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    Cant find the correct screw to hold up my pendants

    I think you will find they are called set pins.
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    Good spark needed

    Great sparks ain't made.............we are created.
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    Cant find the correct screw to hold up my pendants

    Had a look at the photo, and I didn't think 2BA. Either way your new fittings are NOT going to centre up on a 50 year old conduit box. I have spend 30 years fitting new lights onto 2BA / 2 plate conduit wiring systems in schools etc , and you ALWAYS end up drilling the fitting out to fit...
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    stripping flex

    Two ways to do it, 1. Use a Stanley knife, doesn't matter how deep you cut, as you then pull the cores apart by hand a further 4 - 6 " and cut off and throw away the part you scored the copper on. 2. Sidecutters, straight down between the cores, but then still, pull it apart by hand and...
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    Fluorescent light to bright

    Please don't stick tinfoil to a flourescent tube. Please. Fit a proper diffuser to the fitting if it's too bright, however I have to say that the whole point of flourescent lighting is that it gives lots of light! Consider changing to a tungsten or LED fitting instead, but please don't...
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    Radials vs Rings

    Keep it simple, leave it as 30 / 32a Rings in 2.5mm T&E. Changing to 4mm / 6mm radials won't gain you anything with domestic loading, it will just cost a fortune and be a nightmare to connect up, if you want to start chopping in 44mm deep backboxes to get the correct bend radii on 4mm or...
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