    Do you let it then yes ( up here in jockland anyway) if not yes you should for you own piece of mind. I take it it is a static ? DM
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    Are overhead cables insulated

    Good greif that scary not my idea of a days work DM
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    Are overhead cables insulated

    So here's a tale a mate heard, He's a keen hill walker and one day in a bothy on the nevis slope a old timer told him, one day on a descent the wind an rain were awfull with the rain almost horizontal, on the lower slopes he was traversing parallel with some pylons when a line of rooks were...
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    Are overhead cables insulated

    So what happens if a sky diver lands amonst them :roll:
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    Becoming an electrician - advice?

    Ok as a scientist you would probably have done lots of research in the past, this is where you should start,Grap the Yellow Pages for your area,Look up the electrical companys is there loads, Phone 3 of what looks like the biggest and ask if they are hiring then phone 3 of the small one line...
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    hall lights

    How can I control 4 lights from one switch and one of the 4 from one switch So i can have all the lights on or just one I have been tring to get my head round this all week I just feel I am missing something obvious like it cant be done DM
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    Unistrut

    Nice how did the unistrut fix to the roof bars
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    electrical injury's

    Hi 1john not at mate I seldom take the hump, things like 0847 numbers and flat ale **** me of a bit but generally I am fairley laid back and certainly thick skinned enough to take a slagging, being 61 this month and my hair as long as when I was 21 I get the usuall "Hey hippy was you the tea boy...
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    electrical injury's

    Cheez wish I'd never mentioned it :evil:
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    electrical injury's

    True i think there is too many variables to draw any usefull conclusions Dev
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    electrical injury's

    Ban 1, Unless I phoned all the suppliers in UK to see how many they sold since 1981 no way of telling 2, Lets say none since they were not compulsary. 3,Your propably right, 4, Not pointless I would eventually get some data, but yeah time consuming. Dev
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    electrical injury's

    No you have mistaken my intentions Lets look at it this way there are more RCD's in use now as opposed to when they first became compulsary way back when any socket likely to be used blah blah blah. so I wanted to know given all the variables is there conclusive proof that since RCD's is there...
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    electrical injury's

    Like I said at the outset stats can be manipulated to prove any thing, I only quoted the ROSPA data. Dev
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    electrical injury's

    r 407 I belive thats a high pressure too? I gave out a set of guages which were lost and the guy bought me a new set with a compound low side gauge with 407 on the scale and looking at the evap pressures in comprason with 134a quite bit higher I think. C02 god high yes Just starting to do more...
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    electrical injury's

    As I said it's more a personal quest to see if the ubiquitous RCD is actully the panacea it's trumpeted to be,similarly with the refrigeration industry with now bewildering range of refrigerants at first is was to eliminate HFC's now the gas manufacturers are producing a bewilldering range of...
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    electrical injury's

    The 15 -65 are from home injury's but thats only the reported ones the work ones do not define age but on further reading Dangerous occurances involving plant that comes into contact with overhead lines exceeding 200V were 188 these did not results in death or injury as far as I understand...
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    electrical injury's

    As a matter of interest I went to the ROSPA website initially I was interested in accident figures pre and post RCD requirements unfortunatly the latest firgures are for 2002-2003 but makes interesting reading the highest number of home accidents happen to the age group 15-64, 99 in total, but...
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