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After a spell of unemployment I have just started work as a maint Electrician in a holiday camp, previously all the electrical work was done and some still is by a local NICEIC contractor , since working there I have discovered some outragous bodgeing, eg the RCD feeding the some showers...

Thanks will give it a go.

The two stop cocks( one each of the water meter) on main water supply to the house I am working are seized solid, one moves a bit with a spanner, but I don't want to stress it or the connections. Any ideas for freeing them up, I have tried applying Plus Gas and WD40. Suggestions much...

Mountain walker, thanks for the reply, would it therefore be usual for renavated French property to already have a single phase supply in the Kitchen that could run a cooker of approx 5.5Kw ? As for the Earth rod, its not the Earth rod that I found amusing, we use them here, mostly with the...

A bit of confusion I think, the oven is a single phase domestic type. Reading your link it would suggest, that there would not normally be a feed with enough current to supply it. Interesting reading from your link, I had to laugh about the consumer suppling there own EARTH system.

I have been asked buy a relitive if she can take a new Hotpoint Double oven ( approx 5.5KW) out to her cottage in France, does any one know if there is there is normaly a 32A supply or close to it feed into the Kitchens of French property. The oven she has out there now, from her discription I...

I would also blame the former Rt honorable Member for Finchley, at least before it was sold off, you could talk to some one.

Quite right.

Thanks for the web details, my previous experiance of them is not good either, but I have got a £50 credit note to spend. Rumer has it, B&Q owns it all, say no more squire . And I wouldn't want a account with them any way.

Does any one know a contact phone number for Electrafix, ( part of scewfix) I have no luck with the Internet.

I agree with the last comment, with a decient hi gain Aerial you might not need a amp if your going to fit a Amp try an get one with variable gain, or just a small one with two o/p and then feed it to, two 3 way spliters, too much signal will result in crossmodulation and all sorts of problems.

At least they have seen a PAT test, thats more than they get down here!

I have recently been made redundent, so considerd being self employed, I have had 36 years experiance as a maintenance sparky and did a apprenticeship with the BBC were I did the old ONC exam, I recently passed my 17th, 2392 and 2391 and was under the impreshion I could now register with my...