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  1. J

    Which organisation ?

    I am also with NAPIT..I was recommended them and joined last year. I find them very helpfull and they are cheaper than the NICEIC. The area inspector (for South Wales) is a great guy who at my first inspection said "I am not out to trick you" and took into account my nervousness ( I made a...
  2. J

    Shower fairies!

    You are a very fortunate person...very few people possess the gift to be able to see fairies let alone get them to work for you :D Your cut out fuse will be fine I am sure. They dont blow very often
  3. J

    The looks you get!!

    Yeahhh they are soooo damn ungratefull...We should just let em all burn :wink:
  4. J

    Part P Electrician, hourly rate

    What is your friend's name and how do I get in contact with him? :twisted:
  5. J

    Failure rate - MK sockets?

    I am not and never have been a big fan of MK. I may have just been unlucky but I have had more trouble with them than any other makes Also they are hugely overpriced Aaahhh for the days of Ashley before they were overtaken by Hagar (the Horrible) :lol:
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    Urban myths

    Did a council flat rewire years ago...the guy in the house went out cuz he couldnt stand the drilling...anyways about 4 hours later this surly drunken bald guy just breezes in and made a nuisance of himself I asked him to leave which he did but he returned another 4 times so my mate and I...
  7. J

    Numpties! Training the trainer.

    Lol I always use a knife...I feel more comfortable than using a snips. But again its what you are all used to One thing though I do take the edge off the Stanley knife and blunt the point ...Saves a lot of blood If the knife becomes too blunt then I sharpen it up on a small stone that I...
  8. J

    RCD tripping

    Aahh my friend...RCD tripping..its a real pain is that What you have to do sadly is get a pro in He or she (got to be politically correct nowadays) will put an insulation test on the main consumer unit and as I do disconnect all the neutrals so you dont get any confusing results...Then test...
  9. J

    Volt drop causing flurescent to turn off??

    Hmmm From what you say I dont think a voltage drop will be causing much of a problem. I mean the submain feeding the workshop seems plenty big enough for what you are using. Why not simply try changing the fitting as fluorescents can be a bit "quirky" at times and what else you are using...
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    East to west

    Well dA I gotta admit I aint used Marbo for a while...a few years but as I said I was impressed both with the pricing and quality....i dont think I have ever replaced an item I wired a hotel and countless houses back in the 90's using a lelluva lot of Marbo and as I said they were...
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    East to west

    Marbo is an excellent make..I aint used them for a while but I believe they are made from the old Crabtree lines but much cheaper A bit hard to get hold of now but I prefer their stuff to the overpriced and overated MK crap that people still amazingly pay through their nose for Cheers GO GO...
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    Wrong Polarity??????

    Of course you are right my friend ...What was I thinking of ? :) Okok how bout this...50 times a second the meter on the live terminal should display +230 volts and 50 times a second it should display _230 volts but I know our meters will treat both negative and positve waves as positive My...
  13. J

    Wrong Polarity??????

    Guys...a daft question I know Why is the neutral terminal 0 volts when Alternating voltage changes polarity 25 times a second ? In theory surely the N terminal should become live as the supply voltage alternates Told you this was a daft question and is probably painfully obvious to those with...
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