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To be able to hit all the joists like that is quite an achievement :D

I've done what you want in our nursery, MK grid array with a dimmer for the uplighter and the main ceiling light/fan on a normal switch... Without waking little 40 watt this is the best piccy I have...

Just be careful not to get any knots in the wire, it slows down the electrickery and the motors will run slow.... :lol:

10mm tails fed straight from busbar enclosure above with no OCPD :?:

Mods, can this be moved back to electrics uk please ? its specific to an electrical installation and I'd like to hear what other sparks think.

Been passed on a job by a 'mate' (well recommended to the customer) its a CU change, PEB's and some downlights in the same property because he's out of the country on another job. I've obviously got to stick to his quote to be fair to the customer, however he's said he wants almost 20% of the...

Can't claim credit for this, came from my bro-in-law who's working out in Nigeria doing I&T on UK foreign office buildings.... Yes it was live and in daily use.......but its OK as its never caused any problems :lol:

Can't claim the credit for this one, sent to me by the bro-in-law working for the foreign office in Nigeria....

Used Electrix fix once, and like oharaf took ages to deliver and were then missing part of the order......thanks but no thanks..... never had any probs with Screwfix. At first there appears to be some good deals, say the wylex dual rcd board.... £69.56+vat (so £79.99) Screwfix...

As the owner had broken into the cables between the two sockets, all I had to do was to extend the origional spur cable back to the CU (which was only a 6m run), and run a new length to the other socket and bingo a second ring was born :D Thankfully the current owner didn't argue when I...

Went to a job yesterday (CU change) and found the previous home owner had been a bit of a DIY nut, he'd extended the single ring (or so he thought) to get power to his attached garage and conservatory........had a total of 13 DSSO's, two hardwired 2kw heaters, and a 500w security light all...

Neighbour had his garage broken into over the weekend, and it got me thinking about whether my home insurance would cover my business tools. I can see them possibly stumping up for £200-300 for normal DIY tools losses (joe bloggs), but tallying up the cost of replacements for my power tools...

My bro-in-law was earning just shy of £6k a MONTH (tax free) earlier this year. But that was working contract inspect and test work on a airbase about 25miles outside of Bagdad with a minimum stint of 6 months errrr......thanks but no thanks. If he's getting £4k for 1 weeks work here in...

2hrs to do a CU change :shock: Takes me that long to do just the paperwork and tidy up....... let alone install and test. I must be doing something wrong.......or should that be right :)

Not sure that Mrs 40 Watt would be too chuffed if I got one of those :lol: But more seriously, depending on the downlight type they could either have the whole lower surround piece unscrew, or just the centre section, or as mentioned before just the bulb unscrews. Can you post a piccy of...

Sounds like the builder (or his 'mate') probably did the origional work, got caught out and was forced to find a proper spark to come and do it properly before he landed himself in the brown smelly stuff. Been down a similar route where the builders chippy mate 'does electrics' ..... he'd...

26ways.... thats some house !!! Or are you planning on putting each rooms lighting and power on their own breakers :D

For a tool bag take a look at the CK 'technicians tool bag'. I haven't lost a screwdriver since getting mine, and I can actually find tools when I need them :D you can get an awful lot in it with careful packing. Its ideal for smaller jobs/2nd fix type work, I still have 2 other toolboxes...

They look the same as the ones toolstation sell, had mine for 2yrs, its been through hell and still in one piece unlike the screwfix one I had. Interestingly the case pics on toolsation seem to be pretty much the same as on systemcase yet they are much cheaper from toolstaion...