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    coax core and braiding

    This is heating up people are throwing the kitchen sink into this one.Im sorry if i asked a question that brought up so much debate
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    battery ampage

    I tested the ampage of a 1.5 volt aa battery with my meter recently and the battery got very hot .How did that happen
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    low voltage downlighter ampage

    Since if you have a 12 volt 50 watt light it will pull 4.1 amps for a single light wouldnt you need a bigger mcb than 10 amp B type,6 amp switches if you had a few rooms with these lights installed or does the traffo play a part in all this
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    coax core and braiding

    sorry now one more question would any of ye know how to calculate how long through a cable a signal would go without degrading or even totally disappearing for example a sky digital digibox signal on rg 6 Sorry if im not makin sense Is there any technical formula or data chart for this
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    coax core and braiding

    im a spark so know what cap and induction is but i never knew it was so complicated thanks alot you seem to know a fair bit about it
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    coax core and braiding

    could you post any links for that info Please Space cat
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    shed supply with rcd

    What if it wasnt swa would the shed need to be on rcd
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    coax core and braiding

    is the braiding for interference or is it like a negetive of the circuit
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    shed supply with rcd

    WE recently wired a shed coming from the consumer unit in the persons house using 3 core 6 sq swa.My question is my boss said put it on an mcb at the main consumer unit and the sub board in the shed has an rcd in it.Is it alright to supply the shed through an mcb.Cable was clipped to outside...
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    Immersion Timer being bypassed

    If you get a multimeter check the voltage on the mains 'in' (brown+ blue) side of the timer,you should get 230 there abouts.Then check the out side with the timer not set it should read 0 v.then turn the timer on and re check the 'out' side of the timer (brown blue) and should get 230 volts if...
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    coax core and braiding

    I know that the centre core on a coaxial cable supplies the signal( rg59 rg6) but do you need to have the braiding or is it just for interference.Any info appreciated
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    Stranded and solid

    very reasonable answers thanks
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    Stranded and solid

    ive looked through the old posts (not too hard though) lookin for this answer Why is stranded used for alarms and solid for phones and what would the consiquences be in swapping one for the other
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    Working to regs in ROI?

    the local regs here in ireland for domestic is the ETCI regs book National Rules for Electrical Instalations its a yellow book.I think our rules are similar to yours but not be as strict
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    ? amp of neon switch needed????

    Before you bring the socket cable outside put it through a 13 amp Switch Fuse Double Pole Switch).Is this what you mean by neon.If you have the second socket after Switch Fuse i hope you realise it will switch off both sockets
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    earthing

    Here in ireland we have to sleeve all conductors.If your stuck stick a bit of green/yellow tape around the earth Would anyone do this if they were badly stuck for sleeving
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    Telephone Speaker

    Sparkyspike you said use 3 and 5.Im in ireland we use rj 11.What differences will that make to my setup
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    Telephone Speaker

    Seurespark you said use 3 and 5.Im in ireland we use rj 11.What differences will that make to my setup
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    CCTV

    http://www.cctvforum.com/ CCTV Forum Theres a bit of info there.I used install cctv for a tear and a half,learned a bit about it [email protected] if your stuck with a question i might be of assistance
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