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as already stated by FWL, the fluke T5 are a great meter for the serious DIY'er and i know my professionals who use them on site in domestic installations. To correct FWL however the T5 is actually a meter. The T3 is the model with range indication. Another handy feature of the T5 is the 'open...

i never heard such nonsence in all my life :) where are you living anyway :?:

unless you go for a very good quality one, they are a waste of money. i would advise you to hire a dedicated right angle drill. If you do buy the attatchment (which is really only for light work) remember to use low speed. If you were to shorten the shank (cut a bit off) of an ordinary spade...

b&d are a diy. make no mistake about that. I think there not what they used to be. surprised about the workmate though. i have one myself for light diy around the house and find it quite good. In power tools bosch (blue)de walt, makita, hilti, milwalkee are the leaders but there is a big...

A standard wall socket is rated at 13A and this is the absolute max. The next up is a 16A industrial socket (blue) and then a 32A industrial socket. If it was just 3 motors (18A) you would probably just about get away with the 16A socket, but it's pushing it. Anything more and you'll have to...

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you need a website if this is prolematic you can e-mail them to me and i'l try and post them. **********************e-mail removed by BR

any chance of a photograph?

Please clarify this, you have a single cable with 3 wires and an earth? Where are these connected to?

It depends on the individual circumstances. I agree that terminating the earths inside the fitting is neater and leaves the earth wires clear to see should the fitting be replaced in the future. However, many of the new light fittings do not allow for this, due to the fact that the connector...

ok, your new lights are double insulated and therefore require no earth connection. This is perfectly acceptable. join any earth wires which are already in the ceiling together using a separate connector block 'choc block' , wrap insulation over this tuck it out of the way (i.e. up into the...

Speaking of giant screwdrivers. At a pauwells (company makes industrial transformers for supply companies etc.)training coarse in dublin. We (two of us, the course cost €1500 for two days! easy know the esb were paying for it!) were given a sample set of "oversize" screwdrivers made especially...

Photo's make the situation far clearer. It appears your last switch was double pole. Your new switch is not. However this is not a problem as light circuits need only have a switched live they do not need to be double pole. 1. Put sleveing on bare earth wires. (not essential but if you can...

Maybe if he had been drinking the night before :D. Generally you tend to get used to fully tightening connections and would do it without even thinking.

I actually say this labelling before, several years ago. Some very smart woman (i'm not joking) died. She had two fuse boxes. The circuits feeding into one and looping into the other. One box was labelled 'pay' and the other was labelled 'free' I couldn’t figure out what this was. Turns out...

James 6mmsq cable is rated at 40A, so it is acceptable to use it here, although there is nothing wrong with using 10mmsq, which is rated at about 45A (rough measurements). You can still fit a 40A MCB alongside the CU in a 1way box (inexpensive) and use this to feed your shower for the time...

Just to clarify things, and sorry FWL if I am echoing your comments. (Also please feel free to advise of any mis representation of the british regs.) James, Although 16th edition (Wiring Regulations) does not require an RCD fitted to a shower circuit, it is in my opinion advisable. As for...

what were you doing up at 6 this morning? :)

it was a general comment, not directed at you :) should have made it clearer.

suppose bracing the damaged section on either side is the only way to go. Classic case of doing your job(plumbing) and forgetting about the real job (house)!